Best Virtual Phone Number Apps for Account Verification

Using your personal mobile phone number for temporary accounts that you are going to use for a limited time can be risky due to privacy concerns and then getting your personal number out in the public means you are going to get flooded with marketing calls and messages, which becomes annoying.

To help keep things private and to avoid annoyance, I have put together a list of the best virtual phone number apps (including free and paid options) that you can download and install to receive OTP or verification codes for account verification purposes whether you are looking for free US phone number or a temporary number for any other country.

You should be able to verify online accounts like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google, Tinder, and many others. For me, the third app on the list, Talkatone, usually works well for most services since it provides a burner phone number for free and gives me the option to choose my own phone number.

Without any further ado, the best virtual phone number apps for account verification are reviewed below:

Keep in Mind
I have manually tried each app to see if it is working properly. At the time of writing, all the apps featured in the list were working perfectly, but it’s possible that some might not be available or work when you try.

1. Hushed Second Phone Number

Hushed is a paid service that provides disposable phone numbers from more than forty countries, including the US, UK, and Canada. This way, you can keep your real number hidden from your acquaintances. A temporary number, if you purchase one from them, will cost you as low as $1.99.

However, as a new user, they will give you a free number along with 20 free texts or 20 free minutes that will be valid for a trial period of 3 days, which is enough to test out their service. If it worked, you can easily pay them to keep that number for as long as you want.

What I like:

• One free phone number for 3 days, upon registration.
• Choose a phone number that can be purchased for as low as $1.99.
• There is a variety of paid plans to choose from, including 7-day, 30-day, 90-day, and 365-day.

What I don’t like:

• A free phone number cannot be used for account verification.
• You cannot receive a call or message using the free phone number unless you have called or messaged that number first.
• You must purchase a number first to verify accounts via call or text.

2. Burner – Private Phone Line

The Burner is a paid service that gives you a private Burner phone number so that you can keep it separate from your real number and can easily use it for web-based forms, buying and selling things on the Internet, and you can even share it with your temporary contacts.

On signup, the company will give you a free sample Burner phone number that comes with 20 free minutes and 40 free texts. This sample number is valid for 7 days. If you like their service, you can easily purchase an extension pack/Burner that suits your needs right from the in-app purchases.

What I like:

• One free sample phone number is valid for 7 days upon registration.
• Maintain multiple Burner phone numbers for different account verifications.
• A variety of credit packs, starting from as low as $1.99 for three credits.
• Burner numbers can be used to verify social media accounts/dating accounts.

What I don’t like:

• Require a USA, Australia, or Canada number for signup.
• The app will force you to leave a review.

3. eSIM Plus

It is a service that provides virtual numbers for verification on various websites, services, and apps, including WhatsApp. The eSIM Plus database is huge! It contains more than 10 million numbers from 70+ countries worldwide. When buying numbers, they are issued exclusively in one hand for rent for a whole month. 

The eSIM Plus service is fully automated. You can rent a virtual number at any time of the day. The number becomes available a few seconds after payment. 

Phone numbers are pleased for one month and are automatically renewed for the next month if there are enough funds on the balance to renew it.

What I like:

• You can try a free test virtual phone number with the eSIM Plus service. Just ask for its support.
• With this virtual phone number, you can receive incoming and outgoing calls from any number or service.
• No additional phone number activation is required. You can use the virtual phone number for calls and text messages immediately after the purchase.

What I don’t like:

• You can’t buy a virtual phone number for a shorter period.
• The automatic payment renewal is a bit difficult to set up.

4. Talkatone

Talkatone is one of those services that give you a free US phone number of your choice that will be valid for as long as you continue using it. And you can use this number to make and receive free calls and messages to US phone numbers as well as for account verification purposes.

The best thing about Talkatone is that if you don’t have an existing phone number, you can use your email address to create an account and receive your free phone number.

What I like:

• Purchase credits via in-app purchases for outbound calls and messages.
• Ability to create and verify the Talkatone account via email address.
• Get a free US phone number upon verified registration.

What I don’t like:

• To keep your account and phone number active and valid, you need to make one call or send one message once every 30 days.

5. Nextplus

Ever wanted to have a free phone number that not only helps you with your account verifications but can also keep you connected with your friends or family members without any cost, no matter where they are in the world. The app makes use of advertisements, the revenue of which is then used to cover the calling and messaging costs.

All you have to do is register your account and then claim your free US phone number by selecting the state and area code from the provided list. The app will assign you a new number within seconds. The number remains valid as long as you continue to use it.

For those of you who don’t know, Nextplus is an improved version of TextPlus. So if you are a textPlus user or want to try textPlus instead, then you can download it below.

What I like:

• Get a free US phone number after registration.
• Ability to customize/change your number once (in case you are not satisfied with the assigned number).
• Use the provided phone number for quick account verifications.
• You can subscribe to a plan or Remove Banner Ads for a month or year via in-app purchases.

What I don’t like:

• You cannot call or send text messages to International numbers.
• The calls and messages are limited to the United States and Canada phone numbers. But you can watch video ads to call other numbers for free.
• The app is banner ad-supported.

6. TextPlus: Free Text & Calls

This is one of the most-used apps for free calls and texting. This app gives you a free US phone number for a few days so you can verify your accounts. Recently, some of our fellow friends reported that the numbers provided by this app are now spammed by Google and some other companies and cannot be used for further verifications, but it can still be helpful for other stuff.

• Offers you a free US-based phone number.
• The service cannot be used for Google account verifications.

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