We gave Textfree such a huge upgrade, we had to give it a new name: Pinger. Keep your Textfree number and minutes, plus get new awesome features.
It’s faster, more reliable and easier to use.
- Pinger’s intuitive new photo-based interface organizes each contact’s messages–text, voice, and even pictures–into a single screen. Personalize your contact Tiles with Facebook pics.
- Record your own voicemail greeting.
- Got friends around the world? Have them download Pinger too! It’s supported in more than 100 countries!
Download the app FREE to your iPod or iPhone in the US, or outside the US!
Upgrading from Textfree to Pinger? No problem!
Hope you guys love it as much as we do 🙂
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June 29, 2012 at 12:10 pm
hey
June 29, 2012 at 12:11 pm
whats up
June 30, 2012 at 11:59 am
I’m mad how I can’t no longer enjoy Pinger’s “Textfree” anymore because my computer told me to download Adobe Flash Player 11.3 and I did. Do you guys know any other way that I can use Pinger w/o using Adobe at all?
August 22, 2012 at 1:23 pm
i know right it makes me so mad 😦
July 8, 2012 at 7:22 pm
hay peops how are yhu
August 22, 2012 at 1:25 pm
awsome
June 29, 2012 at 1:14 pm
…Nice accomplishment…changing the name of must have been hard work
June 29, 2012 at 1:16 pm
Now how about focusing on the android users
August 30, 2012 at 3:51 pm
yup
June 29, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Where’d the themes go? I want my skulls!
July 3, 2012 at 5:18 pm
i want my epic smilies back!
June 29, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Wish mine actually allowed me to login… 😥 … I should have stayed with the original version… ahg!
August 22, 2012 at 1:27 pm
im with u keep me updated
June 29, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Hey guys! Sorry for the temporary snag. Things should be working fine now! Thanks for your patience & understanding 🙂
September 15, 2012 at 11:38 am
Im using pinger on My My Touch And i can text but it wont let me call .Whats wrong
June 29, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Is there going to be a hide-ads option?
June 29, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Yep! In a future release!
June 29, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Just upgrade now I can’t get my sounds for phone ring & texting. No sound period.
July 2, 2012 at 8:16 am
Make sure your notifications are properly enabled! http://pinger.zendesk.com/entries/21570662
June 30, 2012 at 4:03 am
no icon. what gives. now i have to type in pinger to get it to work.
July 2, 2012 at 10:57 am
Sorry, I’m not sure I understand the problem you’re having
Please email support@pinger.com for assistance!
June 30, 2012 at 9:49 am
I am sorely missing the ability to press the refresh button to check for new texts from within a text.
You could do this easily before by pressing the refresh button in the top right with textfree, but i don’t see how to do with pinger.
As it is now, you have to back out to the main screen and pull down to refesh. Are there plans to add this functionality into the new app?
July 2, 2012 at 8:18 am
I’m not sure, but I’ll pass on your feedback to our team. Thanks for posting! Check out our help site for tips & to share your feedback with others: http://pinger.zendesk.com
June 30, 2012 at 12:00 pm
I’m very upset as to how I can no longer enjoy Pinger’s “Textfree” anymore because my computer told me to download Adobe Flash Player 11.3 and I did. Do you guys know any other way that I can use Pinger w/o using Adobe at all?
July 2, 2012 at 8:18 am
For help with this, please email support@pinger.com – our super Support team will assist!
June 30, 2012 at 2:35 pm
helpp this wont let me keep my textfree number for my itouch
July 2, 2012 at 8:19 am
Sorry, not quite sure what you mean
Please email any questions to support@pinger.com so our team can help you!
July 1, 2012 at 1:10 pm
The new update isnt the same 😦 I miss the themes and how u could pick different backgrounds for each contact behind their texts now only one background for the main screen.. I hate boring texts.. What gives?!
July 2, 2012 at 8:19 am
Thanks for your feedback!!! Will share with the rest of the Pinger team 🙂
July 1, 2012 at 1:20 pm
If I update to this, will all my previous texts still be there, can I set contact photos to whatever I want, and can I still use themes? Do I keep my same number? Also, if I just choose to keep regular textfree on my itouch, how can I get the upgrade ad to go away?
