Portano is a real second phone number that quietly screens every call and text. Hand it out anywhere. You decide who reaches your real phone — everyone else waits at the door.
Coming to the App Store In private testing — launching soon. 7-day free trial at launch.Portano gives you a genuine second mobile number — one people can call and text like any other. The difference is what happens on your side: unknown callers are screened into a Lobby instead of ringing you, and your real number stays completely private. It's the number you hand to the world, so your personal line stays yours.
Put it on listings, forms, business cards, dating apps — anywhere you'd hesitate to give your real one.
Strangers and spam wait in your Lobby. Your real phone only rings for people you've approved.
Approve, block, or hold anyone in a tap. Dial how reachable you want to be, any time.
Hand out your Portano number, let it do the screening, and only the calls you want ever reach your real phone.
A private second number to hand out — on forms, to tradespeople, on marketplaces or dating apps, anywhere you'd rather not give your real one.
Unknown callers and texts wait in your Lobby. Spam is held at the gate. Your real phone never rings unless you decide it should.
Approve someone and they ring straight through next time. Everyone else can leave a voicemail you'll find waiting in the app.
Portano is for anyone who hands their number to people they don't know yet. A few of the ways people use it:
Put your Portano number on every listing. Buyers can call and text, but the moment an item sells the noise stops — and your real number was never in a stranger's phone.
Plumber, tutor, photographer, freelancer — give clients a dedicated line that screens after hours, without carrying a second handset or leaking your personal number.
Chat and take calls through Portano while you get to know someone. If it doesn't work out, block them — they never had your real number to begin with.
Robocalls, persistent nuisance callers, that number that won't stop — all held quietly at the gate and logged, never ringing your real phone.
Hand a number to every form, shop loyalty scheme, or conference badge. If it starts getting spam, that's Portano's problem to screen — not yours.
Set Portano up for an elderly parent so unknown callers are screened before they ever ring — a simple shield against the scam calls that target them most.
One tip: keep your real number for the things that need it — banking, 2FA codes, your doctor. Portano is for everyone else.
Subscribe (with a 7-day free trial at launch) and Portano sets you up with your own second mobile number.
Tell Portano the number to forward approved calls to. We text a quick code to confirm it's yours — it's never shown to callers.
Use it wherever you'd normally give your mobile. Share it from the app in a tap.
New callers and texts land in your Lobby. Approve the ones you want (they ring straight through next time), block the rest, or hold anyone to decide later.
Set your call-handling mode — from fully open to fully screened — and change it whenever life changes.
One simple dial, from fully open to fully screened — every mode included in your subscription, and you can change it any time.
Screening off — everyone rings straight through, like a normal number. For when you're expecting someone.
Screened quietly. Calls wait in your Lobby with no ring and no notifications — check whenever you like.
Screened with real-time alerts. Approve or block each caller as they come in.
Everything in Standard, plus answer screened calls live and smarter spam detection.
All four modes come with Portano — there's just one plan. Dial up or down whenever you like.
Callers only ever see your Portano number. Your personal line stays private — used only behind the scenes to ring you when you approve a caller. Pause, change, or hand out your Portano number any time without ever touching your real one.
Yes. It's a genuine mobile number that people can call and text like any other — the screening all happens on your side.
Completely. Callers only ever see your Portano number. Your real number is never shared — it's only used behind the scenes to ring you when you approve a caller.
First-time callers wait in your Lobby instead of ringing you. You can approve them, block them, hold them for later, or just let them leave a voicemail.
They're held at the gate and logged, never ringing your real phone — and smarter modes flag likely spam automatically.
Of course. Approve a caller and they ring straight through to your real phone from then on. You're always in control of who's on the list.
No. You get a notification when someone new tries to reach you, and everything waits safely in your Lobby until you're ready.
Use it anywhere you'd hand out your mobile to people you don't know yet. Keep your real number for the essentials — banking, 2FA codes, and your doctor.
One simple subscription with every call-handling mode included, and a 7-day free trial at launch. Exact pricing will be shown in the App Store.
Portano is in private testing and launching on the App Store soon. Questions in the meantime? Email support@portano.app.
Portano launches soon. For questions, support, or early access, we'd love to hear from you.
support@portano.app