TextNow: Free Texting & Calling App
CommunicationTextNow, Inc.
Unlimited calling & texting with a free local phone number!
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*NEW FEATURE* Now you can use TextNow without WiFi! Get unlimited calling and texting in the US over the Nationwide Sprint Network -- for FREE. Check if your phone is eligible, and get phone service without the phone bill by clicking on "Free Coverage" in the app menu.
Local US or Canada Phone number
Give your friends your very own phone number they can call!
Unlimited Text & Picture Messaging
You can send as many text messages as you want to US & Canada - FREE!
Unlimited Calling to USA and Canada
Make unlimited free phone calls to any phone number in the US & Canada!
Cheap International Calling
TextNow offers low-cost, international calling to over 230 countries. Stay connected longer with rates starting at less than $0.01 per minute. Add money or earn free money by completing offers to your account and make low-cost international calls.
Features:
- Make and receive voice calls
- Emojis, stickers and gifs
- Full picture messaging : send, receive and save pictures!
- Video messaging: Send videos to your friends and family
- Voicemail Transcription: transcript of your voicemail
- Caller ID
- PassCode: keep your messages under lock and key
- Google SmartLock: no need to remember your password
- Call Forwarding
- Conference calling
- Signatures: add your own personalized signature to each text
- Customizable text-tone, ringtone & vibration
- Customizable backgrounds
- Assign individual contacts their own ringtone & background
- Quick Reply to easily (and quickly) respond to friends
- Home screen widget to launch TextNow, compose a new message or quickly make a call
- Unified inbox: send and receive your texts, SMS and GIFs directly via TextNow - use TextNow as your one-stop SMS texting app!
- One number, multiple devices – Send messages and make calls on your computer or tablet, then access them from your phone while on the go.
- TextNow.com - text from your computer too! All messages seamlessly synchronize with your mobile device.
- Turn your Wi-Fi enabled tablets into a phone.
- Elastic calling to protect you from dropped calls. Elastic calling is TextNow’s unique ability to have our calls choose the best possible route for your call to improve quality
Is it really free?
There is no catch. No yearly or monthly fees! It is completely free! Download today and start sending and receiving your unlimited texts, pics, videos, and SMS messages.
How can all this be free?
The app comes with a few ads. If you don't like ads, you can purchase a subscription to remove them. Join the 100 million people who have already found a better way to talk & text free.
Local US or Canada Phone number
Give your friends your very own phone number they can call!
Unlimited Text & Picture Messaging
You can send as many text messages as you want to US & Canada - FREE!
Unlimited Calling to USA and Canada
Make unlimited free phone calls to any phone number in the US & Canada!
Cheap International Calling
TextNow offers low-cost, international calling to over 230 countries. Stay connected longer with rates starting at less than $0.01 per minute. Add money or earn free money by completing offers to your account and make low-cost international calls.
Features:
- Make and receive voice calls
- Emojis, stickers and gifs
- Full picture messaging : send, receive and save pictures!
- Video messaging: Send videos to your friends and family
- Voicemail Transcription: transcript of your voicemail
- Caller ID
- PassCode: keep your messages under lock and key
- Google SmartLock: no need to remember your password
- Call Forwarding
- Conference calling
- Signatures: add your own personalized signature to each text
- Customizable text-tone, ringtone & vibration
- Customizable backgrounds
- Assign individual contacts their own ringtone & background
- Quick Reply to easily (and quickly) respond to friends
- Home screen widget to launch TextNow, compose a new message or quickly make a call
- Unified inbox: send and receive your texts, SMS and GIFs directly via TextNow - use TextNow as your one-stop SMS texting app!
- One number, multiple devices – Send messages and make calls on your computer or tablet, then access them from your phone while on the go.
- TextNow.com - text from your computer too! All messages seamlessly synchronize with your mobile device.
- Turn your Wi-Fi enabled tablets into a phone.
- Elastic calling to protect you from dropped calls. Elastic calling is TextNow’s unique ability to have our calls choose the best possible route for your call to improve quality
Is it really free?
There is no catch. No yearly or monthly fees! It is completely free! Download today and start sending and receiving your unlimited texts, pics, videos, and SMS messages.
How can all this be free?
The app comes with a few ads. If you don't like ads, you can purchase a subscription to remove them. Join the 100 million people who have already found a better way to talk & text free.
App Store
DEDICATED PHONE NUMBER
Give your friends your very own phone number!
UNLIMITED TEXT AND PICTURE MESSAGING
You can send as many texts and picture messages as you want - FREE!
UNLIMITED CALLS TO USA AND CANADA
Make unlimited free phone calls to any phone number in the US & Canada!
LOW-COST & FREE INTERNATIONAL CALLING
Add money or earn free money by completing offers to your account and make low-cost international calls
TURN YOUR IPOD OR IPAD INTO A PHONE
Works on your iPod Touch, iPad, and iPhone
IS IT REALLY FREE?
There is no catch. No yearly or monthly fees! It is completely free!
HOW CAN ALL OF THIS BE FREE?
The app comes with a few ads. If you don't like ads, you can purchase a premium subscription to remove them.
OTHER AWESOME STUFF
- Express yourself with stickers and GIFs
- Conference calling
- Tons of wallpaper, color schemes, and ringtones to choose from
- Use your own pics as wallpaper
- Customize your own voicemail greeting
- Make your own signature
- Super fast
- Bluetooth support for iPhone users
PEOPLE WHO LOVE TEXTNOW
"If you want an unlimited texting without the high priced carrier based texting plans, then Textnow is the app for you." 4/5 rating --AppAdvice
"Anyone needing an unlimited number of texts, we’d recommend TextNow as our app of choice" --AppAddict
"Just as fast sending/receiving as regular texts for me (including people who don't have the app)." --tbm248, MacRumors
I CAN'T FIND MY AREA CODE. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Functionally, it makes no difference which area code you pick. As long as your friends are in the USA, they will not be charged any long distance.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
TextNow offers auto-renewing 1 month and 1 year in-app subscriptions for premium features like voicemail transcription and call forwarding.
Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase, and will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.
Your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the subscription period, at the original subscription price & term.
You can turn off auto-renew or manage your subscription at any time from your iTunes Account settings. Refunds will not be provided for the unused portion of the term.
Privacy policy: https://www.textnow.com/privacy
Terms of use: https://www.textnow.com/terms
Give your friends your very own phone number!
UNLIMITED TEXT AND PICTURE MESSAGING
You can send as many texts and picture messages as you want - FREE!
UNLIMITED CALLS TO USA AND CANADA
Make unlimited free phone calls to any phone number in the US & Canada!
LOW-COST & FREE INTERNATIONAL CALLING
Add money or earn free money by completing offers to your account and make low-cost international calls
TURN YOUR IPOD OR IPAD INTO A PHONE
Works on your iPod Touch, iPad, and iPhone
IS IT REALLY FREE?
There is no catch. No yearly or monthly fees! It is completely free!
HOW CAN ALL OF THIS BE FREE?
The app comes with a few ads. If you don't like ads, you can purchase a premium subscription to remove them.
