Orai Alternatives: Which Public Speaking App Should You Try Next?

What Orai does well

As of October 2026, Orai's site calls it a "friendly pocket coach" for a few minutes a day, and its App Store listing describes feedback on filler words, pace, clarity, energy, confidence and conciseness, with transcripts, short lessons, and scripted or freestyle practice for presentations, interviews, meetings and pitches. It runs on iOS, Android and the web. In-app prices listed on the App Store were $12.99 a month, $49.99 a year or $99.99 lifetime. The listing shows English as its language.

That's a good tool for one job: you speak alone, it measures. If you're looking elsewhere, it's usually for one of the reasons below. We make Speaking Coach, one of the alternatives, so read our take with that in mind.

Feature table, as of October 2026

If you want a partner who talks back

Recording alone trains delivery. It doesn't train the moment someone interrupts with "But why would we pay for that?" Practice with a partner fixes that.

• Speaking Coach (ours) gives you an AI voice partner who plays the other side: an interviewer who has read your CV, an audience that asks about your slides, a manager, a customer or a stranger at a party. It follows up on what you actually said. You can pause with "I need a moment" or ask "Help me" for a sentence to start from. Afterwards: pace, fillers, long pauses and tips quoting your words, then a 90-second retry of the moment you fumbled.
• Yoodli runs roleplays and audience simulations in the browser, with a free start of 5 sessions.
• Huru is free for job seekers if your goal is interviews, with an AI interviewer that asks follow-ups.

If you want feedback in another language

Orai's App Store listing shows English only. Speaking Coach's screens, voice partner and feedback work in 20 languages, including Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil) and Chinese (Simplified). Huru lists English, Spanish, Portuguese, German and French for its interviews.

If you want presentation-specific practice

• PowerPoint Speaker Coach is free in preview, per Microsoft, and flags when you read your slides, plus pace, fillers and pitch. English only.
• Speaking Coach lets you add slides as a PDF, swipe through them like a clicker while you speak, then answer the questions your audience would ask.

If you just want different drills

Speeko is the closest like-for-like swap: short daily exercises, vocal warm-ups, notecards and analysis of pace, fillers, intonation and word choice, on phone, Mac and web. Vocal Image leans toward the voice itself: pitch, tone, articulation and breathing.

Keep using Orai if…

• you mainly read a script and want to sound smoother;
• filler counts and a clarity score motivate you;
• you like a low annual price and a short daily habit.

Adding one partner session a week to an Orai habit is often better than switching entirely. For the habit side, see how to stop saying um, or check your fillers with our free filler word counter.