Dry Run · Rehearse your way to a raise

Rehearse the conversation
that's worth thousands.

Out loud. Against an opponent who fights back. While a coach on your phone grades how you actually sound — before you walk into the room.

On-device speech analysis · your salary numbers never leave your phone · works offline after a one-time setup download
What you're about to say
"I was hoping maybe we could look at a raise, if that's okay?"
Asks permission. Names no number. Hands them the frame.
What wins the room
"Based on the scope I've taken on, I'd like to move my base to 92." (then say nothing)
Anchors high. Backed by a reason. The silence makes them blink first.

You don't lose because you don't know the tactics.

You lose because your voice shakes and you fill the silence. Dry Run fixes the part no book can: your delivery under pressure.

01 · REHEARSE

Talk to an opponent who pushes back

Pick the room — raise ask, offer counter, freelance rate. An AI recruiter, manager, or client flinches, deflects, and stonewalls exactly like the real one. Difficulty 1 to 5.

02 · GET SCORED

A coach that hears the tells you can't

On-device, live: your anchor, your hedge words, your pace, and the 3-second silence after your ask. It flags the one leak costing you the most — as you speak.

03 · RUN IT AGAIN

One fix. Then do it over.

Not twelve techniques — one swap per round. Cut your hedge rate from 9% to 2% in six two-minute reps, until the strong line is the automatic one.

DELIVERY  ██████░░░░  62 / 100
Anchor✅ opened at 98 — aimed high
Hedge rate⚠️ 6.4% — "just", "maybe" ×3
Silence after ask❌ 0.8s — you filled the pause
Pace⚠️ 188 wpm — you sped up
Concession✅ held your ground
Your one fix: state the number, count to three, say nothing.

The silence is the whole game.

Amateurs make a clean ask and then talk themselves back down. Dry Run is the only coach that times the pause after your number — on-device, from your live mic — and rewards you with a haptic tap when you hold it. That single habit is worth more than every tactic in every book.

One skill. Three ways in.

Read it, rehearse it, or pin it to the wall. Same scripts, three storefronts.

Teach · Kindle

Negotiate This Not That

$9.99 Kindle
  • Word-for-word scripts for the raise, the counter, the four objections
  • The hedge lexicon and its swaps
  • Readers unlock the Comeback Deck free
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Do · iOS app

Dry Run Pro

$7.99/mo
  • Unlimited voice rehearsals, all scenarios, difficulty 1–5
  • Live on-device delivery meter + one-fix coaching
  • $39.99/yr · or a $29.99 90-day Offer Season Pass
  • Free tier: 2 full rehearsals, no signup
Start free on iPhone
Show · the deck

The Comeback Deck

$14.99 print PDF
  • 12 illustrated objection→comeback one-sheets
  • Each: the line, the number, the body cue
  • Unlock inside the app, or print-ready PDF here
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Questions people ask before their first ask

Do my salary numbers get uploaded anywhere?

No. The speech analysis runs entirely on your device using Apple's on-device speech engine. Your audio, your numbers, and your saved sessions stay on your phone (Face ID-gated). When the opponent needs to reply, only your words go over the network — with every number stripped out first. Most competitors score your audio in the cloud. We don't.

Is this just ChatGPT with extra steps?

ChatGPT will happily write you a script. It can't hear you deliver it. Dry Run's whole job is the delivery: measuring your hedges, your pace, and the silence after your ask from your live microphone, and handing you one fix at a time until the strong line is automatic.

I only negotiate once a year. Why subscribe?

You don't have to. Grab the $29.99 Offer Season Pass — 90 days of everything, one payment, prep for your one negotiation, done. The subscription is for people negotiating raises, offers, and freelance rates on the regular.

Will it actually push back, or just agree with me?

It's built to be able to beat you. Stonewaller mode deflects, guilt-trips, and never moves first — and if you're already good, it escalates the difficulty automatically. A rehearsal you always win teaches nothing.

Is this financial or legal advice?

No — it's rehearsal. Dry Run helps you practice how you communicate. It doesn't advise on your specific offer or contract.

Get the first script + the launch invite

Drop your email. We'll send you the raise-ask script from Chapter 3 free, and the TestFlight invite when Dry Run opens.