Roamer-Goodbye Roaming &Cheap international calls app for iPhone and iPad

4.6 ( 16 ratings )

Travel Social Networking
Developer: Roamer Labs Limited

Free

Current version: 4.8.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 23 Jun 2013
App size: 58.43 Mb

TechСrunch, Engadget & Mashable all agree that Roamer is one of the best and cheapest ways to stay connected and avoid roaming charges abroad while keeping your own number.

Roamer is the only calling app for travelers who would like to stay connected abroad with their regular numbers while avoiding roaming charges.

Swap you sim for a local one to receive calls in Roamer with your regular number. Make international calls to mobile and landline numbers at unbeatable rates when abroad or from home.

FEATURES

- New unbeatable rates – check your favorite destinations for cheap deals, note the exciting rate and immediately place a call – first calls are on us!
- Validate your regular number so your friends see it’s a call from you.
- Will work either on any working SIM – data or voice, in roaming 3g or at home; or on WiFi as VOIP: you’re the master of choice.
- Use Roamer on Wi-Fi or 3G for maximum savings and link a local SIM in Roamer for reliable calls when you go around.
- Connect across the globe in more than 200 countries including US, UK, Europe & India.
- Switch on receiving calls on your regular number in Roamer wherever and whenever (for users from over 50 countries around the world and most of the operators and plans; local rates may apply).
- Enjoy dialing directly to local numbers without any additional calling codes.
- Stay reachable with free voicemail to email. Return calls at your first convenience.
- Transfer a Wi-Fi call to a regular call on the fly. A neat feature for varying Wi-Fi conditions.
- Even without a linked SIM, push notifications will not let you miss a call if Roamer is off.
- Purchase prepaid packages or top up your account

Roamer does not bother you with ads. We keep your privacy.

PRESS
- "A great app to keep your phone number without getting roaming fees." Huffington Post
- "Perhaps the apps best feature is that it allows travelers to use their own cell phone numbers instead of designating temporary alternatives" Mashable
- "Roamer is a new iOS and Android app that forwards your regular number onto a local SIM card, ensuring that youll pay native rates even when calling your loved ones." Engadget
- "The set-up is slick…Charges are well below standard roaming rates" Telegraph
- "Roamer makes it easier to make calls from foreign climes" Tech Crunch

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- Email: [email protected]

Pros and cons of Roamer-Goodbye Roaming &Cheap international calls app for iPhone and iPad

Roamer-Goodbye Roaming &Cheap international calls app good for

If you travel arround the World it will help you to save money, i test it from India (Tamil Nadu) and it works very fine

I had a lot of fun with this small nice proggy, and have saved aLOOOT of BUUUCKS Recommend to use while travel around the globe

I am traveling for business 200 days out of a year and this app is great as it allows me to get business call from my desk to cell phone abroad wherever I am regardless if I have hi speed access or not. Saves me a bunch, but more importantly clients can reach me even in countries where there is no such thing as hi speed internet. Love it!

Pros: works as advertised. Allows to save money with local sim cards without losing phone number. Interesting concept, and a lot of effort has been put to make app user friendly. Cons: 50% of the reason of keeping your number is calls, the other 50% is text. Texts dont work, even though Roamer say that is not their fault, its still a limitation. There must be a way. Maybe the key is not in text forwarding directly to the phone but rerouting? Text goes to you, and then you resend it to new phone number? Another big problem is it Requires data connection to make a call through the service. What if the local SIM card bought doesnt have a data connection and theres no wifi available? Finally Wifi call rates are too high. Tons of programs exist using wifi calls and theyre FREE. I understand and accept the charges when using network, but I shouldnt have to pay when using Roamer through wifi (and I dont. I just switch to another free app). You want me to use your app and include into my daily routine as much as possible. Therefore, remove the wifi calling fees, and you spread your brand that way.

Some bad moments

This app is a complete rip-off. There are three different ways you will have your money stolen. First, Apple takes 30% of all in-app purchases straight off the top, so your $10.99 top-up is immediatly reduced to $7.69. Second, they will quote you a per minutes rate before your call and then charge you more. The 1min 55sec call I just made was quoted at a rate of 9.2c/min but I was charged 25.5 cents for a call that should have been less than 18. Third, when they actually subtract the amount from your remaining balance they will again charge you more. The 18 cent call, that turned into a 25.5 cent call, ended up costing 85 cents, as that was the actual amount subtracted from my account.

This app had started to earn my trust. Yes, it is pricey. However, the perks somewhat outweighed the costs. However, the tech behind the app has declined SIGNIFICANTLY in recent months. Im afraid to ever update the app, because now all of my calls consistently drop (even if I have enough balance) and thats even if I ever get a call-back from Roamer when trying to make an outgoing call. What has happened to the reliability? Unbelievably disappointing. I have to restart my phone and/or the app at least 5-10 times to get a call-back now. Frustrating beyond belief for a businessman who used to put trust in the app.

I used to love this but I found its quality declined and became unusable for me

This app sounds helpful but I cant get past the first screen...it crashes...every time!!!

Unless you read Arabic, dont bother installing this ap. It installs in Arabic and has no instructions on how to change it to English. Very poor attempt at language detection.

When I tried to verify a sim card it displays a message: "local sim required: sim: cs, location: rs", obiviously a bug, cs is old iso code for serbia and montenegro, rs is iso code for serbia, I cant use the app because of that problem.

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