The handy lil’ app made sure to include my favorite feature: a block button! I’ve never been one to shy away from blocking someone who made me uncomfy, and when one dating app dude pushed his luck and said something not-so-cute, in about two seconds, I was able to make sure that he could never text or call me again.Īt least I know that if a disrespectful man slides through the cracks and into my texts, he can be gone with one tap of a button-and without ever having my actual number. I haven’t had messages fail to send, gotten weird spam calls, or seen any problems with the app that made it a hassle to use.* I gave this match my TextNow number, and other than our convo showing up green on his phone instead of blue-which could also just signify that I have a particular kind of phone-there was zero obvious sign that anything was up. I found that having a number separate from my actual phone number made me a lot more willing to move to texting. Do you mind if I just text you?” Yeah, you know that message-cue eye roll. The setup took all of five minutes, and about an hour later, I opened a dating app and finally replied to the message I’d seen way too many times: “Hey sorry for the delayed reply, I’m not really on here much. I was still able to pick my own phone number from a list, choose my notification sound, and customize a voicemail so if one of my matches ~dare~ call me, it wouldn’t sound like a sketchy fake number. Since I don’t leave my house much (thanks COVID!), I’m totally fine using the free version of the app that requires me to be on wifi-though you can also opt for free cell service without using wifi, too, for $9.99. You can call and text just like you would with your actual number, and the app itself is pretty self-explanatory and user-friendly. To sign up, all I had to do was enter my name and email address. I had every intention of just trying it out for a week, but now that I've used it, I’ll be keeping it on my phone for as long as I’m on dating apps. So I was happy to learn about TextNow, a phone service app that generates a phone number separate from the one linked to my SIM card. As someone who’s binged too many true crime podcasts, I wanted to be extra careful.
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