Second Number for Call & Text

Dingtone's distinguishing feature among second-number apps is choice of country. Numbers are available from the US, the UK and elsewhere, and you can hold several at once. That matters for a specific set of people: somebody living abroad who wants a home-country number so family can call at local rates, a small business wanting a presence in another market, or anyone dealing regularly with a country whose residents ignore foreign numbers. Multiple numbers on one phone means work, personal and disposable contacts can each have their own line without carrying extra devices or SIM cards. Calls and texts run over wi-fi or mobile data rather than your carrier's plan, and international calls are charged at rates well below typical roaming, which is often the real reason people install it. Temporary numbers for signing up to websites and apps are the other common use. Every service now wants a phone number, and giving your real one to each of them is how it ends up on lists you never joined. A disposable number takes the verification code and can be discarded. No contract is involved, and the numbers can be kept as long as you want them or let go when they have served their purpose.