Top10 ChatRoulette and Omegle Alternative Sites Rated and Reviewed

Ever gone out and met strangers, had a quick conversation, decided you don't like them and moved on? Well now you can do that online. In fact, you've been able to do it online for quite some time now by using websites such as Omegle and ChatRoulette.



For those who don't know, these websites provide a service for complete strangers to get on their webcams and chat 'face-to-face'. Where this could lead, no one knows. You could talk to a family in India, or you could talk to a sexy foreign girl just chilling in her underwear (it happens, i know from experience!). But most likely you're going to come across a guy masturbating, luckily at the press of a button you can be out of there without suffering to much scarring, that is until the next person comes on and it's another man masturbating...



Here's a list of the top10 websites that allow you to chat face-to-face with strangers from around the globe.




1. Shuffle People
shufflepeople.woome.com

"ShufflePeople makes ChatRoulette & Omegle chat social and entertaining! Here, it's easy to connect with Facebook, find your friends and start playing! You can also meet and ChatRoulette chat with strangers from around the world. Meet anyone, whether it's ChatRoulette girls or guys - you can also meet people from different countries and cultures, some speaking tons of different languages."

The Good; My first impression of ShufflePeople is good, it's a nice clean interface, simple and intuitive. To differentiate itself from the other chats, you can connect to it through Facebook connect, build your own profile, and search for people that you know. It's also popular, at the time of writing, over 5,000 people were online, nattering away.

The Bad; To use the chat, it does require that you enter your email address, which would definitely scare people away. They then ask you for your emails password, to match you with your friends (through your address book), if entering your email didn't scare you away this most probably will, though you can continue on without it. ShufflePeople is also un-moderated, which means you are likely to come across some potentially disturbing images.

Bottom-line; ShufflePeople is an amazing site, which i believe has great potential and the best layout I’ve ever seen! The only things holding it back are having to enter an email address, and being un-moderated.

Rating: 7/10




2. Chat Random
chatrandom.com

"On Chatrandom, you will be able to meet people for free webcam chat who are sexy, cool, funny, quirky, charming, or those who just want to make friends. ChatRandom is a ChatRoulette Alternative & an amazing boredom killer because you're actually talking to someone live on the other side of the world." - (as quoted from the ChatRandom Website).

The Good; Decent layout though it's not the best i've seen. You do not need to enter any information before you start, you just have to start. The Facebook chat/status feature next to the text box is quite nice and allows you to say hi to the world.

The Bad; Quite a slow site, i timed out multiple times, which stopped me from video chatting for a while. ChatRandom also has a fairly limited user-base, at the time of writing there were only just over 1000 people online.

Bottom-line; With some moderation, a good makeover and perhaps a faster server, ChatRandom could be a hit, but as it is, it's not as good as some of the other sites available.

Rating: 6/10




3. WocChat
wocchat.com/chatroulette/

"This is wocchats random chat application, here you can meet people randomly for text chat and webcam chats. This is our own application which is similar in some ways to the world famous Chatroulette application, and this also goes under other names such as webcam roulette. However this site should not be confused with chatroulette.com, wocchat.com is a completely different site to chatroulette.com using different software."

The Good; Very nice and centred layout. It's moderated and getting your kit off is against the rules, and this means much less masturbation, which is always a good thing.

The Bad; There's not much to say about this one, it's pretty good!

Bottom-line; With a nice layout and moderation, WocChat is very hard to fault, though it falls down when it comes to the amount of bells and whistles.

Rating: 9/10




4. Zupyo
zupyo.com

"zupyo is a video chat service that hooks you up with random people."

The Good; Zupyo is a very nice place to be, it has a great layout, and the ability to match you to someone with a similar interest, in a similar location or even start your own private chat, all by simply typing in a keyword, Zupyo then matches your keyword with others who has the same or similar keyword.

The Bad; Zupyo is not moderated, which would normally matter if there were lots of people on, but because there were only 10-20 online, most people don't feel the need to get their rocks off.