OTHER AWESOME STUFF
- Express yourself with stickers and GIFs
- Conference calling
- Tons of wallpaper, color schemes, and ringtones to choose from
- Use your own pics as wallpaper
- Customize your own voicemail greeting
- Make your own signature
- Super fast
- Bluetooth support for iPhone users
PEOPLE WHO LOVE TEXTNOW
"If you want an unlimited texting without the high priced carrier based texting plans, then Textnow is the app for you." 4/5 rating --AppAdvice
"Anyone needing an unlimited number of texts, we’d recommend TextNow as our app of choice" --AppAddict
"Just as fast sending/receiving as regular texts for me (including people who don't have the app)." --tbm248, MacRumors
I CAN'T FIND MY AREA CODE. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Functionally, it makes no difference which area code you pick. As long as your friends are in the USA, they will not be charged any long distance.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
TextNow offers auto-renewing 1 month and 1 year in-app subscriptions for premium features like voicemail transcription and call forwarding.
Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase, and will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.
Your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the subscription period, at the original subscription price & term.
You can turn off auto-renew or manage your subscription at any time from your iTunes Account settings. Refunds will not be provided for the unused portion of the term.
Privacy policy: https://www.textnow.com/privacy
Terms of use: https://www.textnow.com/terms
Ratings & Reviews
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Community
I absolutely love this app! I turned off my local service provider and used my wifi and this app and it has been working perfectly for a month now. Highly recommended!1 year ago
by Ciera
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Community
They give you a free phone number (area code of your choice) with free calls to anywhere in North America (I’m in located North America, so I’m not sure how it would work in Europe/Asia/Africa/Australinea) .. so free text and in/out calls in North America. Good connection on calls. more1 year ago
by Amber
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Expert
- Easily create your own phone number & make completely free calls to US & Canada as often as you like
- PassCode keeps all your messages under a secure lock & makes all communication extra safe
- Earn free money by completing super easy offers & call anywhere in the world practically for free
Reviewed by Laura S on January 16, 2018
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First rate free number text and call app and I’ve tried a lot
Jun 16, 2020 As a former Verizon employee I got brain washed with the higher the bill the better the service . Nothing like like having no money coming to force you to trim your bills . Knowing what I know I realized there are too many resellers,so all the services are pretty much the same so In the five years sine I kept trying to get the best service for the least amount of money I was trying everything from voip with phone apps like magic jack to freedom pop no money plan .i was in pursuit of getting quality services cheaper and cheaper that’s how I ended up in the free call arena I wanted to spend less time with my phone I Liked the apps that enabled me to turn my iPad mini into a phone . And this one by far is the best one I have come across quality service I talk for four hours the first night my Mom’s new Verizon Iphone died before my mini did and she had no idea I was on a free line . I like you can choose your own number I like the are no credits to buy or earn so it’s truly unlimited text and calls and it worked great with my home WiFi as well as my WiFi connect from my work phone I’m very pleased with this app. more -
Text Now Review
Jul 17, 2019 I absolutely love the text no app! It’s convenient and steady. FMy family and I have used it for 5 years! What I like about bout text now is the fact that no matter what , I can always access it through any device I choose to use whenever I choose to use it! Another great thing about text now is when I do have to access it through a secondary device all my info and previous messages are still there! That is super convenient being I lose everything especially phone numbers and messages! But text now keeps all that stored and it’s accessible to me 24/7. Sometimes paying my and my family’s phone bills can be very stressful at times because it’s expensive and I’m not able to get all of them payed at the same time. So having text now as a back up or second number. I along with my children Can assure my friends and family that they’re still able to contact me through texting or calling. Thanks text now!🤗 more -
Apr 28, 2021 Just LOVE this little app. It's complete free yet so reliable and handy. The ads never bother me. You can pay to get rid of the ads. You text and call with wifi like a normal phone. You can also text photos. The app has never crushed once. The connection is good. The quality is really nice. Highly recommended to anyone who's trying to save on their phone bill. more -
This used to be my favorite texting app...
Mar 20, 2019 I’ve been a TextNow user for many years, ever since 2011, and haven’t run into so much trouble until recently when their ads just became unbearable. I believe in ads and have even tried buying their service several times. However, the ads are ruining the experience. Whenever I enter the app and tap on a contact and begin to type a message the app just freezes. I sometimes end up calling my boss on accident due to the horrible lag. The actual texting and calling is good otherwise. The texting is far better than the calling at times. I have unlimited data, but this apps can go from working great to not working at all in seconds. I can see that it’s the ads causing all the issues. My fix would be to have ads take up less data or use less ads or use a better way to get these ads on the app. Please fix this devs. It gets very confusing and frustrating when I can’t use the app due to all the ads. I will try to get a plan to remove the ads, but the normal service is advertised as free. I do hope you can fix the interface to run smoothly once again. I will return to the app when it gets better. more -
Apr 22, 2021 I've used it for years absolutely perfect contains a lot of features and it's absolutely free.( a August 2019 review) A caveat however. Now August 2020 and they've added full page ads which are a bit of a drag locks you out of your ability to text. Also it says it does but it doesn't seem to support international texting now it's April 2021 and it is now not playing videos. It'll played in preview mode but not after it's been sent. Also the text-to-speech is glitchy. I'm running Android 9 more -
Apr 22, 2021 This app is awesome and would give it a 5 star rating if I didn't have 1 problem with the number pad. The number pad does not work when in call and have to use number pad for ex. number. When I try to use this it continues to make a buzz noise and won't stop? more -
Apr 30, 2021 I've been using this app for a cpl years now. For some reason, in the past few months, I haven't been able to copy/paste, and I cannot see any videos sent to me - they won't load. Also, some of the pics and gifs won't load. I'd love to give this app 5 stars, but only if that is fixed. Please help😞 more
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First rate free number text and call app and I’ve tried a lot
Jun 16, 2020 As a former Verizon employee I got brain washed with the higher the bill the better the service . Nothing like like having no money coming to force you to trim your bills . Knowing what I know I realized there are too many resellers,so all the services are pretty much the same so In the five years sine I kept trying to get the best service for the least amount of money I was trying everything from voip with phone apps like magic jack to freedom pop no money plan .i was in pursuit of getting quality services cheaper and cheaper that’s how I ended up in the free call arena I wanted to spend less time with my phone I Liked the apps that enabled me to turn my iPad mini into a phone . And this one by far is the best one I have come across quality service I talk for four hours the first night my Mom’s new Verizon Iphone died before my mini did and she had no idea I was on a free line . I like you can choose your own number I like the are no credits to buy or earn so it’s truly unlimited text and calls and it worked great with my home WiFi as well as my WiFi connect from my work phone I’m very pleased with this app. more -
Text Now Review
Jul 17, 2019 I absolutely love the text no app! It’s convenient and steady. FMy family and I have used it for 5 years! What I like about bout text now is the fact that no matter what , I can always access it through any device I choose to use whenever I choose to use it! Another great thing about text now is when I do have to access it through a secondary device all my info and previous messages are still there! That is super convenient being I lose everything especially phone numbers and messages! But text now keeps all that stored and it’s accessible to me 24/7. Sometimes paying my and my family’s phone bills can be very stressful at times because it’s expensive and I’m not able to get all of them payed at the same time. So having text now as a back up or second number. I along with my children Can assure my friends and family that they’re still able to contact me through texting or calling. Thanks text now!🤗 more -
Apr 28, 2021 Just LOVE this little app. It's complete free yet so reliable and handy. The ads never bother me. You can pay to get rid of the ads. You text and call with wifi like a normal phone. You can also text photos. The app has never crushed once. The connection is good. The quality is really nice. Highly recommended to anyone who's trying to save on their phone bill. more -
This used to be my favorite texting app...
