Compare Orai's live practice feedback with speaking.app's recorded review, including Pro rewrites and startup-pitch analysis.
Free: core feedback with limited monthly recordings and one new Learn technique a day. Full analysis, suggested versions, and uploads require Pro.
For interviews, keynotes, investor pitches, and speeches that matter
This is a review of vendor documentation and speaking.app examples, not a hands-on comparison of feedback quality. Missing documentation does not prove a feature is absent.
Made for high-stakes speaking
Choose speaking.app for recorded structure coaching and technique lessons. Consider Orai for feedback during practice and short scenarios.
Rehearse the real talk, or upload a recording you already have, and get feedback on structure, rhetoric, pacing, pauses, and the weak words that creep in.
Choose a question from public or personal sets. Pro maps your answer's structure, shows a suggested version, and selects one focus for another attempt on the same question.
Answer a timed prompt. Pro shows how your original answer is organized, identifies gaps, and compares it with a suggested version. Open a relevant structure lesson, then try again.
Breaks your pitch into the parts investors look for: hook, problem, solution, market, traction, business model, team, and the ask, then flags which parts are solid and which still need covering, with what to add where it runs thin.
Beyond the structure
Review filler words, weak words, repetitions, and rhetorical devices. Compare the original with a suggested rewrite.
Toggle any layer to see what it catches, or switch to the refined version to see the rewrite.
This example shows Pro feedback. Full analysis, rewrites, and uploads require Pro.
Real breakdowns
Pitches, world-champion talks, and TED stages, all broken down in full.
The comparison
| Compared | speaking.app | Orai |
|---|---|---|
| Content and next steps | Pro reviews Answer, Structure, Language, and Delivery for impromptu and interview answers. Compare original and suggested structure, with explanations of weak or missing sections and a framework that fits the question. | Advertises clarity feedback and a concrete coaching suggestion after each attempt. |
| Delivery feedback | Feedback on recorded speech includes pace and fillers; Pro adds the full analysis. | Advertises live practice feedback on filler words, pace, clarity, and energy. |
| Startup pitch practice | Pro analyzes the recorded pitch by element, from the hook and problem to traction and the ask. | Includes investor-pitch rehearsal in its scenario library. |
| When you get feedback | After recording, so you can review before your next attempt. | During practice, followed by a scorecard and coaching tips. This does not establish live meeting integration. |
| Practice format | Solo rehearsal with prompts; Pro also accepts existing recordings. | Scenario-based speaking practice with progress trends and streaks. |
| Price and free tier | A permanent free tier covers the basics: filler words, pace, and a transcript. Pro ($19.99/mo or $99.99/yr) adds rewrites, rhetoric, and pitch and speech analysis, and a one-time $9.99 Week Pass covers a single event. | Advertises a seven-day Pro trial requiring a card, followed by a paid subscription. Check the cancellation terms. |
| Learning and review | 31 speaking techniques with lessons, quizzes, and mixed review. Free opens one new technique a day; Pro has no daily lesson limit. | Scenario practice and a separate paid four-week Orai Journey presentation-skills program. |
| Your next practice attempt | Pro feedback selects one next focus. Record the same question again with the previous tip available; each attempt gets a fresh review. | A scorecard, one concrete fix after practice, and progress trends. |
Pro reviews Answer, Structure, Language, and Delivery for impromptu and interview answers. Compare original and suggested structure, with explanations of weak or missing sections and a framework that fits the question.
Advertises clarity feedback and a concrete coaching suggestion after each attempt.
Feedback on recorded speech includes pace and fillers; Pro adds the full analysis.
Advertises live practice feedback on filler words, pace, clarity, and energy.
Pro analyzes the recorded pitch by element, from the hook and problem to traction and the ask.
Includes investor-pitch rehearsal in its scenario library.
After recording, so you can review before your next attempt.
During practice, followed by a scorecard and coaching tips. This does not establish live meeting integration.
Solo rehearsal with prompts; Pro also accepts existing recordings.
Scenario-based speaking practice with progress trends and streaks.
A permanent free tier covers the basics: filler words, pace, and a transcript. Pro ($19.99/mo or $99.99/yr) adds rewrites, rhetoric, and pitch and speech analysis, and a one-time $9.99 Week Pass covers a single event.
Advertises a seven-day Pro trial requiring a card, followed by a paid subscription. Check the cancellation terms.
31 speaking techniques with lessons, quizzes, and mixed review. Free opens one new technique a day; Pro has no daily lesson limit.
