MagicJack for iPhone Provides Unlimited Free Calling Within the US and Canada

You've probably heard of the MagicJackphone service that lets you make unlimited free calls within the US and Canada for the price of the required hardware and your internet connection. The MagicJack iPhone app lets you do the same thing from your iOS device, only you don't have to pay for it at all.

Like most VOIP apps, you can make calls over Wi-Fi or 3G. You can make a call directly from the app without even signing up if you're impatient—or if you need to call from an anonymous, disposable number. Going through the very simple sign-up process will assign you your own number, however, so that is a bonus if you'd like to make most of your calls from the app. If you already own a MagicJack, you can use your same account on your iPhone so the number can be shared. MagicJack lets you access your iPhone contacts and any contacts saved to your MagicJack account so you don't have to remember any phone numbers. Like most VOIP apps on the iPhone, the call quality is a little bit better than what you get with AT&T (and I'm not sure how it compares to Verizon).

There aren't many downsides, as it's hard to complain about a free app that lets you make free phone calls across most of North America, but one thing that's kind of weird is that when you call an iPhone contact it shows their number instead of their name. You still select their name just like you would in the buit-in phone app, but when calling it shows their number instead (you can see this in the screenshot up top). Additionally—and this is more strange than anything else—there's a dedicated button on the dialer to check MagicJack's stock price. We're not sure why that's such a prominent part of the app, but it's not really a problem.

The bottom line is this: if you want to make free VOIP calls to landline phones in the US and Canada from your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, download MagicJack. It works well and won't cost you anything beyond what you're already paying for wireless internet/cellular data.