Facetime or skype?

[Disneyluvr]

Do either of these things cost to use if you are chatting with someone outside of the US, to either you or the other person?

 

[worm761]

No clue about Facetime but Skype is completely free. I chat with my best friend and her husband almost daily and he is in England.

 

[wiigirl]

Neither cost as long as you are both on the internet (data). Voice and phone # stuff (non-data) costs money for skype but we never use it.

I use Skype to talk to family in Laos all the time.

 

[cseca]

if you're using iphone be careful of the data usage for facetime. I hear it's quite high.
Unless you have unlimited, then just happily ignore my post

 

[Disneyluvr]

I have an iPad and my friend in Australia just got an iPad mini so I was hoping we could FaceTime but didn't want to get hit with charges. I'm not really sure how all this works still, my kids just tell me what to,do, haha.
Thanks for the rlies, I guess we'll try it

 

[dgthree]

I have an iPad and my friend in Australia just got an iPad mini so I was hoping we could FaceTime but didn't want to get hit with charges. I'm not really sure how all this works still, my kids just tell me what to,do, haha.
Thanks for the rlies, I guess we'll try it

Domestic or international, I think that if you are both on wi-fi, there shouldn't be any charge for FaceTime. Otherwise, you will have to pay data charges, but not the same as if you were making an actual call.

No clue about Skype.

 

[mrzrich]

I do facetime for free over wi fi.

 

[pouncingpluto]

Facetime (or iChat video -- the precursor to it) was a lifesaver for my husband and me when I spent a summer in Germany a few years ago. We would video chat mornings and evenings -- such a wonderful difference, compared to the year I spent in Germany in high school, homesick for my mother.