Nextplus: Private Phone Number

Name: Nextplus: Private Phone Number
Rating: 4.6 (89834 reviews)
Author: textPlus, Inc.

Unlimited 2nd Line Talk & Text

Free · In‑App Purchases

90K Ratings
Ages

13+
Years
Category

Social Networking
Developer

textPlus, Inc.
Language

EN
+ 2 More
Size

196.3
MB

Nextplus lets you stay in touch with people around the world without giving out your real number. With Nextplus you'll get: - A free US Phone number so friends can call & text you (you pick the area code) - Free texting (SMS, MMS + group chat) to any US or Canadian mobile number - Free inbound phone calls - Toll-free calling from anywhere in the world with no restrictions! - Inexpensive outbound phone calls - Works great over WiFi so you don’t even need a 3G/4G connection. - No contracts, no “surprise” costs. - Turn your iPod touch into a phone! HOW IT WORKS Unlike other app-to-app messengers, we let you call and text ANY phone number! Nextplus works across all your devices so you'll never miss a message. All you need is WiFi - no 3G/4G connection required! Your friend’s phone company charges us small fees to deliver texts and calls on their networks. Rather than force you to pay, we let you view a few banner ads or watch a quick video. If you choose, you can pay a buck or two and make those ads disappear. The choice is yours! IN APP SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS - Keep Your Number for 1 year $1.99 / Remove Banner Ads for 1 month $0.99 / Remove Banner Ads for 1 year $5.99 / Unlimited Ad-Free calls to Mexico (landlines) for 1 month $6.99 / Unlimited Ad-Free Calls to Mexico (mobile) for 1 month $29.99/ Unlimited Ad-Free calls to US & Canada for 1 year $19.99 - If you choose to subscribe to a plan, you will be charged a price according to the plan selected in your country. The price will be shown in the app before you complete the payment. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of your current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at the purchase price listed above - You may manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your iTunes Account Settings and then "Manage Subscriptions" - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription * IMPORTANT: - We do not support 911 in the US - In order to place most outbound phone calls you will need to purchase credits within the App - If push notifications are not enabled, you may not receive messages and calls Terms of Use: https://textplus.com/textplus-terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://textplus.com/textplus-privacy-policy/ Subscription Products: • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication

Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

90K Ratings

Great app, too many long ads
01/10/2021

paigecash
I love this burner number app because it allows me to change my number for free, whenever I want! You also get to customize your own user profile and message threads, has different ring tones to choose from and lots of other neat personalized details in the settings like a “read message” setting, vibrations and notifications, location and access to camera and contacts list. Have to do the whole captcha thing but it’s not a huge deal, the longggg ads are what’s annoying! There’s too many and they are unnecessarily long. It always works great for me to use as a secondary number for texting certain people. Not sure how the incoming outgoing calling works bc I don’t use it, But overall, it’s a great free app with no sign up fees, hidden fees or commitment to $ subscriptions. It’s exactly what I needed and I really enjoy using it!
Great app, too many long ads
01/10/2021

paigecash

I love this burner number app because it allows me to change my number for free, whenever I want! You also get to customize your own user profile and message threads, has different ring tones to choose from and lots of other neat personalized details in the settings like a “read message” setting, vibrations and notifications, location and access to camera and contacts list. Have to do the whole captcha thing but it’s not a huge deal, the longggg ads are what’s annoying! There’s too many and they are unnecessarily long. It always works great for me to use as a secondary number for texting certain people. Not sure how the incoming outgoing calling works bc I don’t use it, But overall, it’s a great free app with no sign up fees, hidden fees or commitment to $ subscriptions. It’s exactly what I needed and I really enjoy using it!
Would like to give 5 stars but•••:
03/04/2021

Mychele_Belle
I’ve been using this app for well over a year now and I’ve always had this same problem from day 1, I can make calls fine, but answering a call has always been a no go. When I make a call everything works great. When someone tries to call me there’s a choice of issues and at least one happens. I won’t hear the call coming through. I don’t hear the call until the 3rd ring or later. When I DO hear the ring and try to answer the call, the call has already ended. If I am lucky enough to catch the call and answer it the person calling me NEVER hears me. A while back I would of felt rather petty to complain about anything because it was a free app and everything else worked great. However, now I’m contributing money to the app and still having the issue with the apps phone. If you could fix the faults with the phone I’d greatly appreciate it. I mean I’ve only been using your app for well over a decade and I’ve never not once complained about the app. It’d just really be great if the phone part of the app actually worked like it’s supposed to. I know a lot of people who use this app would be like me and give the app 5 stars if the phone part was fixed. We ARE happy with every other part of the app!
Would like to give 5 stars but•••:
03/04/2021

Mychele_Belle

I’ve been using this app for well over a year now and I’ve always had this same problem from day 1, I can make calls fine, but answering a call has always been a no go. When I make a call everything works great. When someone tries to call me there’s a choice of issues and at least one happens. I won’t hear the call coming through. I don’t hear the call until the 3rd ring or later. When I DO hear the ring and try to answer the call, the call has already ended. If I am lucky enough to catch the call and answer it the person calling me NEVER hears me. A while back I would of felt rather petty to complain about anything because it was a free app and everything else worked great. However, now I’m contributing money to the app and still having the issue with the apps phone. If you could fix the faults with the phone I’d greatly appreciate it. I mean I’ve only been using your app for well over a decade and I’ve never not once complained about the app. It’d just really be great if the phone part of the app actually worked like it’s supposed to. I know a lot of people who use this app would be like me and give the app 5 stars if the phone part was fixed. We ARE happy with every other part of the app!
Changing the name doesn’t change The Horrible, Misleading, ignoring all requests for help..
11/25/2017

