Free Virtual Phone Service With Online Numbers

Name is a free virtual phone service for SMS codes. Take an online number from one of 150 countries, type it where the app asks for a phone and read the code here in your browser. No account, no SIM and no contract.

What a Virtual Phone Service Is

A virtual phone service gives you a phone number that works online, with no SIM card. Some services are built for calls. Others are built for the text messages an app sends when you make a profile. Name is this second kind of virtual phone number service. Every number here is a real phone number. When a message comes to it, the number's page shows the sender, the app name, the code and the time.

Free and Paid Numbers on One Site

Try free first, and pay only if the app says no.

Choose a Number by Country or by App

Go by country when the app is only for one country, such as a food delivery app. Go by app when it is global, such as a messenger.

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You can find a free online number in two ways: by country or by app. See all countries grouped by region on the online mobile numbers page. The SMS activation service page has every app you can get an OTP for.

Four Steps to Your First Code

If no code comes after a couple of minutes, try another number instead of asking for a new code. New numbers are added every day.

What to Check in a Virtual Number Provider

Before you trust any virtual number service, check that it shows these things for each number:

Name shows all of this on every number page. That makes it the best virtual number service to try first, because it is free.

For Programmers and AI Assistants

The random mobile number tool picks a working number for you at random. Programmers can pull the same numbers and messages as JSON from the virtual number API. An AI assistant can sign up and wait for a code through the OTP MCP server. You don't need a key for the API or the MCP server.

Free Virtual Phone Service FAQ

What an Online Mobile Number Is

An online mobile number is a number from a mobile network whose texts you read on a web page. You don't need a phone with that country's SIM card, and you don't need to be in that country. Apps treat it as a normal mobile number, because it is one. The only difference is where the message shows up: on the number's page on Name, not on a handset.

Most Popular Countries

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These numbers change all the time. Some numbers stop working, and fresh numbers are added every day. A country with many numbers added in the last 7 days is worth trying first.

US Mobile Number and UK Mobile Number

Many American apps ask for an American mobile number, and many British stores and services ask for a United Kingdom mobile number. Their numbers often have many messages. Go for a number with few messages, or a number added today. If two in a row get no code, try Canada or Ireland.

Mobile Numbers Across the Americas and Europe

Europe is the biggest group, with 39 countries. The Americas cover North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. Select any name to see that country's numbers.

Mobile Numbers Across Asia, Africa and Oceania

Africa is the largest group here, with 34 countries. Asia is split into three groups, and Oceania covers Australia, New Zealand and two island nations. Each name opens its own page.

Numbers for Travel and Moving Abroad

A foreign number helps before a trip or a move. Some ride, rental and ticket apps ask for a local number. You can make the profile at home, days before you fly, without buying a SIM at the airport. Pick the trip's country and sign up. For an account you will keep, add your email and an authenticator app.

What Each Country Page Shows

A country page lists its numbers. For each number you can check:

Used numbers are marked as used. Nothing new reaches them, but their old messages are still there to read.

Matching the Country to the App

Use the country you plan to use the app in. Local apps, for example stores and rental apps, often check this. Apps used all over the world often work with any country, so take one with lots of new numbers. A number from a smaller country often has fewer messages. When you need a private virtual mobile number, order a paid disposable mobile number in the country the app expects.

Online Mobile Numbers FAQ

Apps With the Most OTP Codes in 24 Hours

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If an app's most recent code is only minutes old, free numbers still work for it. If its last code is many hours old, free numbers may not work for it right now. Then a paid disposable phone number is the quicker choice.

What OTP Verification Is

OTP stands for one-time password. It is a short code that shows the phone number is yours. OTP verification is the step where you enter that code back into the app. The code is good for one use. Once it has been entered, or once its time is up, it no longer works. An OTP number is the phone number that receives the code. Any online number on Name can be your OTP number.

Where Apps Ask for an OTP

Free public numbers fit the first case. For the others, use a number that only you control.

How Long an OTP Code Lasts

Most apps give you only a few minutes to enter the code. With many apps, a new code cancels the old one, so always use the newest code. Request it only when you are ready to type it in. Request the code once. If it doesn't come, try another number.

How to Get an SMS Code for an App

If two numbers one after another get nothing, switch to a number from another country. Every message lists its sender, app, code and arrival time.

SMS Activation Service FAQ

Disposable Phone Number for SMS Code

Order a disposable phone number when an app won't take a free one. It is a private mobile number on a real SIM. It gets one code from one app within 20 minutes. If no code comes, the full amount goes back to your balance.

A Disposable Mobile Number for One Code

A disposable mobile number here is single-use by design. You name the app in the order, and the number then waits for one SMS from that app. Once the code arrives, the order is over and the number is closed. Nobody can order it after you, and your code stays private. It is on a real SIM and is never shown on a public page.

Why Apps Reject Shared Numbers

Many apps remember the numbers used to join them. A free number used for many sign-ups can look like spam. A disposable number has no such history with the app you name. So it often works when a free number doesn't.

