“Too many ads — Ads so many”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 503 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
4.7 ★70,238 ratings
—Downloads
12+Age rating
230 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
Make free calls with a real U.S.phone number on the original free calling and texting app. Pinger comes preloaded with free calling minutes that can be used to call anyone in the U.S., Canada, or Mexico. After that, minutes are free to earn or cheap to purchase. SMS messages are also free. On top of free calling and SMS, additional features include voicemail, group chat, MMS picture & video messaging, emoji, ringtones, and more.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING “It’s like having a real phone number from the carrier. Except FREE.” –Nick
“I started using this app back in 2007 on my iPod touch 3rd generation... Works every time, voice calls are clear, and no one knows it’s an app and not an actual phone. Highly recommended.” –Scott
“I have used this app as my main phone number for years. It is just as reliable as an actual phone number.” –Kay…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
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Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version v13.27 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version v13.27, updated 2026-09-23.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
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Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 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
1 theme 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
80–89% 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.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
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 16 distinct reviewers (3.2% of 503 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Makes decent quality calls most of the time. — App takes over phone with ads. How many ads do you need to pay for a phone call? Seriously lol. Then the app locks up your keyboard while running more ads while you’re texting. Text now is a…”
“Constant Ads — It’s sad that they care so little about performance that they have ads running even during a phone call. Probably still running after it’s closed in the background”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version v13.27.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Business modelFree
Prices and terms as disclosed by the store listing.