Free SMS app for iPhone and iPad


4.1 ( 501 ratings )
Utilities Social Networking
Developer: HFI Development
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.05.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 07 Mar 2009
App size: 205.57 Kb

NEW Update that adds international support, we now support some carriers in: Canada, United Kingdom(England), and Phillipines.

IMPORTANT NOTE: please enter the phone number as you would in that country, i.e. dont put in the country code, just dial it as if you would be in that country:

i.e. United states: full 10 digit number: 5556667777 would be (555) 666-7777

Dont be fooled by all the imitators out there, all the guys in the top 25 got their design from our app!!!

Does your provider charge unbelievable amounts of money for text messaging? I know mine does!! With this application you can send text messages for free to anybody in the Continental United States! Its as easy as 1-2-3...

1. Setup your email account(can be any account, not just gmail like some other "free" sms providers.

2. Choose a contact to send a message to and choose their cell phone provider.

3. Type your message and click send!!!

Another great advantage Free SMS has over its competitors is support for LANDSCAPE text messaging. Its a whole lot easier to type on the wide keyboard than the narrow one!

When the person you are sending the message replies, it comes straight back to your email! So if you have that email setup on your iPhone(and why wouldnt you??), it will come straight to you. Here is the best part though, once the person responds and you get an email, you just respond to that email and the other person gets another text message and you dont get charged! Start your conversation with Free SMS and you wont pay for a single text message you send out!

Please email us with any questions about different providers or if you are having trouble getting your email settings to work correctly. Always look for the SMTP/POP settings for your email provider.

IF YOU ARE GETTING CANNOT CONNECT TO SERVER, your settings are WRONG for your email account. Please contact support, dont just write a bad review b/c you cant get the app to work, I PROMISE IT WORKS, I USE IT EVERYDAY. All you have to do is get the email settings setup correctly and it will work!

Also, im not sure why some of the reviewers are saying it doesnt work on iPod Touch? I have a touch and have tested it on there, as long as you have a WIFI connection with the touch, it works just like it does on the iPhone??? I wish you would contact support! With over 3600 apps sold, ive only received less than 100 requests for support and got all of them working quickly!

Responses to Reviews:
"You have to go back and fourth and back and fourth from email and the app. it gets so annoying".

Clearly stated in the app description that once you get an email back, you can just respond to that email and it will send another text back to the other person.

"Can they make an update for ipod touch"

No update is needed it already works on ipod touch, your settings are probably incorrect, please contact support if you are having issues.

Carriers Supported:

USA: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Alltel, Virgin Mobile, US Cellular, Boost Mobile, Nextel, Cricket, Helio, MetroPCS, MobiPCS, Qwest, Cincinnati Bell, Alaska Comm Sys, Cellular South, Tracfone

CAN: Rogers, Bell Mobility, Fideo, Virgin Mobile, Telus Mobility, Koodo

U.K.: Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Virgin Mobile, O2

Phillipines: Smart Telecom

Pros and cons of Free SMS app for iPhone and iPad

Free SMS app good for

I set this app up as described an it worked the first time! No jumping out to the iphone email. Very nice. Well worth the price.
What more can i say? I stumbled and bumbled my way around in the dark trying to get FreeSMS up and running until a patient and very helpful guy (thanks Matt) got me up and running. Its so very rare that anyone would go this above and beyond but i was truly impressed. Not only that, he assisted me in correcting another iPhone issue totally unrelated to this app. Double "Thumbs Up, and thanks again Matt"!
I got this app for my iPod Touch and I love it! everytime im around wifi, which is almost all day, i can send texts and receive replies in my email! Its sooo cool, i love it. All my friends are amazed that i can send a text message from my iPod! I would definitely recommend this app to anybody who loves to text message and especially anybody who has an iPod Touch!!!
Program functions exactly as described. Matt was very helpful and replied promptly to help me set up the program.
When I first got this I took 5 mins to ask support on set up and now it works great and I have free texting on my ipod touch, soooo... ask for help and dont give 1 stars.
The app works great and the customer support is fantastic Matt your the best Thanks so much.

Some bad moments

this is junk it never worked always says cannot connect to server
You have to go back and fourth and back and fourth from email and the app.it gets so annoying
can you make one of these without wi-fi that would be great!!!!!!!!
Its stupid you have to go to your email to get a reply theres a app thats set up like aim, thousand times better.
This app is crap text free is so much better. It sends them faster and its alot easier to work.
Ok so this app works but there are tons of flaws in it. Apparently it wont work with tmobile users, they will get your text but you will not get their replies, even the dev tried it with his buddy and said it took 2 days for him to get the reply. Another thing is that you type the first message in the app and when you hit send it will just open up the email then you got to send it again through the email, minus well just save your dollar and use your email for SMS then right? Another flaw is when you get a reply from you buddies, and you reply to that via email, they see the previous reply also so if you typed a long text your buddy is going to get that text AGAIN + the new text your typing, so one text can be very long and confusing to your friend and it can be annoying. I went on the hfi website for help and matt was helping me for awhile but its been a week now and no replies from him...I dont recommend this app, just launch your email and use that instead of this app..

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