The best public speaking apps, sorted by how you need to practise
Choose a public-speaking app by the gap in your next talk: delivery feedback, audience rehearsal or the structure of the message. A filler-word count is useful only when it helps a listener follow what you mean.
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Choose a public-speaking app by the gap in your next talk: delivery feedback, audience rehearsal or the structure of the message. A filler-word count is useful only when it helps a listener follow what you mean.
The comparison below uses public product descriptions and access terms. It is not a hands-on ranking of learning outcomes. Choose the row that fits the task, then inspect a sample before committing.
Check before choosingTry an explanation and a practice task. Cadence is ours.
The apps
Every app, with what it is bad at.
Start with the job you need the app to do, then read the tradeoff.
01
Orai
Recorded speaking practice and delivery feedback
Orai describes feedback on pace, filler words, clarity and energy, with guided exercises. Compare that feedback with the purpose of the talk and a listener's understanding rather than chasing a single delivery score.
Best for
Revising a short spoken attempt using delivery feedback.
Not for
Establishing factual correctness or how a particular audience will respond.
Price
The pricing page offers a seven-day trial and monthly, annual and lifetime paid options. A permanent free app tier was not verified.
Yoodli offers spoken roleplays and presentation practice with feedback. It has individual and team plans. Use the feedback as a prompt to inspect your response, not as proof that a real listener will agree or react the same way.
Best for
Repeating a spoken attempt and reviewing delivery or content feedback.
Not for
Confidential rehearsal without checking the plan's data terms, or replacing a qualified coach or required workplace process.
Price
Starter includes five roleplays over the account's lifetime; Pro lists ten per week and Advanced unlimited. Starter and Pro data may improve the platform; Advanced and team data are excluded from AI training under the current pricing terms.
VirtualSpeech offers browser and VR practice, including presentations and difficult-conversation scenarios. Feedback and features depend on the exercise and device. Body-language tracking on the presentation page requires a headset.
Best for
Rehearsing a supported situation in a simulated audience or conversation setting.
Not for
Assuming every VR feature works in a browser or that a simulation predicts a real person's response.
Price
Lite is a limited free VR app, without saved progress. Full access is paid; check exercise, device and subscription requirements.
Speeko describes basic speaking insights and paid guidance and exercises. Its current subscription page supports iOS, macOS, Android and web. Inspect whether the feedback helps with your particular talk.
Best for
Reviewing delivery and trying another version with guided prompts.
Not for
A substitute for checking the content or rehearsing with an appropriate real listener.
Price
Free basic insights; Pro adds guidance and exercises. Check the current plan and platform.
Instructor-led business, technical and creative courses
LinkedIn Learning offers courses and learning paths, with video, audio and text formats. Quizzes, exercise files and certificates depend on the course and access route. Look for the exact topic, level and software version you need.
Best for
Following a named instructor's course, especially when an employer, school or participating library provides access.
Not for
Assuming every course includes personal feedback or that every certificate is a professional qualification.
Price
Individual access comes through eligible Premium plans. Organisation and participating-library access may cover the cost; check your eligibility.
Cadence turns a speaking goal into an ordered course of short daily lessons. It can teach structure, audience thinking, explanation, and preparation, then ask you to work through a written or spoken practice response using the lesson you just finished.
Best for
Building the ideas behind clearer speaking over several days, especially for workplace presentations, updates, and difficult questions.
Not for
Automatic feedback on pace, filler words, tone, volume, eye contact, or body language. Cadence can assess the words in a spoken response after transcription, but it does not score how your voice sounds.
Price
Free to start, with 2 new lessons a day, audio and 4 lesson voices included, and 2 new custom courses a month. Plus makes new lessons, new courses, practice, and Ask Coach unlimited, adds 8 more voices for 12 in total, and raises live voice practice to 15 minutes a day, for US$49.99 a year on the web, with a 7-day trial.
Original example: explain a fictional project delay to colleagues in about two minutes. First record the message. Second, revise one issue such as a buried main point. Third, ask a willing listener to repeat the decision or next step they heard. The time limit is an exercise choice, not a speaking rule.
A clear attempt should name what changed, why it matters and what the audience needs to do. If the listener cannot find the request, adding faster pacing or removing every filler may not solve the problem.
Use the same scenario across attempts so you can see what changed. This checks your own talk; it is not evidence that a particular app improves performance.
Before you choose
Check the real constraints.
VirtualSpeech lists browser access on a laptop or tablet, with VR optional. Choose a presentation exercise first, then check which feedback it supports on your device. Browser access does not establish that every headset feature is available. Orai lists a trial; Speeko currently lists multiple platforms.
Yoodli lets you choose an audience for a practice speech and opt into follow-up questions. That is a different choice from rehearsing in a simulated room. Its individual plans have different recording limits and data-training terms. Use a fictional speech until you have checked what recording is permitted.
Put it into practice
Start it today, ten minutes at a time.
Cadence builds a course around your own goal instead of a catalogue, with short daily lessons, practice and saved progress. Cadence is our app.
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Questions
Common questions.
Which app helps with presentation nerves?
A rehearsal tool may make repeated practice easier, but this comparison does not establish treatment for anxiety or guarantee confidence. Choose support appropriate to your needs.
Should I remove every filler word?
Judge whether the message is understandable and appropriate to the audience. A delivery score is one input, not the whole goal.
Do I need a VR headset?
VirtualSpeech lists browser access on a laptop or tablet, with VR optional. A headset is needed for VR exercises. Check the exact activity, feedback and plan before choosing hardware or access.
How were these recommendations checked?
We reviewed the linked public product and access pages on 29 September 2026, then rechecked Yoodli presentation practice and VirtualSpeech browser access on 9 October 2026. Features are vendor descriptions, not measured learning outcomes. Our examples are proposed checks, and current offers may differ.
See it in concrete terms
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Explore these related Cadence course pages for a public example and the stated scope. Cadence is our app; choose it when the course fits your goal.
Use-case comparison of the linked public product descriptions, access boundaries and stated tradeoffs. Original examples or personal fit checks are labelled; no comparative learner-outcome test was run.
What we checked directly: Full public source review completed on 29 September 2026; Yoodli presentation practice and VirtualSpeech browser access rechecked on 9 October 2026. Entry sources support product descriptions; access and pricing links support the stated limits. We did not subscribe or test private account features.
Limits of this review: We did not run a comparative learner-outcome test or inspect every private account feature. Features and offers can vary by plan, region and platform. Vendor descriptions are not independent proof of effectiveness. Our proposed checks help inspect fit and do not predict outcomes.
