TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited
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Description
Call and text for free with TextNow, the free phone service with over 100 million users. Get nationwide coverage with unlimited talk and text, plus 5G data—starting at $0/month. Staying connected doesn’t have to be expensive. What makes us different? • No phone bill, no fixed contracts, and no hidden fees • Get a free local phone number or keep your own for a private second line or business use. • Flexible data options: daily, weekly, or monthly unlimited data access. • Low-cost international calling to 230+ countries FREE TALK & TEXT NATIONWIDE: NO PHONE BILL, NO FIXED CONTRACTS Stay connected with the TextNow free Wi-Fi calling and texting app, or order a TextNow SIM card to freely call, text, and use selected apps without having to connect to Wi-Fi. FREE FLEX PLAN We are the first phone service provider to offer data completely FREE. With the Free Flex Plan, you can access apps like: • Email • Maps • Rideshare • Banking apps All without paying for a data plan. Simply order a SIM card to get started - No commitments, no hidden fees. UNLIMITED DATA PLANS: AFFORDABLE & FLEXIBLE Only pay for the data you use with no long-term contracts or commitments. We’re the ONLY provider with super flexible unlimited data options. We have: • Low-cost daily passes • Affordable weekly or monthly unlimited data plans You can cancel any time in the app! Get the data you want, exactly when you want it. 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. Perfect for 2nd line, business phone, side hustles, or personal use. It gives free calls and texts without an extra phone bill. INTERNATIONAL CALLING: Low-cost across 230+ COUNTRIES Have friends and family overseas? TextNow offers free calls to Mexico and Canada with low-cost international calls to 230+ countries with rates starting at less than $0.01 per minute. WHY TEXTNOW? • Call and text for free immediately when you download the TextNow communication app – No bill or fees • Get nationwide data coverage with a TextNow SIM card, and talk and text without Wi-Fi • Get a local phone number or keep your existing number. Area codes are available across most metro areas in the US. • FREE voice call, direct message, SMS message, picture and video messenger to the US or Canada. • Flexible data options with daily, weekly, and monthly. Only pay when you want it. • Use on multiple devices including your computer or tablet and effortlessly access calls and texts whenever you need them. • Low-cost international calls across over 230 countries. • Voicemail to text audio transcription and conference calling. 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 STANDARD FOR ALL USERS • Passcode for safe and 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 So, what are you waiting for? Download the app and take control of your phone service, starting today. Follow us on social for the latest news and offers: TikTok - @textnow Facebook - @textnow Instagram - @textnow Twitter - @TextNow Privacy policy: https://www.textnow.com/privacy Terms of use: https://www.textnow.com/terms
What's New
We’re bringing you a few fresh updates and fixes to smooth out the wrinkles. CONTACT CARDS * Contact cards have arrived! Now you can share a contact straight into any conversation. BUG FIX * Fixed a duplicate voicemail transcription that was showing up in conversation threads. Loving the app? Leave us a review and share your experience—we're always working to make TextNow even better for you!
Details
- Developer
- TextNow, Inc.
- Main Category
- Social Networking
- Version
- 26.23.0
- Version Release
- 2026-06-08
- Initial Release
- 2009-05-07
- Size
- 397 MB
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- EN, FR, ES
- Bundle ID
- com.tinginteractive.usms
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.79 (904,790)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-06-13
Rank History
Free · Max 90 days · Top 5 categories shown (Y-axis: rank, lower is better)
Free Rankings
Paid Rankings
No rankings
Competitive Benchmark — Social-Networking Top 10
What it takes to beat this app — comparison with the category's top apps. The orange row is the current app.
| # | App | Price | Rating | Ratings | Langs | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Threads | Free | ★ 4.64 | 2,008,843 | 31 | 2026-06-08 |
| 2 | WhatsApp Messenger | Free | ★ 4.69 | 18,069,623 | 39 | 2026-06-07 |
| 3 | Free | ★ 4.52 | 26,758,452 | 32 | 2026-06-09 | |
| 4 | Life360: Family Safety & GPS | Free | ★ 4.79 | 2,852,248 | 21 | 2026-06-09 |
| 5 | Telegram Messenger | Free | ★ 4.01 | 270,994 | 19 | 2026-06-09 |
| 6 | Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out | Free | ★ 4.70 | 3,456,252 | 1 | 2026-06-10 |
| 7 | Google Meet | Free | ★ 4.76 | 2,332,282 | 54 | 2026-06-11 |
| 8 | Messenger | Free | ★ 4.66 | 12,690,063 | 29 | 2026-06-10 |
| 9 | GroupMe | Free | ★ 4.72 | 1,559,047 | 14 | 2026-06-08 |
| 10 | TextNow: Call + Text Unlimited | Free | ★ 4.79 | 904,790 | 3 | 2026-06-08 |
User Reviews
This app sucks my boyfriend cheated on me
One of the best Apps You Can use when you don’t have phone service only WiFi!!!!!!! Highly Recommend!!!
It’s dependable
I’ve been using text now since forever for my business recently I upgraded from the 15 pro max to 17 pro max and naturally wanted to transfer my text now to the new phone since the old phone doesn’t work without WiFi no well when I downloaded the app it asked me to verify I was human by showing my face problem is it wouldn’t accept me at all like clearly I’m human?? After about 15 attempts and taking my prescription glasses off it finally verified me but then I couldn’t log into my old text now it gives several options so I hit email option and it said this device is registered to an iCloud try signing in with Apple?? I didn’t want to Sign in with Apple I wanted to sign in through my email on my old text now after several attempts again it asked me to verify by taking more pictures of myself and after 30 minutes of standing in different lights including going outside it stopped accepting my face so I’ve come to the conclusion that once you log into the text now on a phone you can not transfer to another device even though it gives you a log into option then I guess it mistook me for a bot and stopped letting me try?? I didn’t go through all of this in the beginning and why it’s forcing me to sign in with my Apple ID when I don’t want to is insane when it gives several other options I don’t like that none the less I’ve decided to go to a different app entirely so I’ve deleted my text now on my other phone as well since I can’t transfer to my working phone which sucks because now I have to update everything including clients and the app that I found also lets me get codes and things without having to pay for it. But highly disappointed after having my text now for 4 years and then paying for it monthly and I can’t even transfer devices is absolutely insane!!
Never agreed on any subscription whatsoever every month they try and take $2 I blocked them and they just to $2 more switching the name from “text now “ to “ text now call t ”
I use this app so I don’t have to give my real number when people ask for it. Someone was harassing me I for sure blocked their number Text Now unblocked the number. Also having issues with complete text threads keep disappearing
Fake scam app doesn’t let you register an account and forces you to submit to their biometrics data collection, this is after wasting u a couple of times to go through their bot test and passing! Lollll sure now I’m going to submit to the only scam app my biometrics and scam games!!!
I got suspended for 24 hours for saying “ts was crazy” DAWG R WE SERIOUS?
it is helpful for when my phone is off.
I think there needs to be less ads and keep your phonenumber in the app, but otherwise it’s great. I love the backgrounds and everything.
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