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TextFree
Who runs TextFree, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest VoIP calling and texting alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- TextNow
Measured from TextFree’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit TextFree01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs TextFree
TextFree textfree.us
Send free texts and make calls with a free phone number—no SIM card or phone plan needed. Download the app on iOS, Android, or desktop.
Wikidata: application made by Pinger
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What TextFree tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
tracker that follows visitors
8 of the 20 alternatives below have fewer, 6 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
- US company
- 1 tool
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to TextFree
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to TextFree, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Get Free Calling, Texting and Wireless - TextNow
Say hello to the first free wireless provider on the nation’s largest 5G network. Get a free TextNow phone number with unlimited calling and texting in the app.
Very close - 02
Temporary & Second Phone Number App For Wifi Calling & Texting
Hushed is the best second number app for Wi-Fi calling. Make private calls, send texts, and manage multiple numbers all on a single device.
Very close - 03
Get Temporary Phone Numbers for Privacy & Calls - Burner
Use a temporary phone number and get a 7-day free phone number trial, now with unlimited calling and texting! Sign-up today!
Very close - 04
Home | Viber
cross-platform instant messaging voice-over-Internet Protocol application for smartphones
Very close - 05
LINE｜always at your side.
More than just a messenger app. LINE is new level of communication and the very infrastructure of your life.
Very close - 06
WhatsApp | Secure and Reliable Free Private Messaging and Calling
Use WhatsApp Messenger to stay in touch with friends and family. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.
Very close - 07
Truecaller – Identify Unknown Callers & Block Spam Calls
Truecaller helps you identify unknown numbers, block spam calls and messages, and stay protected from fraud. Trusted by millions for smarter, safer communication.
Very close - 08
Virtual Phone System, Phone numbers and PBX | Zadarma
Zadarma offers virtual phone numbers in 100+ countries, free cloud PBX and CRM systems. Video conferencing. Call tracking. Speech analytics. Try now!
Very close - 09
Telegram Messenger
Fast. Secure. Powerful.
Very close - 10
Nomorobo: The #1 Spam Call & Text Blocking App
Stop annoying robocalls and spam texts forever. Automatically protect your entire network from scammers, spammers, and swindlers. Get started now.
Very close - 11
VoIP Phone Service with AI for Business & Home | Ooma
Connect your business and home with reliable VoIP phone service. Ooma adds AI tools like call transcriptions and AI answering for growing teams.
Very close - 12
AI Voice Security & Branded Calling Platform | Hiya
Hiya delivers AI-native voice security and branded caller ID for operators, businesses, and people — blocking spam, scams, and deepfakes at network scale.
Very close - 13
WeChat - Connects with over 1 billion users | Chats · Calls · Life Services
WeChat is a social communication app serving over 1 billion users, supporting free chat, HD voice and video calls, Moments, and mobile payments, making communication and life more convenient.
Very close - 14
MAX — быстрое и легкое приложение для общения и решения повседневных задач
MAX позволяет отправлять любые виды сообщений и звонить даже на слабых устройствах и при низкой скорости интернета.
Very close - 15
The Text & Spam Call Blocker App That Actually Works | Robokiller
Block 99% of spam calls and texts with the leading spam call blocker app. Create a world without spam calls and get some sweet revenge along the way!
Very close - 16
Signal >> Home
Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.
Very close - 17
GroupMe | Group chat app
Group text messaging to every phone. The easy way to connect with all the groups in your life, big and small.
Very close - 18
Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games
Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.
Close - 19
Communications for developers — Bird
Deliver transactional notifications, run marketing broadcasts, and handle two-way customer replies across Email, SMS, WhatsApp, Apple Messages, and Voice with Bird's REST API, SDKs, CLI, and MCP server.
Very close - 20
Flurry | Mobile App Analytics Platform for Android & iOS
Flurry is a mobile app analytics platform for Android & iOS that empowers product, development and growth experts to build better apps that users love.
Close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles TextFree’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones TextFree uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what TextFree adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 10 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,192
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 39 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to TextFree’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- CMS
- WordPress page source: /wp-content/
- JavaScript libraries
- GSAP asset https://textfree.com/wp-content/plugins/kadence-creative-kit/assets/js/gsap.min.js?ver=3.…
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/gtm.js
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ip4:12.0.206.52/29 ip4:12.218.81.99/32…
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a5777de53fe81678-HAM
- Hosting
- WP Engine header x-powered-by: WP Engine
- Languages & backends
- PHP implied by WordPress (page source: /wp-content/)
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ip4:12.0.206.52/29 ip4:12.218.81.99/32…
- DNS hosting
- Amazon Route 53 NS ns-72.awsdns-09.com
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on textfree.us 18/20
- Google Workspace 11/20
- Google Tag Manager 10/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on textfree.us 9/20
- Atlassian · not on textfree.us 7/20
- Cloudflare 7/20
- Zendesk 7/20
- Amazon Route 53 7/20
- Google Fonts · not on textfree.us 7/20
- Apple Business · not on textfree.us 6/20
- Stripe · not on textfree.us 6/20
- jQuery · not on textfree.us 6/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on textfree.us 5/20
- SendGrid 5/20
- Slack · not on textfree.us 5/20
- PHP 5/20