5 phone plans you should sign up for instead of Cash App Mobile

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Last year, we saw AT&T focus on building out new partnerships with companies like Klarna and other app-based services . Now, Cash App has joined the fray with its own mobile service. The new Cash App Mobile service offers unlimited talk, text, and 5G priority data powered by AT&T. There’s also 10GB of hotspot access as well as international usage in Canada and Mexico with 10GB of data and 1,000 call minutes or texts.

Although this plan looks decent enough on the surface, the $40/month asking price is a bit steep. Likewise, AT&T coverage tends to be hit-or-miss depending on where you live. Before you decide this is the plan for you, we highly recommend you take a closer look at the competition.

With that in mind, here are five alternatives you should sign up for instead of Cash App Mobile.

If you have your heart set on the AT&T network, Cricket Wireless is a pretty solid option. This AT&T-owned premium prepaid carrier offers limited brick-and-mortar support, discounted phones, and other benefits that make it feel a bit more like a regular, postpaid carrier.

That said, Cricket isn’t cheap either. If you want the same high-priority data as you’d get with the Cash App Mobile plan, you’ll pay $55 a month for just one line. The good news is that this not only includes taxes and fees, but there’s also a decent multi-line discount. For example, four lines of Supreme Unlimited (with high-priority data) would run you $32.50 per line.

You might pay a bit more for one line, but there are also perks on the Supreme Unlimited plan that simply don’t exist for Cash App Mobile users. First, you get an additional 40GB of hotspot data. There’s also HBO Max Basic with Ads and 150GB of cloud storage. While Cricket’s plans don’t have massive international options, you will get calling, texting, and data in Canada and Mexico.

Not sure what network works best for you? US Mobile has the advantage of supporting all three major networks. In fact, it’s even possible to run two networks at once for an optional fee.