What is the best community chat app for iPhone?

Reddit, S tier, ranked #1 of 28, rated 4.8 by 3,509,286 people.

Which community chat apps are free?

28 of 28 are free to download: Reddit (S), Mighty Networks (S), Circle Communities (S), Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out (S) and more. 13 of them sell in-app purchases. 6 report no in-app purchases.

Which community chat app has the best App Store rating?

AC Fan - ACNH Community at 4.9 from 10,886 ratings.

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Best Community Chat Apps for iPhone (2026)

28 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Reddit is the top-ranked of 28 community chat apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 3,509,286 ratings.

1
RedditS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 3,509,286 ratings · score 96
2
Mighty NetworksS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 74,833 ratings · score 96
3
Circle CommunitiesS
Free · ★ 4.9 · 86,160 ratings · score 95
4
Discord - Talk, Play, Hang OutS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3,571,871 ratings · score 95
5
Heylo | Build community groupsS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 6,534 ratings · score 92

What belongs in this list

Join groups of people with a shared interest to chat and keep up with the community.

Not here: Private group chat with existing contacts alone; Local chat by area alone; Voice chat rooms alone; News feed alone; Story-style chat fiction alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
RedditS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 3,509,286 ratings · score 96 · best in class
2
Mighty NetworksS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 74,833 ratings · score 96 · best in class
3
Circle CommunitiesS
Free · ★ 4.9 · 86,160 ratings · score 95 · best in class
4
Discord - Talk, Play, Hang OutS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 3,571,871 ratings · score 95 · best in class
5
Heylo | Build community groupsS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 6,534 ratings · score 92 · best in class
6
Jodel: Hyperlocal CommunityA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 121,132 ratings · score 89 · excellent
7
Superfy: Find Your PeopleA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 12,240 ratings · score 89 · excellent
8
Sidechat 。・゚゚・A
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 5,103 ratings · score 88 · excellent
9
ShareChat - Videos & StatusA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 5,095 ratings · score 84 · excellent
10
Paltalk: Live Chat RoomsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 15,000 ratings · score 84 · excellent
11
Yik YakA
Free + IAP · ★ 3.9 · 51,407 ratings · score 81 · excellent
12
Blink - Make New FriendsB
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 5,495 ratings · score 72 · good
13
Spaces: Follow BusinessesB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 45,457 ratings · score 70 · good · provisional
14
Locals.comC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 41,695 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
15
Flare - For GroupsC
Free · ★ 4.9 · 6,819 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
16
ClubsterC
Free · ★ 4.7 · 15,602 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
17
Forum, a Facebook appC
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 8,597 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
18
TYB: Brand Community RewardsC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,919 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
19
Piko ChatC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,737 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
20
Sup - Friends & ConversationsD
Free · ★ 4.5 · 5,046 ratings · score 67 · weak · provisional
21
Moco - Chat, Meet PeopleD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.1 · 25,348 ratings · score 66 · weak
22
Tapatalk - 200,000+ ForumsD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 15,546 ratings · score 65 · weak · provisional
23
TalkLife: 24/7 Peer SupportD
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 4,092 ratings · score 64 · weak · provisional
24
HoYoLABD
Free · ★ 3.9 · 4,043 ratings · score 60 · weak · provisional
25
The Lounge ChatF
Free · ★ 2.0 · 2 ratings · score 50 · avoid · provisional
26
AC Fan - ACNH CommunityF
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 10,886 ratings · score 45 · avoid · provisional
27
FreshCut: Gaming Community AppF
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 3,845 ratings · score 42 · avoid · provisional
28
Addons for Minecraft CommunityF
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 13,410 ratings · score 41 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best community chat app for iPhone?: Reddit, S tier, ranked #1 of 28, rated 4.8 by 3,509,286 people.
Which community chat apps are free?: 28 of 28 are free to download: Reddit (S), Mighty Networks (S), Circle Communities (S), Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out (S) and more. 13 of them sell in-app purchases. 6 report no in-app purchases.
Which community chat app has the best App Store rating?: AC Fan - ACNH Community at 4.9 from 10,886 ratings.
How many community chat apps reach S or A tier?: 11 of 28. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.