Edit: can’t delete a review but got supported, actually surprisingly very quickly. Yeah I guess there was a filter that I hit (idk how they’re internal services work cuz I literally just made this account when I first reviewed it) and they fixed it for me. Annoyed that the app didn’t just directly tell me to contact support, but when I did they corrected my account which allowed me to use the service. Pretty neat app, idk if everyone else hating just failed to ask for help but they seem really helpful to me, and the app def isn’t unusable even if you don’t subscribe, the ads are kinda standard and not even that invasive. Anyways sorry I was a D***My original rude review titled “ Unable to send texts even as a subscriber”:I’ve contacted support with issue already, so yes I'm waiting to hear back from them to fix this issue (I am stating this for you TextFree, don’t reply to my message telling me to wait, and don’t apologize either for inconvenience maybe just fix what is obviously a recurring issue) This app had been useless from the get-go. I signed up for a new account, chose a number, and tested to see if it could text but the messages would not go through. Every time I sent a text, I would receive the following error message: “ You Need a New Number Apologies, your TextFree number (XXX) XXX-XXXX was inactive and is no longer associated with your account. Choose a new one to continue.”

If you have cell phone service that is pay as you go where you pay ten cents per minute you can use your new phone number from this app as a WiFi phone and enjoy unlimited voice calling and not worry about racking up minutes on your prepaid or pay as you go cell phone plan also if you live in an area with poor cell phone service but have a strong WiFi signal then you don’t have to worry anymore about dropped calls using your cell phone as you are using WiFi to make and receive calls. Note No 911 Calls can be made with this service so you must use your cell phone or land line for 911 calls. This feature full phone line comes with voicemail, text, and so much more for $4.99 per month. Calls are clear using your speaker phone and uses less power using WiFi then using a cell phone tower. Plus if you own other cell phones or iPads with no cell service they too will all work using the same local phone number just download TextFree app on all your other devices and you have phones that you can use throughout your home even on locked phones and iPads. You will not be disappointed this is one truly amazing app well worth $4.99 per month and you can try it for free if you don’t mind ads but you risk losing your phone number after 30 days. But your subscription guarantees you can keep your new phone number and is ad free.

This app is perfect for my iPad that does not have cellular. There is not a lot of ads so you can conveniently call people without 100 ads getting in the way. The only thing is that sometimes it takes a couple seconds to hang up, and that you can only hold the device vertically due to the layout. I would like to be able to hold it horizontally so I can type faster and hold the iPad normally. Other than that, this app is awesome! UPDATE: A few hours later after I downloaded the app, I kept on getting calls from an unknown number. They kept calling me continuously. The worst part was that I got scared because I am a pipsqueak, it was the evening, and the number seemed impossible. (But from what I learned it was most likely a number from a different country). They somehow bypassed being blocked, and they were still calling when I went to go delete the app. Hopefully I can regain my trust with the app soon of I can I will reach out to the company. ANOTHER UPDATE: After about a month or two I have re-downloaded the app and I am happy to say that I have gotten 0 scam calls over the past three days I’ve had this app. Before I redownloaded this app I used Talkatone, but then it stopped working due to something about my account being invalid. This was a life saver for me. I plan on using the app for as long as my iPad will hold up. This app is great!

I am writing this review to tell you to choose a different texting app. I opted for the paid version for a while to reserve my number, et cetera and when I cancelled my paid membership and reverted back to the free version due to time off work due to surgery, I found that Text Free decided to actively SLOW DOWN the app because I wasn’t paying anymore. This company actively slowed down my phone at all times when this app was running, on purpose, because I stopped paying them money. This slow down affect did NOT exist before I stopped paying them money! It lasted for a few weeks and then miraculously disappeared! Do NOT do business with this company! Apple should NOT support terrible developers like this, but then again, apple has been sued before for doing the VERY same shenanigans with slowing down the phone in order to get you to buy a newer iPhone! Look it up! The Truth will set you free! Do NOT use Text Free! Thank you for taking the time to read this review, I hope you take it seriously. We have to stop supporting these terrible apps that cheat us like this!