On January 27th, 2026, Cape exited our beta and launched several new features (depending on your device.)

No, it's completely optional. However, we highly recommend turning it on. Without Last-Mile Encryption, group chats in your iPhone's Messages app that include Android members may become de-threaded, meaning messages are sent or received individually instead of as part of the group thread.

We are working towards a long-term solution, but for now we recommend enabling Last-Mile Encryption to ensure your group chats work as expected. Last-Mile Encryption also keeps your SMS and MMS messages more secure. iMessages are not impacted as those are already end-to-end encrypted.

We want you to try Cape risk-free. No number porting, no commitment upfront. Keep your current number and add Cape as a secondary line on the same device. Here’s how it works:

At the end of your 1-month trial, your Cape plan will auto-renew at $99/month. If you want to transfer your current number to Cape instead, see here.

Yes! Most recent phone models allow multiple eSIMs, so you can keep your current number and get a Cape line as well, all on the same phone.

Cape also includes 2 free Secondary Numbers (currently for texting only, voice coming soon) in your plan, so you can consolidate all of your phone numbers with Cape. Cape numbers are Last-Mile Encrypted and more secure.

Cape’s family plan comes in the form of a referral program. Rather than linking you and your family’s account to one another, instead, every Cape subscriber has a unique referral code that they can share with their family, friends, or even strangers, to give you and your referral $10 off your monthly bill.

Learn more here.

You can bring your own device! Cape works with most recent, eSIM compatible, iPhones and Androids. If your device isn’t compatible, you can buy a new Google Pixel device from our online store, and get $500 off your Cape subscription, bringing your monthly bill to just $15 for your first 6 months. Additionally, for just $50, we’ll install GrapehenOS for you so you can start with a fully configured, secure device right out of the box

For individuals with elevated threat profiles, Cape Obscura comes with a pre-configured Android phone.

We support the vast majority of recent phone models such as Google Pixel (including GrapheneOS), Samsung, Motorola, OnePlus, and iPhone XR or 11 and higher. For Android devices, your OS must be Android 13 or higher.

See our full list of compatible devices here.

Cape uses the app to generate a cryptographic public-private key pair for secure authentication. The private key is stored locally on your device and is never known by Cape. This protects you against SIM swaps, and avoids using notoriously insecure usernames, passwords, and PIN codes.

The app also allows us to provide you with enhanced signaling protection, and a better and faster onboarding experience.

As a mobile carrier, we’re required to be responsive to requests from law enforcement, and are fully compliant with CALEA, the federal wiretap law. However, we seek to minimize the amount of data we collect and retain so that we can only turn over what (little data) we have.

That said, we push back on any law enforcement requests that are not backed by legal process, and we do challenge requests that are not narrowly tailored.

In addition, before making any disclosure, Cape will notify its subscribers of receipt of any legal process seeking disclosure related to their accounts, thereby giving you the opportunity to challenge that request. In cases where we are explicitly prohibited by law or court order from notifying a subscriber about a government request, we will challenge any such request that is not narrowly tailored or otherwise lawful.

Read our full privacy policy here.

We use the physical infrastructure (i.e. cell phone towers) of other carriers, but route everything through our own mobile core—the “central nervous system” of a network that controls policy, logic, and what data enters and leaves your phone.

We rotate the identifiers that are shared by your phone to the cell phone tower, so that you appear like a different subscriber every day.

Furthermore, if you enable Last-Mile Encrypted Texting, we encrypt your text messages so that the tower operator would not be able to read or log them. On Android devices, we also hide key metadata via SIP encryption, which obscures the information shared to set up the delivery of your SMS or MMS, so that the tower operator cannot scan SIP traffic to obtain your device ID (known as the “IMEI”) or to see the phone number to or from which you are sending or receiving a text.

For Secondary Numbers, by default the tower operator would not be able to see who you are communicating with or your IMEI.

VPNs and secure messaging apps encrypt your data usage, but the metadata associated with your calls and texts are still logged by your mobile carrier. Most mobile carriers collect a lot of personal information when you sign up and link it together with all your activity to build behavioral profiles of their customers. They share or sell these profiles to third-parties who may use it for anything from ad retargeting to hiking your insurance premiums or denying your mortgage loan.

Additionally, all major US mobile carriers have had major data breaches, allowing this information to fall into the hands of bad actors who may use it to attack you individually. Cape is the only privacy-focused MVNO with its own mobile core, enabling us to solve these problems at the network layer by collecting less information and ensuring what we do collect is stored as securely as possible.

A mobile core is the “central nervous system” of a network. It controls policy, logic, and major systems that have evolved over decades to manage the complexity of connecting people moving (often at speed) across network nodes, operators, and countries. Running our own core allows us to control and implement protections over what data enters and leaves your phone. It also allows us to implement modern, expert-vetted cryptography and security protocols to secure your account.

Read more here.

We believe in transparent pricing and no bill shock. Regardless of how much data you use, and even if you roam internationally, you still pay $99/month.

There are no additional taxes, fees, or surcharges, and no mandatory insurance or other add-ons that you’d see from other carriers. Most importantly, we don’t sell your data in order to subsidize the cost of providing you cell phone service. When we say no hidden costs, we mean it.

Our partnership with Proton also gives you a VPN, encrypted email, and much more for just $1 over the first 6 months.

And don’t forget to check out our referral plan, which can bring your bill down to $0.