Flipchat

Flipchat is quite a new one to me, there's a good amount of people using it, it looks nice, good speed.

But the ads on there annoyed me the moment I entered the site, they reload pretty much each time you hit next.

Nextplea.se

Nextplea.se has a very simple layout, big video windows and seems pretty stable and fast. Shame that there's not a lot of people using it.

Update: Nextple.se no longer seems to offer video chat, what it now offers is nicely organized list of chat services.

Ranchat

Ranchat, I don't know what language it's in but it seems to work. Not a lot of explanation of how to use it, if you've used Chatroulette then you should be able to navigate it.

Seems to be fast, though people next faster than a jackrabbit in heat, also seems to be a good amount of people on there to.

How To Take Chatroulette Screenshots

There's plenty of ways to take screenshots, so I won't cover this to much, this is just for those who aren't sure how to.

I use a program named IrFanView to take my Chatroulette screenshots. If you want to go this route here's a short irfanview tutorial.

Open IrFanView, go to options, go down to Capture/Screenshot and click to enter Capture Setup, set Capture area, set Destination directory, take note of Hot Keys and click Start.

Just use the Hot Keys anytime you want a screenshot.

I'll be back to posting more Chatroulette Alternatives in future posts.

Watch Multiple Chatroulette Cams At Once

Patch Roulette and Super Chatroulette let you do just what the title says, watch multiple Chatroulette cams at the same time.

I was partial to Patch Roulette upon starting this post, but I just saw that Super Chatroulette has had a redesign since I last visited, looking good to.

Update: Just found a third service that offers viewing multiple Chatroulette cams, Crazy Chatroulette. Page is a little overloaded with junk though.

Camjabber - CR Alternative

Camjabber seems like a solid CR alternative, usually a couple hundred people on and there's a bunch of cool options available. Though the interface can be a little annoying.

Update: Camjabber.com looks to be known as videoYORK now.

CamToya - CR Alternative

CamToya is a French site like CR, there's only one reason I'm adding it to the list, it has a feature that sets it apart from most Chatroulette alternatives.

CamToya is very very slow for me, as a result I've spent little time on it, the one feature I find interesting is you can have a random 4 way video chat with people.

Pretty nifty if it weren't so slow.

FaceBuzz - CR Alternative

FaceBuzz hangs a lot for me, though there does seem to be a good amount of people on it, looks flash to.

Camstumble - CR Alternative

Camstumble isn't very active, there are usually around 10 to 20 people using it at any given time, though they do offer some more traditional chat services.

ChatHopper - CR Alternative

ChatHopper reminds me a lot of Shufflepeople for some reason, probably the colours.

There seems to always be a good amount of people on there, though for me Chathopper seems to hang a lot, which was the main reason I went looking for alternatives to CR.

For that reason I haven't really used Chathopper all that much, so I'll leave things there.

Update: Chathopper.com is no more.

Chatroulette Alternative Omegle Video

Omegle has been around for a long time in terms of random text chats and I guess it wasn't any surprise to see them add video to their service.

Omegle is one of my favorite sites like Chatroulette, always a nice mix of people on, very few hangs and fast streams.

Though there is a lot of annoying things about it as well. The major one is for me to connect to the next person, I have to click disconnect, confirm the disconnect and then click next to get to the next person.

Another annoyance is the captcha they have in place, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to when it pops up and it disrupts the flow.

But it still remains one of my favorites, why? because of the people, nice crowd.

Chatroulette Alternative LolliChat

LolliChat looks like a pretty good Chatroulette alternative, fast, stable, very few hang-ups and a decent amount of people on there, get quite a few repeats though.

One thing that sets it apart from others is there are quite a few options to customize your experience, most notable is the language translator.

LolliChat is quite a nice CR alternative.

Chatroulette Alternative AnoChat

AnoChat doesn't seem all that active, but there are people on it. AnoChat seems pretty stable and fast, but there is one thing that annoys me, the cam windows don't appear in their default ratios, they're scalable horizontally which gives a squashed or stretched look to the cam windows.

Another feature to note is they have the option for adults only called AnoChat Ero, though there seems to be even less people there.

Update: Anochat.com seems to be no more.

Chatroulette Alternative Arandomcam

Arandomcam doesn't look much like Chatroulette and isn't very active, about 20 users every time I've been on. However it is very stable and super fast, probably due to the amount of people on it.

Update: Arandomcam.com seems to redirect to camStumble.

Chatroulette Alternative Zupyo

Zupyo has a nice little feature I want to talk about, the problem is each time I've gone to use it there seems to be nobody on.

Zupyo is straight out of Chatroulette's vein, but there are two glaring differences, first there's no report button and secondly, it has a keyword feature.

The keyword feature is there to hook you up with others who entered the same keyword, quite a nice feature to break up the randomness.

Would be nice if there were people actually using the service.

Chatroulette Alternative Shufflepeople

One of the first sites like Chatroulette that I came across was Shufflepeople, and I was amazed at just how stable and fast it was compared to CR.

The Good
Shufflepeople has around 4000 people using it at any given time, it has both horizontal and vertical views, pretty fast, not a lot of hangs when nexting to the next person.

The Bad
As with most of the Chatroulette alternatives, there's no shortage of dicks. From time to time you also get a few repeats, people you nexted popping up again, which can be a little annoying.

Over all, Shufflepeople is a great Chatroulette alternative, I just don't understand why it's not more popular than it is.

Update: Shufflepeople.org no longer seems to offer video chat services.

I'll start my list with the original Chatroulette

I thought I'd start my list of sites like Chatroulette with the original. It's what I started on and I loved it, but in time I got frustrated, it got slower, the constant hang-ups, the constant changes. I spent most my time fighting it instead of chatting with people.

Nuff said really, that's why I went looking elsewhere.