Alternatives to Hushed
A second phone number app for private calling and texting over Wi-Fi from temporary numbers. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Hushed
A second phone number app for private calling and texting over Wi-Fi from temporary numbers.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Hushed.
Burner
An app that gives you extra, disposable phone numbers for calls and texts on your existing phone.
Burner provides disposable extra numbers on Android and iOS with spam blocking and muting of callers, and is paid after a trial period.
MySudo
A privacy app suite for creating separate digital identities with their own phone numbers, emails and cards.
MySudo gives each identity its own phone number plus email and virtual cards, has a free tier, and limits full features and the exposure scan to paid or US users.
Cloaked
A privacy service that creates masked identities and scans for data brokers selling your personal information.
Cloaked combines masked phone numbers with masked emails and a data broker scan, offers a free tier and Chrome extension, and targets United States users.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Apple Hide My Email
iCloud+ feature that generates disposable email aliases for sign-ups.
SimpleLogin
Open-source email alias service that protects your real inbox from spam.
Optery
A personal data removal service that finds and opts you out of data broker and people-search sites.
Incogni
A subscription service that sends data removal requests to data brokers and people-search sites for you.
