Burner: Second Phone Number

Get a second number in seconds.

People who have experience using Craigslist, dating apps or side hustles will agree – providing your real phone number to a stranger puts your privacy in danger. The Burner: Second Phone Number for Android app solves this problem for you. This app generates short-term or long-term virtual numbers for calls and messages. The calls and messages are sent from the app via Wi-Fi or data. The app keeps your original phone number private. When you sell that chair on a marketplace, sign up for a newsletter, or want to separate work from personal life, Burner gives you a throwaway line that you can delete history and all with a tap.

Setting up a Burner line takes less than a minute. Select a U.S. or Canadian area code, choose your number, and youre calling, texting, and sending picture or video messages via the app. No Second SIM Card: No Carrier Visit, Just a Virtual SIM Alternative that Works Entirely on Your Existing Android Device On paying the subscription fees, the app allows its users to make unlimited calls, send reverse call and SMS, send reverse call or SMS, voicemail to email, AI auto sorting for important messages, etc. You can manage multiple concurrent numbers, swapping them monthly. A real pay-as-you-go phone number for users who need flexibility without hardware.

Burner uses Wi-Fi or mobile data as a VoIP secondary line, so you dont have to use regular cellular minutes for most calls. The interface is nice and fast. Just tap on a contact to send a text or dial out as you would with your own number. If a line has outlived its purpose (like a Craigslist sale or job), hit burn to delete the number and all the messages permanently. That delete feature is the apps standout quality, giving users control over their digital footprints in a way information services cannot.

Protect your real number instantly.

Privacy is the core value here. Burner keeps your identity secret for Craigslist phone number privacy, dating, business experiments, or when you want to buffer between strangers and your personal phone. Thanks to its built-in spam and robocall blocking, it keeps your inbox clean. Meanwhile, Do Not Disturb scheduling blocks calls after the hour. The auto-reply will answer the messages for you when you are not available. Color-coded inboxes will also let you manage your multiple lines by purpose. For instance, one for sales, one for freelance gigs and another for social signups.

Burner VPN feature theres now a VPN and phone privacy bundle, which adds anonymous, no-logs browsing and tracker blocking to your phone. This means that for a single subscription, you get end-to-end anonymity for both communication and web traffic. Which is rare in the second-number space. You can use optional burner connections with Slack, Google Sheets and Dropbox to log your calls or texts on other platforms to automate your workflow. For Secure SMS and MMS, every message sent is transmitted through encrypted virtual tunnels, making your real number invisible.

Manage multiple lines like a pro.

**5 Pro Tips:**.

Always use a one-time number, and delete it once your business is done. This is a good measure to prevent spam and hacking of data.

Make a colour code for each line so that you instantly know which number is ringing

Make Time Blocks So Side Hustle Calls Dont Interfere with Dinner or Sleep.

Using an auto-reply feature will let your contacts know you will get back later. Use it instead of typing on every line.

You can connect Burner to Slack or Sheets to save important conversations outside the app.

Burner is available for free download with limited use. Users can access full features with the use of a subscription that costs about 4.99 to 6.99 per month. Monetization is solely through subscription; no ads. Please note that service is limited to U.S. and Canadian numbers and does not support SMS shortcodes and 911 calls. Certain area codes may not work. Users may incur ongoing costs with casual use. But if you care about privacy or manage multiple identities online, then Burner is for you. It instantly provides you with disposable phone lines. Plus, it has powerful spam protection, and deletion is as easy as one tap. Download it now to protect your real number, and communicate on your terms.