Second Texting Number vs Baya Resident
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Second Texting Number
Protect your personal number by using a private, disposable phone number for calls and texts. Choose your own number in any area code and receive verification codes without revealing your identity. Manage your privacy with features like auto-response and custom voicemail.
- Unlimited texting and calling
- Choose your own number
- Protect your privacy
- Receive verification codes
- Separate contacts
- Auto-response
- Custom voicemail
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Safely text & call anyone while protecting your real number. Give out a number that can't be linked back to yours. Guaranteed. Unlisted provides privacy for you and your phone number with supercharged private numbers. UNLIMITED TEXTING & CALLING Send & receive unlimited texts, calls, and picture messages to any US or Canadian number CHOOSE YOUR OWN NUMBER Pick a phone number in any area code. Get as many as you need. PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY Unlisted numbers aren't linked to you or your real number. Protect your privacy when you need to give out a number. CRYSTAL-CLEAR CALLING Enjoy excellent call quality via either an internet (VoIP) connection or your carrier's phone network RECEIVE VERIFICATION CODES Our numbers can receive verification and 2FA codes for registering new accounts anywhere SEPARATE CONTACTS Store contacts that live only in the app and won't appear in your iPhone's contacts DO NOT DISTURB / OPEN HOURS Set a schedule so you only receive calls and notifications when you want them AUTO-RESPONSE Set up a message that will automatically get sent to anyone getting in touch with you OUTGOING CALLER ID If you want, set a name to appear when you call someone INCOMING CALL OPTIONS Decide whether to answer incoming calls on your phone, forward them to another number, or send them to voicemail CUSTOM VOICEMAIL GREETING Set a custom voicemail greeting for each of your numbers. Or keep the generic default if you prefer to stay anonymous. PRIVACY-FIRST: NO ADS, NO TRACKING We don't show ads or do anything with your data that you wouldn't expect. We definitely don't let any 3rd parties do this either. DEDICATED, US-BASED TEAM We're a dedicated US-based team who loves working on Unlisted every day. In fact, we rely on Unlisted numbers every day for our own needs. We promise to never sell your data, show you ads, or betray your privacy. Since 2012, customers have trusted us to provide them new phone numbers for all of their needs, and we hope you will too. If you ever need help, or have something you'd like us to add to Unlisted, please send us an email at support@getunlisted.com. We offer dedicated support and respond personally to each and every email. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS All plans come with a free trial. You can cancel the trial any time and you won't be charged. Please note that certain functionality may be restricted during the free trial in order to prevent abuse. This may include texting limits or blocks on receiving verification codes. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed from the App Store app. HELP Access the Help Center in the app's menu or email support@getunlisted.com LEGAL & FINE PRINT Terms Of Service: https://www.getunlisted.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.getunlisted.com/privacy IMPORTANT: Works in the US and Canadian only. You can only call and text with other US & Canadian numbers. Not for 911 emergency services.
Baya Resident
This estate management solution simplifies communication and services for residents and facility managers. It allows for visitor booking, utility purchases, service charge payments, and access to estate announcements and emergency alerts.
- Visitor booking management
- Utility vending
- Service charge payment
- Election and survey polls
- Announcements and feed
- Push notifications
- Marketplace
- Emergency alerts
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Do you live in a gated estate and always place a call to the security at the gate for your visitors to gain access to your apartment? Have you found yourself in a situation that you ran out of electricity credit at night, then you must sleep in the dark because you can’t buy electricity token at that time? Why do I have to place a long telephone call to the security, facility manager, etcetera for simple service request? With Baya, you don’t need to worry. Baya is an estate management solution that provides seamless management of an estate for the facility managers and the estate residents. Key features: • Visitor booking management • Utility vending • Service charge payment • Election polls • Survey polls • Announcement and feed • Push notifications • Market place • Emergency
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Baya Resident at none against Second Texting Number's 11. Second Texting Number's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 42). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Second Texting Number sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Baya Resident asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Second Texting Number against 4.6 for Baya Resident. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Second Texting Number has 17K ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Second Texting Number | Baya Resident |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (17K ratings) | 4.6 (42 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17K — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FathomTel, Inc. | Open Desk Consult Ltd |
Customer experience
Second Texting Number
Baya Resident
Bugs and requests
Second Texting Number
Reported bugs
3 issues- Texts not being received
- Accounts being blocked/restricted without explanation
- Purchased numbers not working as expected
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to log out of devices
- International calling/texting support
- Group messaging functionality
Baya Resident
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Second Texting Number
- Unlisted Number: Pay as You Go$5.991 Month
- Unlimited Texting + Calling3 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Unlimited Texting + Calling7 Days trial$14.991 Month
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- Second Texting Number7 Days trial$17.991 Month
- Unlimited Talk + Text3 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Unlimited Talk + Text7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Unlimited Texting & Calling7 Days trial$39.991 Month
- 100 Text Messages$2.99
- 200 Minutes$7.99
- Pay as You Go (Prepay 1 Month)$9.99
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- Change Your Number$19.99
Baya Resident
No in-app purchases
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