# TPN - Temporary Phone Number — user reviews > 27 indexed App Store user reviews of TPN by Ayoub El Omrani, rated 4.40/5 from 730 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tpn-temporary-phone-number/id1589777668/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tpn-temporary-phone-number/id1589777668.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 562 · 4★ 51 · 3★ 33 · 2★ 21 · 1★ 63 ## What do users think of TPN? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ✅ App works as intended when functioning properly - 👍 Good user interface design - 💬 Helpful for receiving verification codes **Cons** - 🐛 Messages not received or arrive late - 📢 Excessive ads covering interface elements - 💳 Unauthorized charges without consent - 📵 No customer support contact available - ⚠️ Misleading claims about VOIP numbers - 🚫 App fails to load country selection - ⏱️ Ads appear every 5-10 seconds - 🔒 Potential scam for ad revenue generation **Commonly reported bugs** - Text messages not arriving at all - Messages arriving significantly delayed - Country selection fails to load despite good internet - Ads obstruct phone number display - Message limits being hit unexpectedly - Fake or outdated messages displayed **Most requested features** - Reduce advertisement frequency and placement - Implement functional customer support system - Add transparent billing and payment controls - Improve message delivery reliability ## Newest reviews (11 of 27) ### 1/5 — Late codes *2024-11-26* I hate this app codes comes late and ads are too much ### 1/5 — All are VOIP *2024-10-19* App claims these numbers are not VOIP. Turns out they all are VOIP numbers! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2024-09-30, version 4.6.27* No message received, limit hit. Waste of time. Do not use. ### 1/5 — ADS EVERYWHERE! *2024-06-16* There are ads all over the screen even covering the phone number you select so you can’t even see it! Then you get pop up ads every 5 seconds! Don’t recommend! ### 1/5 — Not working *2024-05-29, version 3.7.22* Snake oil similar to the free web based. ### 1/5 — broken *2024-05-28, version 3.7.22* the phone numbers dont work ### 1/5 — Waste of time, doesn’t work *2024-02-11* Waste of time (listen to me and don’t waste ur time) ### 1/5 — Неизвестная ошибка *2023-05-24* Не работает! Удалите это приложение с плеймаркета, зря время потратил и мб🤬 ### 1/5 — Critical *2022-07-23* Don’t download the app Waste of time ### 1/5 — Bad app *2022-03-15, version 1.3* Doesn’t work, clearly fake messages are from 52 years ago ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work, won’t load countries *2021-11-25* Internet connection is great, but won’t load the countries to use from to use the app even though it will load ads ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Constant loop of SPAM & DID NOT WORK AT ALL *2026-05-28* Wasted my time downloading the app and going through an endless loop of ads with long delays making you watch 30 second ad and Receiving no results at the end. Wasted 20 minutes on this app just for one temporary phone number and got zero results. After five minutes you realize you just got scammed. ### 1/5 — Fraud *2025-11-28* You take a 26.79 dollar from my account which didn’t agree to and no contact number for customer care I need my money back ### 1/5 — Not receiving messages, too many ads!! *2025-11-20* I signed up for this app, and despite changing the number 3 times, I never received any texts. Not really worth the effort ### 1/5 — Terrible *2025-09-04* Doesn’t receive any messages waste of time ### 1/5 — Lies *2025-06-07, version 5.4.19* Ad every 2 seconds and don’t work ### 1/5 — Scam. *2025-04-30* Doesnt even work, too many ads ### 1/5 — 辣鸡 *2025-01-30* 辣鸡 ### 1/5 — Buona ma lenta *2025-01-03, version 4.6.27* È buona l’applicazione, ed è quasi l’unico servizio che offre dei voip telefonici gratuiti che peró vengono condivisi con persone estranee di altri paesi, quindi non sono realmente tuoi. La connessione è davvero lente e ci vogliono quasi ore che per ricevere i messaggi desiderati. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Work *2024-12-31, version 4.6.27* It doesn’t work, never got an SMS to any of their numbers. This is a fake! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2024-12-15* Tried many different numbers, text messages never arrive. I think it’s a scam to rake in ad revenue because they show you an ad every 10 seconds ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The *2025-06-10, version 5.4.19* I’m ### 5/5 — G *2023-09-08* Google ### 5/5 — Amazing *2022-04-27* Smart ### 5/5 — Works! *2022-02-25* Works as intended! Great UI too ### 4/5 — Decent App *2023-08-17, version 3.7.22* When i joined this app there was lots of adverts but once i used it, it was very good and helpful and actually WORKS. Tysm i needed this so much ❤️ ### 3/5 — It’s lovely *2024-11-07* Good --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*