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Best Voice Calling Apps for iPhone (2026)

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

WhatsApp Messenger is the top-ranked of 34 voice calling apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 18,798,631 ratings.

  1. 1
    WhatsApp MessengerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 18,798,631 ratings · score 96
  2. 2
    textPlus: Text Message + CallS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 271,969 ratings · score 95
  3. 3
    magicApp Calling & MessagingS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 25,744 ratings · score 94
  4. 4
    Talkatone: WiFi Text & CallsS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 142,539 ratings · score 92
  5. 5
    International Calling-Talk360S
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 21,142 ratings · score 91

What belongs in this list

Make voice calls to other people from my iPhone, often to avoid carrier minutes or charges.

Not here: Voice chat rooms alone; Video calling alone; Voice typing or dictation alone; A dialer skin that only opens the built-in Phone app alone; A general messaging app with no calling 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
WhatsApptextPlusmagicAppTalkatoneInternational Calling-Talk360
A
International CallingTextNowBOSS Revolut…Text FreeText AppTeleNowMobileVOIPFree TonePinger
B
KeepCallingBeside (M1)ComeraTXT AppFaceTimeNextivaONE
C
Recargas aCubaVonageMySudoLibonTalkUSIMlessTelzOoma HomeBria Mobile8x8 Work
D
Text ▹NewCallimo video
F
Free Confere…

Compare every app

  1. 1
    WhatsApp MessengerS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 18,798,631 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  2. 2
    textPlus: Text Message + CallS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 271,969 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  3. 3
    magicApp Calling & MessagingS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 25,744 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  4. 4
    Talkatone: WiFi Text & CallsS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 142,539 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  5. 5
    International Calling-Talk360S
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 21,142 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  6. 6
    International Calling - YollaA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 8,968 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  7. 7
    TextNow: Call + Text UnlimitedA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 925,038 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  8. 8
    BOSS Revolution: Call & Top upA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 278,030 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  9. 9
    Text Free: Second Phone NumberA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 609,538 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  10. 10
    Text App: Texting+Calling NowA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 9,659 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  11. 11
    TeleNow: Call & Text UnlimitedA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 4,524 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  12. 12
    MobileVOIP international callsA
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 16,850 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  13. 13
    Free Tone - Calling & TextingA
    $1.99 + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 62,730 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  14. 14
    Pinger: Call Plus Texting AppA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 70,527 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  15. 15
    KeepCalling InternationalB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 19,112 ratings · score 85 · good
  16. 16
    Beside (M1): AI ReceptionistB
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 9,176 ratings · score 80 · good
  17. 17
    ComeraB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 5,194 ratings · score 80 · good
  18. 18
    TXT App Phone NowB
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 11,775 ratings · score 77 · good
  19. 19
    FaceTimeB
    Free download · ★ 4.2 · 27,222 ratings · score 76 · good
  20. 20
    NextivaONEB
    Free download · ★ 4.2 · 7,115 ratings · score 75 · good
  21. 21
    Recargas aCubaC
    Free · ★ 4.9 · 36,420 ratings · score 71 · situational · provisional
  22. 22
    Vonage Business CommunicationsC
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 21,923 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  23. 23
    MySudo - Identity ProtectionC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 15,667 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  24. 24
    Libon - Calls and RechargeC
    Free · ★ 4.6 · 5,798 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
  25. 25
    TalkU: Unlimited Calls + TextsC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 22,242 ratings · score 66 · situational
  26. 26
    SIMless - 2nd Phone NumberC
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 3,476 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  27. 27
    Telz: International CallsC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 2,557 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  28. 28
    Ooma Home PhoneC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,213 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  29. 29
    Bria Mobile: VoIP SoftphoneC
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 2,639 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  30. 30
    8x8 WorkC
    Free download · ★ 3.8 · 8,654 ratings · score 60 · situational · provisional
  31. 31
    Text ▹D
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 3,843 ratings · score 59 · weak · provisional
  32. 32
    NewCall - Flash Call & SMSD
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 6,070 ratings · score 56 · weak
  33. 33
    imo video calls and chat HDD
    $6.99 + IAP · ★ 3.4 · 75,149 ratings · score 51 · weak · provisional
  34. 34
    Free Conference CallF
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 5,458 ratings · score 40 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best voice calling app for iPhone?
WhatsApp Messenger, S tier, ranked #1 of 34, rated 4.7 by 18,798,631 people.
Which voice calling apps are free?
32 of 34 are free to download: WhatsApp Messenger (S), textPlus: Text Message + Call (S), magicApp Calling & Messaging (S), Talkatone: WiFi Text & Calls (S) and more. 11 of them sell in-app purchases. 3 report no in-app purchases.
Which voice calling app has the best App Store rating?
Recargas aCuba at 4.9 from 36,420 ratings.
How many voice calling apps reach S or A tier?
14 of 34. 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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