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24 alternatives to Refugee Text

Delivering Trusted Information to Any Refugee With a Phone

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Refugee Text launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Expatt▲101

   Connecting refugees to employers

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Nomad SMS▲128

   Receive a local SMS anywhere in the world

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Talkshow▲299

   Texting in public

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Capsule▲148

   Text the future

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Refuge.app▲184

   Find or offer a safe place and help those in need

   2022 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Refugee phone▲3

   Send your old iPhone/android to refugees in Europe

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Tarjimly▲158

   Connecting refugees and immigrants with translators

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Finding Home▲6

   Experience life through the eyes of a young refugee

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Plane▲227

   The social icebreaker. Connect with new people in new places

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    text.ai▲343

    AI in your SMS, WhatsApp, & Telegram

    2025 · text.ai · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Speak▲120

    Message safely while driving

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Ronin Refugee Project▲70

    Helping displaced war interpreters through media and tech

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Convoy▲95

    Anonymous one-on-one conversation with someone via text

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Text For Humanity▲89

    Send a text you would love to get, to a stranger.

    2020 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Discourse▲287

    A platform for community discussion. Free, open and simple.

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Mobilize for iOS▲270

    The messaging app for large groups and communities

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Texted.io▲126

    Send text blasts to groups, receive individual replies

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Liquid Text 2.0▲157

    A better way to understand text - across multiple documents

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Refugees Welcome▲109

    An p2p attempt to solve the refugee housing problem in EU

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Nomad Text▲94

    Get SMS anywhere while traveling.

    2019 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Telegram 2.0 for Mac▲139

    A new era in messaging

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Phoneys▲173

    Troll your friends by putting words in other people's texts

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    TextGrabber▲161

    Image to text, with translation

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Textcast▲128

    Messaging meets blogging

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →