ExpressNumber gives you 5 numbers for $9.99 a month, run from a plain browser with no app to install. Hushed sells private lines in plans of 1 or 3. Here is the rest of it.
A Hushed plan carries 1 or 3 lines, and a 3-line plan is $18.99 a month in the App Store. Here 100 numbers sit on one $29.99 plan, and burning one is a button rather than a billing change.
| Feature | ExpressNumber | HushedAs published on their site |
|---|---|---|
| What it costs | $0 today and for 7 days. Then Basic is $9.99 a month, Pro is $29.99 a month. | $6.99 a month for Unlimited talk and text. Prepaid starts at $7.99 and pay-as-you-go at $8.99. |
| Try it free first | Yes. 7 days free on either plan, $0 today. Cancel before then and you pay nothing. | Yes. A 3-day free trial. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing. |
| Numbers on one plan | Yes. 5 or 100 numbers on one plan. Extra numbers are $1 a month on Basic, 50 cents on Pro. | Partly. 1 or 3 lines on a plan. A 3-line plan is $18.99 a month in the App Store. |
| Burn a number in one tap | Yes. One tap. Forwarding stops immediately and the number sits in quarantine for 30 days before anyone else can be given it. | Partly. You can let a line go and buy another, but that is a subscription change rather than a button. |
| Calls reach the phone you already carry | Yes. Forwarded to the mobile you verified, ringing like any other call. The caller only ever sees the burner. | Yes. Call forwarding to a local mobile number is supported. |
| Runs in a plain browser | Yes. No app. Numbers are managed in the browser, and calls ring the phone you already have. | Partly. App first, on iOS and Android. |
Our minutes count forwarded calls only, rounded up to the minute, and inbound texts are never billed. Past your monthly allowance, forwarded minutes are 5 cents each, capped at $50 a month on Basic and $100 on Pro.
Hushed prices lines, in plans of 1 or 3. We price a pool, so the cost of giving every site and store its own number stays roughly flat instead of stacking up one subscription at a time. Extra numbers past the plan cap are 50 cents a month each on Pro.
Creating, tagging and burning numbers happens on a web page, and the calls land on the mobile you already answer. Hushed can forward to your mobile too, but the account itself lives inside its app.
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