“absolutely horrible. there is nothing free in or about this app. uninstalling after I give rating. wish I could give it negitive 0 stars I don't recommend this app. nothing but adds trying to get you to upgrade before you can use app.”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 483 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
FreeTone Calls & Texting
TextMe, Inc.UNLIMITED free calls & texts to ALL phone numbers in the US and Canada.
4.1 ★131,906 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
UNLIMITED free calls & texts to ALL phone numbers in the US and Canada. Free new number and voicemail. No trials, no hidden costs - absolutely FREE! - Get your own real phone number with voicemail - Calling the US and Canada is 100% free - no credits - Enjoy free texting (SMS), picture messaging (MMS) THE ONLY TRULY FREE CALLING APP
FreeTone offers you the ultimate high quality online calling experience as the best FREE calling and texting app available. Unlike other free phone apps, you do not need to earn or pay for calling credits. Simply dial any US or Canada number and talk for free, landline and mobile. FREE & EASY TO USE NEW PHONE SERVICE
- FREE own private number for your Android phone - FREE calls to all phone numbers in US and Canada - FREE texts (real SMS messages) to any number…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
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.
This analysis describes version 3.56.1 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 3.56.1, updated 2026-09-30.
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 no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 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
From the package we downloaded and read — version 3.56.1, scanned 2026-10-02.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
6 or more requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
10 or more found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
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.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 16 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Chartboost and 12 more
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 2
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: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% 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 8 distinct reviewers (1.7% of 483 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“its free but has a lot of ads”
“not free, tons of ads, connected to another text/call app.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 3.56.1.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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