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Text Me Review: A Real Second Number, Rented on a 15-Day Clock

The Free Number and the 15-Day Use-It-or-Lose-It Rule

The help center says sign-ups from the US, Canada or the UK are assigned a free number. Keeping it takes an outbound call or SMS within the first 7 days, then at least once every 15 days; a warning arrives first, but a reassigned number cannot be restored, and the terms let the company reclaim any assigned number at any time. Google Voice, by comparison, may reclaim a number only after 3 months without calls or texts. A Premium subscription or a paid number plan stops the clock. Recent Google Play reviews add that the picker sometimes offered only trials or paid plans.

Credits, the $7.99 Premium Tier and 31-Day Number Plans

Calls between TextMe users and all incoming calls are free; calling regular phone numbers draws on credits, as on textPlus, and the Rate Finder under the Me tab shows the cost before you dial. Free credits expire 180 days after they are granted, while purchased credits last until the account is closed or suspended. The US App Store lists Premium Features at $7.99, a number purchase at $4.99 or $5.99, and 100 TextMe Credits at $1.99; check the current price in the app, as it varies by region. Premium renews weekly or monthly, removes ads and keeps your number without regular use, but includes no credits. A one-time Phone Number plan runs 31 days or a year instead.

Verification Codes and the 24-Hour Secure Your Number Window

Receiving sign-in codes from other services is restricted. The help center says verification texts are supported only from a limited set of companies, and it keeps no list of them. On a free number, a supported code arrives behind a Secure your number prompt, and the number must be purchased within 24 hours or the message expires. Some numbers also require ID verification: a photo of the account holder holding an ID document and a handwritten note with the word TextMe, the date and the number's last four digits. TextNow is similar, supporting most codes only with its own SIM or the paid Lock In Number or Ad-Free+ subscriptions.

911 Routing and What the Privacy Labels Disclose

In the US, dialing 911 in the app opens the phone's native dialer and calls over the SIM card, even without a carrier plan. On a device with no SIM, turning the Native Dialer setting off routes 911 through the app, and users are asked to save an emergency address first, since dispatchers otherwise get no location. The terms call the service no substitute for a regular phone line. The App Store privacy label lists purchases, identifiers and usage data as used to track you across other companies' apps, and the Google Play Data safety form says device IDs are shared for advertising. Data is encrypted in transit, and Delete my data in the Privacy Center must be requested before the account is canceled.