Mar 20, 2019 I’ve been a TextNow user for many years, ever since 2011, and haven’t run into so much trouble until recently when their ads just became unbearable. I believe in ads and have even tried buying their service several times. However, the ads are ruining the experience. Whenever I enter the app and tap on a contact and begin to type a message the app just freezes. I sometimes end up calling my boss on accident due to the horrible lag. The actual texting and calling is good otherwise. The texting is far better than the calling at times. I have unlimited data, but this apps can go from working great to not working at all in seconds. I can see that it’s the ads causing all the issues. My fix would be to have ads take up less data or use less ads or use a better way to get these ads on the app. Please fix this devs. It gets very confusing and frustrating when I can’t use the app due to all the ads. I will try to get a plan to remove the ads, but the normal service is advertised as free. I do hope you can fix the interface to run smoothly once again. I will return to the app when it gets better. more -
Apr 22, 2021 I've used it for years absolutely perfect contains a lot of features and it's absolutely free.( a August 2019 review) A caveat however. Now August 2020 and they've added full page ads which are a bit of a drag locks you out of your ability to text. Also it says it does but it doesn't seem to support international texting now it's April 2021 and it is now not playing videos. It'll played in preview mode but not after it's been sent. Also the text-to-speech is glitchy. I'm running Android 9 more -
Apr 22, 2021 This app is awesome and would give it a 5 star rating if I didn't have 1 problem with the number pad. The number pad does not work when in call and have to use number pad for ex. number. When I try to use this it continues to make a buzz noise and won't stop? more -
Apr 30, 2021 I've been using this app for a cpl years now. For some reason, in the past few months, I haven't been able to copy/paste, and I cannot see any videos sent to me - they won't load. Also, some of the pics and gifs won't load. I'd love to give this app 5 stars, but only if that is fixed. Please help😞 more -
Apr 25, 2021 I really appreciate free phone. I'm disabled so that helps. It was hard to figure out how to use. It could use better menu settings i think. But it works great.also I don't know why but i have had over 80 wrong number calls and texts. This is a great thing you have created for people like me. Just winding down to the finish here on mountaintop in TN. Thanks.(GO BIG ORANGE !) more -
Amazing quality!!
Apr 19, 2020 I had text now app for a long while and then I caught wind of their free cell service, I ordered a sim card and I installed it in my iPhone and activated it. Once I activated the sim card I went down the street and I was able to make and receive high quality audio calls and the texts send and receive fast, you truly get free cell service yes $0.00 with no WiFi I am able to call and text this is a wonderful thing!! I decided to transfer my cell number over to TextNow and it was a smooth and pleasant process that took less then 24 hours!! I transferred my number from Straight Talk to TextNow. There is no cell data included with the free plan but that’s ok with me I’ll just use the internet on WiFi, although if you wanted cell data TextNow has affordable options. What’s the catch you say ? There are ads that pop up from time to time when you call or text but besides that there is no catch!! I highly recommend this it’s great more -
Could be better
Apr 22, 2019 I am not sure if it is my phone, or the phones of my contacts. At times, even when I seem to send them messages, they inform me that they do not receive them. Or when I call them, they say they do not receive a record of me calling them. I like the style and interface of the app, it is very appealing, but it is just these small inconveniences that make the experience troublesome. One feature that I would love to see is that when you send someone a message/text, that there would be a little notification that says “John has seen your message” or a simple little “seen” notification. Like on Instagram messaging. That would make this app much better, and would restore my confidence in it. It is a great app, and I would take it over any other competitor, just fix these things, and add that feature, and I would eagerly share with more of my friends and family. Thank you! 😁 more
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It’s not the best...
Feb 2, 2019 This app is great. Especially for me because I have an iPad, which means I cannot text phones from Samsung etc. This app is good because I could text my friends with phones from other providers. But, I faced many issues such as sometimes I would click on the app and it would shut me out and I would be back on the home screen after being in the app for about 3 seconds. I do get a lot of spam calls and a lot of people I don’t know txt me. It is really glitchy and sometimes I send messages and the person I am texting did not receive it. Another thing I didn’t like was I didn’t receive notifications most of the time when people texted me. One day I went on the app and all but the contact names went black. It shut me out of the app and I was back at the home screen. I tried many times getting back on the app, but it never worked. Then I got back on about a couple months later and I was logged out of my account! I can’t get back on and I don’t know what to do!! All of my text messages with my friends and family are gone. I would not recommend this app... it has just brought me so much anger and unless they fixed something with a magical update I don’t know if it’s going to be any good because I WAS LOGGED OUT OF MY ACCOUNT AND CAN’T CHECK FOR YOU. Hope this helped. more -
May 4, 2021 this used to be a good app. now holding verification codes hostage to make up whatever revenue they feel they are lacking from ads. was nice knowing ya textnow team, good luck in the future. this app doesnt even work so definitely wont be blackmailed into paying a premium for it. more -
Dreadful Support! Dreadful useless app!
Dec 18, 2019 #1: USE TALKU OR DINGTONE!! always guaranteed credits to earn through watching videos and playing games-very interactive! And one of the best for free-yes free international calls and texts that actually go through! It’s not perfect 100% of the time but it’s gotten so much better. Avoid TEXTNOW. You’re lucky if you can earn one credit a day. Talking to support today made me want to literally rip my eyes out because I was going in circles with someone who clearly didn’t read or understand not only the initial issue, but know what’s in their FAQs and articles. 1st, they have a submit a request feature through the app, but then when you submit a request, you get a canned reply through email saying they don’t use that anymore and to utilize chat instead. Then you need to remove anything that is obsolete from your app!! A customer should not be going in circles to try to get help. I had to explain to this person practically 3 times what I was referring to. For example-they say you can complete offers for credit but there is nowhere to ever do that! So do not refer me to Tap Joy when you don’t even offer the opportunity to earn credits for offers! It was just awful… I wind up turning off the message communication with this person because my patience was depleted. more -
May 4, 2021 Would really enjoy app more if random numbers wouldnt blow my phone up constantly, would never have this issue if I had a provider, please if at all possible limit or restrict numbers who are way out of my range for contact, it is really irritating and have had to uninstall app multiple times for calls from people I dont know blowing my phone up every 5 seconds, most likely unused random numbers or scam callers, PLEASE FIX! more -
App is useless after latest update
May 2, 2021 Idk what happened to this app but it’s been complete garbage the last few days (both the iPhone and the iPad versions of the app). It completely overloads the device’s operating system or something because when I try to open the app whatever media is playing in the background (and would normally continue to play in the background) stops playing. This wouldn’t really bother me if it was the only problem, but from there it only gets worse. The app freezes and will not respond to any taps. I’ve tried task killing the app and then restarting it but nothing changes. I’ve also tried doing a soft reset/force re-starting the devices, and then trying the app again to see if it’s working, but that hasn’t helped either. At first I thought it was my phone but then I realized the same thing was happening on my iPad too, so it must be the app itself because I’m not having any issues like this with any other apps. I really wish/hope the developer fixes the app because this was my favorite messaging app (before the update). But now that it’s completely unusable I’m going to have to try out some other apps and see if I can find a suitable alternative. Goodbye (for now?) TextNow ✌️ more -
Glitchy and ads overwhelm the experience
Nov 8, 2018 TextNow is a great idea and provides a great service essentially - that you can have a free phone number and call North America from anywhere in the world -however the user experience is pretty bad. The app is slow, extremely glitchy, and the ads are meant to overwhelm your experience. The ad situation has gotten substantially worse in recent months. The standard bad ad experience on the app is that the ads pop up on the home screen constantly and they are hard to close. But recently I had the experience that video ads start playing through my calls and as the call time progresses the interval between the time the video ad plays gets shorter and shorter. So what happens is you're talking to someone and then an extremely loud ad (way above the call audio volume) starts playing over your call. You can shut it down but it will just start back up again a few moments later. Really unbearable. I am keeping the app because it's in its development stages and I'm hoping it will go in a different direction when it receives more funding. As a traveler it's a great tool for me, just wish it wasn't such a harrowing tool to use. more -
It’s cool it ok for free service/terrible now
Dec 29, 2018 Sooooo I’ve had textnow for a few years, the more they try to fix bugs the worse it gets! The ads,are messing up the ap,ok its free,but don’t make it mess up the ap! I always missed calls now,never had that before! The fact you can’t send video is a lil wack! But again it’s free! You can’t send more than one picture at a time! But again it’s free lol! Just recently I have noticed when you try to send a picture,it automatically picks the last picture you took! I DO NOT LIKE THAT! Because sometimes I don’t know itnsent someone that picture! It freezes a lot more now thn last year! Also textnow,needs to cut down on people making multiple textnow accounts,just to spam people and harass people ,start getting device info,and ips,and only allow one textnow per email,device,and ip,and make them verify an email! That will help a great deal! So for it being free when you are connected to WiFi is good! Ok it’s now dec29,2018 the app is even more horrible ,it’s blocking numbers I didn’t block ,being very slow! And deleting texts I didn’t delete ,please work on where we can block entire area codes,telemarketing calls are becoming insane! I’ve got 100 numbers blocked from the same company more -
May 5, 2021 W O R S T APP ON THE ENTIRE ENTERNET!! YOU NEED TO FIX THE ISSUES ASAP! Please ppl depend on these call n text apps! Every single CALL DROPS EVERYTIME! THE AUDIO IS SO CHOPPY AND, NO ONE CAN EVER HEAR ME! THATS EVERY CALL! AND The TEXTING HALF TIME WONT SEND! ID GIVE (0) ZERO STARS IF I COULD! I DONT RECCOMEND NO ONE TO INSTALL THIS APP UNTILL ITS FIXED CORRECTLY! God bless everyone!!! more -
Don’t do it!!