Miss Connie Love
Do not waste your time with an app that is filled with nothing but ads, more ads and then even more ads you’re forced to watch, then be brought to the App Store after watching as if you want to buy something from their advertisers, just to earn a wee bit of Credit to go towards making calls with this so called “free” calling/texting app. Even that might be tolerable, or maybe it would be worth buying a plan from them if they ever returned emails when you were in need of “support” from them, but don’t expect a response, or even an acknowledgment of any kind if you need to ask them for help with something. They can’t even bother with a “sorry we can’t help you with this” & after a month and a half and 5 or 6 emails even so much and pleading for help, they haven’t even attempted to pretend to give a crap. Like I said, worst app ever. Even more horrible than the app is their “Support”. I’m happy to send proof to anyone who doesn’t believe it. I’ve never been so screwed over by an app, of any category, ever. Waste of energy, and time, and I’ve run out of patience, I don’t care to go out of my way to write bad reviews ever, I’d mostly say nothing at all but these people are pathetic and I must let them, and possible future App users, esp anyone who would buy anything from them. BEWARE.

Developer Response
Hi, sorry for your trouble. Please email support@nextplus.me with further detail on the issue you're experiencing so our team can sort this out. We look forward to assisting you! When contacting us please make sure you make the subject of the email "iTunes Review Contact". This is so we can assist you ASAP! Nextplus lets you text any mobile number in the US & CA, a feature that differentiates us from other apps. Our ads help enable us to keep texting free. If you'd like an ad-free Nextplus experience: Purchase our monthly ad-free subscription for $0.99 by launching Nextplus, tapping the menu icon on the right of your top navigation bar, then selecting "Premium Plans." You can even purchase any of our calling plans that will also remove the ads as well.
Changing the name doesn’t change The Horrible, Misleading, ignoring all requests for help..
11/25/2017

Miss Connie Love

Do not waste your time with an app that is filled with nothing but ads, more ads and then even more ads you’re forced to watch, then be brought to the App Store after watching as if you want to buy something from their advertisers, just to earn a wee bit of Credit to go towards making calls with this so called “free” calling/texting app. Even that might be tolerable, or maybe it would be worth buying a plan from them if they ever returned emails when you were in need of “support” from them, but don’t expect a response, or even an acknowledgment of any kind if you need to ask them for help with something. They can’t even bother with a “sorry we can’t help you with this” & after a month and a half and 5 or 6 emails even so much and pleading for help, they haven’t even attempted to pretend to give a crap. Like I said, worst app ever. Even more horrible than the app is their “Support”. I’m happy to send proof to anyone who doesn’t believe it. I’ve never been so screwed over by an app, of any category, ever. Waste of energy, and time, and I’ve run out of patience, I don’t care to go out of my way to write bad reviews ever, I’d mostly say nothing at all but these people are pathetic and I must let them, and possible future App users, esp anyone who would buy anything from them. BEWARE.
Developer Response 12/04/2017
Hi, sorry for your trouble. Please email support@nextplus.me with further detail on the issue you're experiencing so our team can sort this out. We look forward to assisting you! When contacting us please make sure you make the subject of the email "iTunes Review Contact". This is so we can assist you ASAP! Nextplus lets you text any mobile number in the US & CA, a feature that differentiates us from other apps. Our ads help enable us to keep texting free. If you'd like an ad-free Nextplus experience: Purchase our monthly ad-free subscription for $0.99 by launching Nextplus, tapping the menu icon on the right of your top navigation bar, then selecting "Premium Plans." You can even purchase any of our calling plans that will also remove the ads as well.
Really gamechanging when it works (90% of the time)
07/11/2023

Jiasmiles
I have used this app for calling internationally (Japan) as it is obscenely and expensive to do so through my main cell provider. It has always gone through!The only minor complaint I have is it has not gotten incoming phone calls through a couple times. I just tested a whole bunch and out of 15 calls I received 13 of them. I tested this with airplane mode on for Wi-Fi only use. On one of the calls my phone just glitched separate from the app where it separated from the Wi-Fi and it didn’t go through (understandable). On the other one I don’t know what exactly happened.Regardless this isn’t a common occurrence by any means.Other than that, it has been a lifesaver for calling Japan and will be forwarding my main phone number to this number when we travel there in less than 2 weeks!!

Developer Response
We apologize for any occasional issues with incoming calls, but we're glad to know that they are rare occurrences. If you have any further feedback or need assistance during your travels, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at support@nextplus.me. Thank you for using textPlus, and we hope you have a wonderful trip to Japan!
Really gamechanging when it works (90% of the time)
07/11/2023

Jiasmiles

I have used this app for calling internationally (Japan) as it is obscenely and expensive to do so through my main cell provider. It has always gone through!The only minor complaint I have is it has not gotten incoming phone calls through a couple times. I just tested a whole bunch and out of 15 calls I received 13 of them. I tested this with airplane mode on for Wi-Fi only use. On one of the calls my phone just glitched separate from the app where it separated from the Wi-Fi and it didn’t go through (understandable). On the other one I don’t know what exactly happened.Regardless this isn’t a common occurrence by any means.Other than that, it has been a lifesaver for calling Japan and will be forwarding my main phone number to this number when we travel there in less than 2 weeks!!
Developer Response 08/01/2023
We apologize for any occasional issues with incoming calls, but we're glad to know that they are rare occurrences. If you have any further feedback or need assistance during your travels, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at support@nextplus.me. Thank you for using textPlus, and we hope you have a wonderful trip to Japan!

- Resolved issue where an error would show when saving a new voicemail greeting - Fixed an issue with attaching videos from the inline media preview tray - Fixed an issue with Spanish localizations in the call test screen - Fixes some crashes

Version 3.5.3

Dec 8

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