Charisma COMPARISON · UPDATED NOV 2, 2026
Orai alternatives
We make Charisma Lab, one of the four alternatives below. If Orai already gives you what you need, keep it. We say where it's the better pick.
Short answer
Pick by how you want to practice.
- Spoken coaching with specific vocal instructions and follow-up practice: Charisma Lab.
- An AI that plays the other person in an interview or a hard conversation, on your phone: Speeko. At a computer: Yoodli.
- Free feedback while you rehearse your slides: Speaker Coach in PowerPoint for the web.
- A full app for less: stay with Orai. Its yearly plan is $49.99, about $4.17 a month, less than any paid plan here.
What Orai does and what it costs
Orai scores each recording on filler words, pace, clarity, energy, confidence and conciseness. You get a scorecard with coaching tips, your transcript and the recording to play back. It also has short lessons, practice scenarios for presentations, interviews, meetings and sales pitches, and a record of your progress across sessions.
On the US App Store, Orai is free to download and lists three plans: $12.99 a month, $49.99 a year and $99.99 for lifetime access. Apple lists it for iPhone, Mac and Apple Vision, and Orai's website also links to an Android app and a web version. Its 3,731 US ratings average 4.6. Orai's App Store listing · Orai's website
At a glance
| APP | FOCUS | US PRICE | RATING |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orai | A score on every rehearsal | $12.99/mo, $49.99/yr, $99.99 lifetime | 4.6 (3,731) |
| Charisma Lab | How you sound: pitch, pace, pauses, volume | $14.99/mo | 4.9 (14) |
| Speeko | Feedback, roleplays and lessons in one app | $24.99/mo, $79.99 to $99.99/yr | 4.7 (4,755) |
| Yoodli | Roleplays for interviews, pitches, sales calls | Free for 5 sessions; Pro $8/mo billed yearly | Web app |
| Speaker Coach | Rehearsing a slide deck | Free in PowerPoint for the web | Part of PowerPoint |
App prices are the in-app purchases listed on each US App Store page. What you're offered at checkout can differ. Ratings are US App Store averages, with the number of ratings in brackets.
Four alternatives to Orai
Charisma Lab
WHAT YOU DO Talk out loud about the moment you're preparing for, then hear your recording played back. The AI coach tells you what to fix, like "drop your pitch on the last three words," and you say it again. Train splits delivery into 48 techniques across six skills. Voice Cam on the home screen shows your volume, pitch and pauses as you talk.
NEXT TO ORAI Orai gives you a scorecard with coaching tips. Charisma Lab's coach gives spoken feedback and follow-up practice.
PICK IT IF you know your material and lose the room on how you say it: statements that rise like questions, a flat voice, sentences that trail off.
BEFORE YOU PAY Made for iPhone and iPad. Setup is free and includes a short live session with the coach. After that the app needs Pro, which is $14.99 a month in the US. That's $2 more than Orai's monthly plan, and Orai's yearly plan costs less than four months of ours. We're new, so we only have 14 ratings. Pricing and canceling · App Store listing
Speeko
WHAT YOU DO Get AI feedback on your pace, filler words, tone and pauses. Practice job interviews, difficult conversations and small talk in AI roleplays it calls Convos. There are lessons and courses too, with training developed with the voice coach Roger Love.
NEXT TO ORAI Similar feedback on your delivery, plus an AI that plays the other person.
PICK IT IF you want feedback, roleplays and lessons in one app.
BEFORE YOU PAY iPhone, iPad and Mac. It's free to download and includes some free exercises. Full Access is $24.99 a month or $99.99 a year, and a plan called Access is listed at $79.99 a year. App Store listing
Yoodli
WHAT YOU DO Practice interviews, pitches and sales calls with AI roleplays in your browser, or upload a recording for feedback.
NEXT TO ORAI Feedback on a talk you rehearse too, plus AI roleplays of work conversations and follow-up questions.
PICK IT IF you rehearse specific work conversations and like doing it at a computer.
BEFORE YOU PAY We found no Yoodli app on the US App Store. The free Starter plan is 5 sessions in total, and any practice over 30 seconds counts as one. Pro is $8 a month billed yearly, for up to 10 roleplays a week. Yoodli's FAQ says it doesn't refund on cancellation, and session data on Starter and Pro may be used to improve the platform. Yoodli pricing · Yoodli alternatives
Speaker Coach in PowerPoint
WHAT YOU DO Rehearse your slide show out loud. Speaker Coach listens to your pacing, pitch, filler words and informal speech, and it notices when you're reading the slide. After each rehearsal you get a report with statistics and suggestions.
NEXT TO ORAI Free, and it coaches the deck you'll actually present: on-screen guidance as you rehearse, then a report.
PICK IT IF you're presenting slides and want a free check on your delivery.
BEFORE YOU PAY Nothing to pay in PowerPoint for the web: sign in with a Microsoft account, save your presentation to OneDrive and open it there. Speaker Coach is also in PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 and in PowerPoint for iPad and Android tablets. You need a microphone and an internet connection. It only understands English, and it works only when Microsoft 365 is set to English. Microsoft's guide
Free alternatives to Orai
Speaker Coach is free in PowerPoint for the web. Yoodli's Starter plan is free for 5 sessions, and Speeko's free download includes some exercises. Charisma Lab isn't free after setup.
The free option with no account at all is your phone's voice recorder. Say the opening of your talk, play it back and listen for the habits Orai would score, like filler words and a rushed pace. How to record yourself practicing a speech covers what to listen for.
Practice out loud with an AI coach in Charisma Lab
Charisma Lab is a speaking coach on your iPhone. In Speak, tap the center and tell the coach what you're preparing for, like a talk or an interview. Say it out loud one part at a time. A pause of about two seconds ends a take. You hear the take played back, then the coach tells you what to fix and sends you back in.
To see your delivery while you talk, open Voice Cam on the home screen and record, with the camera or audio only. Each recording runs up to a minute. It shows your volume, pitch and pauses, plus an estimate of your pace in words per minute. Setup is free and includes a short live session with the coach. After that, the app needs Pro, which is $14.99 a month in the US. See pricing.
FAQ
How much does Orai cost?
On the US App Store, $12.99 a month, $49.99 a year or $99.99 for lifetime access. Prices differ by country, and Apple shows yours before you confirm.
Is Orai free?
It's free to download. Its App Store page lists the monthly, yearly and lifetime plans as in-app purchases.
Is there a free alternative to Orai?
Speaker Coach in PowerPoint for the web is free with a Microsoft account. Yoodli is free for 5 sessions. Or record yourself on your phone and play it back.
Orai or Yoodli?
Both give you feedback on a talk you rehearse. Orai is an app for your phone, and its yearly plan is $49.99. Yoodli runs in your browser and adds AI roleplays and follow-up questions for the Q&A. To practice on your phone, pick Orai. To practice a conversation, pick Yoodli.
Does Orai work on Android?
Yes. Orai's website links to its Google Play app and to a web version.
What's the best Orai alternative?
It depends on how you want to practice. For spoken coaching with specific vocal instructions and follow-up practice, try Charisma Lab. For roleplays and lessons in one app, try Speeko. For free slide practice, use Speaker Coach.
How we checked
App prices come from each app's US in-app purchase list on the App Store, Yoodli's from yoodli.ai/pricing and Speaker Coach's details from Microsoft's help page. Ratings are Apple's US App Store figures. The descriptions summarize each app's own listing or website. Everything was checked on November 2, 2026. Prices change and differ by country, so check before you pay. Found a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.
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Updated November 2, 2026.