HiTalker vs Mic Buddy

HiTalker is an AI speech coach for mobile users, with six specialist coach roles and a digital companion named Hikee. It gives feedback on pronunciation, filler words, vocabulary, pace, and body language. Practice options include Chat with Hikee, Topic Speech, and Table Topics. The six roles are Head Coach, Architect, Pronunciation Coach, Grammarian, Ah-Counter, and Secretary. Teachers can create groups, assign topics and due dates, review student recordings, and enable peer or community feedback. The free plan provides 100 coins per day, with Topic Speech limited to 10 minutes daily and 2.5 minutes per session; Chat with Hikee has the same daily and session limits. The Monthly Plan costs $79 a month and includes 6,000 coins monthly. The Yearly Plan costs $499 a year and lists 6,000 coins monthly; its plan details also show ¥948/year and Now ¥42/month. HiTalker is available through the WeChat Mini Program and Apple App Store. Its privacy policy says it collects practice media, device permissions, account details, and usage data; media or transcripts may go to AI providers after notice and explicit consent.

Mic Buddy is a speech practice app that scores pace, filler words, pauses and clarity, then suggests an area to work on next. Practice formats include mock interviews, short drills, multi-day programs, daily prompts and a word of the day. Its transcript marks filler words, soft words and pauses of 1.5 seconds or longer. The app also offers words-per-minute tracking, a speech timer, word count and a basic clarity score. Mic Buddy supports English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Arabic, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish and Chinese. It runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac; the website says an Android version is coming to Google Play. The free plan offers unlimited practice sessions and saves the last five sessions. Listed paid options are $12.99 a month, $29.99 a year, $49.99 a year and 99.99 USD once. The site marks Premium as coming soon and lists features such as unlimited saved sessions, analytics, tips, prompts, PDF transcript export and priority support. The maker says audio and transcripts are processed and stored on-device rather than uploaded to its servers. Account and subscription functions involve Supabase and RevenueCat, with Apple App Store handling distribution and payments.