Best Free International Texting Apps

[LogGrad98]

Hello all.

We now live in Leipzig Germany. It has been the move from hell, tbh, but we are here anyway.

We are trying to help our kids keep in touch with their friends in the US, but almost every phone plan we looked into cost anywhere from .06 to 1.00 (euros of course) PER TEXT, which is crazy expensive. Someone recommended Whats App for texting, but I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for apps that my kids can use to text their friends that are free and do not require all of their friends to use the same app (so text to a normal phone number is best).

TIA

 

[nightmare3983]

I don't have a suggestion, other than to change your location on your profile, since your real location has now changed.

 

[Witty Username]

Kik is the 100% catfish approved online texting app

 

[Dumb Bloke]

I use Line to contact my gaming mates in the UK and South Carolina. Very little ads n stuff. Only complaint is it takes about 10 seconds to load.


Never tried kik but it is by far the popular choice.

 

[dong2ha]

use the app kakaotalk. it is awesome

 

[dong2ha]

but it will require all their friends to use it i guess....

 

[DForceAUS]

Im using Line as long as you have a data plan, you can send messages and even make phone calls using your data quota only

 

[The Blue Elephant]

Viber.

 

[Deleted member 848]

whats app and viber are the two apps my relatives back in Kosovo always use to keep in touch with their friends outside their country. I'm not sure which is better, and I don't use either.

 

[Jazzyy]

What's app and viber are the best! I always use those when I travel outside of the country


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Jazz Insider]

have you looked into carrier pigeons, my friend?

 

[LogGrad98]

Thanks everyone. Gonna give some of these a try. We are starting with Whatsapp and will move on from there if it isn't what we needed. The only tough thing is that you have to get the people you want to text with to use it. Texting from Germany is freaking expensive.

 

[dodo]

I don't know what your cell phone plan is, but T-Mobile was absolute great for me in Europe. Free texting, Free (throttled) data that never got throttled for us so we could skype and google maps all across europe and calls are 20c/min which we never ended up using because of Skype.

My German cousins all have WhatsApp and according to them everyone has it...my 5c

 

[ONE LOVE]

use the app kakaotalk. it is awesome

Haha.. you are SOOOOOOOOO korean bro...


I use it too, and Line is also another good one.

 

[dong2ha]

Haha.. you are SOOOOOOOOO korean bro...


I use it too, and Line is also another good one.

? I guess that makes spy korean? He uses it too

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

There is this crazy thing called "email".

 

[ONE LOVE]

? I guess that makes spy korean? He uses it too

That or he likes korean girls.. hahaha..

 

[Gameface]

There is this crazy thing called "email".

Thanks captain caveman!

 

[RubyMurphy]

Hello all.

We now live in Leipzig Germany. It has been the move from hell, tbh, but we are here anyway.

We are trying to help our kids keep in touch with their friends in the US, but almost every phone plan we looked into cost anywhere from .06 to 1.00 (euros of course) PER TEXT, which is crazy expensive. Someone recommended WhatsApp for texting, but I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for apps that my kids can use to text their friends that are free and do not require all of their friends to use the same app (so text to a normal phone number is best).

TIA

Thanks I will check those out. I have all the church related apps too. they are great for making people think you are paying attention in priesthood.

One irritating thing about my new tablet is the Swype keyboard seems to be way less intuitive than the one on my work phone. Much harder to use and get it to pick the correct word.