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Best Calling And Texting Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Text Me - Phone Call + Texting is the top-ranked of 40 calling and texting apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 674,261 ratings.

  1. 1
    Text Me - Phone Call + TextingS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 674,261 ratings · score 97
  2. 2
    textPlus: Text Message + CallS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 271,969 ratings · score 97
  3. 3
    Free Tone - Calling & TextingS
    $1.99 + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 62,730 ratings · score 95
  4. 4
    Nextplus: Private Phone NumberS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 89,557 ratings · score 93
  5. 5
    Talkatone: WiFi Text & CallsS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 142,539 ratings · score 92

What belongs in this list

Make phone calls and send text messages from one app, often on a second number or without carrier charges.

Not here: Calling only alone; Texting only alone; Receiving SMS verification codes alone; Chat with no phone calls alone; Voice chat rooms alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Text MetextPlusFree ToneNextplusTalkatoneText App
A
magicAppTextNow2nd LineGoogle VoiceText FreePhonerOnPhoneSecond Phone NumberWhatsAppBiPHushed
B
PingerBurnerMy SecondTeleNowSecond Phone Number'Line2SecondGrasshopperComeraSidelineTXT App
C
GoToSpoofCardVonageDingtoneNextlineText In ChurchLinkedPhoneDialpad2nd PhonebotimText Phone
D
Change Phone
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Text Me - Phone Call + TextingS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 674,261 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  2. 2
    textPlus: Text Message + CallS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 271,969 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  3. 3
    Free Tone - Calling & TextingS
    $1.99 + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 62,730 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  4. 4
    Nextplus: Private Phone NumberS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 89,557 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  5. 5
    Talkatone: WiFi Text & CallsS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 142,539 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  6. 6
    Text App: Texting+Calling NowS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 9,659 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  7. 7
    magicApp Calling & MessagingA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 25,747 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  8. 8
    TextNow: Call + Text UnlimitedA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 925,038 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  9. 9
    2nd Line - Second phone numberA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 16,642 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  10. 10
    Google VoiceA
    Free · ★ 4.3 · 61,976 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  11. 11
    Text Free: Second Phone NumberA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 609,538 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  12. 12
    Phoner: Second Phone NumberA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 34,566 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  13. 13
    OnPhone: Second Number & eSIMA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 52,249 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  14. 14
    Second Phone Number - 2NumberA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 135,064 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  15. 15
    WhatsApp BusinessA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 1,526,253 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  16. 16
    BiP - Messenger, Video CallA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 10,977 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  17. 17
    Hushed: US Second Phone NumberA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 22,884 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  18. 18
    Pinger: Call Plus Texting AppB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 70,527 ratings · score 86 · good
  19. 19
    Burner: Second Phone NumberB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 94,022 ratings · score 84 · good
  20. 20
    My Second Line Text Voice CallB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 7,197 ratings · score 84 · good
  21. 21
    TeleNow: Call & Text UnlimitedB
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 4,524 ratings · score 83 · good
  22. 22
    Second Phone Number'B
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 46,227 ratings · score 82 · good
  23. 23
    Line2 - Second Phone NumberB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 19,821 ratings · score 82 · good
  24. 24
    Second Texting Number:UnlistedB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 17,036 ratings · score 82 · good
  25. 25
    GrasshopperB
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 46,228 ratings · score 81 · good
  26. 26
    ComeraB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 5,194 ratings · score 79 · good
  27. 27
    Sideline: Private 2nd NumberB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 14,806 ratings · score 77 · good
  28. 28
    TXT App Phone NowB
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 11,775 ratings · score 75 · good
  29. 29
    GoToC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 143,897 ratings · score 72 · situational · provisional
  30. 30
    SpoofCard - Privacy ProtectedC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 36,325 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
  31. 31
    Vonage Business CommunicationsC
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 21,923 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  32. 32
    Dingtone: Phone Calls + TextsC
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 30,646 ratings · score 69 · situational
  33. 33
    Nextline - Second Phone NumberC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 9,442 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  34. 34
    Text In ChurchC
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 4,942 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  35. 35
    LinkedPhone - Pro Business LineC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,787 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  36. 36
    DialpadC
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 4,563 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  37. 37
    2nd Phone Number: Talk PlusC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,880 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  38. 38
    botimC
    Free download · ★ 4.3 · 52,276 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
  39. 39
    Text Phone Number: Talk SafeC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,391 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
  40. 40
    Change Phone Number by NumbrD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 2,552 ratings · score 66 · weak · provisional

Beyond the top 40

19 more, not ranked yet

  1. SLYNUMBER
  2. Text App: Text + Phone Call
  3. TalkU: Unlimited Calls + Texts
  4. Quo (formerly OpenPhone)
  5. Corporate Phone
  6. Verizon One Talk
  7. WeTalk- WiFi Calls & 2nd Phone
  8. Ring4: Second Phone Number
  9. NextivaONE
  10. GoDaddy Conversations - Inbox
  11. Second Phone Number -Texts App
  12. 2nd Phone Number+
  13. Zangi - Private Messenger
  14. Text ▹
  15. SmartLine Second Phone Number
  16. NewCall - Flash Call & SMS
  17. Text ON: Call Now Second Phone
  18. Second Phone Number . 2nd Line
  19. Second Phone Number ™ 2nd Line

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Questions people ask

What is the best calling and texting app for iPhone?
Text Me - Phone Call + Texting, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.7 by 674,261 people.
Which calling and texting apps are free?
39 of 40 are free to download: Text Me - Phone Call + Texting (S), textPlus: Text Message + Call (S), Nextplus: Private Phone Number (S), Talkatone: WiFi Text & Calls (S) and more. 22 of them sell in-app purchases. 4 report no in-app purchases.
Which calling and texting app has the best App Store rating?
GoTo at 4.8 from 143,897 ratings.
How many calling and texting apps reach S or A tier?
17 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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