Nov 30, 2019 I’ve been using Text Now for a few months. At first, it started out like a great substitution for the more expensive (and horrible) Sprint service I’ve been wasting my money on. Since they both use the same network, I’d rather pay less for unreliable and sketchy phone service. But believe me, Text Now service is not at all reliable either. You won’t get much reception indoors, your texts msgs may or may not send, and there will be times when you won’t get phone calls. Anyway, my rant today is because TextNow took things to a new low. Today my bill is due and they SHUT ME OFF on the day it’s due. AND it’s a Saturday, so I can’t transfer money from my savings account into my (bill paying) account until Monday. I take complete ownership for not remembering about transferring sooner. Thanksgiving was just 2 days ago and I lost all sense of time in the planning. But to give NO notice is going too far. Since I drive for Uber, I cannot work or earn money either until Monday as well and I’M FURIOUS!!! They are screwing with my livelihood. So PLEASE reconsider your choice to use this service. Don’t be dumb like me. Find another way. Or someday you’ll be writing a scathing review too. more -
Apr 24, 2021 Can not get verfication code due to new app changes. Which screwed me big time. Thank for nothing. So, without warning they change their policy for revenue. Snakes!! Holding my account hostage for a service that was previously free. Once again, could have warned of the change. And it isn't all across the board. I just got a verification code for FB. I can screen shot it if you like. I would give a negative 2 stars if possible. I am seeking legal action about this. Can not ransom numbers! more
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Community
I absolutely love this app! I turned off my local service provider and used my wifi and this app and it has been working perfectly for a month now. Highly recommended!1 year ago
by Ciera
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Community
They give you a free phone number (area code of your choice) with free calls to anywhere in North America (I’m in located North America, so I’m not sure how it would work in Europe/Asia/Africa/Australinea) .. so free text and in/out calls in North America. Good connection on calls. more1 year ago
by Amber
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Expert
- Easily create your own phone number & make completely free calls to US & Canada as often as you like
- PassCode keeps all your messages under a secure lock & makes all communication extra safe
- Earn free money by completing super easy offers & call anywhere in the world practically for free
Reviewed by Laura S on January 16, 2018
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First rate free number text and call app and I’ve tried a lot
Jun 16, 2020 As a former Verizon employee I got brain washed with the higher the bill the better the service . Nothing like like having no money coming to force you to trim your bills . Knowing what I know I realized there are too many resellers,so all the services are pretty much the same so In the five years sine I kept trying to get the best service for the least amount of money I was trying everything from voip with phone apps like magic jack to freedom pop no money plan .i was in pursuit of getting quality services cheaper and cheaper that’s how I ended up in the free call arena I wanted to spend less time with my phone I Liked the apps that enabled me to turn my iPad mini into a phone . And this one by far is the best one I have come across quality service I talk for four hours the first night my Mom’s new Verizon Iphone died before my mini did and she had no idea I was on a free line . I like you can choose your own number I like the are no credits to buy or earn so it’s truly unlimited text and calls and it worked great with my home WiFi as well as my WiFi connect from my work phone I’m very pleased with this app. more -
Text Now Review
Jul 17, 2019 I absolutely love the text no app! It’s convenient and steady. FMy family and I have used it for 5 years! What I like about bout text now is the fact that no matter what , I can always access it through any device I choose to use whenever I choose to use it! Another great thing about text now is when I do have to access it through a secondary device all my info and previous messages are still there! That is super convenient being I lose everything especially phone numbers and messages! But text now keeps all that stored and it’s accessible to me 24/7. Sometimes paying my and my family’s phone bills can be very stressful at times because it’s expensive and I’m not able to get all of them payed at the same time. So having text now as a back up or second number. I along with my children Can assure my friends and family that they’re still able to contact me through texting or calling. Thanks text now!🤗 more -
Apr 28, 2021 Just LOVE this little app. It's complete free yet so reliable and handy. The ads never bother me. You can pay to get rid of the ads. You text and call with wifi like a normal phone. You can also text photos. The app has never crushed once. The connection is good. The quality is really nice. Highly recommended to anyone who's trying to save on their phone bill. more -
Amazing quality!!
Apr 19, 2020 I had text now app for a long while and then I caught wind of their free cell service, I ordered a sim card and I installed it in my iPhone and activated it. Once I activated the sim card I went down the street and I was able to make and receive high quality audio calls and the texts send and receive fast, you truly get free cell service yes $0.00 with no WiFi I am able to call and text this is a wonderful thing!! I decided to transfer my cell number over to TextNow and it was a smooth and pleasant process that took less then 24 hours!! I transferred my number from Straight Talk to TextNow. There is no cell data included with the free plan but that’s ok with me I’ll just use the internet on WiFi, although if you wanted cell data TextNow has affordable options. What’s the catch you say ? There are ads that pop up from time to time when you call or text but besides that there is no catch!! I highly recommend this it’s great more -
Could be better
Apr 22, 2019 I am not sure if it is my phone, or the phones of my contacts. At times, even when I seem to send them messages, they inform me that they do not receive them. Or when I call them, they say they do not receive a record of me calling them. I like the style and interface of the app, it is very appealing, but it is just these small inconveniences that make the experience troublesome. One feature that I would love to see is that when you send someone a message/text, that there would be a little notification that says “John has seen your message” or a simple little “seen” notification. Like on Instagram messaging. That would make this app much better, and would restore my confidence in it. It is a great app, and I would take it over any other competitor, just fix these things, and add that feature, and I would eagerly share with more of my friends and family. Thank you! 😁 more -
May 5, 2021 ok, it's free. I've used for couple years now. Hate having to pay for verification stuff, it's a $ grab BUT....4.99 a YEAR isn't awful. It's a free phone service!! 4 and a half stars but will give 5 rather than 4...ITS A FREE PHONE SERVICE!!! more -
Amazing but...
