Join millions of people use Talkatone to call and text over a WiFi or data co…
Talkatone, LlcFrom our automated analysis, 9 Oct 2026. Every label links to its evidence in the full report below.
This analysis describes version 10.6.2 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-09 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 10.6.2, updated 2026-09-08.
Store screenshots supplied by the developer.
Join millions of people use Talkatone to call and text over a WiFi or data connection without using cell minutes. Talkatone makes connecting easy, letting you make free calls and text messages help you keep connected no matter how far apart you are. Send texts free and call from anywhere you are to keep in touch with loved ones everywhere!
Text for free and call friends and family to stay in touch during any time of year, even during shutdowns. Receive a free US/Canada phone number of your choice, you can change it anytime. Make phone calls for free via WiFi, no cell phone plan needed.
Send texts and photos to anyone, anytime. Call from any device: phone, tablet, etc. Travel internationally without worry. Make cheap calls and texts internationally, all with WiFi. Just buy additional calling credits and connect while you travel!…
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The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.
Findings that met the published evidence standard.
Bundles 7 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, Fyber / Digital Turbine Exchange, Google Mobile Ads (AdMob / Ad Manager) and 3 more
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
Package artefact
Appworthy
sha256:d2cc5422479ab1dd2a5b0b6d741d8e190a31e522a345f535a5e9ea45f89c387cSpecific evidence of a useful property, within the stated scope.
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
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.
No review-based observation is published in this assessment. That does not establish that reviewers had no problems.
Supporting measurements. They are not a complete list of possible harms or positives. “Not assessed” means we could not measure it — never zero, never a pass.
Android package 10.6.2, scanned 4 Oct 2026. These describe that package, not the current store version.
Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured
This analysis describes version 10.6.2 of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-09 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 10.6.2, updated 2026-09-08.
Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.
No release notes were provided for this version.
talkatone-google-com-talkatone-androidAssessed 2026-10-09 from 508 user reviews, the app's package, the store listing and its privacy label.
What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.
This assessment is produced automatically. Six independent signals are read — user reviews, SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text, the app manifest, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.
No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.
There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.
Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.
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