July 1, 2012 at 1:22 pm
I update and all the texts and contact pictures I had before were there but no backgrounds and it was kinda weird to use so I deleted it and kept text free.. I don’t think there’s a way to get the ads away though.. Sadly
July 1, 2012 at 1:23 pm
And no there aren’t themes but undo keep the same number.. Thts like the only plus haha
July 1, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Thank you so much! This helped a lot, I think I’m just going to keep the regular textfree still then, I love it a lot! I still use like the first one (the one without voice and facebook on my ipod touch) and I love it, so if I can figure out how to get the “upgrade, baby!” ad off, I’ll be all good! Thanks again!
July 2, 2012 at 7:45 am
I like pinger allot I used to have an iPhone and had the two only apps I needed the text free and call free but after switching to an android device there is no such thing as call free for android and I woul really appreciate if pinger could make that happen for me please and thank you for your text free app it is wonderful
July 2, 2012 at 8:24 am
We’re testing voice on Android as I type! We hope to have something in Google Play for you soon 🙂
July 2, 2012 at 8:23 am
I use an iPad, I’m sticking with the “text free” app until both the hide ads option and full iPad screen res is available.
July 2, 2012 at 8:25 am
Sounds fair enough 🙂 Thanks for letting us know!
July 2, 2012 at 12:14 pm
How do i install The latest textfree on my Samsung galaxy S3? Cause the old apk file just do not allow me to login anymore 😦
July 9, 2012 at 9:56 am
Sorry, I’m not sure why that’s happening 😦 Email support@pinger.com and our team will help you!
July 2, 2012 at 10:05 pm
I have loaded the new Pinger APP but now the texts do not go through.
What is the problem?
July 9, 2012 at 9:56 am
Still having problems? Let our Support team know by sending them an email to support@pinger.com
July 3, 2012 at 1:48 pm
You are REALLY irritating me. STOP sending messages about “how old” my app is. Never mind it’s only been a few days (6/29-7/3) — I REFUSE to upgrade to the new app. I PAID for NO ADVERTISING and your new app forces me to have it back!!!!
July 9, 2012 at 10:00 am
Sorry about that, Jgold. I let the decision-makers know about your feedback (along with the feedback from many other users) and hope to have good news for you soon. All I know right now is that “remove ads” is something we’ll be adding to Pinger in a future update. If you’d like more info, or to provide more feedback, please email support@pinger.com
July 3, 2012 at 2:40 pm
I use the Android Text Free app and for about 3 days I haven’t been receiving any texts! I can send them, just not receiving them. Why aren’t they going through now?
July 9, 2012 at 10:01 am
Still not getting texts, Adam? Email your Pinger number to support@pinger.com and our team will look into it!
July 3, 2012 at 5:10 pm
i love PINGER and all but do u think you could allow us to change the contacts wall paper and themes and text/call tones?
July 9, 2012 at 10:22 am
Hi Maddi! Your suggestions have already been suggested in our Feedback forum 🙂 Check them out here: http://pinger.zendesk.com/forums/20899577-pinger-ios-feedback
July 4, 2012 at 9:30 am
The new Pinger sounds are kinda lame. Why weren’t you able to carry them all over to the new app? Plus, my tiles don’t work (iOS 5.1.). They are turned on, but not tiles, gotta hit the tiny icon in the corners to see what’s going on.
July 9, 2012 at 10:23 am
Hi Tim! Please send these questions to support@pinger.com so our team can help you!
July 4, 2012 at 10:51 am
When and if you watch a video to earn minutes you
do not receive the minutes, and If you do it takes way
too long to.
July 9, 2012 at 10:25 am
Sorry Sam, if you aren’t getting your earned minutes, follow these instructions: http://pinger.zendesk.com/entries/21647506-not-getting-minutes-in-pinger
July 5, 2012 at 8:09 am
So, I’m fine with the new Pinger app, and I really like how snappy and responsive the app feels now
However, I just sent a text message to someone that is not in my contact list, and I have no way of seeing that text message now, since there is no list view of the text messages sent. Since they are not a contact, they have no icon in the main view. The only way I could see the text I sent them was by typing in their number again, hitting “text”, and then the thread showed up.
Please give me a list view or something so I can see text messages from non-contacts!
July 9, 2012 at 10:26 am
Tap the grey clock icon in the upper right hand corner of the main screen. All of your recent communications will appear in list form!
July 5, 2012 at 11:06 am
Can you get textfree for your kindle fire?? I tried but your app did not come up? Do you have any plans for putting it on Kindle Fire?
July 9, 2012 at 10:29 am
Pinger doesn’t support Android tablets…yet! You can try to download the .apk file directly to your Kindle Fire by following the instructions on this link: http://www.pinger.com/content/android-int.html
November 4, 2012 at 10:49 pm
What code do i have to use to text to the philippines without them using pinger?thanks!
