# Sideline: Private 2nd Number

> Second Text and Phone Line App

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1012032539](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1012032539)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1012032539`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Pinger, Inc.
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (14,737 ratings)
- **Version:** v13.25.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01
- **First published:** 2015-08-25
- **Size:** 155 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sideline-private-2nd-number/id1012032539)
- **Website:** [http://sideline.com](http://sideline.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.pinger.com/privacy-policy/](http://www.pinger.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

**Sideline** gives you a private second phone number for calling and texting without sharing your personal number. Choose an area code, send unlimited SMS and MMS messages, use reliable carrier-network calling, and manage communications across multiple devices.

Designed for work, online selling, freelancers, signups, and personal privacy, Sideline includes Caller ID, custom voicemail and transcripts, auto-replies, call blocking, reusable messages, contact notes, and number porting. Keep personal and business conversations separate with one convenient second-line app.

## Rankings

- #14,653 — Overall
- #12 — smartphone
- #37 — phone
- #61 — number

## Review summary

Sideline provides a helpful second-line solution with a unified inbox and business-focused features, appealing for separating work and personal calls. Reviewers praise its simplicity and continuity of use. However, recurring issues include pricing increases, spam call nuisance, unreliable text/notification delivery, inconsistent call reliability, and customer support frustration. Overall it delivers core value for a second line, but cost and reliability problems appear across multiple reports.

### Pros

- Provides a true second phone line that keeps work and personal calls separated, with all calls and texts accessible in one app.
- Intuitive, easy-to-use interface that’s straightforward to set up and use.
- Unified inbox and cross-functionality (calls and texts in one place) that helps you manage communications efficiently.
- Feature-rich for business use, including auto-texts to missed calls, out-of-office messages, and customizable ringers.

### Cons

- Pricing is repeatedly criticized as high and has recently increased (examples include monthly/yearly rates and notable price hikes).
- Spam calls remain a major annoyance; spam protection is not consistently effective.
- Notifications and text delivery are unreliable, with missed texts, missing sounds, and messages sometimes disappearing.
- Call reliability can be inconsistent, with calls sometimes failing, not ringing, or having poor clarity.
- Customer support is frequently described as slow or unhelpful, with AI-style responses and limited direct contact.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1012032539)