Comparison

Prison Video vs Crossd

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Prison Video

Connect with incarcerated loved ones through secure video calls. This service allows approved social contacts to participate in virtual visits, bridging the distance and fostering connections.

Highlights
  • Secure video calls
  • Connect with loved ones in prison
  • Approved social contacts
  • Prison staff approval required
  • Available at participating prisons
Features
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From the same team as the award-winning Prison Voicemail service, Prison Video enables approved social contacts to take part in video calls with loved ones in prison. To use the service, it must be available at your contact's prison and you must be approved for video calls by the prison staff.

About

Crossd

Features
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Crossd turns your location history into a living map of your life, then reveals something you have never been able to see: everywhere your path has crossed a friend's. YOUR LIFE ON ONE MAP Import your history privately from your photos and Google Timeline. Crossd turns years of places into a map you can explore, a travel passport of every country and continent you have reached, and a timeline of where you have been. THE PEOPLE YOU ALMOST MET Connect with a friend and Crossd finds where your paths overlapped: the same place at the same time, the spots you both know, and the near misses you never realised happened. It is the story of a friendship, told through the places you have shared. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your location history lives on your phone. Crossings are matched from anonymised tokens, never raw locations, and only ever between friends you have both accepted. Nothing is sold. Live sharing is off until you turn it on, and stops the moment you turn it off. LIVE, IF YOU WANT IT Share your live location with the friends you choose, see them on the map, and get a gentle nudge when you are nearby. Entirely opt in. REWARDS Earn a Crossd level, keep weekly meet-up streaks alive, complete challenges, and unlock milestones as your map grows. Start with sample data to see how it works, or sign in and build your own.

Screenshots

Prison Video4 screens
Crossd4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Crossd at daily against Prison Video's every 3 weeks. Prison Video's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prison Video ships an update every 3 weeks, Crossd daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Prison Video versus Crossd: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrison VideoCrossd
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (76 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings76 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPHONEHUB IO LTDHillway

Bugs and requests

Prison Video

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App crashes or exits immediately after opening
  • Call connection issues
  • No sound or video during calls
  • Calls cut off unexpectedly
  • App not working after updates
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  • Error messages when trying to accept calls
  • No option to join scheduled calls
  • App not allowing submission of comments
  • Prison selection dropdown not working
  • Verification of children not processing
  • Calls cancelled with little notice
  • Dropped connections due to monitoring station restarts
  • Cannot join calls as easily as previous services
  • Lost minutes at the beginning of calls
  • Accidental screenshots causing call cancellations
  • No notification for scheduled calls
  • App not loading or crashing on launch

Requested features

9 requests
  • Allow screenshots during calls
  • Allow showing the sun or sky during calls
  • Allow bringing other people into the call
  • Improve customer service responsiveness
  • Make the app available in more regions
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  • Revert to Purple Visits service
  • Allow longer call durations
  • Allow smoking during calls
  • More flexible booking times for those who work weekdays

Crossd

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Prison Video

No in-app purchases

None

Crossd

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prison Video free?
Prison Video is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Crossd free?
Crossd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Prison Video or Crossd have ads?
Neither Prison Video nor Crossd shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prison Video or Crossd?
Prison Video ships an update every 3 weeks, and Crossd daily. Most recently, Prison Video was updated on October 29, 2026 and Crossd on October 31, 2026.

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