GTL | GettingOut

Communication and account management

GTL | GettingOut is a communication and account-management app for people who need to stay in contact with someone held at a participating correctional facility. It brings messaging, contact management and account funding into one Android app, rather than separating those tasks across different services.

What it can handle

• Send and receive messages through the GettingOut service.
• Make deposits to support communication or other available account functions.
• Manage the contacts connected to your account.
• Send photos and videos where the relevant facility supports those features.

Who it suits

This is aimed at family members, friends and other approved contacts who use GettingOut to communicate with an incarcerated person. The exact options available can depend on the facility and the services enabled for that account, so photo and video sharing should not be assumed to work everywhere.

Store record

Viapath publishes the app in the Productivity category. It has 1,000,000+ installs and a displayed rating of 3.3 from 21,287 reviews. Those figures show broad use, while the middling score suggests that user experience may vary. The practical value of the app depends less on general productivity features than on whether the supported facility and account services match what you need.