Betsy will never call asking for money. If someone claiming to be her does, it’s a scam. Hang up.

Best of

Best-of lists: services that call or check on an older parent

A woman of 81 in a red tunic ties up bean vines in her backyard, a smartphone pinched at her shoulder, grinning.

Our lists of the best services that call your mother every day, the best check-in calls for a landline, and the best ways to check on Dad without a camera, with how we judged.

  • The best services that call your mother every day (2026)

    Betsy is the best service that calls your mother every day: $2 a day, billed $60 a month, for about ten minutes of real conversation at the hour she picks, in the same voice, from the same number. She remembers every call, and if Mom mentions a fall, an illness or someone after her money, you hear the same day.

  • The best check-in calls for a parent who only has a landline (2026)

    Betsy is the best call for a mother who only has a landline: $2 a day, billed $60 a month, for about ten minutes of conversation on the phone she already has, with no key to press and nothing to install. The caller-ID box, if she has one, reads BETSY. Betsy remembers every conversation.

  • The best ways to check on Dad every day without a camera (2026)

    Betsy is the best way to check on Dad every day without a camera: $2 a day, billed $60 a month. A computer voice calls him at the hour he picks and asks about his life. Nobody watches him. If he mentions a fall, an illness or someone after his money, you hear the same day.

$2 a day.

Betsy calls Mom every day.

Get Mom Betsy

$2 a day, billed $60 a month. If the first week doesn’t make Mom’s day, you pay nothing. Say stop and it stops. Unused months refunded. Or call 1-855-HI-BETSY.

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