July 5, 2012 at 11:07 am
This really makes Textfree better. New name.. new features. It is really good to see updates on Textfree. I am wishing to update it soon.
July 6, 2012 at 11:35 am
Just upgraded, I liked the “know when your text has been read” feature, but then I dont see it anywhere 😦
July 9, 2012 at 10:30 am
You will only get a confirmation when you’re texting friends who are using Textfree or Pinger! Learn more here: http://pinger.zendesk.com/entries/21532346-that-checkmark-in-your-conversations-means-your-friend-read-your-text
July 6, 2012 at 3:36 pm
Need it for androids definately
dont have ipod or iphone ..
July 9, 2012 at 10:30 am
We agree! Pinger for Android is coming soon!
July 8, 2012 at 12:50 am
I think the new pinger thing ticks I’m stickin to my old app
July 8, 2012 at 12:58 am
Hi, I think pinger is really awesome, but I’ve been wondering what happened to being able to text overseas using the site?? Will it be fixed soon???
July 8, 2012 at 1:03 am
oh and by texting overseas I mean being able to text a someone in another country that doesn’t use textfree..
July 8, 2012 at 7:24 pm
hay yhu r veri smary
July 9, 2012 at 10:32 am
International texting will only be available in our iOS & Android apps in the foreseeable future. We are sorry for the inconvenience! Please contact support@pinger.com with any questions or concerns.
July 9, 2012 at 1:01 pm
If you link your iPod with your phone, and someone
with pinter texts you it goes to your iPod. Even if
they text your phone. It makes me want to change
back to the old one.
July 9, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Your friends with Pinger can choose if their texts and calls should go to your app or to your phone! Click here for instructions: http://pinger.zendesk.com/entries/21554932-my-contact-has-pinger-but-i-want-to-call-text-their-native-app
July 9, 2012 at 1:17 pm
That really helped me. Thanks.
July 10, 2012 at 11:55 pm
I am using Text free on Galaxy Note. Since upgrading to Ice Cream Sandwich pinger text free no longer starts. I had to downgrade to Gingerbread android to make text free work again.
July 11, 2012 at 8:11 am
If I update will I lose all my text messages?
July 11, 2012 at 8:19 am
We only store messages for a few days on our servers (for privacy/security reasons), so anything older than that will be lost in your update. You can always take screen shots so you don’t lose them!
July 17, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Would you would PLEASE allow us to BLOCK incoming calls? – at least during specified hours of the morning? I don’t even use textfree for voice calls, but since it now has that feature, I get scores of unwanted calls waking me up and wearing down the iPod battery. Now I can’t leave on audible notifications for incoming texts, unless I want to be bothered every time one of these telemarketers call.
Can’t we just have a text-only option? Any way to install the old version?
July 18, 2012 at 10:31 am
Hi Steve! You should be able to block calls with the new Pinger app. Also, feel free to add your Pinger number to the Do Not Call list & report those telemarketers to the FCC: http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/do-not-call-list
Need more help? Email support@pinger.com or head to our help & feedback site: http://pinger.zendesk.com
July 19, 2012 at 9:34 pm
do my friends have to install pinger in order to receive my text sent from my pinger account or not?
July 21, 2012 at 9:23 am
no your friends do not have to have a pinger cause my friend doesnt have a pinger and we can text so yeah!……so the answer is no they do not have to install Pinger inorder to text you.!
July 21, 2012 at 9:21 am
Would you please make calls last longer?whenever i make a call it just hangs up ! please help
July 23, 2012 at 11:43 am
Sounds like your internet connection is struggling. Email support@pinger.com and our Support team will help you to pinpoint why you’re having this problem!
August 10, 2012 at 6:28 am
hi i want us to be friend my name is rose
July 27, 2012 at 4:48 am
is this free international texting to any types of phone whether smartphone & iphone or not?
July 28, 2012 at 1:51 pm
2 week a go my textfree doesn’t work when i send a msg outside the USA
sometime textfree is suck
July 30, 2012 at 1:00 pm
I recently registered my phone number and now i want to un-register it but how?
July 30, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Just email support@pinger.com – Our Support team will remove it for you! 🙂
August 2, 2012 at 5:51 pm
The same thing happened to my phone and its sending some of the messages that I’m supposed to recieve on my phone to my pinger. And I’ve sent requests to Pinger a long time ago and they never fixed it. How do I fix this?
