Best In The Rooms alternatives: apps like In The Rooms

2.0😞(220 ratings)

Free

Connect visually with incarcerated individuals through video calls. This app enables placing and receiving video sessions from anywhere with internet access. Facility approval may be required, and not all locations support this service.

What We Love

📹 Clear video quality on stable connections
⚡ Easy scheduling process
🎯 Functional when used correctly

Room to Improve

🐛 Frequent login failures and credential errors
📵 Calls and texts fail to connect regularly
❌ App crashes and freezes consistently
⏳ Infinite loading screens after updates
💸 High costs with unreliable service
🔧 Poor customer service response times
🎨 UI overlays blocking critical buttons
📱 Update loop trapping users out of app
🚫 Video calls fail despite showing contact online
⚠️ Inconsistent performance across devices
😤 No refunds despite service failures
📞 Choppy and unreliable call quality

NCIC Mobile Video Visitation by NCIC

Visits, Calls & Messaging

Strong Contender

3.5😞(1.9K ratings)

Free

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Schedule and conduct video visits with inmates. This app facilitates video calls, chat, and other communication features to connect you with incarcerated individuals.

What We Love

🚀 Convenient app for communication
👍 Grateful for the app's existence

Room to Improve

🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
💰 Expensive pricing for features
🔍 Unreliable notifications and messaging
🤖 Buggy and unresponsive user interface
🔒 Security and privacy concerns

InmateSales by Combined Public Communications

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by SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES LLC

2.4😞(242 ratings)

Free

Manage your account for inmate services, including making deposits for products and scheduling video sessions. Send emails to individuals at supported facilities. Not all services are available at every location.

What We Love

👍 Easy to set up
👍 Grateful for connection
👍 Responsive and helpful
👍 Fast and convenient deposits
👍 User-friendly interface
👍 Works great
👍 Easy to navigate
👍 Repeat recent purchases
👍 Call customer service from app
👍 Cheaper than other apps
👍 Reasonable pricing (for some)

Room to Improve

💸 High fees
🐛 Frequent app crashes
🐛 Calls dropping
🐛 Login issues
🐛 Account creation problems
🐛 Poor call quality
🐛 Cannot hear inmate
🐛 Mutes inmate
🐛 Calls not coming through
🐛 App logs out frequently
🐛 Emails not received
🐛 Pictures not received
🐛 Outrageous prices
🐛 Predatory pricing
🐛 Service fee for adding money
🐛 Can't get through to customer service
🐛 Customer service unhelpful
🐛 Video visits won't connect
🐛 No other choice but to use app
🐛 App glitches too much
🐛 Charged for unused minutes
🐛 App kicks user out
🐛 Faulty app/website
🐛 Verification emails not working
🐛 Text messages not received
🐛 Hold times are ridiculous
🐛 No email support
🐛 Unacceptable lack of information
🐛 No FAQ page
🐛 Deliberate dark patterns
🐛 Shoddy design
🐛 App freezes
🐛 Restart phone needed
🐛 Inmate cannot use specific funds
🐛 No way to check balances
🐛 Visits not logged correctly
🐛 Long hold times for visits
🐛 Text messages not delivered
🐛 App logs out and deletes emails
🐛 Video calls poor quality
🐛 Inmate's chirp screen black
🐛 Calls coming through as normal phone calls
🐛 Mutes inmate mid-call
🐛 Calls cut off early
🐛 Connection fee for dropped calls
🐛 App crashing after loading money
🐛 Unreadable text/small wording
🐛 Cannot zoom in
🐛 Customer service not competent
🐛 Reloading app doesn't fix issues
🐛 No way to transfer funds if inmate moves
🐛 Refund issues
🐛 Fees processed and not refunded
🐛 Error message: failed to reach contact
🐛 System never logs visits correctly
🐛 Drive hours for unlogged visits

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