Choose Betsy over ConfirmOk if you want Mom doing more than pressing 1 and #. Betsy, a computer voice, phones at the hour she picks, talks for about ten minutes about her life and remembers it. If she mentions a fall, an illness or someone after her money, you hear the same day. $2 a day, billed $60 a month.
We make Betsy. ConfirmOk’s facts are from its own site, checked November 5, 2026.
At a glance
| Betsy | ConfirmOk | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A ten-minute phone conversation about her life, every day, at the hour she picks | An automated daily call at a scheduled time; she presses 1 and # |
| Who makes the call | A computer voice that says what it is on every call | A recorded prompt |
| How long a call lasts | About ten minutes; Betsy talks a third of the time, and the rest is Mom’s | Long enough to press 1 and #, or to leave a voice recording |
| What the family hears | One story on Sunday; the same day for a fall, an illness or someone after her money | Whether she confirmed, and any voice recording she leaves |
| Phone needed | Any phone that rings: cell, landline or flip phone | Any landline or cell phone |
| Anything to install, wear or charge | Nothing | “No app, no pendant, no equipment to charge.” |
| Price | $2 a day, billed $60 a month, for a ten-minute conversation every day | $14.99 a month or $149 a year, for a press-1 call every day |
Pick Betsy if…
- You want her asked about her life, by somebody who remembers the answer tomorrow.
- She’d mention the young man from the bank, if somebody asked. Now and then Betsy does: “Anybody call you about money this week?”
- You want to hear about that man the same day, in her words.
- You’d like one story on Sunday that gives you something to ask her.
- You want the same voice from the same number, one that never asks for money and stops when she says stop.
What does she get out of the call?
“They press 1 and # to confirm they’re OK.”
ConfirmOk home page
With Betsy she gets asked. That is most of it. Betsy wants to know who told the Hendersons about the fence, and she’ll want to know how it came out tomorrow. Somebody who asks about the fence is also somebody to tell about the man on the phone, and people who are targeted lose money when they have nobody to tell. A call sounds like this.
So who told the Hendersons about the fence?
I did, and I’d do it again.
Good. Anybody call you about money this week?
A young man from the bank. He wanted me to read him the number on my card, to fix a problem with my account.
Huh. Did you?
I told him I’d go down there myself, and he got short with me.
That one I pass along to Sarah, so she’ll hear it today. Same time tomorrow?
Same time tomorrow.
Betsy tells Margaret when she passes something on, and everything else stays hers. More on a mother who keeps getting scam calls.
What do you get to talk about on Sunday?
Something better than “Are you eating?” On Sunday you get one text from Betsy, with one line and one story: “Margaret had a good week. Ask her about the summer she worked the Dairy Queen window in 1961.” The story is only ever one she okayed. It sends you back to your mother with something to ask, and she gets to tell it again, to you. The way to hear more is to call Mom.
On Sunday, you get one text.
Betsy vs Iamfine covers another press-1 call, Betsy vs county and sheriff programs covers the public ones, and what Betsy is has the whole picture.
What ConfirmOk is
ConfirmOk, from ConfirmOk LLC, is an automated daily call at a scheduled time: she presses 1 and # to confirm she is okay. Individuals and families pay $14.99 a month or $149 a year, and sheriffs and police departments buy it at custom prices. Its site is confirmok.com.
What we checked and when
- The automated call, “They press 1 and # to confirm they’re OK,” and the prices for families and agencies: confirmok.com, November 5, 2026.
- Voice recordings she can leave during a check-in: confirmok.com, November 5, 2026.
- Any landline or cell phone, and no app, pendant or equipment: ConfirmOk RUOK page, November 5, 2026.
- ConfirmOk LLC: ConfirmOk Terms, November 5, 2026.
Questions people ask
What makes Betsy different from ConfirmOk?
Betsy asks Mom about her life for about ten minutes and remembers it. ConfirmOk’s home page says she presses 1 and # to confirm. With Betsy, you also get one story on Sunday to ask her about.
Does Betsy work on a landline?
Yes. Any phone that rings works, including a landline or a flip phone. There is no app, no pendant and nothing to charge.
Does Betsy remember what Mom told her?
Yes, every conversation. Each call starts where the last one ended, so she never has to tell a story twice unless she wants to.
Will Betsy ever ask for money?
Never, not for anything. She says so on the first call, and now and then she asks, “Anybody call you about money this week?”
Sources
- ConfirmOk, home page, read November 5, 2026. confirmok.com
- ConfirmOk, RUOK page, read November 5, 2026. confirmok.com
- ConfirmOk, Terms of Service, read November 5, 2026. confirmok.com
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