Affordable international calls to landlines and mobiles from your browser
Call banks, clients, government offices, and anyone overseas without contracts within seconds. No hidden fees. Pay only for the minutes you use.
- First minute on us
- No card required
Calls to United States from $0.02 a minute.
Sign up and call. First minute on us, no card details.
01Coverage
Reach 220+ countries.
Calls land on the local phone network at the far end, so whoever you are calling just hears their phone ring.
- Billing
- Per minute
- Voice quality
- HD
- To install
- No app
02Destinations
Choose your calling destination.
Point at anywhere on earth and see what a minute costs, before you sign up for anything.
03Rates
Know what it costs before you press call.
Read off the digits, quoted before you dial.
Per minute, with part of a minute counting as a full one. The price you see on the keypad is the price you pay.
04Why this
The other options each break somewhere.
Roaming works, and then the bill arrives. A local SIM gives you a number nobody has. Apps only reach people who installed the same app.
From $0.02$4.00
The struck price is what AT&T charges per minute to call while you are abroad, published on their own site. Ours is the cheapest on our card, and every other rate is on it too.
Airlophone
- Reaches any phone: yes
- Nothing for them to install: yes
- You keep your number: yes
- Works in a browser: yes
Roaming on your own plan
- Reaches any phone: yes
- Nothing for them to install: yes
- You keep your number: yes
- Works in a browser: no
A local SIM
- Reaches any phone: yes
- Nothing for them to install: yes
- You keep your number: no
- Works in a browser: no
Calling apps
- Reaches any phone: no
- Nothing for them to install: no
- You keep your number: yes
- Works in a browser: yes
05How it works
Three steps. No setup, no settings, no app.
- 01
Type the number
We read the country and whether it is a landline or a mobile straight off the digits, and show the price before you dial.
- 02
Press call
The call leaves over a carrier network and arrives on the ordinary phone line at the other end. Their phone just rings.
- 03
Pay from your credit
Billed per minute, with part of a minute counting as a full one. Whatever credit is left stays on your account.
06What you pay
No surprises on the bill.
Your first minute is free
No card, no sign-up. Hear it connect and decide after.
You see the price before you dial
Landline or mobile, we read it off the digits. What you are quoted is what you pay.
No answer costs you nothing
Rings out or hits a busy tone, and you are not charged a cent.
No hidden fees
No connection fee, no surcharge, no monthly bill. Only the minutes you use.
Your credit never expires
Top up once and it waits for you, however long between calls.
07What it does
Enough to get through to a real person.
Most calls that matter are to a bank, an airline or an office, and all of them answer with a menu before a person does.
Get your own number
A US or Canada number for $5.00 a month, so people can call you back. It rings in the same browser tab.
Show a number they recognise
Verify a number you already own and present it as your caller ID, so the call does not arrive from a stranger.
Phone menus work
Press 1 for English, key in an account number, enter a reference. The keypad stays live for the whole call.
It holds through the queue
The line lasts as long as the call does. Hold time bills per minute like any other minute, with the running cost on screen.
08In practice
Real phone lines
Calls land on the ordinary network. Whoever you are calling needs nothing installed.
Anywhere with a browser
Hotel wifi, a borrowed laptop, an airport lounge. There is nothing to carry.
Set up in seconds
Open a tab and dial. No SIM to buy on arrival, no plan to activate, no number to change.
Can I call my bank, or a government office?
Yes, and this is what most people are here for. Any published number works: banks, embassies, immigration lines, tax offices, utilities, a landlord. You are placing an ordinary phone call, so anything you could reach from a normal phone, you can reach from here.
What about phone menus, press 1 for English?
The keypad stays live for the whole call, so you can work through a phone tree exactly as you would on a handset: press 1, enter an account number, key in a reference. Nothing about the menu knows or cares that you are calling from a browser.
What if I am on hold for forty minutes?
The line holds. Long queues are the normal case for the numbers people call here, so the call is built to survive them rather than drop at twenty minutes. You are charged per minute for the whole call, hold time included, the same as any phone.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. Unused credit goes back to the card you paid with. A call that rings out, hits a busy tone or never connects is not charged at all, so there is nothing to claim back for one. We do not refund credit already spent on calls that connected, and an account suspended for fraud or abuse is not eligible.
What number does the person I call see?
By default, a number we assign. If you rent a number of your own you can show that instead, and then a callback reaches you. Either way it is not your real number, so a bank that verifies you by the number you called from will ask you to confirm another way.
Can I use this to receive a verification code?
Probably not. You can rent a number that receives calls and texts, but most banks reject internet phone numbers for verification codes on purpose. Keep your normal number for two-factor codes.
Can I call emergency services?
No, and this is the one worth reading twice. We cannot reach 911, 999, 112 or any equivalent, and we cannot tell a dispatcher where you are. Keep a mobile or a landline for emergencies.
Does the person I am calling need anything?
No. You are calling their ordinary phone number, so their phone rings the way it always does. No account, no app, no internet connection, and it works on a landline.
What happens if the call does not connect?
You are not charged. The first minute is free and needs no card, so a call that fails costs you nothing.
Do I need an account?
Yes. You sign in with Google, or with a link sent to your email, which takes a few seconds and needs no password and no card. The account is what holds your credit and your call history, so a balance you top up is still there the next time you need it. Signing in with Google shares your name, email address and profile picture with us, and nothing else.
Do my credits expire?
No. Top up once and whatever is left is still there on the next trip, next year, whenever you next need to call.