For those of you interested in chatting via your iPhone or iPad, Omegle has a mobile app to do just that.

This is a real break through in social networking software. Up until recently, Apple did not allow for mobile roulette chat apps on their Apple Store site. But they recently reversed that decision, primarily because of the overwhelming requests for this type of communication.

One of the biggest drawbacks of this app is that it is only available on Apple devices. But because of the widespread demand for mobile roulette chat, it’s only inevitable that the apps will become available on other operating systems.

The app isn’t free, but it’s pretty cheap at $.99. To get the app either find the link at the bottom of Omegle’s site or search for it at the Apple Store.

www.omegle.com
http://store.apple.com/us

Omegle was one of the first popular roulette chatting sites on the internet. It was online even before Chatroulette.

Recently, Omegle updated its user dashboard. They did away with the annoying  disconnect limitations. Previously, a user could only next a few partners and then they would have to enter a code into the CAPTCHA box. This got really old, really quick.

But they’re a little late in appeasing roulette chat defectors. And like most other web cam sites, they’ve inflated the amount of online users. I noticed that they showed over 16,000 participating users, but most of the video feeds were blank. Clearly there aren’t enough users participating on this site to make it interesting.

Additionally, the flashing advertisement is enough to drive even the most patient user to Omegle’s competition.

If you still need to judge the experience for yourself, then visit:

http://www.omegle.com/

Are you searching for an Omegle alternative? If so, you’re not alone.

Although Omegle precedes Chatroulette by over a year, it has not received the notoriety or following of other roulette chat sites. Leif K-Brooks, an 18 year old from Vermont, is the creator of Omegle, and he has made quite an accomplishment for someone his age.

Omegle, overall, has a very minimal design. But the problem with this design is that the user buttons are placed at inconvient locations. The screen with the stranger is in the opposite corner as the New/Really/Disconnect button (basically the Next button). In the fast paced world of roulette chat, the Next button should be much more convient. Not every candidate is going to be interesting, so the quicker you can Next your stranger, the quicker you can get to Miss/Mrs/Mr Right.

Additionally, after so many Next presses the user will receive a CAPTCHA button even further slowing down their experience. This feature alone is the most annoying and the site’s owner could make a substantial improvement by removing this feature. Other chat sites have not included a CAPTCHA and their traffic is just as good if not better.

Look at Shufflepeople for example. Although the roulette site is saturated with excessive advertisements, people keep coming back. Is it because Shufflepeople participants are more interesting than Omegle particapants? Not at all. It’s because the functionality of the dashboard is better.

If you want an Omegle alternative try the roulette chat sites listed below. You can find the appropriate links to the left of this article.

Chatroulette
WocChat
ShufflePeople
PalTalk
ChatHopper