A virtual number for texts and verification codes
Sign up for apps, newsletters and loyalty programs with a second number, and keep your personal one out of yet another database. Texts and codes arrive in the app, like any message.
Codes arrive like any text
When a service sends a code to your second number, it appears in the app’s inbox, in the thread for that sender. No forwarding, no copying from another device.
Not every service accepts it
Most services send codes to any real number, but some refuse numbers from apps like this one, and which ones can change without notice. Try it with the service you have in mind before you depend on it, and keep the accounts that matter, such as your bank, on your own number.
Texting people from it
You can text anyone in the US or Canada from your second number, and they reply to that number. The first text you send to a US number ends with a short line saying it was sent with Second Phone Number and how to opt out.
How it works
- 1
Download the app on your iPhone.
- 2
Choose a country, then a state or province, then your number.
- 3
Pick a plan and start calling and texting.
Questions
- Will every app send me a code?
- Not always. Some services don’t accept numbers from apps like this one. Test it first, and keep important accounts on your own number.
- Is it a real phone number?
- Yes. Anyone can call or text it the ordinary way, from any phone.
- Do I need a second SIM or another phone?
- No. The number lives in the app on the iPhone you already have, separate from the number on your SIM.
- How does pricing work?
- Every plan includes a number and bonus credits each month. Calls and texts use credits, the ones you receive as well as the ones you make; one credit is one outgoing minute or message to the US and Canada. Prices are shown in the app, in your currency, before you pay.
- Can I call emergency services?
- No. Use your phone’s own dialler on your normal mobile service for emergencies.
Get your second number
On iPhone. Choose a US or Canadian number in under a minute.