TextFree App Now Pointless with iOS 5?

[Resist]

Since iOS 5 now has it's own free texting app, does this make the TextFree App pointless?

 

[sdawgisinthebui]

Not true...

While it has lost some purpose it still has three ways it wins.
1. You get your own number.
2. On some text apps you can call
3. You can communicate with non iOS phones.

 

[Resist]

You can communicate with non iOS phones.

Seems to me that might be the only plus.

I say this because having your own number for a texting app doesn't seem that important, unless you don't want people to have your real cell number.

It also isn't that critical to be able to make phone calls with a texting app. At least for me, I get a ton of minutes on my cell plan and the calls to others with the same provider are free.

 

[SunnyFL]

Since iOS 5 now has it's own free texting app, does this make the TextFree App pointless?

After the last Text Free update mine crashes like crazy now almost everytime I send a text it crashes.

 

[Resist]

After the last Text Free update mine crashes like crazy now almost everytime I send a text it crashes.

My TextFree Voice app works just fine with the latest update.

While we now get free texting (to other iPhone users), with Apple's Text Messaging app, it could be easy to forget the texts might be sent to non iPhone's causing a charge if we go over our plan limits.

It would be less complicated if the cell providers included unlimited texting as part of our paid service plans!

 

[JRoDDz]

While it has lost some purpose it still has three ways it wins.
1. You get your own number.
2. On some text apps you can call
3. You can communicate with non iOS phones.

I prefer google voice for this. It does all of the above.

 

[matt90036]

and how am I going to text someone who is not on iOS? or in another country? iMessage is limited like the rest of aspps made by apple, that's why i won't use it.

 

[Resist]

Okay so from what I just learned, you can text anyone via iMessage and your outgoing text is free. But if someone texts you back and they are not using iMessage, then that incoming text is counted against your text plan and could cost you money if you are beyond your limit.

 

[Fliesen]

Okay so from what I just learned, you can text anyone via iMessage and your outgoing text is free. But if someone texts you back and they are not using iMessage, then that incoming text is counted against your text plan and could cost you money if you are beyond your limit.

you CANNOT text "anyone" via iMessage but only people who are on iOS 5.
it's not platform independent and therefore cannot entirely replace apps like WhatsApp and the likes.