Comparison

Verba vs Zonlo

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

Head to head
About

Verba

Practice impromptu speaking with AI-driven feedback. Record yourself talking on various topics and receive instant analysis on structure, clarity, and conciseness. Track your progress over time and access articles on public speaking techniques.

Highlights
  • AI-driven speaking feedback
  • On-device speech transcription
  • Real-time timer and word counter
  • Structured feedback on clarity and conciseness
  • Progress tracking and score trends
  • Public speaking technique articles
  • Local data storage for privacy
Features
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Verba turns impromptu speaking from a vague soft skill into a measurable practice. Pick a category (Leadership, Behavioral, Big Picture, Business, Personal Growth, or Education) and you'll get a fresh prompt at your difficulty level. Hit record, talk for sixty seconds, hit stop. Verba transcribes you live, on-device, with a real-time waveform, timer, and word counter. When you finish, you get structured feedback in seconds: scores across structure, clarity, relevance, and conciseness, plus specific strengths to keep, things to work on, and a one-line summary of how the session landed. Every session lands in your history. The Progress tab visualizes your trajectory across 7 days, 30 days, or all-time, with score trends, filler-word counts, words-per-minute, current streak, best session. Sixteen long-form articles cover the actual technique of public and impromptu speaking (frameworks like PREP and STAR, breath control, dealing with stage fright, handling hostile questions, reading a room. Each ends with a drill you can run in the Practice tab. Built for interview prep, public speaking practice, and anyone who's ever been caught off-guard by "so, tell me about yourself." PRIVACY Speech-to-text runs on your device. Your audio never leaves your phone. Only the transcribed text is sent to get feedback, and nothing is stored on the server. Your sessions, scores, and history live locally on your device. FREE No ads. No accounts. No subscriptions. Built because it should exist.

About

Zonlo

Practice speaking aloud in a private environment before real conversations. This app offers a judgment-free space to rehearse your thoughts using just your voice and a microphone, without any chatbot interaction.

Highlights
  • Private speaking rehearsal
  • No judgment environment
  • Voice-only practice
  • No chatbot interaction
  • Real conversation preparation
Features
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Zonlo is a private space to rehearse speaking out loud before the real conversation happens. No judgment. No chatbot. Just you and a mic.

Screenshots

Verba4 screens
Zonlo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Verba at none against Zonlo's 3. Verba also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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. Zonlo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Verba asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Verba against 5.0 for Zonlo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Verba versus Zonlo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVerbaZonlo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmogh SinghCorbyn Ledbetter

Customer experience

Verba

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Zonlo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Verba

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Zonlo

Subscriptions2
  • Zonlo Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Zonlo Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Zonlo Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Verba free?
Verba is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zonlo free?
Zonlo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Verba or Zonlo?
Verba and Zonlo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Verba or Zonlo have ads?
Neither Verba nor Zonlo shows ads.

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