Scenario practice and a separate paid four-week Orai Journey presentation-skills program.
Pro feedback selects one next focus. Record the same question again with the previous tip available; each attempt gets a fresh review.
A scorecard, one concrete fix after practice, and progress trends.
Orai advertises live feedback during practice, scenario prompts, streaks, and progress trends. speaking.app focuses on rehearsal, with feedback on delivery, structure, and rhetoric. Competitor details were reviewed October 20, 2026 and may change.
The verdict
Bottom line: Choose based on the feedback workflow: Orai during practice, or speaking.app for recorded review and Pro rewrites.
Yes, if you want to review a recording and, with Pro, inspect its structure and compare a suggested rewrite. Orai also supports rehearsal for pitches, interviews, and speeches; consider it if you prefer feedback during practice. Both can help you prepare for a specific event.
speaking.app Pro includes original and suggested structure views for impromptu and interview answers, one next focus, rhetorical-device feedback, and startup-pitch reports. Orai advertises live delivery and clarity feedback plus a specific next step after practice. Both support repeated rehearsal; this review does not benchmark the quality of their advice.
Learn teaches 18 speaking structures and 13 rhetorical devices through short lessons, quizzes, and mixed review. Relevant practice feedback links to a technique lesson. Free learners can open one new technique each day and revisit opened techniques without a limit; Pro removes the daily new-technique limit. Orai advertises scenario practice, progress tracking, and a separate paid four-week Orai Journey presentation-skills program. Compare the learning topics and access terms that fit your goal.
Yes. speaking.app works in your phone or desktop browser and can be added to your home screen. Orai links to iOS, Android, and web access. Choose the device and practice format you prefer; a browser is not exclusive to speaking.app.
Yes. The free tier needs no credit card and gives real feedback on impromptu and interview practice: filler words, pace, and a transcript. Pro ($19.99/mo or $99.99/yr) adds framework rewrites, rhetorical-device detection, full speech analysis, spoken startup-pitch analysis, and uploading existing recordings. There is also a one-time $9.99 Week Pass: 7 days of everything in Pro, no subscription. Orai advertises a seven-day Pro trial requiring a card, followed by paid access.
Keep exploring
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Matt Abrahams
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Eoin Quirke
Founder, TRACE Teams
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Dan Goggin
Founder, LogUp
“It helped me turn a rough, jargon-heavy pitch into something much clearer and more compelling.”
Charlie Ward
Founder, Pay Path IQ
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Mohammed Shoaib Malik
CEO & Co-founder, Locanter
“I think the app is fantastic and we should have used it sooner.”
Robert Bordianu
Founder, IDV Exchange
“I am so impressed with how much value this can give to people who want to level up their speaking and receive valuable feedback!”
Verity Price
2021 World Champion of Public Speaking
“The rewritten version and the filler-word feedback were huge, they showed me exactly where I was using filler words and helped me cut them.”
Eoin Quirke
Founder, TRACE Teams
“I've pitched many times before, but speaking.app took my pitch to the next level. I felt more confident and polished on the day.”
Paul Murnane
Founder, DocuSmart AI
“Someone in the group said: 'Wow, your opening was so good.' I said, 'I got it from the speaking app.'”
Lynda Wilkes-Green
Founder, Ahlya
“The detail it went into was particularly impressive, with the WPM and Vocal Expression analysis.”
Mohammed Shoaib Malik
CEO & Co-founder, Locanter
“For the subscription fee, it was totally worth it.”
Charlie Ward
Founder, Pay Path IQ
“It did exactly what I needed for the showcase. I'd come back to it for another event and would refer other founders to it.”
Eoin Quirke
Founder, TRACE Teams
“The hard 3-min stop was annoying at first but such a good setup for me to cut excess out.”
Robert Bordianu
Founder, IDV Exchange
“I loved it and learned a lot!”
Luisa Montalvo
2024 World Champion of Public Speaking
“Off the back of how the pitch went, I was introduced to an investor, and I genuinely think that outcome was a direct result of the improvements I made through speaking.app.”
Charlie Ward
Founder, Pay Path IQ
“In the early stages I was also using the recommended adjustments verbatim while I was building out the flesh of my pitch, as I found them to be quite high quality.”
Mohammed Shoaib Malik
CEO & Co-founder, Locanter
Start with an impromptu or interview prompt. Record an answer, review your feedback, and try again.
Free: core feedback with limited monthly recordings and one new Learn technique a day. Full analysis, suggested versions, and uploads require Pro.
