Verba vs Zonlo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- Private speaking rehearsal
- No judgment environment
- Voice-only practice
- No chatbot interaction
- Real conversation preparation
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Zonlo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Verba asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Verba | Zonlo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amogh Singh | Corbyn Ledbetter |
Customer experience
Verba
Zonlo
In-app purchases
Verba
No in-app purchases
Zonlo
- Zonlo Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Zonlo Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Zonlo Pro Lifetime$99.99









