How TextNow helped me break up with my costly mobile carrier. Free unlimited talk, text, and essential data, affordable add-on data, and zero contract. Could TextNow be for real? I took it for a spin.

Today Enflick, the parent company of free messaging and Wi-Fi calling app TextNow, announced a low-cost mobile phone service that starts at just $19 a month. The catch?

What is TextNow? As a wireless network, TextNow offers an all-encompassing phone service within an app. It’s different from other popular communication apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and Skype because it ...

TextNow is also unveiling flexible video calling that allows users to start high quality video calls with anyone - even if they don’t have the TextNow app.

It sounds too good to be true: a cellular phone plan that comes with a free phone number, free texting, and even free data to access essential apps. I’ve been testing the plan, which is calle… ...

Free unlimited calls and texts over WiFi on Android and iOS? What’s the deal with TextNow – is it 100% legit?

That need inspired Derek Ting to start TextNow, the only free phone service provider in America. “Our mission is to democratize phone service, to make it accessible for everyone,” Ting says.

For a limited time, TextNow is offering new customers a free wireless plan until 2019 - including its $40/month unlimited voice, text, and data plan - with the purchase of any refurbished ...