Does iMessage work on the Meadow?
No. It has its own number; texts to your iPhone number never reach it.
Ways to keep iMessage with this phone
Cheapest first. Checked October 2026.
Check in when you're homeFree
Your texts wait on your iPhone until you're back.
Needs: Nothing. Catch: Nothing reaches you while you're out.
A forwarding app on your iPhoneFwrd: free for 15 texts a month, then $4.99 a month. PhoneLeash: from $8.99 a month.
Forwards your texts from the iPhone at home to your second phone, one way.
Needs: Your iPhone at home and on, and a second line. Catch: You can't reply from the other phone.
Decaf · Made by us$20 once
A Mac app that relays important texts from your Mac at home to your second phone. Your replies go out from your own number.
Needs: A Mac that stays awake and online, your iPhone at home with Text Message Forwarding on, and a second line for the other phone.. Catch: Only the texts it judges important are sent, and they all arrive in one thread.
Meadow
Small touchscreen · its own number, plan required
Small, with Spotify and Uber, and a number of its own, so your main number stays on your iPhone.
- Cost
- $449 + a required plan, $15–35/mo
- Availability
- For outings only
- Group chats
- Not stated by the maker; you may miss group chats (reported).
- Maps
- Yes.
- WhatsApp & Signal
- Not listed; there's no app store.
- Typing
- Small touchscreen keyboard.
- Camera & photos
- Has a camera.
- Banking & payments
- Not listed; there's no app store.
- Music & podcasts
- Spotify and Apple Music.
- Tickets & QR codes
- Not documented.
- Uber / rideshare
- Uber (no Lyft, reported).
- Sign-in codes (2FA)
- Only codes sent to its own number.
- Voice notes
- Not documented.
- Video calls
- Not documented.
- Work apps & email
- Not listed; there's no app store.
- Hotspot
- Not documented.
- Battery
- Not documented.
- Carriers
- Its own number on T-Mobile; US only.
- Returns
- 14 days from delivery, must pass inspection.
Checked October 2026 · Maker's page