“thought this was supposed to be a free trial offer instead the app took my credit card info and charged me $47.99, the app didn't work so I deleted it and cancelled the whole thing, which I never used and Google would not refund my money…”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 565 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.5 ★177,588 ratings
5M+Downloads
4+Age rating
202 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Burner gives you a second phone number for calling, texting, and keeping your personal number private. Create a number in seconds. Use it when you need it. Delete it when you don’t.
HOW BURNER WORKS - Sign up and choose an area code - Call and text from your second number (Wi-Fi or mobile data required) - Delete your number anytime or create a new one
CALLING & TEXTING Get a second phone number that works like your main one. Make calls and send texts without sharing your personal number.
KEEP YOUR NUMBER PRIVATE Use different phone numbers for different parts of your life. Share a number when it makes sense—keep your personal one to yourself. Delete or replace numbers anytime to stop unwanted contact.
STAY ORGANIZED Keep conversations separate by number so nothing gets mixed up. Customize each number and find messages quickly in a simple inbox.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 7.18.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 7.18.0, updated 2026-09-17.
Google Play
This analysis describes version 7.30.0.3831.322713 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 7.31.1.3849.6243823, updated 2026-09-30.
The app has been updated since this analysis. The findings on this page describe version 7.30.0.3831.322713, not the version now listed on the store.
Release notes for the newer versions, in the developer’s own words:
Version 7.31.1.3849.6243823 · 2026-09-30
No release notes were provided for this version.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States a price and a billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 3
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Trial converts to a charge
The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.
What we saw: Trial converts to a charge: raised by 25 distinct reviewers (5.2% of 483 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Hard to cancel
Cancelling the subscription is blocked, hidden, multi-step, or simply does not take effect.
What we saw: Hard to cancel: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (1.0% of 483 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 483 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“I signed up for what I thought was a free 3 day trial but ended up getting charged for the month subscription right away and now can't even get it refunded. worst app ever and im contacting my state AG office about this”
“On August 15, 2026, I signed up for the Burner: Second Phone Number app expecting a 7-day free trial. However, the receipt shows the trial ending on August 18, 2026, after which I would be charged $14.99/month—only about three days. On…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 7.18.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown9
Lowest$1.99
Highest$14.99
1 Line Subscription (Monthly)$4.99
1 Line Subscription (Monthly)$9.99
Standard 1 Line (Monthly)$9.99
3 Line Subscription (Monthly)$9.99
3 Line Subscription (Monthly)$14.99
Show 4 more purchases
Verified Subscription Monthly$9.99
1 Line Subscription (Monthly)$6.99
8 Credit Pack$4.99
3 Credit Pack$1.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.