App Comparison · 2025
The best speech coaching apps — and what makes each one different
There are several good options in this space, and they're genuinely different from each other. The right choice depends on what you actually need from voice training.
The speech coaching app category has grown significantly — there are now apps for AI feedback on presentations, curriculum-based speaking courses, impromptu practice, and dedicated voice and breathing training. These are not the same thing. What you need depends on whether your goal is analysis, habit-building, or immediate pre-speaking preparation.
Below is an honest comparison of the main options.
Astound
This appBreathing & voice warmup exercises designed by a professional voice coach. Targets the physical mechanics of speaking: breath support, resonance, articulation. Daily routines, voice journal, real-time pitch/tempo feedback.
Best for: Building a lasting voice habit — anyone who wants their voice to work for them every day, not just in one context.
Speeko
Curriculum-based public speaking app with courses and daily lessons on tone, articulation, and confidence.
Best for: Learning public speaking through a course-style format.
Orai
AI-powered feedback on presentations and speech — analyzes pacing, filler words, and energy in real time.
Best for: Getting AI feedback on prepared presentations and rehearsed speeches.
Yoodli
AI speech analytics for professional contexts — tracks filler words, pacing, body language via webcam.
Best for: Post-presentation analysis and interview prep on desktop.
Patter AI
Impromptu speaking practice with interactive daily prompts.
Best for: Practicing thinking on your feet with short prompts.
What makes Astound different
Our stance
Stop worrying about filler words. Instead, focus on your breathing and how it can change your voice.
In the age of AI-polished everything, the occasional "um" is not the enemy. It can be a sign that you're thinking, choosing your words, and sounding human. Astound is built for something deeper: a stronger vocal presence, steadier breath, and the confidence that comes from practicing.
Astound's exercise library was designed by Leila Bostic, a professional voice coach with years of one-on-one client work. The exercises target the mechanics: diaphragmatic breathing, resonance placement, articulation, breath support under pressure. This is the same work that professional speakers, actors, and broadcasters do — made accessible and guided for daily practice.
The other meaningful difference is privacy. Astound's voice recordings stay on your device. There's no server-side AI processing of your voice.
4.7
App Store rating
★
Featured by Apple
Pro
Human-designed exercises
Which app is right for you
If you want to build a lasting daily voice habit and improve your breathing and resonance
→ Astound — designed for exactly this, with daily routines and a 30-day challenge.
If you want AI feedback on a recorded presentation or speech
→ Orai or Yoodli — both give detailed analytics on delivery.
If you want a structured course in public speaking
→ Speeko — curriculum format works well if you prefer lessons over exercises.
If you want to warm up your voice right before a presentation, meeting, or call
→ Astound — the 3-minute pre-speaking warmup packs are built for exactly this.
If you want to address speech anxiety, hoarseness, mumbling, or specific voice issues
→ Astound — the wellbeing packs address these specifically with exercises from a trained voice coach.
Try Astound for free
Download Astound on iPhone.
Free download, with premium plans starting at $6.49/month. 4.7 stars. Featured by Apple.
Get Astound for iPhoneAstound is an iOS voice and speech coaching app. Visit astoundthem.com or search "Astound Voice & Speech Coach" on the App Store.