That means where are plenty of apps and platforms that support it. HipChat: Cross-platform supportĬampfire is a widely known service that has been around for quite some time. Both work extremely well so when it comes to push, it's a tie between Glassboard and HipChat. Glassboard and HipChat both support push notifications within their official iPhone apps. There are workarounds with Prowl but it's probably past what most users would want to fuss with. If your group chat needs include push notifications, you can rule out Campfire as it offers no native support. Campfire and HipChat are both better suited for simple work environments, and in that regard, HipChat's private messaging gives it the edge. Glassboard is best suited for ad-hoc gatherings like conferences and shows where the social aspects give it a huge advantage. You can, however, tweak notification settings but you can do that in Glassboard and Campfire as well. There aren't too many options to enable or disable inside of HipChat and like Campfire, it just works once you log in. This is a great if you want to discuss sensitive issues, or simply to keep a couple people's personal conversation from swamping everyone else's discussion (notification pollution is a thing, you know?) Unlike both Campfire and Glassboard, you can chat individually with any of your HipChat contacts outside of rooms. On your main screen you'll see a list of rooms and a list of co-workers. HipChat utilizes rooms in the same way Campfire does. From here you can upload images and messages. Tapping into any one of them will bring you directly into live chat. Once you log in to Campfire you can choose the room you'd like to access via the lobby. HipChat: Message boards, chats, and moreĬampfire utilizes rooms where you can chat with colleagues and co-workers. It isn't as complicated as Glassboard's sidebar, yet not as bare-bones as Campfire. When it comes to user interface and design, HipChat is a nice compromise. Beyond that, there really isn't too much to customize. Among the things you can customize in settings includes push notifications, sounds and alerts, and your account information. The last tab is the settings tab which lets you customize certain aspects of HipChat. You can tap into any one of them to be directed to that room or private chat. Tapping on the chats tab in the bottom will show you any conversations and rooms that you currently have active. A mobile phone indicates that they are online from their device while a green bubble means online on a computer and grey means offline. You'll see an icon next to their name showing their status. In this case, simplicity is better than too many confusing features.įrom the main menu you can also choose to tap on any person's name and send them a personal message outside of a main room. The chat room is very basic and only consists of conversation content and an area to send your messages. This is where you can see many similarities to Campfire. Tapping into a room will bring up the main chat area. These tabs remain static throughout the entire app for easy access. Along the top you can search for contacts while along the bottom you'll see three tabs - lobby, chats, and settings. Anyone you've added on HipChat shows up under people while any room you've joined shows up on the top. Upon launching HipChat for iPhone you'll be presented with a cleanly laid out screen that has two sections - rooms and people. The last option in Glassboard's main menu is for notifications and this does exactly what you'd expect it to do, aggregate all your notifications for all your boards in one place for easy review. The last option in the main menu allows you to filter only photos and videos people have posted which is nice if you're looking for a specific file that a colleague has posted. You'll also be able to add people to boards you manage via the main menu or enter invitation codes to join other's boards. Glassboard for iPhone supports quiet hours so if you don't want to be bothered with notifications during certain hours, you can disable them easily within settings one time and Glassboard will abide by it indefinitely.
Underneath boards on the main menu you've got options to edit and view your own profile, as well as change some in-app settings. From here you'll be able to see all the boards you belong too and settings for them.
If you prefer views of your boards separately, you can tap on the menu button in the upper left hand corner to pull out the main navigation. Upon launching Glassboard's app and signing in, you'll notice that your main view combines all your boards (rooms) together.
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