A video chat that is two people, and nothing else

Why it is built this narrow

Most sites in this category grow by adding: rooms, leaderboards, gifts, viewer counts, feeds. Each addition makes the product easier to monetise and the conversation harder to have. LivCam is built on the opposite bet — that the reason anyone opens a video chat site is to talk to one person, and that everything which competes for that person's attention is working against you.

So there is no audience, no way to add a third seat, and no public listing of who is talking to whom. The whole product is the line between two people and a button that opens a new one.

How a call actually works

Tapping start opens video matching; the account part happens out of sight. Your browser asks for the camera and microphone at that moment — not when the page loads — and you are connected to a woman who is online right then. Either of you can end the call with one tap, and report and block sit next to the end button rather than in a menu.

Not ready to be on camera? Voice keeps the microphone alone; text asks for nothing at all. One person at a time in every case. The homepage walks through the three bands, and random video chat explains how a match is drawn.

Money, stated once

Starting costs nothing and no card is asked for. Time is the only metered thing, and it is on screen the whole way; a few seconds before a match's free stretch ends, a notice says coins are next. They are bought inside the app, and only if you want them. Tapping through to the next woman is free, however often you do it. The itemised version is on the free video chat page.

Rules we do not bend

• 18+ only. LivCam is an adults-only service and accounts found to belong to minors are removed.
• No recording by us for playback. A call is not streamed anywhere and is not listed publicly.
• Report and block are always one tap away, inside the call, for both people.
• No group mode, ever. Two seats is the product, not a limitation we plan to lift.

What to expect on the safety side, and what to check before you turn a camera on, is on the safety page. Practical questions — permissions, coins, matching — are answered on the help page.