Free voice activated teleprompter apps: what’s actually free (2026)

As of November 2026, three apps list voice scrolling as free: Teleprompter.com, whose VoiceGlide feature it describes as on-device and offline, Speakflow, whose Flow mode is on its free plan in the browser, and VoicePrompter’s free web app. PromptSmart’s free Lite tier lets VoiceTrack run for three minutes and does not record video. BIGVU has none, and Orate’s Follow my voice is not free: it is part of Orate Pro, included in the free trial, while the prompter and recording are free.

We make Orate, so read this as a disclosure as much as a comparison. Every cell in the table below is either something we checked on 2 November 2026 or marked Not verified, which means we did not test it, not that the answer is no.

Free voice scrolling, app by app

What “free” means for each

“Free voice activated teleprompter” covers several different deals, and the difference shows up after the first session rather than on the store page.

Teleprompter.com: free on every plan

Teleprompter.com lists VoiceGlide, shown in the app as Auto Scroll, as free on every plan. It describes it as on-device, working offline, with voice commands and 28 languages, across iOS, Android, macOS and the web. Those are its claims; we have not tested how it behaves while recording video. If you want free voice scrolling and nothing else, it is the one to try first.

PromptSmart: free for three minutes

PromptSmart’s free Lite tier caps VoiceTrack at three minutes and does not record video. Pro is a one-time purchase on iOS, with an “Extended” subscription for some features on top. On Android, its Play listing says VoiceTrack is English only. App Store reviews repeatedly complain that it jumps ahead or stops scrolling, the two failures explained in how a voice activated teleprompter works. In our own test in August 2026, VoiceTrack stopped following when we recorded video; that is a dated result, and we could not confirm it publicly in November. The fuller comparison is Orate vs PromptSmart.

Speakflow: free in the browser

Speakflow runs in the browser and on desktop. Its pricing page lists unlimited Flow, its voice scrolling, on the free plan, checked 2 November 2026; recording, the overlay over video calls and voice commands are on the paid Plus plan. Useful if you read from a laptop; it is not built around a phone camera. More in Speakflow alternatives.

VoicePrompter: check the listing

VoicePrompter is on Mac, iOS, Android and the web, with voice, sound and constant scrolling. Its web app is free and open source; the native apps are free to try with three scripts and then a subscription or lifetime purchase, per its App Store listing on 2 November 2026. More in VoicePrompter alternatives.

BIGVU: no voice scrolling

BIGVU does not follow your voice. Its prompter scrolls at a fixed words-per-minute rate. It is a video suite with a prompter inside it, which is a different purchase; the teleprompter app comparison covers that.

Where Orate fits, honestly

If the question is only “which voice teleprompter costs nothing”, Orate is not the answer. Follow my voice is in Orate Pro. You can use it free during the trial, and the teleprompter and recording stay free whether or not you upgrade, with a fixed scroll speed you set yourself. Saving is free too, without a watermark; the no-watermark export post explains how to check that in any app.

What you would pay for is the part most voice teleprompters struggle with. On iPhone, Orate sends the same microphone audio to the recording and to the recogniser, so the text keeps following you while you film; we checked that on an iPhone 15 with a 78-second 4K take, and the audio was intact. On Android it is built to do the same, relying on Android 10 and later letting two listeners share the microphone, and we have not yet verified it on a real Android phone. If your phone will not share the microphone during a take, it falls back to a fixed speed from where you are rather than stopping.

Recognition is on device only, so nothing you say is sent anywhere, and it works offline once the phone has its language. It follows any language the phone recognises on device. Where the phone cannot, the option is turned off with the reason shown before you are ever sent to the paywall. It needs iOS 18 or Android 12 or later.

What to check before you pay

A free trial or a free tier is the time to test the things that matter on your phone, with your script. Five checks:

1. Does it keep listening while you record? Turn voice scrolling on, record a minute of video, and watch the text rather than yourself. Then play the take back with the sound up. An app can keep the scroll and quietly lose the audio, which is worse.
2. Does it work in your language? Read a paragraph in the language you will record in, not English. Some apps limit voice scrolling to one language on one platform.
3. Does it work offline? Put the phone in aeroplane mode and read. If it stops, it most likely depends on a server, which also tells you your script is leaving the phone.
4. Are there commands, and are they safe? Try “go back” and “pause”. Then read a line of script that contains one of those words, and check it is read rather than obeyed.
5. What happens off script? Say a sentence that is not in the script. The text should stop where it is, then pick up when you return to the script, including when you restart a sentence.

For why each of these fails in some apps, see how a voice activated teleprompter works. For everything else about setting up a phone prompter, the pillar guide is how to use a teleprompter on your phone.

Questions people ask

Is there a free voice activated teleprompter app?

Yes. As of November 2026, Teleprompter.com lists its VoiceGlide voice scrolling as free on every plan, Speakflow includes its Flow voice scrolling on the free plan in the browser, and VoicePrompter's web app is free. PromptSmart Lite includes VoiceTrack but caps it at three minutes and does not record video.

Is Orate’s voice scrolling free?

No. Follow my voice is part of Orate Pro and is included in the free trial. The teleprompter and recording are free, with a fixed scroll speed you set.

Does BIGVU have voice scrolling?

No. BIGVU’s prompter scrolls at a fixed words-per-minute rate and does not follow your voice.

Which voice teleprompter keeps working while recording video?

Test it on your own phone, because it depends on the app sharing the microphone between the recording and the recogniser. Orate does this on iPhone, verified on an iPhone 15; on Android it is built to and not yet verified, with a fixed-speed fallback.

Does a voice teleprompter need an internet connection?

Not if it recognises speech on device. Teleprompter.com says VoiceGlide works offline, and Orate’s Follow my voice works offline once the phone has downloaded the language. Test it in aeroplane mode before relying on it.