Grandma's landline works
It's an ordinary phone call, so anyone with a phone can join, and nobody has to install anything.
CommonLine for families
One number the whole family can call.
Sunday calls with grandparents, siblings in three cities, a cousin who only has a landline: CommonLine gives your family a number of its own. Everyone dials it and everyone's together, with no app, no meeting link and no one left out.
How it works
- Choose your number. Pick a local US or Canadian number. It stays yours while you're subscribed.
- Share it. People save it like any contact. There's no access code to join.
- Gather. Callers dial in, and you run the room from your keypad or the web dashboard.
What families get
Save it like any contact
The number doesn't change, so it goes in everyone's contacts once and stays there.
Quiet the background noise
Anyone can press *1 to mute themselves, and whoever is hosting can press *6 to mute everyone at once.
Open hours
Set the times the line takes calls. Outside them, callers hear your closed message, and the line opens and closes on its own.
Keep the stories Growth and up
Record a birthday call or Grandpa telling a story, then download it within 7 days.
A second number Growth and up
Add a Canadian number to a US line, or a US number to a Canadian one, for $5 a month, so callers in both countries dial locally.
Family abroad Coming soon
Local numbers in the United Kingdom, France, Jamaica, Nigeria, Brazil and Chile, for $12 a month each, so relatives there call locally.
Join from a browser Coming soon
A link for members who'd rather join from a computer, into the same room as the phone callers.
How families use it
- The weekly family call Same day, same time, same number.
- Planning a reunion Everyone on one call instead of a dozen group texts.
- Hospital updates One call to tell the whole family how someone is doing.
- Holidays apart Bring everyone into the room even when they can't travel.
The plan that usually fits
Starter, $39 a month
Starter covers most families: up to 25 people at once and 1,000 participant-minutes a month.
For example, a weekly 45-minute call with 5 relatives uses about 974 participant-minutes a month, within the 1,000 that Starter includes.
Starter
$39 a month
or $390 a year, two months free
- Your own local number and conference room
- 1,000 participant-minutes a month
- Up to 25 callers at once
- 1 co-host
- Overage 4ยข a minute
Questions
Does everyone need a smartphone?
No. CommonLine works with any phone, including landlines.
Can family in another country join?
Yes. They can dial your number from abroad, at their phone company's international rates. Local numbers in the United Kingdom, France, Jamaica, Nigeria, Brazil and Chile are coming soon.
What is a participant-minute?
One person on the line for one minute. Five people on a 45-minute call use 225 participant-minutes.
Give your family a number.
Plans from $39 a month. No app, no access codes.
Get your number