Order Rules

Disposable Number vs Free Number

Begin with a free online number. If the app refuses it, switch to a disposable one.

Disposable Number vs Virtual SIM Card or eSIM

A virtual SIM card or an eSIM is a complete mobile plan without a plastic card. It gives you a number you keep for months, with calls, texts and web access, billed each month. That suits an extra number for everyday life. A disposable phone number exists for one code and is closed after that. Nothing gets installed on your phone, there is no setup in phone settings, and you don't pay for a plan you won't use.

When to Use a Disposable Number

Skip it for any profile you will need to enter again by SMS, because the number is closed after one code.

Ordering Step by Step

After the Code Arrives

The new profile now has a phone number that will never work again. Before you close the tab, open the profile's security settings:

Disposable Phone Number FAQ

Random Mobile Number Generator Receives SMS Online

Get a random mobile number that is online right now and receives real SMS. Set the country filter or keep "any", press the button and put the result in your app. The code will be on that number's page.

How the Tool Chooses a Number

Each press picks a random number from the free numbers that work at this moment. With "any", the pool covers all 150 countries. With a country set, it covers just that country. Numbers that no longer work are never picked, so the number can get an SMS now. Below the result you get Copy, which puts the number on your clipboard, and Open inbox, which takes you to its message page.

US Mobile Number Generator

Set the country to the US, and the tool works as a US mobile number generator. You get a live American number, not an invented one. US numbers are popular, so many of them already have messages. If a US app sends nothing, press once more for a fresh pick. If US numbers don't work, try Canada.

Random or Hand-Picked Number

To choose yourself, go to the online mobile numbers page or an app page in the SMS activation service. There you can compare message counts and see which apps sent codes to each number. Go for a number with few messages and no codes from your app.

Random Number vs Made-Up Number

Some random number sites only produce numbers that look real. Those numbers are not in service or belong to someone else, so you never see the code. This tool picks only from real mobile numbers with a public inbox here. The app sends its SMS as it would to any phone, and the message shows up on the number's page.

If No Code Comes

Random Mobile Number FAQ

First Requests With curl

Number counts per country:

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Five working numbers from Germany:

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The last ten messages of one of them. Copy the number value from the previous reply and replace the leading + with %2B:

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Every endpoint and field is described in the OpenAPI 3.1 spec. You can load it into Postman or a code generator.

Endpoints

API address: https://name.com/api/v1. All endpoints use GET.

Skip country, and /numbers returns numbers from every country.

What a Response Looks Like

Here is one number and one message. added is the date the number joined the site, sms_total counts all its messages, and page links to its public page.

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Timestamps and values above are examples. When the parser finds no code in a message, code is empty, so read text and look for it yourself.

Get a Code in Node.js

The script relies on the global fetch built into Node.js 18 and newer, so it has no dependencies. Save it as code.mjs and run it with node code.mjs. It takes the first working US number, prints it, then polls for fresh messages every 4 seconds for two minutes.

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To listen for one app only, edit the test to m.code && m.service === "Telegram".

Polling Tips

How It Differs From Paid SMS APIs

Paid SMS platforms let you buy a number, send texts and pay per message. This API does none of that. It is read-only and covers the shared numbers already listed on Name. Use it to watch codes arrive, not to text your users.

Project Ideas

Virtual Number API FAQ

Why an Agent Needs an OTP Server

An agent can fill in names, emails and passwords without help. The phone check is where it has to stop, because the one-time code goes to a phone it can't see. Once the server is attached, the agent picks its own number from the free list, sends the form and receives the code as a tool result. You don't have to copy the code for it.

Setup

In Claude Code:

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In editors that take a JSON config, put in an entry like this:

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VS Code expects servers as the outer key. Restart the app if the server is missing from its list. Other clients connect with the same URL.

The wait_for_code Flow

wait_for_code is the main tool here. The agent passes it three things: the number it typed, a since time taken just before it pressed submit, and the service name of the app. The tool keeps the call going and replies with the first message from that app after that time.

This saves the agent from checking the inbox over and over. Each repeated check costs a tool call and tokens, and an early check often returns nothing. One blocking call replaces all of that.

A typical sequence:

If the call returns empty, take a new number. Don't ask the app to resend.

Tool Reference

get_inbox returns codes in full for their first 10 minutes. After that they come back partly masked.

Prompts to Try

Write plain requests, and the agent chooses the tools.

Ground Rules for the Agent

Anyone can read what comes to these numbers, so keep the agent to QA and demo sign-ups. Never use them for bank, payment or main email logins. Set how many numbers it may use per task, and have it stop and report after two failed numbers. The server can't send texts, make calls or buy private numbers. When a code must stay private, buy a disposable phone number yourself.

OTP MCP Server FAQ

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United Kingdom Mobile Numbers

Numbers

No code on a UK number?

UK numbers are popular, so many of them already have messages. Go for a number with few messages, or a number added today. If two in a row get no code, try a nearby country.

Free Numbers for Telegram Codes

Numbers Telegram texted recently

Getting the Telegram code