Compared
Call From Prison vs ringyard
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 Call From Prison's own site.
Which costs less
We do, at an hour a day.
Their Essential plan is £19.99 a month for 1,500 minutes. That is 1p less than ours. It covers about 49 minutes a day. They don't say what a minute past that costs.
Call From Prison also sells a plan at £24.99 a month for 3,000 minutes. Ours is £20. That is 20% less.
Call From Prison also sells a flat plan at £39.99 a month, unlimited. Ours is £20. That is 50% less for the same unlimited calls.
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 |
| Essential | — | £19.99 a month for 1,500 minutes |
| Saver | £24.99 | £24.99 a month for 3,000 minutes |
| Premium | £39.99 | £39.99 a month, unlimited |
Saver: 3,000 minutes covers an hour a day.
Every Call From Prison figure here was read from their site on 30 August 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 Tell us if one is out of date.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.
Call From Prison 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 Call From Prison cheaper than ringyard?
Only in a light month. Their Essential plan is £19.99 for 1,500 minutes. That's about 49 minutes a day. They don't say what a minute past that costs. ringyard is £20 a month for as many calls as you want.
Is there an alternative to Call From Prison?
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 Call From Prison number passes the call on to your mobile. 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.