Burner: Second Phone Number

A separate number for everyday boundaries

Burner: Second Phone Number gives you an extra phone number for calls and texts, keeping your main number out of situations where you would rather not share it. It suits people selling items online, meeting contacts from dating apps, signing up for services, or separating personal conversations from temporary ones. The app is made by Ad Hoc Labs, Inc and sits in the Communication category.

Use a number, then let it go

Each secondary line can act as a buffer between your real contact details and the people or services reaching you. When a number has served its purpose, Burner lets you delete it along with its associated data. That makes the app useful for short-lived conversations as well as longer-running side projects, without tying every interaction to your primary line.

• Manage calls and text messages through additional phone numbers.
• Use separate lines for marketplaces, dating, work, or other parts of your life.
• Delete a number when you no longer want to receive messages or calls through it.
• Use voicemail organization, inbox colors, availability controls, and auto-replies to keep conversations apart.
• Additional privacy tools include browsing protection and tracker blocking.

What the numbers are good for

Burner is most useful when contact is necessary but permanence is not. It can reduce the need to hand out your personal number to strangers, clients, or one-off services. If you need a number for every kind of verification, check the service involved first: SMS shortcodes may not work in all cases, and availability is limited to the US and Canada.

At a glance

With a 4.35 rating from 78,980 reviews and 5,000,000+ installs, Burner is an established choice for managing extra phone identities. Look here if you want communication tools built around separation, temporary contact, and more control over who can reach your main line.