August 3, 2012 at 8:39 am
Sarah – Support replies to every request that comes in! Make sure it didn’t get trapped in your spam folder. Email them again at support@pinger.com or submit a request for help (http://pinger.zendesk.com/anonymous_requests/new).
The messages that go to your Pinger app instead of to your phone are texts from your friends who are also on Pinger or Textfree. Tell them they need to follow these instructions to text your phone: http://pinger.zendesk.com/entries/21554932-my-contact-has-pinger-but-i-want-to-call-text-their-native-app
August 7, 2012 at 7:08 am
What happened to international text outside USA..is it still working?
August 7, 2012 at 11:27 am
No, sorry 😦 There were some changes that affected Pinger. Please head to this link for updates: http://pinger.zendesk.com/entries/21778606
August 14, 2012 at 3:43 am
the app works fine to receive messages but when i send messages most of the time the other party does not receive it , Can you help ?
August 14, 2012 at 8:38 am
Hey Sam! Sorry, but I’m not the one who can help you with this. Drop a line to our Support team at support@pinger.com – give them as much info as you can on the problem & they’ll help you out!
August 25, 2012 at 9:48 am
Hi
August 29, 2012 at 10:21 am
I cant send messages, outside the US =( when do u fix this?
August 30, 2012 at 7:52 am
Sorry, you must not have gotten the email we sent our regarding international texting 😦 Please head to this link for information: http://pinger.zendesk.com/entries/21778606-international-texting
August 30, 2012 at 8:29 am
Hey, I cant registered pinger on ma Laptop, Y?
August 31, 2012 at 11:02 am
True I Can’t ither
August 31, 2012 at 11:00 am
damn nd how exactly can i get to the page were i can actually reinstal
September 5, 2012 at 5:36 pm
I use to text to the philippines an so are my friends but lately , we can not text anymore to the philippines. Whats up with this new pinger?? You guys claim pinger can text to the world? Well it doesnt any more, hope you can fix this
September 6, 2012 at 8:09 am
I’m sorry, you must not have seen our posts about this. Please head to this link for information: http://pinger.zendesk.com/entries/21778606-international-texting
September 8, 2012 at 1:39 pm
When will I be able to sign into the app with my “ice cream sandwich” device?
September 11, 2012 at 10:33 am
is there new pinger wed ??
September 11, 2012 at 5:09 pm
How do I get themes for my texting?
September 18, 2012 at 3:38 pm
Is there a way to download this on your pc? There should be an pc app to download & save pinger on your pc.
September 19, 2012 at 8:12 am
Thanks for your feedback! Pinger Desktop is in beta testing right now! Head to our help site for more information: http://pinger.zendesk.com/entries/21626931
September 22, 2012 at 6:54 am
hey pinger what does it mean when it says flash is not allowed?
September 24, 2012 at 10:20 am
Hi! Once you have installed the latest version of Flash for your browser, you should be able to use Textfree Web. If it isn’t working, try closing your browser and opening a new one. Need more help? Email support@pinger.com !
September 24, 2012 at 4:35 pm
i had this downloaded and it worked fine and now i click on the app and it wont open up.. i really liked this but now i have to go back to using the old pinger… can IOS 6 have anything to do with this?
September 26, 2012 at 7:45 am
Get help with Pinger by emailing support@pinger.com – our Support team will follow up with you!
September 24, 2012 at 9:42 pm
Hi, I just switched from an iPhone to an android phone and now I can’t seem to send text to anyone except other pinger users. How do I fix this?
Thanks!
September 26, 2012 at 7:46 am
Please contact support@pinger.com so our Support team can help you with this!
September 25, 2012 at 6:29 pm
It keeps saying tht none of my texts are sending and I have really good wifi whats up?
September 26, 2012 at 7:46 am
Sorry, I’m not sure why that’s happening to you 😦 Our Support team will, though! Contact them at support@pinger.com !
September 26, 2012 at 2:55 pm
hey what happened to being able to text on my pc?….the textfree web seems to have completely dissappeared….why?
