TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited

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4.5
1.43M reviews
100M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Call and text for free with TextNow, the free phone service with over 100 million users, now including Free Essential Data.

Staying connected shouldn’t stress you out. With the TextNow app, you can get nationwide talk, text and data coverage from the nation’s largest 4G LTE & 5G network, without having to worry about bills.

Get a new phone number free with the US area code of your choice (or use the phone number you already have) and start calling and texting freely to anywhere in the US and Canada.

FREE TALK & TEXT NATIONWIDE: NO PHONE BILL
Stay connected with the TextNow free Wi-Fi calling and texting app, or order a TextNow SIM card to freely talk, text, and use some apps without having to connect to Wi-Fi.


FREE ESSENTIAL DATA
TextNow is the ONLY phone service provider that gives you data completely FREE. With the always-free plan, you can access apps that are essential to keep you connected while on-the-go, including email, maps, and rideshare apps. Check and send emails, get directions, and order an Uber or Lyft from anywhere without paying for a data plan. Simply order a SIM card to get started and use your second phone number for any additional needs.


UNLIMITED DATA PLANS: AFFORDABLE & HIGH-SPEED
We believe you should only pay for the data you use. That’s why we’re the ONLY provider with super flexible hourly, daily, and monthly plans. Start and stop one of our low-cost options with just a few taps in the app, starting as low as $0.99.


SECOND PHONE NUMBER: FOR PRIVATE CALLING & TEXTING, A SEPARATE BUSINESS LINE & MORE
Use the TextNow calling and text messaging app as a free second phone line. It’s another extra phone line (business phone or second line) on your device with free calls and free text messages. You can talk freely without any additional charges with your local/second phone number.


WHY TEXTNOW?
• Free calling, free texting, and free essential data – always.
• Call and text for free immediately when you download the TextNow app.
• Choose TextNow as your default dialer for a seamless calling experience. By granting access to your call logs, you'll be able to easily find and call your contacts in the TextNow app, view your call history, manage missed calls, and sync your TextNow message history across all your devices.
• Get nationwide coverage with a TextNow SIM card, and talk and text without Wi-Fi.
• Get a local phone number or use your existing number. Area codes from most metro areas in the US available.
• Voice call, direct message, picture and video messenger to the US or Canada for free.
• Unlimited data plans with hourly, daily, and monthly options give you flexible internet coverage. Only pay when you want it.
• Use across multiple devices including your computer or tablet, and effortlessly access calls and texts whenever you need them with Wi-Fi.
• International calls with low-cost options to over 230 countries.
• Voicemail to text audio transcription and conference calling via Wi-Fi.


HOW IS TEXTNOW FREE?
There are no yearly or monthly fees to use TextNow. We partner with brands to pay for your phone service (so you don’t have to) with in-app ads. Ads won’t interrupt your experience. If you don't like ads, you can purchase a subscription to remove them.

MORE FEATURES
• Passcode for private texting and calling
• Caller ID
• Customizable free text tones, call tones, ringtones, vibrations and phone backgrounds
• Quick Reply to speedily respond to friends
• A home screen widget for instant use
• Text from your computer and seamlessly synchronize with your mobile device via textnow.com

Note: TextNow is not affiliated with other texting and calling apps like Talkatone, Text Me, TextPlus, TextFree, Pinger, Nextplus, TalkU, Dingtone, Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger and more.

Privacy policy: https://www.textnow.com/privacy

Terms of use: https://www.textnow.com/terms
Updated on
2 Oct 2024
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Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, Personal info and 4 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 8 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
1.31M reviews
Alym Gnoel
25 August 2024
I wouldn't recommend getting a data plan. I subscribed because I'm having internet issues and have been without internet for 2 wks. The data plan at $39.99 is 10gb/reduced 2g after. (About a week max) They will suspend you without notice. They don't allow you to remove your card on file. Other than that, it is a good backup for call & text only, no pic, no gif. When it works. I can only receive pic and gif, not send. A non contract cell service is better for data, for around the same price.
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TextNow, Inc.
28 August 2024
Hi there, We’re sorry to hear you’re having trouble, thanks for letting us know. Can you please provide all details of your issues and email community@textnow.com? We’d like to find out how we can help improve your experience.
Sicilia Micheli
24 August 2024
It's pretty good. You don't get to text winito. Have Wi-Fi or internet. But when you have Wi-Fi, you can text. You don't have to have to have the even set up Brittany. You to do it honestly at first I did not know. How to set up the contacts for that? You just click on the 3 buttons on the top. Right corner and somewhere around there.It, we'll say contacts and you click on that and you can set it up I definitely recommend
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kenya destiny
2 October 2024
I mean it's good and all, but it gives off the look that it's completely free... But in reality you do have to pay for certain accesses, I mean make your money ig. 🤷🏾‍♀️, Aside from that, it's pretty good. You actually do get to text for free and it gives you a good amount of access and even when you do have to pay it's cheap. I like it but the way the app is designed isn't pleasing to the eye for me...aside from that it's fine. 🤷🏾‍♀️
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What's new

Your TextNow experience just got a little bit smoother—nothing major, but we fixed some bugs and made a few performance improvements.
- Pulling down to refresh messages on the conversation screen now keeps you at the top of the list as intended.
- When you’re on a call and another call comes in, you’ll now see the incoming call notification as expected after ending the current call.
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