Jun 9, 2020 I live for this app! Occasionally, you can use the number for other apps as well! I personally like using this number that I have on here for apps instead of my personal one. But for all good things there comes a bad. Random people have gotten a hold of my number and started calling me at random times. They will literally non-stop text and call me sometimes. I have no clue how they’ve gotten my phone number. But besides the random people texting you time to time, if you have the patience to deal with it like me, I definitely recommend this app. If the people do contact you, just report and block. Thank you for reading my review! If you’re considering getting this app, I think you definitely should. Note that not all the numbers you get on this app will work for other apps, I learned that when I made another number :) more -
Apr 14, 2021 Absolutely Grateful that we have an app free like this available for everyone! I've been struggling financially for a couple years, however, TextNow has given me a little better leg to stand on. TextNow keeps me in touch with my family and friends and the rest of those who are necessary. Much Appreciated and I Thank you sincerely! Keep up the good work!👊 more -
Best phone App available!!
Jul 18, 2020 Besides text now completely deleting and banning one of my phone numbers which are used for over a year just up and deleting it besides that incident since I’ve gotten another account and this new phone number everything is smoothly again this is the absolute best texting phone app if you want to text and keep keep in communication with people without giving them your actual real phone number. You do not need credit so I have to pay for anything the ads are a little annoying and I did pay for them to be gone completely with my old account but like I said it got completely deleted out of nowhere by text now and so didThe ad free thing I had paid for and now they want you to pay monthly instead of a one time fee forget that more -
Apr 20, 2021 Actually really enjoy this App. It is convenient & works well. Me & my partner are considering paying to have TextNow as our full-time number. It's way cheaper than having a pre-paid phone plan. Definitely Recommend to our friends & family who don't already partake. Just 1 thing. Sometimes we'll get a number that gets CONSTANT spam calls and it's quite inconvenient & sometimes it's a plain out hassle. They shouldn't give numbers then allow spam to have access. Still worth it though. more
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Apr 22, 2021 I've used it for years absolutely perfect contains a lot of features and it's absolutely free.( a August 2019 review) A caveat however. Now August 2020 and they've added full page ads which are a bit of a drag locks you out of your ability to text. Also it says it does but it doesn't seem to support international texting now it's April 2021 and it is now not playing videos. It'll played in preview mode but not after it's been sent. Also the text-to-speech is glitchy. I'm running Android 9 more -
Apr 22, 2021 This app is awesome and would give it a 5 star rating if I didn't have 1 problem with the number pad. The number pad does not work when in call and have to use number pad for ex. number. When I try to use this it continues to make a buzz noise and won't stop? more -
Apr 30, 2021 It's legit. Use all the time. Literally a second personal number. You don't have to worry about your main number being used for things or given to people you'd rather not have your main line involved with. Totally awesome won't find a better one than this. Although it can be choppy in calls, drop calls, hard to connect or send messages sometimes but not enough to not use an you should not use the app for important things. If quality of calls was better it would be 5 not 4 stars. more -
Calling won’t work, can’t receive texts
Jan 21, 2019 So I have been using TextNow for a LONG time, and I can say it is one of the best messaging apps I have ever used, I can use it for friends who don’t have their number registered with iMessage. But I have to point out a few things wrong: when I try to start or receive a call, either the caller can hear me and I cannot hear them, or the other way around. I would like to have this fixed because calls can be very important and it is quite annoying. Next thing, sometimes I can’t receive texts. If I was having a conversation with someone, I have to leave their chat and go to the main ‘home’ screen of TextNow, and wait for them to send a message or for it to come in. It does not happen all the time but I would like to be able to not have to refresh the page etc, to receive messages. I hope this review was understandable and I tried my best to be clear with the issues I am having. Thank you for listening. more -
Apr 28, 2021 I've had excellent experience using Text Now this time around. I had used it years ago and it was a lousy experience with static phone calls, dropped calls, late messages but none of those problems this time. Wonderful improvements. Would and do recommend it! more -
Quick and easy to deal with
Aug 24, 2019 I’ve been using this app for a couple of months now, and I feel very happy with the results it’s a wonderful tool when you have a small business or you just need a different phone number. The only thing I didn’t like is that apparently the person who had my current number before had a lot of debt, so it took me a while to get rid of all those unwanted calls from Debt collectors that I was getting on daily bases at all times. Other than that I’m very happy with the service, I’m still learning about it, for ex. Now I know that pictures or videos that I received by text are only there temporarily also I know that in order to don’t lose your number you need to upgrade to premium to lock your number or use the service because your number can be revoke due to inactivity. Other than that you service is good, props to the team of TextNow. more -
Good service, no local numbers
Aug 10, 2020 That’s TextNow in a nutshell. You get free calling and texting, and it’s hard to beat the price of free. Then again if you do want to beat the price of free, you can subscribe to AdFree+ and get more features while ditching the ads. Customer service has been okay in the three weeks I’ve had the service. Only one con I can find, and it isn’t the audio quality. Yes I wish call audio was better but considering TextNow built the service so it works even on throttle cellular data connections, I made my peace with the audio quality. The big problem with TextNow is that you’ll have a hard time finding a local number. Getting a number from Nevada when you live in Washington doesn’t sound that bad, unless you’re job hunting and companies hesitate to call you to avoid long distance charges on their landline office phones. more -
Quite good
Jun 11, 2020 I’ve just had it for a couple weeks and have not used it that much, but have had no issues making calls, receiving calls, sending/receiving texts, or voicemail. I like the purple color of the texts. Ads are a bit intrusive. I’ve got other VoIP numbers but it’s a great idea to have multiple services for backup, different uses, or for troubleshooting if one of them doesn’t work. The iPhone purchase prices section in the App Store is unfortunately totally unclear. Multiple duplicates but with different prices, descriptions cut off, and no mention of how long each subscription lasts, if they are actually subscriptions. I would be willing to pay something to get rid of ads but can’t consider it for now since I don’t know what any of the options are. I can’t use it as my primary number for now because it’s missing a couple key features - it’s own contacts and end to end encryption, even if only for other TextNow users. I have a huge number of contacts that I’m not in touch with anymore and am not giving my TextNow number to, so I don’t want to import my phone contacts. Would also be nice to have a $1/month plan just to prevent your number from being reassigned without activity, but keeping ads. more -
4 stars
Jul 4, 2020 So I had this one problem but the rest of it is wonderful! So my problem is is that I had more than 3 unknown numbers that kept on texting me about a dating app and sex requests. I did not enjoy getting those texts cause they are straight up annoying. Not only that I would get one of those numbers at least once a week. I hope they have changed that but I am not going on there again until I have seen that this has been changed.( I had the app a year ago and deleted it last year and haven’t gotten it since). All of that aside what’s fun is that when I had it you got to change your message color and you got to pick a background for each chat you have so if you were texting your parents you could have your parents photo in the background. more -
Almost a 5 Star
Mar 25, 2021 I have used this app for years and it is my only communication app or rather phone app. This is all o have to stay connected with anyone. It has always made me happy for what it is. Every once in awhile I have a problem with something nothing major or life threatening it will usually clear up or get fixed within a day or so without even saying anything about it. Recently the last update it would not open it crashed time again I did everything I could with app and my iPhone. For three days I was without communication with ppl. But one morning thee it was sitting with my apps working. There are littlest things that might not be the greatest but this app is by far the best around of its kind. I do pay for the no ads and keep same number. This app is worth it. more
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This used to be my favorite texting app...
