Freedom SMS app for iPhone and iPad


4.5 ( 4665 ratings )
Social Networking Productivity
Developer: DeeDub Software LLC
1.99 USD
Current version: 2.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 17 Dec 2008
App size: 160.81 Kb

Read what our users are saying about Freedom SMS:

"I tried other SMS apps but none of them worked. This one is the only that lets me text my friends without paying a dime. Best app for iTouch users"

"I have bought every SMS app and this is the only one that has worked I recomened this app and only this app to every one with an ipod touch or iPhone this is the best app ever"

I love this app. Its the most coolest thing ever. I love you too."

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Major features:

- Uses the iPhone and iPod Touchs email notification to let you know when someone has replied. If you have push email enabled, the notifications are instantaneous, just like regular SMS. Other applications require you to manually check for replies constantly throughout the day, defeating the purpose of using SMS at all.

- Supports portrait or landscape orientations.

- Can automatically locate the carrier for your contacts mobile numbers.

- Uses your existing email accounts, so theres no extra account to manage and password to memorize.

- Send to as many people as you want. Some other applications will cause your account to be flagged as a SPAMMER if you send to as few as 5 people.

- Integrated with your iPhone and iPod Touchs contacts database, so all your contacts are in one place.

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Free yourself from the restrictions of traditional SMS messaging. Freedom SMS will use your existing Mail configuration to send SMS messages to anyone in your contacts list. Did you already run through your allotment of SMS messages this month? Or perhaps you have an iPod Touch and want to have the ability to SMS your friends? Then Freedom SMS is the perfect application for you!

Freedom SMS works in both landscape or portrait mode to suit whichever typing style you prefer. Simply rotate it into your preferred orientation. The application will adjust automatically!

Simply choose the contact and type in your message. Freedom SMS will try to find the carrier for your contacts mobile number by connecting to our web service. This web service will be continually updated with the latest carrier data. Messages will be sent to that carriers email gateway using your iPhone or iPod Touchs email settings. You dont need to know the recipients carrier or need to set up your email settings especially for this app! And because it uses email, you wont be charged any SMS fees!

Replies will be sent to your email account so you can continue the conversation. This also means that the iPhone or iPod Touch will notify you of replies using the email notification icon. If you have push email enabled, then you will be notified of replies instantly! Some other SMS applications require that you manually check for new messages over and over again, which defeats the purpose of using SMS at all.

The following carrier SMS gateways are supported and more will be added soon:

- Alltel
- AT&T Wireless
- Boost Mobile
- Nextel
- Sprint
- T-Mobile
- Verizon Wireless
- Virgin Mobile
- Metro PCS
- US Cellular
- Cricket Communications
- Cellular South
- Centennial Wireless

* Freedom SMS will identify the original carrier that issued the mobile number. If that number has since been ported to another carrier, then this information may not be accurate. In this case, you can manually select the carrier to use instead.

* This application only supports mobile numbers in the United States.

* A data connection is required in order to lookup the carrier for a mobile number.

Pros and cons of Freedom SMS app for iPhone and iPad

Freedom SMS app good for

Im a proud owner of this app I really like it because all my text get through fast and this auto detects the carrier and plus email is the most reliable SMS for iPod touch
Thos app is awesome though i wish itvsent pictures and stuff and got pics thatbwould be sooooo awesome!!!!!! Once i got this app i thought it wasnt gonna work but im glad it did jus rean wat these ppl have to say AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡¡!¡!!!¡
This app reallly works not like the other apps that dont work I love it LOL
I like this app cuz I never have any problems with it... Especially since I dont have my cell phone to tex on any more
Just to clarify, this is not a true SMS messaging application--it does not send the messages itself, nor can it receive incoming messages. What it does do is take mobile phone numbers from your contact list, use its servers to figure out what carrier your contact uses, and format the to address on an email from your primary email account. The e-mail is then sent to your contact’s phone as an SMS message. However, this can actually be an advantage: since your messages do not need to go through their servers, you wont be affected by Freedom server outages, nor will your message be delayed by a message backup on their servers (toug it may be delayed by the carrier itself). While you can find all of this information online yourself, for me the convenience of having an app that does the lookup quickly and automatically is definitely worth the 99 cents.
Sofarsogood.. First app that i buy and well, it great and it works perfect *****

Some bad moments

Featureless, unimpressive, no history. So little effort was put into this version. It has some promise, but need work and design effort
Why is it so hard to build a decent SMS tool? This app just opens your email and sends email to the right SMS address. Weak, I can do that already thank you.
This app does not work. Waste of money and time, do not buy please.
i love this app! i cant fet a cell phone so this is really good!
Do not buy worst app ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Work on it!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!
Works really well, text your buddy and it will email you back their response and you can carry on convos like that. Even have a log of your text chat on your email then too for later referance. Only thing it needs is to support cricket wireless then it will be prefect in my area cause we have US cellular, AT&T and Cricket are all anyone ever uses. So please add cricket. haha Thanks great app worth the buck.