The best mobile Twitch chat app

It depends on how you use chat. If Twitch’s own emotes are enough, the official Twitch app will do. If your chat is full of 7TV, BTTV and FFZ emotes, you need a third-party client. JilChat is one: all three providers including 7TV paints and Chatterino badges, multiple chats at once, highlights, moderation and a built-in player, on iPhone and Android.

Not an official one. Chatterino is a desktop program for Windows, macOS and Linux, and no mobile version exists. JilChat is built to feel like Chatterino on a phone: the same emote providers (7TV, BTTV, FrankerFaceZ), Chatterino badges, multiple chats at once, and an interface built for touch rather than squeezed onto it.

Emotes from Twitch, 7TV (including animated emotes and paints), BTTV, FrankerFaceZ and FFZ:AP, both global and per channel. Badges from Twitch, 7TV, FrankerFaceZ, Chatterino and JilChat itself.

Yes. In every channel where Twitch lists you as a moderator, timeout, ban and delete sit directly on the message.

With JilChat Pro, yes. Push notifications go through APNs on iOS and FCM on Android, so they arrive even when the app is closed. On the free plan, mentions are highlighted inside the app.

Yes. Reading and writing chat, every emote and badge provider, favourite channels, moderation buttons and image upload cost nothing. JilChat Pro is €2.99 per month or €29.99 per year and adds unlimited highlights, chat popout, video upload, voice messages, push notifications, advanced search and Pro badges.

Yes. JilChat has a built-in Twitch player, so stream and chat run in the same app. If you would rather watch on a TV, console or browser, leave the player off and use JilChat as the chat beside it.

No. Sign-in runs through Twitch’s official OAuth flow, so your password is only ever typed into Twitch. The access token stays on your device, in the iOS Keychain or the Android Keystore.