Best Free Phone and Messaging for Android

Best Free Dialer for Android

Dialer One (2.4 MB), better than the default Phone app, it comes with a smart T9 dialpad with speed dial, simultaneous search on calls and contacts, horizontal swiping to navigate between call log, contacts and favorites. 

Best Free Contact Manager for Android

aContacts (602 KB), speed up searching contacts by favorites, alphabets or groups, send email or SMS to groups, complete with T9 speed dials, advanced call log, setting for grid or list view and more. Ads free.

 

DW Contacts & Phone (3.2 MB), easily search for a contact by group, organization or title, manage contact groups, send emails or SMS to a person or group, set group ringtones and icons, etc. The free version is supported by a small ad. 

Best Free Contact Sharing for Android

Bump (2.9 MB), bump two devices together and share your contact info instantly without the need to type or write with a pen on scraps of paper. With a built-in messenger, you can also easily send photos and instant messages to the devices you bumped.  

Best Free Messaging Client for Android

GO SMS Pro (8.1 MB), easier to find a contact or group to send an SMS or MMS with useful features such as message popup, quick reply, messages and folders view, emoji support and more. A good replacement of the default Messaging app. 

Best Free Browser Texting for Android

SMS Text Messaging -PC Texting (399 KB), enjoy receiving and sending SMS from your PC's browser using your phone number, just like you normally would on your phone but without touching it. Unlimited SMS, supported only on Chrome with the MightyText extension installed. 

Best Free Instant Messaging for Android

eBuddy Messenger (1.8 MB), a popular instant messaging service support multiple accounts including GTalk, Windows Live Messenger, Facebook, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM, MySpace and more. Useful settings include hiding offline buddies and blocking unknown users. Ad-supported.

WhatsApp Messenger (9.4 MB), chat with your friends and family using this messenger across multi types of devices including Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Nokia phones. You can send text, pictures, audio and video messages. This app is free for the first year. 

Best Free Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) for Android

Skype (15 MB), make free Skype-to-Skype calls over 3G or WiFi network on the move, or cheap calls to landlines or mobile phones at Skype rates. No video calls is available and some handsets may not be supported.

 

LINE (11 MB), a light and popular messenger supports both free messaging and voice calls. Features include automatically identify your friends using LINE, send photos, unique stickers and emoticons, create or join group chat rooms.

 

Tango Text, Voice, Video Calls (13 MB), make free voice and video calls over 3G, 4G and WiFi network on the move. From my contacts, it automatically finds the friends I can Tango. More mobile devices are supported but the desktop client has yet to be developed. 

Best Free Walkie-Talkie for Android

Voxer Walkie-Talkie PTT (5.6 MB), turn your phone into a live walkie-talkie or a handheld transceiver with this app easily. Besides talking with friends, you can also send text or photos to them using Android or iPhone devices over WiFi, 3G/4G or EDGE.  

Best Free Call & Message Filter for Android

BlackList (1.5 MB), block unwanted calls and SMS easily and effectively by adding a call number to a black list from your contact, call logs, message logs or manually. Features include auto reply, logging and other various options. An exception list is limited to the paid version.