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With the vast number of prepaid cell phone plans on the market, it can be downright confusing to compare each one of them. All these prepaid cell phone plans seem to have different pricing structures as well as activation periods. To make things easier for you, we came up with three distinct ways to help you compare these plans.

For the newbie users out there, start here to get a prepaid cell phone plan crash course.

How to use this site:
We provide 3 ways to compare prepaid cell phone plans.

1. Compare Per Minute Pricing. When you know how many minutes of airtime a month you use, then check out these comparisons. We’ve gone through every cell phone provider’s plans to determine the cost at each level of minute usage.
2. The Best Plans. If you have a certain use in mind for your cell phone, for example you need a cell phone for emergency use only, then check out the Best Plans section.
3. Compare Individual Plans. If you have a particular cell phone company in mind, check our detailed review by clicking on the company’s link in the left sidebar of this site.

When you know how many minutes of airtime a month you use, then check out the comparisons below to find the cheapest plan. We’ve gone through every cell phone provider’s plans to determine the cost at each level of minute usage. The average cell phone customer uses about 450 minutes of airtime per month, so […]

US Cellular offers both pay as you go and monthly prepaid cellular plans. US Cellular is a large regional provider and therefore is not available in all areas. Pay As You Go Their pay as you go minutes are billed at 10 cents per minute for talk and 25 cents per text. All minutes expire […]

PlatinumTel operates on the Sprint Network and they offer a per minute plan and a monthly unlimited minutes plan. Per Minute Plan (Real Paygo) PlatinumTel’s per minute prepaid plan is called Real Paygo. It differs significantly from per minute plans offered by other companies. Most per minute plans on the market charge a set price […]

How much will 200 minutes a month cost you? Since the average cell phone customer uses about 450 minutes per month, we chose 200 minutes per month as an amount that an infrequent cell phone user might require. This was the hardest level of minutes to review. At this level of usage there is quite […]

T-Mobile offers two basic plans, a pay as you go plan and a monthly plan. Pay As You Go The pay as you go plan offers minutes that expire after 90 days. The card options are 30 minutes for $10, 160 minutes for $30, 400 minutes for $50, and 1000 minutes for $100. The 1000 […]