OmeTV: review, limits and a 15+ alternative
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OmeTV is very close to Omegle in spirit, with a decent mobile app. But the freemium model is aggressive: paid gender filter, etc. PLOXX offers a healthier approach where paywalls don't affect key social features.
| Feature | PLOXX | OmeTV |
|---|---|---|
| No signup | ✅ | ✅ |
| Free | ✅ | ⚠️ |
| Video chat | ✅ | ✅ |
| Text chat | ✅ | ✅ |
| Language filter | ❌ | ⚠️ |
| Auto translation | ✅ | – |
| Persistent friends | ✅ | ❌ |
| Levels and badges | ✅ | ❌ |
| Active moderation | ✅ | ⚠️ |
| Mobile-friendly | ✅ | ✅ |
| No dark patterns | ✅ | ❌ |
About OmeTV
OmeTV (often written Ome.tv) is one of the busiest alternatives since Omegle closed. It faithfully echoes the original's spirit while offering a decent mobile app, which explains much of its success.
Its community is highly international, with enough volume to keep wait times short at almost any hour. In exchange, the business model leans on a fairly aggressive freemium approach.
What it does well
- Very close to Omegle in spirit: former users feel at home immediately.
- Decent mobile app, still rare in this category.
- Large user base, so very little waiting to get matched.
Where it falls short
- Aggressive freemium: the gender filter is paid.
- Moderation quality varies by region and time of day.
- No persistent friends system: interesting people are lost after a skip.
- No option to chat without showing your face.
Our verdict
OmeTV is a defensible pick if your only criterion is recreating Omegle with volume. But some features are paid there, while PLOXX gives away matching, chat and its automatic translation, and you will lose every person you meet for lack of a friends system. PLOXX also adds the faceless avatar and on-device video moderation that automatically blurs a suspicious image.
What we checked, and when
Checked on 9 September 2026. Checked on 9 September 2026 in OmeTV's terms and rules, on both stores, and in the Australian regulator's own release.
- eSafety Commissioner (Australia), media release of 28 October 2025: Apple and Google removed OmeTV from their Australian app stores after eSafety alerted them to the app being used to groom children; a formal warning had been sent in August 2025 to its parent company Bad Kitty's Dad, LDA. The Commissioner called it "a deeply risky app that paired adults and children together randomly for live video chat". (source : eSafety Commissioner)
- Terms of service: OmeTV may terminate access "if we reasonably believe the user is under 18". (source : terms of service)
- Google Play: content rating PEGI 18, in-app purchases, over 100 million downloads, updated 24 August 2026. (source : Google Play)
- App Store: the listing is rated 17+, the highest age band Apple offers, with in-app purchases. (source : App Store)
- Rules page: obscene language, insults and pointing the camera at written signs are forbidden; "the minimum age for using our service may be higher than the minimum age set by Apple or Google". (source : rules)
- The company behind the service is Bad Kitty's Dad, LDA, Corroios, Portugal (site footer). (source : terms of service)
For parents
Is OmeTV safe for a 15-year-old?
By its own terms it is 18+, the stores rate it 17+ and PEGI 18, and Australia's regulator had it pulled from the stores there in October 2025 over the grooming of children. Nothing in its rules separates adults from minors. That is a no.
Why is it still on the stores in Europe?
The removal was Australian. Elsewhere the apps are still listed, with a PEGI 18 rating. A rating is information for parents, not a barrier at the door.
My teenager already uses it. What now?
Talk about it before taking the phone away: ask what they like about it, then look at the reporting and blocking tools together. Then check what matters most: whether the service accepts their age at all, and what it does to protect minors. When a service does not say, or says 18+, it was not built with your child in mind, and that is worth saying out loud.
What does PLOXX do differently?
PLOXX runs in the browser, accepts people from 15 with an age declared once, shows an avatar instead of the face, has one-tap reporting and continuous moderation, and nobody pays to talk: playing is free, and the optional shop offers cosmetics and PLOXX Pro, a comfort subscription (+50% EXP and bonus Plox).
Frequently asked questions
Is OmeTV free?
Partly. Core matching is free, but key features such as the gender filter are paid. On PLOXX, automatic chat translation stays free for life.
Is OmeTV safe?
The platform does moderate, but quality is widely considered inconsistent. On PLOXX, everyone declares their age before their first match, under-15s are turned away, and for 15 to 17 year olds video always goes through our servers, so their IP address stays hidden from the other person.
Can you find someone again on OmeTV?
No - there is no persistent friends system, so once the chat ends the person is gone. PLOXX gives everyone a 6-character friend code so you can reconnect later.