Comparison

Paseo vs Spoken Testimony

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Paseo

Control coding agents like Claude Code and Codex from your phone. This self-hosted app integrates with your local development environment, offering hands-free voice commands and real-time output. Manage Git worktrees and securely access your setup from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Run Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode
  • Voice support for hands-free operation
  • Integrates with local dev environment
  • Git worktree management
  • Real-time agent output streaming
  • Self-hosted and open source
Features
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Run Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode on your machine from your phone. Paseo is a self-hosted app that connects to your local dev environment so your agents run with full access to your actual setup - not a cloud sandbox. Key features: - Voice support: talk to your agents hands-free with on-device speech processing - Multi-provider: use Claude Code, Codex, or OpenCode from one interface - Git worktrees: agents work in isolated branches, review diffs and ship from the app - Real-time streaming: live agent output and push notifications when tasks complete - Self-hosted: runs on your laptop, home server, or VPS. Your code stays on your machine - Remote access: optional end-to-end encrypted relay for connecting from anywhere - Open source and free Requires a running Paseo server on your machine. See paseo.sh/docs for setup.

About

Spoken Testimony

Features
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Spoken Testimony is an oral history recording app that preserves voices, stories, and histories with cryptographic integrity. Whether you are a community member sharing your story or an oral historian conducting interviews, Spoken Testimony provides a secure, accessible way to record and preserve spoken testimonies. STORYTELLER MODE • Share your story in your own words with free-form or guided recording • Consent and demographic collection built in • Available in 8 languages: English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Ukrainian, Somali, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) HISTORIAN MODE • Manage interviewees and interview sessions • Record, transcribe, and summarize audio testimonies • Edit transcripts paragraph by paragraph with timestamps • Search across transcripts • Send consent forms and follow-up questions by text message • Share a recording and transcript securely with the interviewee • Import audio and video from other sources EVIDENCE INTEGRITY • Cryptographic signing of all recordings • Location tagging and verified timestamps • Recording continues when the app is in the background • Tamper-evident audit chain PRIVACY AND SECURITY • Sign-in required at every launch by default • Recordings encrypted at rest on the server • Consent-first workflows designed around interviewee dignity Built for communities documenting refugee experiences, immigrant stories, community histories, and oral traditions. Part of the Open Testimony project.

Screenshots

Paseo4 screens
Spoken Testimony3 screens

Verdict

The call

Paseo and Spoken Testimony are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Paseo versus Spoken Testimony: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaseoSpoken Testimony
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (115 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews97.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings115 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohamed Boudra ZianiJason Titus

In-app purchases

None

Paseo

No in-app purchases

None

Spoken Testimony

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paseo free?
Paseo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spoken Testimony free?
Spoken Testimony is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paseo or Spoken Testimony have ads?
Neither Paseo nor Spoken Testimony shows ads.

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