20 Ways to Make Free International Calls

If you haven’t been making free international calls by now, I’m sure you’ve spent a TON of money communicating with your boss, friends, or family from afar.

Calling people overseas traditionally was and continues to be expensive, but in this day and age when sending a message to someone who lives in another country takes under a minute, you shouldn’t be spending so much money on calls.

Making international calls quickly, free of charge, and easily is made possible by a technology called VoIP (Voice-over-Internet Protocol). VoIP lets users make calls using a broadband Internet connection instead of a standard phone line.

Below are 20 ways you can make free international calls with either your phone or computer and an internet connection:

10 Websites with Free International Calls

1. PopTox

• Free and Paid Calls
• Browser-based (accessible from phone or computer)

Make free international calls to any number, cellphone and landline phones included. You don’t need to register for an account or download an app. Once you reach the website, which you can access from either your computer or phone, just enter the phone number you need to call and “press” the “call” button.

The only downside is that there’s a limit to the number of calls you can make daily. Unlimited calls is available, but you need to sign up and pay $10/month.

2. VoipBuster and VoipStunt

• Available as a computer program
• Free international calls (3 calls per day) from a list of countries

These two sites are clumped together because they’re owned by the same company and work similarly.  You need to download the program to be able to make calls abroad.

There’s a list of about 30 countries you can call for FREE, but if the country you want to call isn’t on this list, you have two options. First, ask the receiver to download the same program so you could call each other without charge, or pay for every call (there’s a chart of fees that corresponds to a particular country).

3. FreeCall

• Download the computer program to make free calls abroad
• 300 minutes per week FREE

After downloading and installing, you are given free minutes (only up to 300 minutes a week) to call any of the destinations from FreeCall’s list.

What’s good about this program is that it carries forward your unused minutes for the current week to the next.

4. SpyTox

• 3-minute limit per call
• Web-based calls (accessible via computer and phone)

Spytox offers 3 free VoIP calls a day with a max of 3-minute per call. You can call almost every country. They also provide free SMS service and email/address lookup by name.

5. iEvaPhone

• Accessible via a web browser or app (Android and Apple compatible)
• Need to wait 24 hours to be able to make another free call overseas

iEvaphone lets users make free VoIP calls from their computer and smartphone to anyone in the world. You can choose from its web-based dial pad (without registration or credit card necessary) or download the app to make calls.

Free (one- to two-minute) calls to the United States, India, Pakistan, UK is always available, but the number of free calls is limited by the user’s IP address.

6. CitrusTel

• Accessible via a web browser
• No registration or app downloads necessary

CitrusTel is a web-based VOIP phone that partnered with over 2000 telco operators to provide people a way to make free international calls online.

You need a stable internet connection to achieve the highest quality phone calls.

I love sites like these that does not over-complicate things. You just select the country, enter the full number along with the code to make a call on it.

7. Z Lookup

• No sign-up necessary. You can dial and call directly.
• Access dozens of countries

Z Lookup is a unique site. You enter a number and you can lookup the owner without paying a cent.

This site is designed to help you identify unknown callers, since Z-Lookup can search through millions of records. You can also use Z Lookup to call any mobile phone.

8. Call2Friends

• No registration or donation required.
• Free to certain countries (paid for other countries)

Call2Friends lets you call to local or international numbers absolutely free. This web-based tool also features caller ID configuration.

9. VoxFon

• You can connect to people who use iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet
• Aside from calls, you can also enjoy unlimited texts for free, including photo sharing, and video texting.

Use Voxofon from any browser and stay connected with your friends or family, wherever they are in the world.

10. GlobFon

• Free international calls without registrations
• Also features video chat, text messages, file sharing

GlobFon is available as a web-based tool, but also works with their apps.

With GlobFon, you can directly call any landline number or mobile phone from around the world. No need to create an account, make a donation, or pay registration.

10 Apps that Let You Make Free International Calls

There are numerous apps that offer free international calls, but the following 10 are trusted, tried and tested, and have been around for quite some time.

1. Skype

• Available as an app (Android, Apple), computer program, xbox, Alexa-enabled device, or other smart devices
• Free and paid calls

Skype is the go-to video-calling platform for businesses. Many interviews (even before the covid19 pandemic) have been held via Skype. After all, it’s been around since 2003 and was acquired by Microsoft in 2011.

