Monkey
High RiskMonkey pairs users with strangers for short random video chats, and matches can then add each other on Snapchat. It has youth-friendly branding but no real age verification, and users have reported exposure to nudity and sexual content. Monkey is no longer on the Apple App Store, but it remains on Google Play and runs in any phone's web browser, including on iPhone, where its site calls itself the premier Omegle alternative.
Remove this app immediately if found on your child's device.
App Information
Age Rating
17+Platforms
AndroidWeb (including iPhone browsers)
Checked October 2026
Key Risks
- •Youth-friendly branding draws in teens
- •Random video matching with strangers
- •Exposure to nudity and sexual content
- •Links to Snapchat for continued contact
- •No real age verification
- •Users can screenshot/record
- •Adults can use it to reach teens
Warning Signs
- •App icon is a monkey emoji face
- •Child talks about making 'random friends'
- •Increased Snapchat contacts you don't know
- •Using the camera a lot when alone
What Parents Can Do
- ✓Remove the app and block monkey.app in your content filter
- ✓Check Snapchat for unknown contacts added from Monkey
- ✓Talk about why video chatting with strangers is risky
- ✓Block similar random video chat sites
Safer Alternatives
- →None - random video chat is inherently unsafe