Pick a line. Twenty-one calls on the board — a final-round interviewer, a salary negotiation, a guilt-tripping relative, a murder mystery for the whole table. Each briefing tells you the mission before you dial.
The phone rings. An AI character answers — synthetic voice, live and unscripted, improvising against you in real time. Not an actor, not a recording, never the same call twice. It interrupts, goes quiet on purpose, and pushes back like the real thing.
Get judged. When you hang up, the switchboard scores the call — what you did well, where you caved or hedged, and the exact moment that decided it, quoted back to you. Win stars, build XP, and after five rated calls, earn your Operator Rating.
Solo lines train you for conversations that count. Game night lines run on speakerphone — phone flat in the middle of the table, the Operator hosts the whole room.
| First call, every day | FREE | Full length, no card, no account. Come back tomorrow, it's free again. |
| 5 call credits | $4.99 | Never expire. One credit per solo call. |
| 12 call credits | $9.99 | Never expire. Game night lines cost 2 — they run the whole table. |
| Game Night Pass | $7.99 | 24 hours of unlimited calls. One phone covers everyone at the table. |
| Operator Plus | $9.99/mo | For the daily training habit. Cancel anytime. |
Payment is one tap with Google Pay or Apple Pay, handled by Stripe. Purchases attach to your Caller File — a random operator number, no email or password — so your credits follow you to any device. The Operator can also dial your real phone (US & Canada), now or scheduled up to an hour ahead; real-phone calls are capped per day to keep the lines open for everyone.
Characters also escalate as you improve — the switchboard deals surprise wrinkles into most calls, so a line you've beaten stays dangerous.
No — every character is an AI with a synthetic voice, improvising live. Nothing is pre-recorded and no human is on the line. That's the point: you can push, argue, and fail with zero social consequences.
No email, no password, ever. Your progress lives in your browser. If you want it to follow you across devices — or you buy credits — the switchboard opens a Caller File: a random operator number like OP-XXXX-XXXX that you can enter on any device. Tap FILE ▸ at the top of the board.
We don't store recordings of your calls, and transcripts exist only long enough to run the call and score it. Your microphone streams only during a live call. Full details in the privacy policy.
Yes — US and Canada. On any line's briefing, choose CALL MY REAL PHONE, enter your number, and pick now or up to an hour out. The call opens by confirming you expected it. Only use your own number; calls placed to prank someone who didn't consent are against the rules.
Allow the microphone when your browser asks (look for the mic icon in the address bar if you missed it). Use an up-to-date Chrome or Safari. On solo calls, headphones prevent echo; on speakerphone game nights, a quiet-ish room helps the Operator hear the table.
On rated lines the judge scores six dials — silence tolerance, concession resistance, frame control, consistency, recovery, and hedging — and must quote your actual words as evidence. After five rated calls you get an Operator Rating (OPR) that moves like a chess rating: beat lines above your level, it climbs.
Difficulty. ●○○ is a warm-up, ●●○ pushes back hard, ●●● is full heat. The ~minutes shown next to them is a typical call length.
Email operatorcalls@protonmail.com with your operator number (tap FILE ▸ to see it) and what happened — we'll make it right. Stripe emails your receipt at purchase.
Use the link in your Stripe receipt email, or email operatorcalls@protonmail.com with your operator number and we'll cancel it — no retention script, we promise.
No. The Operator is practice and entertainment — a sparring ring, not a licensed professional. The characters are fiction. If a call touches something heavy, the lines we don't cross explain how characters step out of the fiction.
The switchboard answers at operatorcalls@protonmail.com — support, billing, deletion requests, press, or team pilots. Or call the hotline and tell the Operator yourself: (689) 488-9041.
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