i2i Chat’s interface is pretty clean and straight forward. You can think of it as tweeting, expect you are chatting with your friends. The app won’t cost you a dime, so you and your friends can keep chatting without worrying about running up your costs. It also makes it easy to connect with your friends as well as it shows your status to them and tells you if they have read your messages.

I also liked the fact that the app can dig up my Twitter and Facebook friends and make it easier to chat with them as well. The app comes with instant notification capability which is a plus.

If you are a text junkie and want to find an affordable way to keep in touch with your friends on the go without getting a million dollar bill from AT&T, i2i chat is a pretty easy to use and effective app to consider.

Rating: 8.1/10

eBuddy is a speedy chat application for iPhone that lets you stay online and connected through push notifications on your iPhone. The interface is very easy on the eye and intuitive. The app allows you to easily manage your MSN, Yahoo, GTalk, Facebook, and AIM friends on your iPhone. What I like about this app is the fact that it makes it so easy to handle multiple chats at the same time.

eBuddy Pro supports buzzers and emoticons as well. You can also group chat on the go, which could come in handy if you want to chat with multiple friends or colleagues on the go. And the fact that you can see all your friends across all the networks you are involved in is a big plus.

eBuddy Pro may not be free but it does make it much easier to chat on your iPhone. The developers are promising more updates in the future, so we can hope some of the small little issues to be addressed in the future. The app is solid as it is. Well worth a try if you do a lot of chatting on the go.

Rating: 8.3/10

Ping! comes with push notification, so your friends are never too far away. Whether your friends own an iPhone or an iPod Touch, Ping! lets you reach them fast. The fact that you won’t have to pay a monthly cost, nor a roaming charge is a big plus. The app doesn’t require you to log in or log out. All you need is the Ping ID of the person you want to message, and you are all set.

Ultimately, Ping! is a simple to use and effective messaging app for iPhone that lets you get in touch with your friends and other iPhone members easily without taking on any extra cost. The interface is intuitive and the process is very simple. Can’t get any easier than that.

Rating: 9.1/10

IM+: The mother of all chat programs for iPhone. Chat on Twitter, GTalk, Yahoo, ICQ, MSN, and … with IM+.

FlowChat: one of the best looking IRC clients for iPhone. You can upload and share photos easily. And managing multiple chats can’t be easier.

Ember: a CampFire client that lets you create your own chat rooms and start your group chats fast!

Beejive IM: a competitor to IM+. Lets you chat on Facebook, Live.com, Yahoo!, Google, and … No extra costs for chatting with this.

Colloquy: a very powerful IRC chat client for iPhone. Allows you to find new friends and chat with your existing ones easily your iPhone.

Agile Messenger: has a professional look and feel to it. Allows you to manage your contacts more effectively.

Touchat: it’s essencially a GTalk app for iPhone. But here is the catch. You can also sketch your messages as well.

Yahoo! Messenger: the official Yahoo! app for iPhone. As you might expect, you can add photos, links, and …

LimeChat: a complete IRC client for iPhone. It’s easy to use and comes with everything you need to manage links and chat easily on your phone.

Chat Rooms: need someone to talk to? Chat Rooms provides you with an easy way to find people to chat with.

There you go: 10 killer apps to help you chat like a pro on your phone. Who knew chatting can be this much fun?

Sketch meets chat in Touchat. Touchat is a cool chat application for iPhone that lets you chat with your Google contacts by text or sketching. GTalk is one of the most popular chat platforms, and you can use it to stay in touch with your friends via Touchat. And if you are good at sketching, you are going to have even more fun getting in touch with your friends.

What I like about Touchat is the fact that you can easily change the settings for your sketches and even change the color. You can also undo sketches easily. The text chat is smooth as well. You also get emoticons with it as well.

This app allows you to manage your buddies easily on your phone. You can also change your avatar and view those of your buddies. And the fact that you can manage multiple accounts with this app makes it much more convenient to use. Overall, if you are looking for a cool GTalk app for iPhone, you should give Touchat a try.

LimeChat is an iPhone client that allows you to chat with your friends and colleagues the same way you could on your Desktop PC. I don’t know about you, but I am always hesitant when it comes to adopting new chat clients. Not all these clients are useful, and you don’t want to waste your time trying to figure out how a program works rather than getting to work and start chatting.

With LimeChat, you can a chat client for the iPhone that is very easy to use and allows you to chat more efficiently. You can easily move around the IRC channels with the arrows or by tapping on the screen. You can highlight messages and even make your phone vibrate for a specific word. Best of all, the chat stays connected even when you lock your phone.

Overall, if you are looking for a easy to use IRC chat client that helps you stay connected and get more done with your chats, LimeChat is a good one to consider. Can’t get easier than this.