September 27, 2012 at 8:33 am
Hi! Textfree Web is right here: http://www.pinger.com/tfw Head here for tips if you’re having problems with it: http://pinger.zendesk.com/entries/20703338
September 28, 2012 at 5:33 pm
Hey
September 29, 2012 at 8:38 am
I’ve been using this app for a long time already and since 2 days ago, i couldn’t send text messages anymore internationally. Help me please. 😥
September 29, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Same with me and my friends. We cant send text messages to international numbers. Before we can send text but since 3days ago we cant anymore. It seems like they cant receive our text. Plz help us. What happened to pinger?! 😦
October 5, 2012 at 7:15 am
My pinger app keeps closing up by itself and freezes up idk whats wrong with it Can i get help Or suggestions
October 31, 2012 at 9:54 am
Your phone probably doesnt have A lot Of Space Do to the cause of a lot of apps your have download. Thats Maybe The Cause … 🙂
October 5, 2012 at 7:17 am
Plss reply back 😦
October 8, 2012 at 9:01 am
Sorry, if you need help with something, please let our Support team know! Click here to request help.
October 7, 2012 at 1:53 pm
how can we view pictures
October 7, 2012 at 6:42 pm
Can i get old texts that were saved on my textfree onto my pinger?
October 8, 2012 at 2:11 pm
sooo… hows voice for android coming along?
October 9, 2012 at 7:13 pm
I had the app pinger i deleted it to put a new number. And i no longer get the app to call people for my android can you help ireally need it asap it helps a bunch.
October 10, 2012 at 7:48 am
Hi! If you need help or have questions, please contact our Support team! http://pinger.zendesk.com/anonymous_requests/new
October 13, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Hey! how do you unregister your number? If I text my my friend and she tests back it goes to my iPod and NOT my phone. I don’t want my pinger account anymore. What do I do? I just want my phone to text people off of. I don’t want my pinger account anymore.
October 13, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Hey! how do you unregister your number? If I text my my friend and she tests back it goes to my iPod and NOT my phone. I don’t want my pinger account anymore. What do I do? I just want my phone to text people off of.
October 14, 2012 at 8:56 am
i just got pinger on my phone and when i open it shows up the message “lets do it” to start and when i click on it the app just doesn’t work, it goes back to my phone home page, does anyone knows how to fix it? i uninstalled and installed again but still doesn’t work.
October 14, 2012 at 9:02 pm
does not send any international texts anymore, so disappointed, I used to love this app. 😦
October 14, 2012 at 9:34 pm
I had pinger with talk on my htc evo,but I had 2 reboot my phone & it got uninstalled I want to install it back because its a great app all my calls were crystle clear & I was still able 2 receive calls on my phone while using pinger but I can only dwnld textfree & it’s not with talk anymore,how do I get it back?
October 15, 2012 at 9:31 am
How do I get back 2 the site I dwnlded it from,I didn’t dwnld it from the app store
October 17, 2012 at 12:57 am
It wont let me text just because i dont have adobe flashplayer, what could i do besides downloading it?
October 17, 2012 at 9:33 pm
my pinger number will remain the same if I dont use it for ling period of time? I am going to my country and i will not be able to use this app there. if i come back after 2 months so can i use the same pinger number or it will no longer with me 😦
October 17, 2012 at 10:05 pm
Back n action 🙂
October 19, 2012 at 2:55 pm
wow people you guys are lame
October 20, 2012 at 1:26 am
So I recently upgrade my iPod to iOS 6 and now this pinger app won’t show my photo contacts! What am I suppose to do? HELP!!
October 23, 2012 at 6:10 pm
I send texts to people but they aren’t getting them. Ideas? I already restarted my ipod
October 24, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Not sure
Please direct questions to our Support team here: http://t.co/OxpGmt0a
October 27, 2012 at 7:30 am
Im not receiving incoming calls on pinger unless I have the app open what is wrong
October 31, 2012 at 9:48 am
Hey, Is There Another Way To Change Your Background On Pinger ? !
November 1, 2012 at 6:18 pm
Will there be an update where we can have individual
Wallpapers/themes for the contacts? And when?
November 4, 2012 at 10:46 am
Hi I really enjoy pinher but eversince I upgraded it forcloses there are a lot of unhappy people saying the samthing please
Fix, im with am android.
November 5, 2012 at 8:07 pm
After I get done talking to someone, occasionally, my pinger will ring saying they are calling me again when in reality they are not. This has happened numerous times with multiple different contacts. It will ring but disconnect when I answer. When i call them back the contact tells me they didn’t place the call, so pinger is doing it. I have restarted my phone and reinstalled pinger and it continues to do this. Is this a known problem? It’s very annoying!!!
November 5, 2012 at 8:08 pm
On iPhone 4S…
November 7, 2012 at 9:26 am
Wow! That’s crazy! Please click here to report this to our Support team so we can investigate.
November 6, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Now that I updated to the pinger app I no longer know how to delete text messages. How do I do that?