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About Burner
Burner adds second phone numbers to the phone you already have. You can call, text and send pictures from a Burner number. You can create different numbers for different groups of contacts, and delete or switch a number when you no longer want it.
Spam blocking and muting keep unwanted callers out. It suits people who sell things online, sign up for subscriptions or talk to strangers and would rather not give out their real number. A 7-day free trial is offered before a paid plan.
Strengths
- Separate numbers for different groups of contacts
- Numbers can be deleted or switched when needed
- Spam blocking and muting of unwanted callers
- No second phone or SIM needed
Limitations
- Paid after the trial period
- Proprietary service that handles your calls and texts
- Numbers only work while you keep the service
Details
- Pricing
- PaidPaid subscription with a 7-day free trial that includes unlimited calling and texting.
- License
- Proprietary
- Platforms
- Android, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Hosted service
- Account
- Required
- Works offline
- No
- Best suited for
- Keeping your real number private when selling online, dating or signing up for services
- Categories
- Messaging, Privacy tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Burner
Compare allSoftware that can replace Burner for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Hushed
A second phone number app for private calling and texting over Wi-Fi from temporary numbers.
Hushed also offers disposable second numbers on Android and iOS, with calling and texting over Wi-Fi, but no free plan is mentioned and calls rely on a network connection.
MySudo
A privacy app suite for creating separate digital identities with their own phone numbers, emails and cards.
MySudo adds separate emails, virtual cards and encrypted communications to each phone number identity, has a free tier, and reserves full features for paid plans.
Cloaked
A privacy service that creates masked identities and scans for data brokers selling your personal information.
Cloaked pairs masked phone numbers with masked emails and a data broker scan, offers a free tier and a Chrome extension, and focuses on US users.
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Addy.io
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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.
