Nothing to learn
No app, no internet connection and no password. If someone can make a phone call, they can join.
CommonLine for seniors
Group calls for people who never got a smartphone.
Senior centers, assisted living activity programs and church seniors' ministries all run into the same wall: video calls ask too much. CommonLine is a phone number. Residents and members dial it from the phone they already have, and the organizer takes care of the rest.
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 seniors get
The same number every time
Write it on a card by the phone. It stays the same, and there's no code to remember.
The organizer does the work
Mute background noise with *6, lock the room with *7 once everyone has arrived, and mute or remove a disruptive caller from the dashboard.
Notice when someone stops calling Growth and up
See who comes, how often, and who hasn't called in two weeks. When a regular suddenly goes quiet, that's a reason to check in.
No minutes lost to a forgotten phone
If someone is left alone on the line for 20 minutes, they're asked to press pound to stay. Otherwise the call ends, so a phone left off the hook doesn't use up your minutes.
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.
Recordings Growth and up
Record from the keypad (*8) or the dashboard. Everyone hears that the call is being recorded, and you can download the recording for 7 days before it's deleted.
Reminder texts Coming soon
A text to every member before each gathering, at the time you choose.
How seniors use it
- Daily check-in calls A morning call that lets staff hear how everyone is doing.
- Activity hour Trivia, music and stories for residents who can't get to the room.
- Caregiver support Family caregivers meet weekly from wherever they are.
- Homebound Bible study Members who can't leave home still join the group.
The plan that usually fits
Growth, $99 a month
Growth adds attendance insights, so you notice when someone stops calling, and 5 co-hosts for staff and volunteers.
For example, a 20-minute weekday check-in with 10 residents uses about 4,340 participant-minutes a month. On Growth that's $124.20 a month: $99 for the plan and $25.20 for 840 minutes over, at 3¢ each.
Growth
$99 a month
or $990 a year, two months free
- Your own local number and conference room
- 3,500 participant-minutes a month
- Up to 75 callers at once
- 5 co-hosts
- Overage 3¢ a minute
- Recordings, downloadable for 7 days
- Attendance insights
- A second US or Canadian number, $5 a month
Questions
Do participants need internet access?
No. CommonLine is a phone call, so a landline is all anyone needs.
What if someone forgets to hang up?
If they're the only one left on the line for 20 minutes, they're asked to press pound to stay. Otherwise the call ends.
Can staff run the call without being at a computer?
Yes. The keypad controls work from any phone: *6 mutes everyone and *7 locks the room.
Give your group a number.
Plans from $39 a month. No app, no access codes.
Get your number