Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to mChat

#ios #swift #messenger #chat #appdevelopment #appdesign

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. mChat launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   M-chat▲10

   Simple, Private, Instant Messaging Without Ads

   2025 · m-chat-v1.vercel.app · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Epichat for Messenger▲74

   Raise your social media marketing to the next level

   2019 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   vidThat : vid creating instant messenger▲71

   Instantly Made Video Shared Instantly

   2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4EE
   EphChat – Ephemeral, Anonymous, Encrypted Realtime Chat▲17

   2014 · ephchat.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Honk▲265

   Real-time messaging

   2020 · honk.me · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Flow▲438

   Beautiful team chat with tightly integrated task management

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Chunk▲282

   Hi HN Dudley here, tech lead on Chunk. Chunk is a macOS menu bar app for time-blocking. It opens with Cmd + / and slides down over whatever you're doing - including fullscreen apps. There's also a live countdown in the tray for the current block. Click-and-drag to create blocks, day/week views, Google/Outlook/Apple Calendar sync, Apple Reminders integration, and a Todo mode where tasks can be dragged onto the timeline. Templates and Routines let you build an ideal day once and auto-apply it on chosen weekdays. There's a local MCP server, so you can ask Claude Desktop to…

   2025 · chunkapp.net · its alternatives →

8. 8
   UChat▲150

   Automate your business without coding

   2022 · uchat.au · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Chat'Inn▲69

   Miminal, Clean and Realtime Global Chat Application

   2022 · chat-inn.vercel.app · its alternatives →

10. 10
    SoChat▲147

    Chat with everyone

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Starbase by Metorial▲289

    Browser-based MCP server testing with AI chat integration

    Oct 2025 · starbase.sh · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Tact – A simple chat app for iOS, iPadOS and macOS▲69

    A simple chat app for Mac, iPhone and iPad.

    2021 · justtact.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    superwhisper▲274

    Extremely accurate, AI powered voice-to-text for macOS

    2023 · superwhisper.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Apple Business Chat▲292

    New way for businesses to connect with customers directly

    2017 · register.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Chat▲88

    turn your backend into a chat app instantly

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Buffer for Mac▲293

    Official Buffer app for Mac

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    superwhisper for iOS▲326

    Extremely accurate, AI powered voice-to-text

    2024 · superwhisper.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Goofy▲277

    A Mac app for Facebook Messenger

    2015 · namesilo.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Apple Health MCP Server▲199

    Hey HN, This is an MCP server to chat with Apple Health data. I built it because I'm working on (yet another) personal trainer tool that keeps track of my workout goals, etc. and does scheduling for me. Part of that is weekly check-ins. I thought pairing those check-ins with sensor data could be useful, so here we are. It seems there isn't a way to automate access to Apple Health data, so this relies on an iOS app that can quickly/easily export key data to CSV. So the process at the moment is to export the data every Sunday before doing a check-in. More steps than I'd like, but in…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Talkshow▲297

    Texting in public

    2016 · talkshow.im · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Klangchat▲80

    Be the DJ of your voice messages

    2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    MessengerKit for iOS▲117

    Build highly customizable chat UIs for iOS fast 💬

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Persistent Group Chat in kdb+/k/q▲45

    Persistent group chat in <50 lines using kdb+/k/q web sockets and JS - srpeck/kchat

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Raspchat▲135

    An unapologetically simple and lighweight chat server!

    2016 · its alternatives →

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