Does kik and snapchat use my texting minutes?

Hi, I just got an iPhone 5c and I only have 1, 000 minutes. I don't wanna go over so I got kik and snapchat but do those use the minutes too? I didn't think they did because I have them on my iPod but I didn't know if that changed considering I'm using it on my iPhone.

No, they don't! If you don't have Wi-Fi, it will use up your data, though. I have 2GB of data and I haven't once gone over, so you'll probably be fine.

No it doesn't but just to be safe, turn your phone on "air plane" Mode and use Wi-Fi insteadwhen using apps so you won't use your cellular data. Which can waste your minutes too.

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