Send Free SMS Worldwide over the internet with Global.AQ iPhone App
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It seems SMS or text messages are the most used feature on a cell phone. Not surprisingly, the cell phone carriers are trying to milk this cash cow, in spite of the fact that it almost costs nothing to send a text message. Today we review a great mobile application that lets you send unlimited free text messages all over the world – Global.AQ
Global.AQ is a great iPhone/iPod Touch app that lets you send unlimited free SMS over your data connection (wifi, 3G, or EDGE). The app implements the simple idea of sending SMS over the internet on the iPhone platform. The app is very simple and very well executed and it surprisingly works well most of the times.
Using the app is very easy. Just install the app (iTunes link) and then run it. The app integrates well with your address book, so you can use the numbers from your address book or manually enter the number. Type your message as you would normally do and then hit the send button. Just ensure that you type the number in the international format, i.e. + (country code) (Number), e.g. +112335657890. The app does not support landscape mode (may be in the future it will, lets hope), but it is a minor inconvenience. The screen shots will provide little more details…
The app does not support group messaging, i.e. you can send SMS to only one number at a time. It also does not support two way messaging, i.e. the recipient cannot reply you through the same message. The app itself is CHEAP AT 1.99$ so go ahead and download the app You do not even have to pay to send those SMSs, they are delivered for free 
. For all those texting their way to glory, this could mean a huge saving. The app is ad supported, so be prepared to see some ads while you are sending your messages. Note that there are no ads inside the msg, so you get the entire space for your SMS.
If you want to send SMS only within the USA, then I would recommend using Google Voice to send free SMS. It is more reliable than SMS Global.AQ.
Overall, I am greatly impressed with Global.AQ. The user interface is very intuitive, the app is stable and fast. In my tests, Free SMS Global.AQ did reasonably well. I tried sending SMS to over 5 countries, including India, Netherlands, Australia, USA, Canada, etc., and the SMS were delivered with little or no delay. In some cases, the delay was much longer. I could not get confirmation from some countries like Tanzania, Oman, etc.
I would strongly encourage you to try it out and share your experiences. If you are an iPhone or iPod Touch user, this is almost a must have app. Let us (and your fellows) know which country did it work for and for which countries it did not work. It will also enable the developers to iron out the bugs, if any.
You can’t do anything. Most likely only working on some of the countries cell phone networks for now. Try another one perhaps?
i have purchase globalAQ pro but the message im sending in the philippines does not arrive.what shall i do?
The same exact way than with the default Apple Stock SMS App.. By swiping left to right on the message.
I sent the messages, now i want to clear my sent messages screen, how do i do that, i dont see the option to do so. please help.
Avat,
If you are using the light version you are limited to 7 credit units per day and that’s it. You can upgrade to the standard or pro version which includes 50 or 500 units respectfully. One those versions you can purchase additional credits within the app.
if my credit runs out, how do i get more credits? also, my friend also has global.aq lite install, how can he send the txt to my global.aq account rather than my normal number?
It should work for both those countries but I don’t know if they have been tested with all possible providers.
Give it a try they have a lite version that lets you text seven times a day max between users..
The website states:
Successful deliveries so far:
Algeria, Angola, Argentine Republic, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijani Republic, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Côte dIvoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Departments and Territories in the Indian Ocean, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Global Networks Antarctica, Greece, Guam, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, China, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, China, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia and Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Switzerland, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, USA and Canada, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen
We have received incoming SMS from the following operators:
Argentina Claro, Belize BTL, Cambodja Shinawatra, Czech Vodafone, Denmark 3, Estonia Elisa, Finland Elisa, Ethiopia ETC, Finland Saunalathi, France SFR, Bouygues, Orange, Martinique Digicell, Guadeloupe, Guam, Haiti, Iceland IceCell, India Vodafone, Kyrgyz Republic O!, Mexico, Mozambique mCel, Netherland KPN & Telfort, Peru Claro, Poland Era & Polkomtel, Portugal Optimus, Kazakhstan Beline, Russia Beeline, MTS, Megafone, Tele2, Samoa, Slovak Republic Orange, Slovenia Mobitel, Somalia Golis & MontySom, Spain, Sweden 3, Sweden Comviq/Tele2, Switzerland BebbiCell, Tele2, Orange, Sunrise, Thailand TH GSM, TRUE, UK Orange. USA Petrocom & MetroPCS.
hi,do u know will work send to south asia (e.g.Singapore & Hong Kong)
In this matter you need to contact their support at support@global.aq to explain the issue and the balance credited.
Please how can i change my global AQ no. I want to change the settings. My current version gives me the NO CREDITS REMAINING error, I need to download again but when i install it picks the old settings and agains stops me from sending the texts. I need to do a registry type of clean on the iphone so it takes it as a new user and I can again use the application … thanks
try sending an SMS to +88234 7000 00 00 with the word “test”. If you get a reply it works. If not, complain to your operator that you can’t reach that number.
I signed up and installed in my iphone. I was able to receive the test message to my verizon phone. how do i reply back? what number to use?
thanks,
sirjune
Murtagh,
Wait for a future release of the app
Hey, man, do u have any idea how to send to mainland china?? It’s working in german and Australia!
Excellent feedback guys! Thanks for the help
Keep ‘em coming…
This works with all the airtel numbers in india I tried to send a tex to a tata docomo number … But it didn’t work… airtel number work wihout any delay at all This I really good but it wold be really awesome if it worked with all the numbers!! But it is really good …
if your are trying to use it in peru, it doesn’t work for all the phone number i think i works in almost all claro numbers but testing it with movistar it doesn’t sent messages to the numbers that start with 99
Hey, the app works great with very little delay in Denmark, but i do miss the landscape feature