Mar 20, 2019 I’ve been a TextNow user for many years, ever since 2011, and haven’t run into so much trouble until recently when their ads just became unbearable. I believe in ads and have even tried buying their service several times. However, the ads are ruining the experience. Whenever I enter the app and tap on a contact and begin to type a message the app just freezes. I sometimes end up calling my boss on accident due to the horrible lag. The actual texting and calling is good otherwise. The texting is far better than the calling at times. I have unlimited data, but this apps can go from working great to not working at all in seconds. I can see that it’s the ads causing all the issues. My fix would be to have ads take up less data or use less ads or use a better way to get these ads on the app. Please fix this devs. It gets very confusing and frustrating when I can’t use the app due to all the ads. I will try to get a plan to remove the ads, but the normal service is advertised as free. I do hope you can fix the interface to run smoothly once again. I will return to the app when it gets better. more -
Apr 30, 2021 I've been using this app for a cpl years now. For some reason, in the past few months, I haven't been able to copy/paste, and I cannot see any videos sent to me - they won't load. Also, some of the pics and gifs won't load. I'd love to give this app 5 stars, but only if that is fixed. Please help😞 more -
Apr 25, 2021 I really appreciate free phone. I'm disabled so that helps. It was hard to figure out how to use. It could use better menu settings i think. But it works great.also I don't know why but i have had over 80 wrong number calls and texts. This is a great thing you have created for people like me. Just winding down to the finish here on mountaintop in TN. Thanks.(GO BIG ORANGE !) more -
Okay
Jun 9, 2020 I do love this app I use it all the time but sometimes when I press the hang up button it is really slow and glitchy and when I go to the app it will shut me out of it when I’m only in the app for 3 seconds but again I use this app all the time but I also get a lot of random numbers call and text me and it does get super annoying but I love this app so so so much I use it so much and it’s just really slow and glitchy but I mean it is what it is also this app is very very slow and glitchy when I go on the app it will take a while for it to actually load even when I full bars of WiFi’s and everything I think maybe it’s just really slow and I noticed if I get more than 13 phone numbers it will delete my most recent person I texted and if I don’t use my app for a 3 days it will log me out and say I need to get a new number I have spent so much time on this app and it’s not that good of quality I hop you guys the best to try and fix it and this app would be the bomb but as of right now it’s not such a great app🥰! more -
It’s Free... But At A Cost
Apr 23, 2020 I’ll start by saying free service is free service. I couldn’t be more grateful to have unlimited calling and texting via cellular and not just WiFi. All of my 3 stars go to this and this alone because that’s where the good stops. The ads are annoying but sure, but that’s what you get with free service so I won’t complain to much. Reception is mediocre at best but again... free. However, the app itself is VERY LAGGY. Half of the time, I don’t even get notified of a phone call, even when hooked up to WiFi and it cannot be blamed on poor service. I’ve had entire conversations poof into thin air without me manually deleting them, only to find out later that I had missed a new message or call from said person because of the conversation being magically deleted. At the end of the day, TextNow needs to get their act together and provide us a well functioning app. If it doesn’t improve in the future, I’ll have to look elsewhere and I’m sure others will as well. more -
Buyer beware
Aug 7, 2019 If you buy the app like I did to avoid the advertisements you can expect the advertising to continue. I did the free version for a while and thought if I buy it then I won’t have to see the adds again, boy was I wrong. The adds never went away, the only thing that went away was my money from my bank. The app is also slow as heck, it is slow when you send photos, it is slow when you type messages, it’s just slow slow slow. The pros to having the app, I downloaded it on my desktop computer, I can type on a keyboard, I use it for business to text customers about their auto repair, and they think it’s my cellphone and I get to tell them “I’m sorry but I use a texting app to text from my office computer”. This way they don’t get my personal cell number. So, pros and cons, everything has them. But to pay for an ad free app and they still are there makes me not happy. So keep your money and use the free version, there is no difference. more -
Works great but one weird issue....
Jan 28, 2020 I love TextNow! I have used it for years and it has had its share of bugs and glitches but they always get updated and fixed in the end! I will continue to use the app but I have experienced a few “Call Interferences” that kind of freak me out when they happen. It’s only happened about 3 times and I cannot find anything online about anyone else who is experiencing this issue but basically what happens is - I’ll be on the phone with my boyfriend or someone else and everything is just fine but then all of the sudden the call gets really staticy and a separate voice from ours enters the call as if we just called them and their answering their phone! At first I thought my boyfriend was messing with me but I have had this experience while talking to other people as well! When I respond to the voice they can’t hear us but I know I’m not crazy because the person I am talking to hears it to. Please look into this. more -
Y'all really need to fix the iPad app version as well as some Apple Watch issues
Jan 29, 2019 The iPhone version is fine. The IPad one has trouble sending texts from the notifications. Sometimes ill type a message on my iPad only to find out that it never sent and my message is gone. That is annoying. Also i have my iPad in landscape basically all the time and when i open the app, its all messed up. I need to turn my iPad to portrait mode and back to landscape mode for the app to correct its self. This is annoying. ALSO i cant reply very well to messages on my Apple Watch. Sometimes ill compose a message and click send and forget about it. Only to find out that my message was never sent. Please fix this. I like this app on my iPhone but its not the greatest experience on the iPad or Apple Watch. I use an IPad 4 on iOS 10.3.3 if you must know. Thanks Devs!! more -
No Sound for incoming calls??
Nov 30, 2019 The app itself is laid out very well and very simple to use. I don’t see any settings for sounds for incoming calls at all. So when someone calls you you don’t even hear the phone you only get a tiny notification beep when you call first comes through and then after the person hangs up you hear a little tone but no ringing in between which is annoying. So naturally 9 times out of 10 you miss a call. Is there a way to fix this? I’ve tried to go through the sounds and the iPhone settings and notifications and there is no option within the app either on the sounds for their notifications for messages. Help? I’ll rare this at 3 stars because I like it but it would be higher had it have the option for someone to hear a telephone call come through.. more -
Fix the group chats!!
Jun 25, 2020 This is a great app, but I have a few problems with the group chats. First of all, I wish it would show the names of the people who wrote something instead of just the numbers. Also, it’ll just start a new random group chat. For example, I made a group chat and when my mom wrote something it made a new group chat but it just showed up as one on her phone. Can you please fix that? Other than that, it works great and o love the idea Edit: the group chats are starting to stress me out. The names are now there (thank you) but whenever someone sends a text, a new groupchat gets made on my end. I also get a lot of texts later and out of order and it’s starting to get annoying to have to ask for screenshots of the chat. I’ve used this app for over a year because of the free phone number, but please! Updates! more
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It’s not the best...
