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If you have an iPhone, you know how expensive your monthly bill can be, especially if you were someone who wasn’t lucky enough to have unlimited everything before Verizon changed the plans. If you go over your minutes, you get zinged with a charge. If you text too much, you get zinged with a charge. Don’t even mention the charges for going over your megabyte usage. It’s insane! By time you pay your cell phone bill each month, you feel broke. There are ways to make your bill a bit cheaper and to make sure you never go over your monthly usage. Want to know more?

The Apps

If you have an iPhone, you can go into the Apple app store and download a app so that you can text your friends for free. Yes, that is right. It’s completely free. One of the best apps to do so with is TextFree. You can also get TextFree with voice. What is this app and what does it allow you to do? When you download TextFree, you will make a username so you can text other TextFree users and you will get a free phone number that your friends can text you at. You will be able to send the same messages you would send if you were using your phone to text. You will be able to insert smiley faces and even send pictures to friends. If you want to use the voice features, you may have to pay a small amount, but it will save money in the long run. There are other apps aside from just TextFree as well. All you need to do is search for free texting apps in the app store and you will be able to select the one that you think will best suit your needs. The only thing you need to be able to use these free texting apps on your iPhone is a Wi-Fi connection. As long as you have one, you can text as much as you want and you won’t have to pay a cent. This is a great way to make sure you never go over your monthly usage and you don’t get zinged with expensive fees for doing so.

Save Money

If you are someone who has a lot to say and you prefer to text rather than call or you are a parent who has a teenager who loves to text, these free texting apps are something for you to look into. You pay the bill so you know how expensive it is when you go over your monthly allowed usage, unless you are someone who got lucky enough to keep your unlimited everything because you had it before Verizon changed the plans. This is a great way for you to save money each month on your cell phone bill. Cell phone companies make enough money on people as it is. Don’t allow them to make more. Download a free texting app today!

Luke Grant is a writer for BecomeaPoliceOfficer.com. He helps students learn how to become a police officer by taking online courses. He connects them with several different schools so they are sure to find the best school for their situation.