Audience

Businesses and anyone requiring a solution to get a phone number and start calling and texting for free

About TextNow

Download and use TextNow on any device to get a free phone number, and call and text anywhere in North America for free. TextNow is the only app that offers free nationwide cellular service supported by ads. Just buy a SIM Activation Kit to get started. TextNow offers free or low-cost international calling to over 230 countries, so you can talk more without worrying about a big bill. Download the TextNow app and get a second phone number, with the area code you choose. Use TextNow as your business phone line on your phone, tablet, and computer. Buy a SIM activation kit and get a TextNow enabled SIM card that gives you unlimited nationwide talk & text for free! Upgrade to remove ads or get high speed data. TextNow's wireless network services are provided using the wireless network of a leading national mobile service provider.

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Starting Price:
$9.99 per month
Free Version:
Free Version available.

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Overall 1.5 / 5
ease 3.0 / 5
features 3.0 / 5
design 3.5 / 5
support 1.0 / 5
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Canada
www.textnow.com

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Mac
iPhone
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Android
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TextNow Frequently Asked Questions

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  • Caroline A.
    Director
    Used the software for: Less than 6 months
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 1 - 25
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    Ease
    Features
    Pricing
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "I liked at first, but then ..."

    Posted 2024-11-06

    Pros: I like text now at first because I could finally call my country and receive text messages to my phone while away. I started using this phone number to get people to reach me while in a foreign country I use it in my email signature I use it on my business card I used it on my website but then...

    Cons: After a couple of weeks of using text now one morning the app was no longer connected to my account and I could no longer retrieve my phone number. So out of despair because I needed to make a phone call in my country I decided to just create a new account thinking that I would have to change all the phone numbers everywhere where I had a written the old text now phone number... And again I lost access to that number a second time and it is this time text now banned me. And I would have had to fight for my number and I talk to myself to the heck with that! I'm done with TextNow I'll never use it again.

    Overall: It's good if you really want to make some phone calls while you are in another country and you want to receive phone calls but expect that this number will not last!

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  • A TextNow User
    User
    Used the software for: 2+ Years
    Frequency of Use: Daily
    User Role: User
    Company Size: 20,000 or More
    Design
    Ease
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    Pricing
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    "Very poor product."

    Posted 2024-05-05

    Pros: Was great before the company introduced all the pay walls. Now a barely serviceable extra line.

    Does not drop the majority of calls.

    Cons: App selectively does not ring or alert you to texts (even after applying company prescribed fixes).

    Have to pay to get access codes, or they are willfully blocked. The price is ridiculous.

    Ads everywhere for you to accidentally click on.

    App pirates your phone after some texts, and makes you watch a full commercial, in the middle of your conversation. Solution is to close the app, and reboot it. Loading time is slow.
    Can you imagine if you were in trouble?!

    I actually paid to have my number reserved for a few months, and found out that it is a separate charge to get access codes, despite it not being advertised that way.

    Overall: The app is so bad that I purchased another cheap phone, and pay for a real extra phone line now. It's slightly more expensive, but the way they do business at text now (pay walls for basic services) is slimey to me, and I will never support them again.

    I do not understand why I keep seeing high ratings online. Everyone I know who uses this app thinks the same way I do about them.

    1 star.

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