StatPhone
Ranked 3 of 5 phone number services by recommenders
People recommend it for giving you dedicated phone numbers to share with anyone who may need to reach you urgently, so those calls get through. No critics raised a caveat.
People recommend it for giving you dedicated phone numbers to share with anyone who may need to reach you urgently, so those calls get through. No critics raised a caveat.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Dedicated numbers for urgent contacts
“It gives you dedicated phone numbers you can share with the people and places that may need to reach you urgently.”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “StatPhone – the one number you share for calls you can't afford to miss” “one emergency number that rings multiple family members simultaneously and breaks through DND”
Comment from 13 Apr 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)” Praised as a clever idea
“Statphone is such a genius idea - very cool.”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)” “these are all great ideas!”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)”
Other phone number services people recommend
The four most recommended other phone number services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Voice | 29 | 29 | 50% | 11 | 15 yrs4 owners | — |
| jmp.chat | 10 | 1 | 91% | 7 | — | Approved |
| StatPhoneThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| JMP | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Ooma landline | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“one emergency number that rings multiple family members simultaneously and breaks through DND”
“It gives you dedicated phone numbers you can share with the people and places that may need to reach you urgently.”
“The biggest benefit for me with StatPhone is the incoming callerID is the StatPhone number.”
“these are all great ideas!”
“Amazing landing for statphone”
“Statphone is such a genius idea - very cool.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.