Compared
BluePhone vs ringyard for prison calls
Both give you a UK landline number for prison calls. It goes on their phone list. The person inside pays the landline rate either way. What differs is what you pay to take the calls.
Checked against BluePhone's own site.
Which costs less
On price, them.
BluePhone charges £15 a month, or £149 a year, for as many calls as you want. Ours is £20. On price alone, theirs wins.
But price isn't the whole story. Ours has nothing in the way. No app. No divert.
Side by side
What each plan costs.
We priced each plan for an hour of calls a day. That is 1,800 minutes a month.
| Plan | A month, at an hour a day | What you pay |
|---|---|---|
| ringyard | £20 | £20 a month, unlimited |
| BluePhone | £15 | £15 a month, or £149 a year |
An app for iPhone or Android. Their site says the number is usually assigned as soon as you pay. Run by Blue Phone, a sole trader registered in the Netherlands.
Every BluePhone figure here was read from their site on 9 October 2026. We have no link to them. We earn nothing either way. Tell us if one is out of date. We'll fix it.
The part that isn't price
Theirs passes the call on. Ours doesn't.
BluePhone passes your call on to reach you. That's the kind of number prisons are told to restrict — it can be refused when it's put forward, or taken off the list after it was accepted.[3, 7.9]
No riskStop any time
The person inside dials your ringyard number. It rings on the eSIM in your phone. Nothing is passed on.
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Questions
Common questions.
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Is BluePhone cheaper than ringyard?
On price, yes. BluePhone charges £15 a month, or £149 a year, for as many calls as you want. Ours is £20. But price isn't the whole story. Their number passes the call on to an app over Wi-Fi or data. Prisons are told to restrict that kind of number. Ours is a real landline on your own phone. Nothing is passed on.
Is there an alternative to BluePhone?
Yes. Several services sell a landline number for prison calls. ringyard is one. A landline you already have at home costs nothing extra. Put that number on their list. Our compare page sets out every option.
What's the difference apart from price?
A BluePhone number passes the call on to their app, over Wi-Fi or data. That's the kind of number prisons are told to restrict. ringyard doesn't pass calls on. The number is a real line on your own phone.
Check us
- Interception, monitoring and security of prisoner communications policy framework. HM Prison and Probation Service / Ministry of Justice, issued 11 August 2026. Read 26 August 2026. Paragraph 7.9 points to a separate operations manual for exceptions. We have not read it. Read it yourself
£20 a month. That's the whole thing.
No term. Stop any time.