Comparison

Ring4 vs Niltext

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ring4

Create a private second phone line for texting and calling without using your personal number. Ideal for online selling, dating, or business, it offers features like call recording and local area codes. Avoid roaming charges by calling over Wi-Fi.

Highlights
  • Multiple private phone lines
  • Call recording
  • Local area codes
  • Private video calling
  • Voicemail
  • Block unwanted calls
Features
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Start texting and calling on your new private line. Built for people looking for privacy, a local number, and separation between personal and public life. No carrier plan needed. Ring4 can be used like a prepaid phone card. Text, picture message, and call anywhere in the US, Canada, and UK. Avoid using your Cell phone minutes like other apps. Call and text over Wi-Fi to eliminate roaming charges when travelling. Connect a local eSIM and use your Ring4 number anywhere you have cellular data service. Add private video calling, call recording, voicemail, local area codes, and much more – MULTIPLE PHONE LINES: Set up a number for personal, business, and online selling. CALL RECORDING: Start recording on any line and RARE AREA CODES: San Francisco (415), New York (212), Los Angeles (310). What’s the best way to look like a local? Get a rare number that others can’t. Shhhh… VIDEO CALLS: Start video calls when selling online with a one-time link. Great for online selling or sharing a real estate property tour. PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY: Do you trust loyalty programs to not sell your number? You shouldn’t. Receive verification codes (2FA) and promotional messages for your favorite brands with a private second line. BLOCK CALLS: If you're done with your temporary line, or someone is bothering you, simply delete it and grab a new one. No trip to the store, questions from the salesperson, one click, and you're done. VOICEMAIL: Stay professional with a greeting that matches your private second line's purpose. SAVE CELL MINUTES & DATA: Ring4 does *NOT* use your cell phone minutes for calling, like some other apps. Connect to WiFi to make VoIP calls wherever you are. – WHY USE a 2nd PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER? -- ONLINE DATING: Use a second number to text and call without sharing your real cell phone. RENTING: Message tenants, renters, and landlords. Share a room for rent online using a private number, keeping your personal cell phone number confidential. SELLING ONLINE: Keep your cell phone off public listings by texting buyers from a second line you can silence or replace. MARKETPLACE LISTING: Never give your real cell phone number out online. LOYALTY PROGRAMS: Stop loyalty programs from selling your personal cell phone. Signup for online services with your new 2nd line. BUSINESS: Rule #1 of starting a business. Never give out your personal cell phone, and definitely do not put it on your website. This can never be undone, get a 2nd number today for your new idea, your new business before it’s too late. – NO CONTRACTS: Start with a new US or UK temporary number for 7-days. Add a monthly subscription to keep the number forever. (fair use limits apply) FREE INBOUND TEXTS & CALLING: Inbound calls and texts are always free. TRANSPARENT PRICING: Subscriptions unlock 3,000 text messages and calls a month. (counted daily) • 5 credits to start calling in the US or internationally • 5 credits to start a video meeting • 1 credit to send a text message – IMPORTANT: Emergency calls and texts to 911 are not supported. Texts to/from short codes might not always be supported. The trial may include free usage and is intended for one-time use. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS: Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled 24 hours in advance and may be managed by the user in Account Settings after purchase. THE FINE PRINT: Terms of use: https://www.ring4.com/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.ring4.com/privacy-policy – Looking for more than 3 numbers or higher text and calling plans, visit ring4.com/business to learn about our team plans.

About

Niltext

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Niltext helps you organize unwanted SMS and MMS in Apple Messages using rules you create. Match senders and message text, choose a category, and keep control of what your filter does. YOUR RULES, YOUR CHOICES Choose a specific sender, phone numbers only, or sender IDs. Match message text with contains, does not contain, starts with, or ends with. Combine conditions in nested AND/OR groups for more precise rules. CLEAR PRIORITIES Classify matching messages as Junk, Promotions, or Transactions, or choose Do not filter. Both the sender and text conditions must match. The first matching enabled rule decides, and you can change the order or switch individual rules off. TEST BEFORE YOU RELY ON A RULE Enter a sample sender and message to see matching rules and the simulated result as you type. Niltext tells you when missing input makes the result incomplete. FILTERING ON YOUR IPHONE Rules are evaluated locally, without sending message content to a filtering server. No account is required. Choose your app language and a light, dark, or system theme. To start, enable Niltext in the message filtering section of iOS Settings, then add your rules. iOS decides which messages are eligible for filtering; this includes SMS/MMS from unknown senders, not iMessage. Niltext categorizes messages rather than blocking delivery. It uses your enabled rules and does not include a built-in spam list or promise to detect every scam.

Screenshots

Ring44 screens
Niltext4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ring4 at Free against Niltext's $0.29. Ring4 also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Niltext's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ring4 is free to download; Niltext costs $0.29 up front. Ring4 sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Niltext asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ring4 versus Niltext: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRing4Niltext
PriceFree — better$0.29
Rating4.4 (2.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.9K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRing4, LLCPrzemyslaw Kaczmarski

Bugs and requests

Ring4

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Accounts being limited or disabled for no reason
  • Credits not being properly credited
  • Inability to generate new numbers
  • Frequent app crashes and service interruptions

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to port numbers away from the app
  • Improve text messaging functionality
  • Provide a free trial period

Niltext

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Ring4

Subscriptions6
  • Unlimited Talk & Text for French Mobile Phone Number - Line #1$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited Talk & Text for English Mobile Phone Number - Line #1$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited Talk & Text for US/CA Number - Line #1$9.991 Month
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  • Unlimited Talk & Text for US/CA Number - Line #2$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited Talk & Text for US/CA Number - Line #3$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited Talk & Text for US/CA Selected Number - Line #1$14.991 Month
One-time4
  • Package of 10 credits$0.99
  • Package of 40 credits$3.99
  • Package of 100 credits$8.99
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  • Package of 250 credits$19.99
None

Niltext

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ring4 free?
Ring4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Niltext free?
Niltext costs $0.29, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ring4 or Niltext have ads?
Neither Ring4 nor Niltext shows ads.

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