# FaxBurner review (2026): is the free plan enough? > iPhone fax app and email-to-fax service with a free temporary number Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA. FaxBurner is an online fax service and iPhone and iPad app from Networx Online, running since 2010. You can photograph a page, sign it and send it from the app, or fax by email or in a browser, and received faxes arrive as PDFs in the app and your inbox. The free plan gives a fax number that lasts 24 hours; paid plans make a toll-free number permanent. - **Category:** Online Fax - **Made by:** Networx Online, Inc. (since 2010) - **Website:** https://faxburner.com - **Runs on:** Web, iOS - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you fax abroad, as only the US and Canada are supported. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, FaxBurner has a free plan, and paid plans start at $14.95 per month for 500 pages. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** a disposable fax number that lasts 24 hours, 5 pages to send in total and 25 received pages a month, with email to fax. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | A 24-hour fax number, 5 pages to send in total and 25 pages received a month. No credit card. | | Professional | $14.95 per month for 500 pages sent and received | A permanent toll-free fax number with 500 pages in and out a month, plus email to fax and fax to email. | | Premier | $24.95 per month for 2,000 pages sent and received | A permanent toll-free fax number with 2,000 pages in and out a month. | Read from https://faxburner.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with FaxBurner before buying. ## Key features - **iPhone and iPad app:** Photograph a paper document, sign it and fax it from the app; your account and fax history sync between iPhone and iPad. - **Email to fax and fax to email:** Send a fax from Gmail, Outlook or any email app, and get incoming faxes back as email, with no app or login needed. - **Stored signatures:** Keep signatures on file to sign an incoming fax and send it back, and combine PDF, JPEG and PNG files before sending. - **Free temporary number:** Sign up with just an email for a fax number that lasts 24 hours; a paid plan turns it into a permanent toll-free number. - **Number porting:** An existing fax number can be ported to FaxBurner. ## Good for - iPhone users who need to send or receive the odd fax - Anyone who needs a fax number for a day - People who fax from email on Android or a computer ## Worth knowing - The app is for iPhone and iPad only; on Android and computers you fax by email or in a browser. - Faxing is limited to the US and Canada; international faxes are not supported. - FaxBurner's FAQ says the service is not HIPAA compliant. - If you cancel a paid plan, your number may become temporary again and the free limits return. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 24, 2026. FaxBurner faxes from an iPhone app, email or a browser, with a free number that lasts 24 hours and a permanent toll-free one from $14.95 a month. It's US and Canada only, the app is for iPhone and iPad alone, the FAQ says it isn't HIPAA compliant, and cancelling can send your number back to temporary. - **Value for money: C.** Professional is $14.95 a month for a permanent toll-free number and 500 pages in and out, at the start of this category's dearer quarter. No yearly price is listed. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The free plan has a number that lasts 24 hours, 5 pages to send in total and 25 received a month, with no card. Enough for a one-off, and you'll hit the limits fast. - **Features: C.** Scanning and signing on the phone, email to fax and back, stored signatures, file merging and porting. That's the basic job; the gaps are US and Canada only, no HIPAA, and no API or team accounts on record. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record. You sign up with just an email and get a number, then photograph a page and send it from the app. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web and an app for iPhone and iPad, and email from anything, including Gmail and Outlook. No Android or desktop app, and no API. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from FaxBurner's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among online fax services - FaxBurner's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 5 of the 10 other online fax services we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on ease of use (B, above 3 of 10) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $14.95 a month, against a middle price of $9.15 for the category: 7 of the 9 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 3 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/online-fax ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace FaxBurner you would be making fax numbers connected to the phone network. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $179.40 a year. - You could not: Fax numbers connected to the phone network. - You could not: Editing the text inside a PDF without breaking its layout. - You could not: A real app for iOS. Something home-made would be a web page. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Gmail, Outlook **Tags:** Online fax, PDF editing ## Alternatives - [WiseFax](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wisefax): Pay-per-page online fax with an optional fax number subscription. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/faxburner-vs-wisefax) - [CocoFax](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cocofax): Online fax from the web, email, Google and Microsoft apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cocofax-vs-faxburner) - [Dropbox Fax](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dropbox-fax): Browser and email fax from Dropbox, formerly HelloFax. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dropbox-fax-vs-faxburner) - [Fax.Plus](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fax-plus): Online fax by web, email, desktop and mobile apps, priced by pages. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fax-plus-vs-faxburner) - [MetroFax](https://toolgpa.com/tools/metrofax): Low-cost online fax by email, web and mobile app for small businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/faxburner-vs-metrofax) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://faxburner.com - https://faxburner.com/faq/ - https://faxburner.com/about-us/ - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fax-burner-iphone-fax-app/id392640124 Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/faxburner Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).