Aside from one-on-one video calls, Skype also offers free audio calls and free confenrence calls (for up to 99 people included in the call).

2. WhatsApp

• Available for Apple and Android users (accessible via phone and web)
• Used by over 2 billion people

WhatsApp is similar to Skype – it lets you do video, voice, and conference calls for free. There is also group chats, SMS messages, and file-sharing available.

Users can call other WhatsApp users directly, but you can’t use it to call non-WhatsApp numbers.

3. Apple’s Facetime

• Built-in app of iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple-compatible devices
• Free calls protected by end-to-end encryption

FaceTime is Apple’s video and audio chatting platform that lets iPhone users communicate with one another through the standard FaceTime video protocol or using the FaceTime audio feature.

Since this is an Apple feature, an Apple ID is required to create an account.  However, Android users can also use Facetime, but only by joining calls in progress set up by Apple users.

4. Viber

• Available on Huawei App Gallery, App Store, and Google Play Store
• Can make free international calls via app or computer program

Viber lets you call or message people on WiFi for free. Both the caller and receiver have to install the app and have to be connected to the internet.

You can also send messages, transfer files and send photos. You can find people on Viber just with their phone numbers, as long as they’re registered to Viber as well.

5. Messenger

• Available as web-based, app, or computer application
• The instant-messaging app under the Facebook/Meta company

Messenger is a FREE mobile messaging app used for instant messaging, sharing photos, videos, audio recordings and group chats.

Messenger used to be connected to Facebook, but gradually, it is now a separate entity entirely (although you can easily sync your Facebook contacts here). Users can now use Messenger with just a phone number, or deactivate their Facebook but still be able to use Messenger on its own.

6. Telegram

• App for audio calls with end-to-end encryption
• No limit on the media or chat size

Telegram has over 500 million monthly active users and is one of the 10 most downloaded apps in the world. It’s a cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed.

Thanks to Telegram’s multi-data center infrastructure and encryption, it is very lightweight no matter whether you’re using the app or accessing its web-based platform. Plus, Telegram is free with no ads, no subscription fees, forever.

7. Google Voice

• Ideal for calls from the US to Canada (and vice versa)
• Free voicemail transcription/ability to record incoming calls

Google Voice is an easy way to make international calls for free…if you’re only calling Canada. If you want to call another country, you can use Google Voice, but you’ll need to pay a per-minute rate at around 2¢ per minute.

The cool thing about this service is that Google Voice creates an entirely new phone number for you, so you can call your contacts within the U.S. or Canada.

8. WeChat

• The most popular app in China (with over a billion users)
• Accessible via web-based platform, Android and iOs

Released in 2011, this multipurpose instant messaging, social media and mobile payment in one app is China’s most popular video-call app. It is similar to WhatsApp, which means it can support video, voice and text chats.

To sign up for WeChat, an existing user will need to scan a QR code on your phone to be able to make free international calls.

9. LINE

• Available as an app for iPhones and Android devices, and also PCs and Macs
• Also more popular in Asian countries

LINE is a mobile messenger app that allows free messages, voice calls, and video calls anytime, anywhere.

Users can make short international calls (for up to 5 minutes), but you do have to watch a quick ad to take advantage of the free call. If you’re using the LINE app, calls can be longer than 5 minutes.

10. Rebtel

• Rebtel to Rebtel calls without data or Wi-Fi
• Free international calls to over 50 countries

Established in Sweden, Rebtel is quite unique in that you don’t need a Wi-Fi connection or data to call any of the 53+ countries on its list. The catch is the person on the other end of the line should also be a Rebtel subscriber.

If one of the two parties isn’t a Rebtel user or doesn’t live in the Rebtel supported countries, data connection or Wi-Fi is still needed to make free international calls.

Rebtel also offers paid plans, which offers absolutely clear signals because Rebtel connects calls through local phone lines directly.

Free International Calls from Phone Cards?

If you wish to buy all kinds of call cards the old school way, this option is still available, but it ain’t free. You can buy them from online and brick-and-mortar stores like Target or Walmart. But if you don’t want to pay for this from your own pocket? Here are ways to earn a free Walmart gift card or a free Target gift card, which you can then use to pay for your phone card.

Smart, huh?

There are also other options similar to this. For example:

• Do these tasks to earn a free gift card that you can use to buy any phone card with international minutes.
• This method lets you get a free visa card, which is valid in most online stores like Amazon and buy phone cards from there.