Feb 2, 2019 This app is great. Especially for me because I have an iPad, which means I cannot text phones from Samsung etc. This app is good because I could text my friends with phones from other providers. But, I faced many issues such as sometimes I would click on the app and it would shut me out and I would be back on the home screen after being in the app for about 3 seconds. I do get a lot of spam calls and a lot of people I don’t know txt me. It is really glitchy and sometimes I send messages and the person I am texting did not receive it. Another thing I didn’t like was I didn’t receive notifications most of the time when people texted me. One day I went on the app and all but the contact names went black. It shut me out of the app and I was back at the home screen. I tried many times getting back on the app, but it never worked. Then I got back on about a couple months later and I was logged out of my account! I can’t get back on and I don’t know what to do!! All of my text messages with my friends and family are gone. I would not recommend this app... it has just brought me so much anger and unless they fixed something with a magical update I don’t know if it’s going to be any good because I WAS LOGGED OUT OF MY ACCOUNT AND CAN’T CHECK FOR YOU. Hope this helped. more -
Glitchy and ads overwhelm the experience
Nov 8, 2018 TextNow is a great idea and provides a great service essentially - that you can have a free phone number and call North America from anywhere in the world -however the user experience is pretty bad. The app is slow, extremely glitchy, and the ads are meant to overwhelm your experience. The ad situation has gotten substantially worse in recent months. The standard bad ad experience on the app is that the ads pop up on the home screen constantly and they are hard to close. But recently I had the experience that video ads start playing through my calls and as the call time progresses the interval between the time the video ad plays gets shorter and shorter. So what happens is you're talking to someone and then an extremely loud ad (way above the call audio volume) starts playing over your call. You can shut it down but it will just start back up again a few moments later. Really unbearable. I am keeping the app because it's in its development stages and I'm hoping it will go in a different direction when it receives more funding. As a traveler it's a great tool for me, just wish it wasn't such a harrowing tool to use. more -
Advertisements Ruin this App
Mar 8, 2021 I believe in advertiser support for a free app but they are so INVASIVE in Text now that it is barely usable. Ads run in between every 4-5 calls, they are so large I accidentally click them when trying to scroll recent calls. I’m sure this is intentional. Ads pop up and end calls 4-5 times daily and end business calls. Do not depend on this app for anything important! It will fail and embarrass you. When app opens you are FORCED to wait up to 2 minutes for ad to time out and it never self closes. I have to find the close on the ad which is someplace different on every ad. Don’t try to make last minute calls or dial 911, you will definitely be waiting. DEVELOPERS: make the app closable after a specified time, like 15-20 seconds, trust me I know what your seller is selling after watching for that long. App never terminated calls from advertisements and ran 2 entire minutes until a few month ago. App is only useful if you do not mind waiting 2minutes to make a call and having your calls CONSTANTLY disconnected by ads. more -
TextNow, what happened?
Sep 16, 2020 Have been using TN for a couple years and considered it a 4-5 star app that I truly loved... but that was until the last couple months. According to what my iPhone says I do believe I have the newest version.. idk what the issue is. Several problems: •Phone will ring, but instead of given the answer/reject options, my screen says I’m already In the call. And my phone is still ringing out loud but I can’t answer it. Sometimes killing the app won’t make the ringing stop and I have to reset my phone. •75% of the time I AM able to answer the call, it is dead silence on the other end and vice versa. •Phone calls are just a wreck. Several textnow user friends of mine are having the same issues. Anything from basic glitching, lagging, can’t hear the other person well, etc. WEIRDest thing is: •My friend signed into their account one time for a few minutes. A long time ago. Since then, anytime she gets a call, that call also will ring my accounts, just whichever one I’m signed into at the time. This happens on any device I’m using. Her sign in was never saved or linked or anything it is SUPER weird. Sometimes it won’t actually ring but I will get the missed call notification. This also happens to some of my personal calls. •Phone call lags. I’ll say something and the other person hears it a couple seconds late and vice versa(like when news reporters are talking to each other from different locations) more -
Loading problems
Jun 22, 2019 Helpful, but takes a really long time to load and is not helpful with tapping into the adds. Why does it take such a long time to load? I have full bars and it still takes over 2 minutes to load onto the first screen. Then it takes 1-5 minutes to load the messages. Sometimes I just want to delete the app and try a different one for this reason. It does crash A LOT. It switches the keyboard to an add so you can't continue typing. It takes a long time to send messages and if it doesn't sent because of no coverage then when you try to resend it it sends it like 15 times. The calling is really bad. Bad connection. Really glitchy. Crashes mid call. Please update notifications on lock screen when calling. I only get "misses call from _____" after someone calls me. I call them back and then it loads and says " ____ is trying to reach you" more -
Only call out but no call in
Nov 10, 2020 I wrote another review and I had wrote that I thought it was because of upgrading, but the app will still not enter any calls where I am being called. I can call out but I cannot receive a call in. I do not not know the reason behind this I have kept the app up to date and my iPad too, but it’s seemingly useless as the problem has not been fixed I tried allowing the app to have requested permissions and still when I tried calling myself from the house phone it would not work. In setting I sent a debut log I don’t know what it did but I’m assuming it’ll send the devs a log they can look at to fix the issue? I hope this solved cause I’ve already missed some calls from friends already and I really don’t want them to think that I’m avoiding them or don’t wanna talk to them. more -
Stopped working and there is no support!!
Sep 23, 2019 Please be advise before using this App and share your new phone number to your friends or customers that in a certain moment it will stop working. I only use this number for texting my customers and all the sudden two weeks ago the messages stop exiting, so my customers start to complain and the textnow app was indicating that the text was sent. So I look for help and there is no help, the web is totally impersonal and no contact can be done, phone number is answered by a machine that obviously says that if you have a problem visit support, and support is only designed for using issues not for errors and disfunction as ours, so there is no support!! No chat, no email, nothing, I will not put my money in this text app, because simple they do not exist if problem arises. more -
Don’t purchase the subscription!
Jun 29, 2020 The app itself is fine, but after a few calls I decided I needed to use it for a longer period of time and paid $10 for a subscription where it advertised “unlimited calling”. What the unlimited calling was for other people that have the app, not just anyone. I didn’t mind paying but I think deceiving people to do it is a pretty crappy business practice. There’s also a VERY annoying voice when your credits start getting low that completely talks over who you’re speaking with on the call for 20-30 seconds at a time. I used this to do business when I didn’t want to use my personal phone number, it was extremely annoying. I’d venture to say you could find a better app that doesn’t lie as blatantly to get your money. more -
I feel bad...
May 14, 2020 Ok so I didn't really had the worst experience with this app because I feel like it gave me someone els phone number and Random people kept calling me and I never give out my phone number only to my family and my friends and it gave me voice mails like “Hey (Name) we were checking in if you were still available for the job” something like that but I wasn't that name... but I got a new number... I also kept getting calls and messages like “Hey rose” and then someone kept calling me and then messaged me that I needed to talk to my kids and my husband because he was at the hospital about to die but the thing is I have no husband or kids yet.. and when I herd that message i felt so bad that this rose cant say goodbye to her husband because I have her phone number.... I’m deleting this app. more -
*CREEPY!!*
Mar 15, 2020 Ok so it's a great app, besides the fact that they distribute your number to random people. I used it to text my friend to prank her from a random number. Later she figured out it was me, but after a random text came from some one. Of course I thought it was her, because I pranced her from a random number. But it wasn't her. After I started texting things to the number like " C'mon I know it's you! Stop being weird. Your not going to prank me." Than another number texting me saying " Who do you think you are, messing with my wife?" ( actually he said some pretty bad words, I don't want to get into detail) so I was like, WOAH DELETE THIS APP NOWWW So be careful. Know that this could happen to another person. It's creepy... I suggest you just get an iCloud account you can text from with your email. :( more
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May 4, 2021 this used to be a good app. now holding verification codes hostage to make up whatever revenue they feel they are lacking from ads. was nice knowing ya textnow team, good luck in the future. this app doesnt even work so definitely wont be blackmailed into paying a premium for it. more -
Dreadful Support! Dreadful useless app!
