The free-to-download Burner app comes with one free Burner number, but the pricing gets a bit wonky after that.
When you’re done, you just trash the number and forget about it. Click another button, and you’re done - you’ve now got a new, secondary phone number that connects to your real number, and it can be used to send and receive both calls and texts. You pick an area code and choose which number your new burner should forward to. After 9 months as an iOS-only app, Burner is today launching on Android.įor the uninitiated, here’s how it works: You open the app.
There are all sorts of use cases, some less shady than others - and hey, I ain’t judgin’.īack in August of last year, an app called Burner came along that popularized the concept of disposable numbers at the push of a button. Maybe you don’t want weirdos from Craigslist calling you once your couch is gone. Why? Maybe you’re not too sure about that dude you just met, but you want to give him a chance. Sometimes you just need a temporary, disposable phone number.
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