Your parents
The people scammers target most, and the least likely to spot a polished pitch. Set it up together, with their say-so. Afterwards either of you can look up any call and why it was handled the way it was.
Scam call protection for the whole family
Protect yourself
and your
loved ones.
Forward a phone to PhoneShield and it answers the calls nobody should have to. Numbers already reported as scams are turned away before the phone rings. Family and favorites ring straight through. Anyone else tells a front desk who they are and why they are calling first. It takes about ten minutes to set up, for a parent, a spouse, your kids or yourself, and everyone keeps their own number and phone.
Their number stays the same. Any carrier, any phone that can forward calls.
A moment with PhoneShieldExample call
Unknown numberA stranger with a polished story
PhoneShield
Hi, you’ve reached Margaret’s line. This is the front desk. Who’s calling, and what’s it about?
Caller
This is James from the underwriting department. Margaret’s $5,000 approval expires today.
Declined as a loan scam. Margaret’s phone did not ring.
What it does
Turns away reported scam numbers
Lets family ring through
Asks strangers who they are
Four minutes
The tale of two calls.
A scammer and a daughter call the same phone, and only one gets through. Four minutes on what PhoneShield does with each call, and why your parent keeps their number, their phone and their habits.
Who it protects
Built for a parent first.
Good for anyone you answer for.
Yourself
Your time is valuable. Strangers explain themselves to the front desk first, and the calls that matter ring straight through.
Your spouse and kids
One plan for the family’s phones. Each person keeps their own number, app and call history, and each further line is less.
The people in your care
Caregivers, fiduciaries, trustees and senior living teams protect the people whose safety and savings they answer for.
What the shield does
What happens to each call,
and what you get to see.
Every call has context
Find out who’s calling and why before deciding what needs your attention.
Messages worth coming back to
Keep messages and conversation transcripts together, ready when you have a moment.
A welcome that sounds like you
Give your assistant a greeting, a personality, and the details callers need to know.
Your phone, your rules
Open, Do not disturb, or Receptionist: you choose whether callers ring you, meet Nora, or leave a message.
A buffer for unwanted calls
Your own block list plus a shared list built from confirmed scam verdicts, customer reports and FTC complaints, refused before answer, with the reason shown in history.
One clear workspace
Review calls, manage your numbers, and adjust your assistant without jumping between tools. Every call shows Blocked, Shielded, Rang you, Message or Assistant, and the reason.
How it works
Three steps between a scammer
and your parent’s phone.
01 / FORWARD
Their number stays the same
Subscribe and we assign a PhoneShield number. Forward the phone to it with one carrier code. Nobody they know has to learn anything new.
02 / REFUSE AND SORT
Reported scammers are turned away
Numbers on the shared scam list and in the FTC’s daily complaint data are refused before the phone rings. Family and favorites ring straight through. Everyone else answers one question at the front desk.
03 / RING THEM, OR YOU
Real calls get through, with a name
A caller with a real reason rings the PhoneShield app like any phone call, with their name on the screen. Questions go to Nora, the assistant. Sales pitches and scam scripts are declined. Each call is listed in the app with what happened and why.
Watch it done
It comes down to two things.
Four minutes to see it all.
Put the PhoneShield app on the iPhone, then tell the iPhone to forward to PhoneShield. Calls that pass ring the app like any other call. Captions are burned in, so it plays fine on mute.
Your shield against phone scams
The calls that get through
are the ones designed to.
Fifty billion robocalls a year, most of them from call centers that paid a hundred dollars for a fake caller ID. Carrier labels catch the old numbers; the newest ones ring anyway. PhoneShield puts a front desk between the caller and the person you love.
52.5 billionrobocalls placed to U.S. phones in 2025. More than half were telemarketing or scam calls, up 15% in a year.
$15.9 billionlost to fraud in 2025 by people who reported it to the FTC, the highest on record and about a quarter more than 2024. Impersonation scams led for the fifth year.
$7.75 billionlost by Americans over 60 in 2025, up 59% in one year. One in five complaints, more than a third of the money.
Set it up for a parent in ten minutes.
Numbers already reported as scams are refused before the phone rings. Family rings straight through. Everyone else explains themselves to the front desk. A scam verdict blocks that number on your line at once, and on every PhoneShield line when a second line, a known scam script or FTC complaints confirm it. Your parent keeps their number, their phone and their habits, and the call history shows how each call was handled and why.
Repeated complaints in the FTC's daily Do Not Call data block a number too, and every scam we decline comes with a complaint ready to file.
Screening reduces the calls that reach a person. It cannot guarantee that every scam is detected. Figures are published 2025 totals; sources on the scam-protection page.
Not only for parents
Peace of mind for anyone
who answers a phone.
If you stopped answering unknown numbers
Strangers tell the front desk who they are first. The doctor’s office gets through; the warranty pitch does not.
If you work for yourself
A new client reaches you or leaves a real message while you are busy. Sales pitches and scam calls do not ring your phone.
If you run a small business
Every caller gets a polite answer, even when you are with a customer, and impersonation calls aimed at small businesses meet the same screening.
The details, up front
A few things to know.
What does the flat price include?
$29.99 a month covers one line: your PhoneShield number, scam calls refused before they ring, a front desk that screens everyone else, messages, calls that ring you, and 150 minutes a month of Nora, the assistant. There is no monthly minimum and no per-minute charge for screening.
What is metered?
Only Nora’s talk time. The first 150 assistant minutes each month are included; after that, each minute is $0.12. Scam refusals, front-desk screening, messages and calls that ring you are unlimited and not metered. Once Nora connects a caller to you, the rest of that call is not metered either. At 300 assistant minutes you pay $47.99; at 900, $119.99.
Are there any additional charges?
Prices are in USD before taxes. International and toll-free calls, extra numbers, SMS, custom tools, premium model upgrades and custom integrations are outside the plan and need a separate quote. Your current carrier may charge for forwarding.
Can I protect both parents, or more than one phone?
Yes. Each further line is $19.99 a month ($199 a year on a yearly plan) on the same bill. From your Billing page, send an invite by email; they accept with their own account and get their own PhoneShield number, call history and app sign-in, each with 150 Nora minutes a month. Remove a line any time; billing is prorated.
Can I keep my existing phone number?
Yes. Keep your current number and forward it to your PhoneShield number. Vetted calls then ring you in the PhoneShield iPhone app, like any phone call. No second line, no new SIM. Without an iPhone, they can ring a second number you choose instead.
Is there a free trial, a cheaper tier, or a contract?
No trial, no tiers, no contract. One plan, monthly or yearly (two months free), plus a lower price for each further line: you subscribe, we assign your number, and you can cancel any time from the billing page. PhoneShield is in early access, so the pilot is new and we confirm your setup before you route your main number.
Does a plan include appointment booking or human backup?
Calendar booking and a human backup team are not included. Notifications by Telegram, email, Slack or webhook are, and Nora can connect a caller to you. Tell us which workflows you need so we can assess them before you commit.
Your next call can
take care of itself.
Set up a receptionist that works your way.