Send & Receive Fax Number

Review by eFreeware

Faxing is one of those jobs that refuses to disappear, and Send & Receive Fax Number is built on a simple promise: you should not need a fax machine, or a trip to a shop that has one, to get a document through. The app comes from AutoBizLine, Inc. and is listed in the Communication category, with more than 100,000 installs and a 4.7 average from 4,411 ratings.

That combination of a dated task and a modern delivery method is what makes it interesting. The app is free to download and carries no ads, though it does offer in-app purchases, and the developer's own pitch leans on a three-day free trial for sending. I would expect it to appeal most to people who handle paperwork for a small business, a clinic, a law office or a property manager's desk, where a fax number is still something counterparties ask for.

What sending and receiving actually involves

The core loop is short. To send, you enter the recipient's fax number, attach a document, preview it and send it out. To receive, you reserve a number, hand that number to whoever needs it, and get told when something arrives.

The document side is where the app does more than a bare fax client. You can scan a page with the camera, take a photo, or upload images and PDF files you already have, and the app can pull PDFs and images in from other apps such as an email client. The developer lists image enhancement, shadow and noise removal and automatic perspective correction among the scanning features, which is the sort of processing that matters when you are photographing a signed form on a desk rather than feeding paper into a flatbed.

Notifications are part of the same flow. You are told when a document is delivered or when one comes in, and the app keeps a history with statuses so you can see where a particular fax stands. Received documents can be printed or forwarded to your email, and the app ties into your mailbox so incoming faxes land there as well. For anyone who works away from a desk, that email hand-off is the feature that makes the rest usable.

Your own number, and why it costs money

Receiving faxes requires a number of your own, and you choose it by country and area code. The developer also sells vanity numbers, with 888-LAX-6666 given as the example, which is a reasonable fit for a business that wants a line customers can remember. Coverage is quoted at more than 120 countries for sending and receiving, so the number is not limited to one market.

The pricing is where the app asks for a decision. Sending is available through a three-day free trial that turns into a subscription unless you cancel, and the developer promotes a weekly rate of $4.99 as the cheapest way in. A number is a purchase. I would treat the trial as a chance to check that the countries and document types you care about work before committing, because the recurring charge starts quickly.

One policy is worth noting in the app's favor. The developer says a failed fax is not charged, and that if a document still needs to go through you can ask for a resend or a refund. That is a fair position for a service where the failure is usually technical rather than the customer's fault, and it takes some of the risk out of trying a fax to an unfamiliar number.

Documents, privacy and the multi-device setup

The app is positioned as secure, with 128-bit TLS encryption cited and a claim of compliance with industry faxing standards. Documents stay private within the app. I would read those as the developer's assurances rather than independently verified facts.

Cross-platform use is handled through an account. The app runs on Android phones and tablets and on the web, and signing in with the same account on each device is how you keep the experience consistent. That is a sensible arrangement for someone who scans on a phone in the field and then wants the same history on a tablet or a browser, and it means the fax line is not tied to one handset.

The last update arrived in September 2026, and the recent changes cover the trial and the option to buy a number for sending and receiving. The app first appeared in January 2024, so it has had time to settle into its current shape.

What the app asks of you before it works

The trade-offs here are mostly about commitment rather than capability. A fax number is a purchase, sending runs on a trial that converts to a subscription, and the advertised entry price is a weekly charge. Anyone faxing once a year will find that structure hard to justify; anyone faxing weekly for work will probably find it easier than maintaining a phone line and a machine.

There is also the matter of where the documents come from. The app expects you to supply them, whether by scanning, photographing or importing a PDF or image, and it leans on your email for forwarding and notifications. If your workflow already lives in a document system, you will be moving files into the app before you can send them.

None of this is unusual for the category. The app is a fax service with a scanner attached, and its limits follow from that: the number, the subscription and the scan are the three things standing between you and a sent page.

The people this app is built for

Judging by its stated focus, the app is aimed at anyone whose work still involves a fax number on a letterhead or a form. Small businesses that deal with insurers, government agencies, clinics, legal offices and suppliers are the obvious audience, particularly where the alternative is a dedicated fax line or a recurring trip to a shop that offers the service.

It also suits people who travel or work between locations, since the number, the history and the received documents follow the account rather than a physical machine. A property manager sending a lease addendum from a parking lot, or a consultant faxing a signed contract from a hotel room, is closer to the intended user than someone who simply wants to try faxing once out of curiosity.

If your faxing is occasional and local, the weekly subscription will feel heavy for what you get. If it is regular and crosses borders, the country coverage and the email forwarding are the parts that make the app worth considering.

Whether the weekly price buys you enough

Send & Receive Fax Number does one job and does it in a way that fits a phone: scan or import a document, send it to a fax number, receive faxes at a number you choose, and keep track of what happened. The scanning tools, the email forwarding and the account-based setup across phone, tablet and web are the details that separate it from a bare send button.

The cost is the part to weigh honestly. A free trial that becomes a subscription, a purchased number and a weekly rate are real commitments, and they make sense for someone who faxes often enough that a fax machine would otherwise be on the desk. For that person, this is a tidy replacement. For someone who needs one fax a year, the arithmetic is less kind.

I would recommend it to small-business owners, office administrators and mobile professionals who deal with fax-only counterparties and want the line to live on the phone they already carry. Try the trial on the countries and document types you actually use, and decide from there.

What's new in version 1.42

Get a free trial to send faxes, or purchase a fax number to send/receive fax