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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

I find Cheogram and Monocles to be good looking and featureful clients, so not sure what exactly you mean. They are certainly not any worse than WhatsApp, Threema or Signal in that regard.

On iOS I agree though... Monal is not bad per se, but it needs some work on the UI side of things.