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Hobb vs TextNow.

Free phone service at consumer scale, ads included. It proves the demand; it doesn't serve the business.

THE HONEST VERDICT
As a free personal number, TextNow is unbeatable, and 913,000 iOS ratings at 4.8 say so. For a business it offers nothing: no recording, no CRM, and numbers that banks and 2FA systems reject. Hobb is the same idea grown up: a real business line that writes the note and files the follow-up.
WHERE TEXTNOW SHINES
Free: an ad-supported number with a free eSIM, at $0 base
4.8 on iOS across 913,000 ratings, the biggest consumer base in the category
Roughly 10 million active users prove the demand for a number as an app
WHERE IT LEAVES YOU THE WORK
A consumer product with no business tiers: ads in the app, zero business features
No recording, no CRM, no teams, and nothing that takes a note or files a follow-up
Recycled numbers get rejected for 2FA and banking, with message-sync bugs and account bans reported

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WHAT YOU GET
TextNow
HOBB
Price
Free, ad-supported · paid ad-free and data upgrades
$34/mo yearly · $43 monthly, flat
Channels covered
Calls & texts, consumer-grade
Calls, texts, WhatsApp & email
Notes written from your calls
No
Automatic, audio then discarded
One ranked to-do list
No
Every channel, ranked by who matters
Drafts replies for you to send
No
Drafted for you · sent when you approve
Billing model
Free with ads · no business tiers
Month to month · visible meter · no contract
TextNow is a trademark of its owner; Hobb is not affiliated with or endorsed by it. Pricing and review themes reflect published information as of June 2026 and may change. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.
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