Dec 18, 2019 #1: USE TALKU OR DINGTONE!! always guaranteed credits to earn through watching videos and playing games-very interactive! And one of the best for free-yes free international calls and texts that actually go through! It’s not perfect 100% of the time but it’s gotten so much better. Avoid TEXTNOW. You’re lucky if you can earn one credit a day. Talking to support today made me want to literally rip my eyes out because I was going in circles with someone who clearly didn’t read or understand not only the initial issue, but know what’s in their FAQs and articles. 1st, they have a submit a request feature through the app, but then when you submit a request, you get a canned reply through email saying they don’t use that anymore and to utilize chat instead. Then you need to remove anything that is obsolete from your app!! A customer should not be going in circles to try to get help. I had to explain to this person practically 3 times what I was referring to. For example-they say you can complete offers for credit but there is nowhere to ever do that! So do not refer me to Tap Joy when you don’t even offer the opportunity to earn credits for offers! It was just awful… I wind up turning off the message communication with this person because my patience was depleted. more -
May 4, 2021 Would really enjoy app more if random numbers wouldnt blow my phone up constantly, would never have this issue if I had a provider, please if at all possible limit or restrict numbers who are way out of my range for contact, it is really irritating and have had to uninstall app multiple times for calls from people I dont know blowing my phone up every 5 seconds, most likely unused random numbers or scam callers, PLEASE FIX! more -
App is useless after latest update
May 2, 2021 Idk what happened to this app but it’s been complete garbage the last few days (both the iPhone and the iPad versions of the app). It completely overloads the device’s operating system or something because when I try to open the app whatever media is playing in the background (and would normally continue to play in the background) stops playing. This wouldn’t really bother me if it was the only problem, but from there it only gets worse. The app freezes and will not respond to any taps. I’ve tried task killing the app and then restarting it but nothing changes. I’ve also tried doing a soft reset/force re-starting the devices, and then trying the app again to see if it’s working, but that hasn’t helped either. At first I thought it was my phone but then I realized the same thing was happening on my iPad too, so it must be the app itself because I’m not having any issues like this with any other apps. I really wish/hope the developer fixes the app because this was my favorite messaging app (before the update). But now that it’s completely unusable I’m going to have to try out some other apps and see if I can find a suitable alternative. Goodbye (for now?) TextNow ✌️ more -
It’s cool it ok for free service/terrible now
Dec 29, 2018 Sooooo I’ve had textnow for a few years, the more they try to fix bugs the worse it gets! The ads,are messing up the ap,ok its free,but don’t make it mess up the ap! I always missed calls now,never had that before! The fact you can’t send video is a lil wack! But again it’s free! You can’t send more than one picture at a time! But again it’s free lol! Just recently I have noticed when you try to send a picture,it automatically picks the last picture you took! I DO NOT LIKE THAT! Because sometimes I don’t know itnsent someone that picture! It freezes a lot more now thn last year! Also textnow,needs to cut down on people making multiple textnow accounts,just to spam people and harass people ,start getting device info,and ips,and only allow one textnow per email,device,and ip,and make them verify an email! That will help a great deal! So for it being free when you are connected to WiFi is good! Ok it’s now dec29,2018 the app is even more horrible ,it’s blocking numbers I didn’t block ,being very slow! And deleting texts I didn’t delete ,please work on where we can block entire area codes,telemarketing calls are becoming insane! I’ve got 100 numbers blocked from the same company more -
May 5, 2021 W O R S T APP ON THE ENTIRE ENTERNET!! YOU NEED TO FIX THE ISSUES ASAP! Please ppl depend on these call n text apps! Every single CALL DROPS EVERYTIME! THE AUDIO IS SO CHOPPY AND, NO ONE CAN EVER HEAR ME! THATS EVERY CALL! AND The TEXTING HALF TIME WONT SEND! ID GIVE (0) ZERO STARS IF I COULD! I DONT RECCOMEND NO ONE TO INSTALL THIS APP UNTILL ITS FIXED CORRECTLY! God bless everyone!!! more -
Don’t do it!!
Nov 30, 2019 I’ve been using Text Now for a few months. At first, it started out like a great substitution for the more expensive (and horrible) Sprint service I’ve been wasting my money on. Since they both use the same network, I’d rather pay less for unreliable and sketchy phone service. But believe me, Text Now service is not at all reliable either. You won’t get much reception indoors, your texts msgs may or may not send, and there will be times when you won’t get phone calls. Anyway, my rant today is because TextNow took things to a new low. Today my bill is due and they SHUT ME OFF on the day it’s due. AND it’s a Saturday, so I can’t transfer money from my savings account into my (bill paying) account until Monday. I take complete ownership for not remembering about transferring sooner. Thanksgiving was just 2 days ago and I lost all sense of time in the planning. But to give NO notice is going too far. Since I drive for Uber, I cannot work or earn money either until Monday as well and I’M FURIOUS!!! They are screwing with my livelihood. So PLEASE reconsider your choice to use this service. Don’t be dumb like me. Find another way. Or someday you’ll be writing a scathing review too. more -
Apr 24, 2021 Can not get verfication code due to new app changes. Which screwed me big time. Thank for nothing. So, without warning they change their policy for revenue. Snakes!! Holding my account hostage for a service that was previously free. Once again, could have warned of the change. And it isn't all across the board. I just got a verification code for FB. I can screen shot it if you like. I would give a negative 2 stars if possible. I am seeking legal action about this. Can not ransom numbers! more -
TERRIBLE.. SCAM/NO REFUND!!
Apr 20, 2021 I trusted TextNow for a couple of years until I heard you connect to their wireless data. Yes it works with WiFi but I decided to try the free wireless data and bought it for $10 and the same day I received my activation kit, I decided to cancel it because of some sketchy stuff that was going on with the SIM card not working and my device not connecting to their wireless data it said no refund but on their website before you buy the activation kit they advertise that they will give you a 30 day return refund and you get your money back but that’s a total lie I got no refund as it stated in the email (which had no reply) meaning I can’t reply to whoever sent that email so now I just lost $10... this is a total scam please don’t fall for it you’re just going to lose money do not fall for their free wireless plan or go with any of their plans. It’s all sketchy and just fake advertisements to get your money & improve their app. Something else I also found sketchy about TEXTNOW is that I’ve been looking for a customer service number/email and I couldn’t find anything it just takes me to a site that answers irrelevant questions. SMH BIG FAILURE!!! more -
May 4, 2021 I paid for locking my number and receiving verification codes but asks me to lock in number again and again. There is no live support option. Only "browse articles" and "watch tutorials" available on the support page.
What’s Groovy
" good so far " That is what I wrote a few years back when I downloaded textnow. Now I have raved about it for years! If I could not get service with my regular phone but I could piggyback on an existing wifi...I could still comunicate!communicate! Thank you very much...I have even used it for a long time without a service provider. It is wonderful. I could not live without it . It has saved me so many times I tell everyone I meet that they should have it for back up too !!! It is grrrreat !
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What’s Subpar
Can't reply to texts from my watch, I used to be able to, now I can not. Hitting reply just opens it on the phone. And also call notifications do not come to my watch either, I only get notification that I missed a call, no ringing no vibration , no answer button. Please make your app work with samsung watches. This app is a huge mess, been using it for 10 years, please update to work with watch. Thank you
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TextNow: Free Texting & Calling App
