TextNow is an app that offers free texting and free calls. You’ll get your own dedicated phone number that you can give to other people. You can call people in the US and Canada free of charge.

Android: Viber is a free app we've previously featured for making free calls from an iPhone over 3G and Wi-Fi. Now available for Android, you can call or text other Viber users (including iPhone ...

The FreeTone app delivers on its promise of free text messaging and calling within the US, but it's inconsistent and the ads might be enough to turn off most people.

Out of the myriad free text apps available, I personally think there’s only a handful that are actually worth bothering with. And they are as follows… Best “Free” Texting Apps. Text Free Google Voice ...

If you send more text and photo messages with your smartphone than you actually place calls, you may already have a favorite free texting app or service that you prefer. After all, SMS and MMS ...

Marlinspike left Twitter in 2013, and in July of 2014 his newly recreated Open Whisper Systems released Signal, a free voice-calling app that’s interoperable with Redphone.That meant iPhone ...

Free texting apps send texts the way any other service does. ... This one also features unlimited free calls within the US and Canada. You can sign up for Text Free Plus for $9.99 monthly.

A free app called “Signal Private Messenger” lets you call for free using a WiFi signal. It beats the heck out of WhatsApp and the other free WiFi calling apps I’ve tried.

Zoom. Zoom is a revolutionary application, both for its operational capabilities and its speed. It can gather a whopping 100 people together for a free video call, although this is limited to 40mins ...

Nanu is a new ad-supported app for Android that allows its users to call each other for free even if they use low-bandwidth 2G networks, while it also allows some calls to landlines and mobile ...