Hey Cape team. Why don't you put the APK on your website so we can download it straight. Downloading through the Play store seems rather counter intuitive to privacy.
Also the alternative store for graphene seems unnecessary. Just put the apk on your website!
Hi everyone,
I wanted to make sure everyone here was aware of the current “Early Adopter” pricing Cape is offering. For those who sign up before the end of the year, they’ve discounted the lifetime rate to $70/month.
While the standard $99/month is already a fair price for the features, locking in the $70 rate is a pretty significant value—especially since it’s for the life of the account.
A few key points about Cape:
Cape has adopted a philosophy of “Don’t Trust Us” and is very transparent about how they handle your data. If you are considering signing up, now is a great opportunity to test it out.
Source: "Recognizing Our Early Adopters" by The Cape Team
Just some feedback on voicemail:
• The voicemail prompt recording seems to be very low fidelity, it sounds like a tape recorder recording, can that be updated? It sounds sketchy. So much so I keep getting texts asking me if my phone has been redirected to some illegitimate service.
• The verbiage of the recording sounds a little silly. I don’t mind it says ”the Cape subscriber“ but the ending with it being encrypted has been off putting to people leaving me voicemails. they’ve all asked about it. I am not really sure I want people to know I’m using Cape or about the encryption. It would be better if it had a more generic message with an American accent, to be more professional.
• I know some people have a must have use case for voicemail encryption, but for many we’d prefer to use iOS visual voicemail. I’d love if we had the option to use standard voicemail integrated with our phones.
• The Cape app has to be open to get a notice that a voicemail has been delivered. It would be better if that pushed to the app even if it’s not open.
Is this purely US based atm? I see roaming countries list with 5gb data/voice/iphone/Android...
If so when are you expecting global roll out and what countries are involved?
I am very much interested in Cape Cellular I do have a few questions before I take the plunge
- will I be able to normally text , photos, FaceTime etc or will
I need to use to the app to text (if I’m using my main number)?
- will I be able to signal the same way as normal?
Thank you!
There's currently no reliable way to test how fast Cape works in your area, especially since Cape no longer discloses the network providers they work with. So I built cape.rip/speeds -- a community-sourced pool of network speed data organized by location and device type. Speed reports are gated to Cape ASNs only, so all the data comes from actual Cape subscribers.
Huge shoutout to u/no1mann and https://coveragemap.com for providing me with verified seed data to use on the site. We're starting out with ~330 real speed reports, with more to come from users!
It's still a work in progress, so I'd love to hear any feedback!
I'm considering switching, but I'd like to confirm its performance and data speeds in my area before signing up. Is there a tool or app available that can deliver this?
Today I decided to try and finally switch over to Cape. I have been a bit skeptical of switching, but I am still looking for a privacy-centered phone service. However, after getting the application set up and installed on my phone, things seem to be working. I was able to use the Cape app to send messages with my secondary phone number and still send messages with my primary number. However, shortly after, I noticed that my apps on my phone were beginning to move around, and then with some scrolling, I noticed that I had a number of apps around two gigabytes worth of data being continually installed and re-installed after I uninstalled them. These apps included things such as Teamoo, a news app, Facebook, TikTok, and a couple other applications that I'm unsure of what they were. I was finally able to turn on airplane mode and cut my Wi-Fi, get everything uninstalled, and force quit the app installer. But I then was very skeptical about what was going on and immediately removed the e-sim from my phone, which has let me in a bit of a bite. Has anyone else had these sorts of issues? Is this a privacy concern or is this a bug within the app?
Has anyone done that with an active contract, like Verizon? Does the referral system work before or after the contract buyout?
Could someone please verify my math here?
Base price is $99/month always taxes and fees are always included. For each referral its $20 bill credit EACH MONTH both ways. Then for each referral it would be $79/month.
Wouldn't be more prudent for the person sending out the referrals to offer some extra personal incentive separate from the discount such as some portion of one-time reimbursement for those who use their code since they could eventually get it for free or significantly reduced? I say one-time because it gives the referrals some incentive to get people to use their code as well. I've explain that logic in great detail here.
For example as a comparison Visible another MVNO offers standard general service like every other competitor except like Cape Cellular taxes and fees included at $25/month. I have another post talking about all of Cape Cellular features that set them apart here.
Even if you were to get 3 referrals making it $39/month for the person referring. That's $14/month more with way more security features. The value for me at least is there.
With reference to the referral system I have a post here explaining why it's better to work together rather than act in the self-interest and work alone.
I recently built a free tool to compare Cape's phone plan against other popular carriers. It pulls current pricing and accounts for referrals, family plan discounts, and the features each provider actually includes.
If you're thinking about switching and want a quick breakdown of what you'd be getting vs your current plan, check it out: https://cape.rip/compare
Open to feedback!
Has Cape been made aware of this? Seems like Cape will need to KYC if this ends up passing, no?
If you’re still looking for other referrals to lower your monthly bill I have a proposition for you. Please DM/PM me. Make sure you mention Cape Cellular so I know. I’m the reddit user with the pinned/sticky post “Referral Coordination” in r/CapeCellular**.**
It would seem most would like to go it alone! I'd rather coordinate so that we can maximize the amount of people getting "FREE" service.
I'm willing to make it worth your while for using my code. Just to clarify I messaged Cape Customer Support and asked "if offering an extra incentive of my own referral code would violate terms of service?" and they replied "no it will not." This only works with trust!
Just to clarify people with existing service (referral codes) will have to make a new account. As you cannot use a referral code if you already have active service. As it can only be applied at initial first month of service.
I only extend this offer to those who already decided you’re going to be using Cape Cellular in the foreseeable future. My plan is to set it and forget it. I have no intention of leaving the service, unless it shuts down, service declines, gets acquired or revokes this promotional offer.
r/CapeCellularReferrals is a reddit specifically for Cape Cellular Referrals
Is anyone else having that problem?
I’m considering using cape for my iPhone. I currently have 2 numbers I’d like to keep. Line 1 is personal, Line 2 is business. $200 a month seems steep but I am focused on privacy. At some point I plan to move to grapheneOS.
What network is Cape using? I assume it has to be one of the big 3. I think this matters based on the area I live in and where I travel.
What happens after 50gb is used? Hard throttle? 50gb seems too low for $100 monthly plan.
The referrals, if I’m understanding correctly, are a permanent monthly discount assuming plans remain active?
And finally, how has your experience been with Cape? Interested to hear about it with users on iOS and Graphene.
Thanks! 🫠
Having an issue where notifications (banners, Notification Center, badges/sounds) for received primary number and secondary number texts are not coming through unless the Cape app is active and in foreground. Seems to be an issue regardless of whether the messages are regular SMS, MMS or RCS and regardless of whether the encrypted last-mile is enabled or not. Anyone else?
App version 1.432.4 and iOS 26.4.2.