textPlus gives you a free US number with “Free number. Free texting. Free incoming calls”, unlimited texts to the US and Canada, and cheap outbound calls to 200+ countries. The number itself is American. Numero eSIM sells a number in 39 countries from $3.99 a month, with data in 181 countries and a full eSIM in 188 on the same account.
textPlus has been running since 2009 and claims 150 million users, which makes it one of the oldest and largest products in this set. Inside the US it is very hard to beat: free number, free texting, free incoming calls, no contract. A large share of the people searching for it are outside the US, though, where the attraction is the US number and the limits are the rest of the product. Numero eSIM starts where textPlus's map ends.
Can you use textPlus outside the US?
Its number is a US number, its free texting covers the US and Canada, and its outbound calling reaches 200+ countries at low rates. Numero eSIM sells a US number you can buy from anywhere, with a choice of area code across nine cities from $3.49 a month, and numbers in 38 other countries that people there can dial as a local call.
Does a textPlus number work for WhatsApp?
textPlus does not state it. Numero eSIM publishes WhatsApp support country by country on its WhatsApp number pages: 11 of its 12 mobile-number countries, every one except Nicaragua, and the Denmark and Colombia toll-free lines.
What does the free tier leave out?
Three of the four rows in the table below are empty on the textPlus side because it never claimed them: no data, no travel eSIM, no bundled line. Numero eSIM sells a data eSIM in 181 countries, a full eSIM in 188 and 19 calling plans next to the number.
textPlus is a free, ad-supported US second-number app running since 2009. The table compares it across all four Numero eSIM product lines; textPlus competes in one of them.
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | textPlusnot published |
|---|---|---|
| Countries with a numberWhere you can get a local line of your own | 39 countries in total: 12 mobile-number countries, 32 additional countries and 8 toll-free countries, with some overlap between the three lists | United States: “Send unlimited texts to the US and Canada” |
| Receive SMS and OTP codesWhether verification codes arrive | Depends where. The US, Canadian and Nicaraguan numbers receive SMS; most of the additional countries do not, and the country page says so up front | “Free incoming calls” |
| Send SMS from the numberWhether you can reply, not only receive | Outbound texts from any of the 39 countries' numbers | free texting |
| WhatsApp verificationNarrower than receiving: not every number that receives SMS | Not every receiving number. WhatsApp is listed for 11 of the 12 mobile-number countries (all but Nicaragua) and for the toll-free lines in Denmark and Colombia | Not stated |
| Make and receive callsWhether it behaves like a real phone line | free inbound, paid outbound | |
| Toll-free numbersA 1-800 style line customers call for free | 8: Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Serbia, South Africa | Not stated |
| Monthly priceWhat one number costs per month | Mobile $3.99 to $38.00 · More Countries from $4.00 · Toll-Free $7.00 to $78.00 · USA areas $3.49 | Free: “No contract or carrier plan required” |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | textPlusnot published |
|---|---|---|
| DestinationsWhere mobile data works when you travel | 181 countries + 7 regions | Not offered |
| Unlimited data, and where Which destinations offer an unlimited plan | 14 countries (USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia) plus the Europe region. 6 durations, 3 to 30 days. From €9 (Turkey, 3 days); Europe €9 to €59. 5G in 13 of the 14; Egypt is 2G/3G/4G | Not offered |
| Fair-use capWhat happens after the high-speed allowance | Published in the terms and conditions: 2 GB at high speed per 24 hours, 1 Mbps beyond that until the next 24-hour period starts | No data product |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | textPlusnot published |
|---|---|---|
| DestinationsOne line carrying data, minutes and a number | 188 countries + 2 regions | Not offered |
| Entry priceCheapest way into the bundled product | €16.00 (20 GB, 30 days, number included) | Not applicable |
| What you compare | Numero eSIM | textPlusnot published |
|---|---|---|
| Calling plansCheap minutes to landlines and mobiles abroad | 17 local and 2 international plans | “Crystal-clear calls to 200+ countries. No contracts, no roaming fees” |
Last verified: September 2026
On the second-number job inside the US, textPlus answers the question completely and for nothing: free number, free texting, free incoming calls, cheap outbound to 200+ countries, no contract. The boundary is the same one TextNow has. The number is American, and there is no version of it for anywhere else.
Numero eSIM is the answer to a different question: being reachable in a country that is not your own, on a local number people there will dial. That is 39 number countries, a US line with your choice of area code from $3.49, a data eSIM in 181 countries and a full eSIM in 188, all on one account.
For dating, marketplace selling or a side business in the US, textPlus does the job for nothing, and it has done so since 2009. If your whole need sits inside the US and Canada, there is no reason to pay for a number.
A free US number with talk and text on its own network; the number, the plans and the 5G data are US products. Numero eSIM works for people who are not in the United States.
“30 000 phone numbers in 110 countries” from $4 per user per month on PBX plans. Numero eSIM sells a number to one person, without the phone system.
Second numbers with calls and texts and calling to over 200 countries, without a published country list or price. Numero eSIM publishes both for its 39 countries.
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