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TextNow

4.2

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TextNow Reviews Summary

TextNow has a rating of 4.2 stars from 689 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with TextNow most frequently mention phone service, sim card and long time. TextNow ranks 8th among Mobile Applications sites.

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Canada
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2 thumbs up and a high five 🏽
November 19, 2024

Easy to use and no hassles. TextNow is the only one I use now. I highly recommend.

Date of experience: November 18, 2024
Canada
1 review
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Essentialy helpful.
November 19, 2024

I find the TextNow app very helpful as it provide me with a free second phone number. And its reliable too.

Date of experience: November 18, 2024
Massachusetts
1 review
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Works great
November 19, 2024

Perfect texting app for privacy. I do not use the calling feature.

Date of experience: November 18, 2024
Texas
1 review
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Always reliable when I need it!
November 18, 2024

I've had TextNow for YEARS and never had any issues. Not a bot and or paid customer, you owe it to yourself to see how reliable this service is!

Date of experience: November 18, 2024
Vermont
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Great app!
November 18, 2024

There is nothing bad to say about this app and I highly recommend it.

Date of experience: November 18, 2024
KR
1 review
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Very convinient
November 18, 2024

I have beeb using it for more than 2 years without changing the number.

Date of experience: November 18, 2024
North Carolina
1 review
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Outstanding
November 18, 2024

Everything is and has been great.And and i i have have to to have have 50 50 fifty fifty characters imagine that there.

Date of experience: November 18, 2024
Georgia
1 review
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Great
November 18, 2024

The phone service has been awesome. I wish the data service was cheaper then I would not need 2 phone services

Date of experience: November 17, 2024
Oklahoma
1 review
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It would be 5 stars but...
November 18, 2024

I love text now and I've been using it over 5 years now. At the beginning I had paid service through a life line provider and only used text now a few times a month. But in the last few years I've only been using text now as phone service and I love that it was only $4.99 for a SIM card and as advertised it worked everywhere. I'm giving it 4 out of 5 stars because of the data plan. The advertisement about the unlimited data is a little misleading by calling it "essential data". Other than that I'm still very pleased with text now and my service.

Date of experience: November 17, 2024
Georgia
1 review
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Good
November 17, 2024

Textnow is a good option for texting. I have been using it for several years with few problems.

Date of experience: November 17, 2024
California
1 review
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Works Well at Good Price
November 17, 2024

Works well at a low cost. Have had no issues with Text Now. Glad I found it.

Date of experience: November 16, 2024
Texas
1 review
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TextNow is App-Ly Named
November 16, 2024

Text Now does what is described,+1Star
Texting+Calling+App&Web+Style&ease of use.4Stars
Getting to TextNow,via RecaptaService or "id_verifyers",-2Stars
=3Stars (or 4,5 if connection holds)

TextNow attempted to help this customer through the SmartCustomer Resolution Center, but the customer did not respond
Date of experience: November 16, 2024
Jason G. TextNow Rep
over a year old

Hey there, thanks for your review and we're sorry to hear that you're having issues using our app. I've sent a PM to assist further!

Florida
1 review
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I love this app
November 16, 2024

It has helped me so much during hard times it really helped me out I still use it I love this app I recommend it to everyone as a matter of fact my friend recommended this app to me.

Date of experience: November 16, 2024
California
1 review
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Sluggish
November 16, 2024

It's seams very slow to me. But I like the notifications they're short and very clear to the point. No confusing words just basic simple English. Thank you for that 😊.

Date of experience: November 16, 2024
Illinois
1 review
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My experience has been great because I can make important calls, like my doctor's and pharmacy with no issues or problems

Date of experience: November 16, 2024
Washington
1 review
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Text now app as phone
November 16, 2024

I am using text now to make wifi calls because the clarity of calls is superior to what i have received from mainstream contract service providers.
Also, text now has NEVER dropped a call.
No endless holds for customer service either!
Have used the free app for years, will be upgrading to their cell service soon.
App has worked flawlessly for years

Date of experience: November 16, 2024
Canada
1 review
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Great service
November 16, 2024

No problems using this great phone service from a great company.

Date of experience: November 16, 2024
South Carolina
1 review
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Best talk and text app.
November 16, 2024

My experience with textnow has been the best. I really like the improvements

Date of experience: November 16, 2024
Virginia
1 review
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Phone service
November 16, 2024

Good service all around so far I have had no dropped calls great tech support

Date of experience: November 16, 2024
Alabama
1 review
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Great as an extra line!
November 15, 2024

I give my TextNow # to everyone that i don't want to have my main number. My main number is the # I don't ever change and don't want to have to change. I can change my TextNow # whenever i need to. So i just give my text now # to people i don't want to be able to keep calling, plus it keeps me from having a block list a mile long.

Date of experience: November 15, 2024

From the business

TextNow is on a mission to make phone service free, easy, and accessible to all by providing users with a free phone number, and unlimited calling and texting on the nation’s largest 5G network in the US and on WiFi. Founded in 2009, TextNow is the largest provider of free mobile phone service in the US, supported by advertising. We have offices in San Francisco, Seattle, New York, and Waterloo, Ontario and our app has been downloaded more than 250 million times globally. Our phone service helps more than 8 million people connect freely every month. For more information visit
https://www.textnow.com/


textnow.com
Founded in 2009
Waterloo, ON, Canada
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