XMPP

Monal is a good choice if you want to use an XMPP account on your iPhone or iPad. You can get Monal from the App Store (external). Monal has some nice feature: encrypted chats encrypted groupchats encrypted audio- and videocalls (starting with version 6.1) sending and receiving files/pictures recording and sending/receiving voice messages Sending your geolocation creation/configuration of groupchats (starting with version 6.2) Registering an XMPP account At first you should register an XMPP address (if you do not already have one).

Preamble: In this article, I describe the installation and configuration of Siskin IM. I wrote it in June 2021. Since then, new Siskin IM versions were released. Today, some steps of this tutorial might differ. I will update this article soon. Update 2022-10-02: Trashserver.net has been removed from the list of providers. Siskin IM is a good choice if you want to use an XMPP account on your iPhone or iPad.