Bottom-line; If Zupyo had a much larger user-base, this could very easily be one of the best 'ChatRoulette' sites in existence.

Rating: 7/10




5. iMeetzu
imeetzu.com

"Our website connects you with the first random person available to chat, like ChatRoulette and Omegle."

The Good; iMeetzu has a great user interface, very clean and intuitive. There are chat options for either text only or for video, which is great if you don't have a webcam. There is also an iPhone app, so you can socialise with random people over the internet while you're out, how handy is that!

The Bad; iMeetzu is un-moderated, and despite the relatively small user-base of around 500 (at the time of writing) you still get to see some rather disturbing images.

Bottom-line; Perhaps with some moderation, this could be a fantastic ChatRoulette website.

Rating: 7/10




6. KittehRoulette
kittehroulette.com

"Combining the unpredictability and randomness of ChatRoulette and amazing Kitteh's, KittehRoulette serves you up with the finest and funniest cute cat videos on the web"

The Good; You will not find any masturbating males on this website, but you will find pussy galore!

The Bad; It's not technically a face-to-face chat program, and it has a user interface which is lacking quite a bit of style.

Bottom-line; This site can provide you with hours of endless entertainment, but you won't be making online friends, though it may encourage you to go to the local pound and adopt a cat after watching the adorable antics only a cat can provide.

Rating: 6/10




7. RoundChat
roundchat.com

"Spice up your life! Use the web to chat. RoundChat.com is a no registration Chatroulett type site. Have a free vedio chat (as the euros may say) with anyone, from anywhere in the world. Not interested? Click 'Next'."

The Good; An extremely nice user-interface.

The Bad; Not moderated and almost no users at all online.

Bottom-line; With a much bigger user-base, this site has got some great potential.

Rating: 6/10




8. TinyChat
tinychat.com

"Tinychat provides dead simple, free to use, video chat rooms that just work! Enjoy chatting with your friends or making new ones, just create a chat room or join one."

The Good; Clean user interface, very large user-base. The front page shows you activity near your area. You can create or join video chat rooms with other people of similar interests as yourself.

The Bad; To enjoy and utilise this site to the max, you really should register. Tinychat isn't the simplest video chat website to navigate, compared to the usual one or two button sites, it's actually very complex, but this comes from extra features and a higher degree of flexibility.

Bottom-line; Tinychat is one of the largest video chat websites online, and for good reason, it's a nice place to be. The friendly atmosphere, minimal disturbing images and great flexbility is why this is such a successful website. However, when it comes to meeting random people in a video chat room, it is far more complex than most.

Rating: 9/10




9. Rounds
rounds.com

"The most interactive video chat experience! Take snapshots, play real time games, watch YouTube together, share pictures, listen to music, do funny webcam effects and much more!"

The Good; A great interface and moderation gets Rounds off to a good start! Since it connects through Facebook, you can video chat with your friends or complete strangers. It doesn't stop there; you can also play games or even watch YouTube videos together.

The Bad; Facebook connectivity may be a problem for some, but if you're online enough to try one of these type of websites, you're most likely going to have Facebook anyway.

Bottom-line; A great application with great functionality, although the Facebook connect might be an issue for some.

Rating: 9/10




10. Koowy
koowy.com

"Koowy, is a quick, easy way for you and your friends to get together for a video chat. When you want to video chat using Koowy you can just go there and start chatting. There is nothing to download to use Koowy video chat."

The Good; Simple and Intuitive user interface.

The Bad; You must enter a keyword to join a person/group who's entered the same keyword. While this could be viewed as a good thing, protecting us from stranger danger, it limits your ability to meet random people.

Bottom-line; While this is undoubtedly a good site, it has limited functionality in that you can only really meet other friends on there, most people would use Skype or MSN for that.

Rating: 7/10




The sometimes weird and wonderful of ChatRoulette websites is certainly enthralling and extremely entertaining. What is it that makes it so captivating? Perhaps the complete uncertainty of what you'll find next, or the hope of finding someone you can connect with. Whatever the reason these sites should have to coming back for more.

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