“works pretty well. have had the same number with them for like 5 years with very few problems. the ads are getting a bit ridiculous though. I understand they're necessary to keep it free, but they've recently doubled the amount of ads…”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 465 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
Text Free: Calling & Texting
Pinger, IncTextFree Voice: Text Me From A Free Phone Number App With Unlimited Calling &…
4.5 ★128,523 ratings
10M+Downloads
4+Age rating
—App size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
TextFree Voice: Text Me From A Free Phone Number App With Unlimited Calling & Texting
Tired of using basic 2nd phone number apps to text me for calling & texting? Looking for a free unlimited calling app with free texting and voice messaging to text me? Try TextFree Voice with free unlimited calling & texting! Download the free calling app to make your first call and send your first text now.
TextFree Voice is the first—and still the best—free 2nd phone number, free texting, and free calling app to text me. Call and text me without limits. Join the hundreds of millions of happy users who enjoy TextFree Voice for free unlimited calling and text now.
The TextFree Voice app is free and easy to use, so make your first call or text me to try it now! Plus, it boasts a huge list of call and text features you won’t get from any other 2nd phone number or free calling & texting app.…
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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 13.26.2 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 13.27, updated 2026-09-24.
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
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
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 13.26.2, scanned 2026-09-27.
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 11 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: Amazon Publisher Services, AppLovin MAX, BidMachine, Fyber / Digital Turbine Exchange and 7 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 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 19 distinct reviewers (4.1% of 465 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“half my calls don't ring in and a notification will pop-up saying missed call, then when my calls do ring in it won't let me answer it. when making an outgoing call a box pops up saying it can't complete the call and I have to close the…”
“way to many ads. I understand they need ads but in middle of phone call a ad will pop up. after every single text message ad. Even in middle if texting ad.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 13.27.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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