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Does iMessage work on the Wisephone II?

No; you can't install apps yourself.

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.

Move your number, keep iMessage on a Mac or iPadFree

Turn iMessage off, then keep it on a Mac or iPad with your Apple Account email.

Needs: A Mac or iPad. Catch: People have to message your email, not your number, and group chats need to add you again.

Light's steps

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.

Fwrd · PhoneLeash

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.

Decaf

Wisephone II

Touchscreen · curated apps, subscription

The closest to a smartphone here, with Uber, Spotify and bank apps, but you can't add apps yourself.

Cost: $399 + $39 activation, plus a required WiseOS subscription, $14.99/mo
Availability: In stock
Group chats: Group and picture texts over RCS. Its maker says texts with iPhones can slip back to plain SMS.
Maps: Google Maps and Waze.
WhatsApp & Signal: Both, in the Wisephone app drawer.
Typing: On-screen keyboard.
Camera & photos: Has a camera; picture texts, yes.
Banking & payments: Venmo, Cash App and bank apps (reported); Google Wallet (reported).
Music & podcasts: Spotify, with thumbnails hidden and video podcasts off.
Tickets & QR codes: Depends on the app.
Uber / rideshare: Uber (Lyft reported).
Sign-in codes (2FA): A built-in two-factor tool, plus codes by text.
Voice notes: Not documented.
Video calls: Not documented.
Work apps & email: Not documented.
Hotspot: On Techless's Pro plan only.
Battery: Not documented.
Carriers: Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Ting, Tello, US Mobile.
Returns: 14 days; restocking $25 sealed, $55 opened. If the subscription goes unpaid for 90 days, the phone is wiped.

Checked October 2026 · Maker's page