Work · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Zero-friction audio calls for spontaneous remote collaboration launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Orbital, Open-channel audio-first communication for remote teams▲6

   2020 · orbital.chat · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hear▲234

   Unlimited control over real-world sounds

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Tap▲86

   Drop-in audio and instant collaboration for remote teams

   2021 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Spoken Layer▲64

   Mobile Engagement through the Power of the Human Voice

   2014 · spokenlayer.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Gridspace Memo▲69

   A speech-aware conference calling system

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Audiologs - 001: Welcome▲55

   A personal audio journal experiment

   2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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   Beep▲73

   Bringing Music To Every Room

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Music Rooms by Presence▲102

   Listen to music together w/ your remote team

   2021 · presence.so · its alternatives →

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   BumpOut▲74

   Revolutionizing Portable Audio.

   2016 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →

10. 10VC
    Video conferencing web app with positioned audio▲7

    2016 · inthelocus.com · its alternatives →

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    Maybloc▲57

    new SOTA for speech-to-text for multi-speaker audio

    8d ago · maybloc.com · its alternatives →

12. 12VA
    VocalVoid – An audio based open forum▲7

    2021 · vocalvoid.com · its alternatives →

13. 13BA
    BandFu, an experimental audio playground▲5

    2013 · bandfu.com · its alternatives →

14. 14SA
    Speak After Click – P2P audio calls where you never get interrupted▲7

    2021 · speakafter.click · its alternatives →

15. 15
    JoJo: Go Record Yourself▲24

    A micro-podcasting platform

    2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

16. 16FA
    Facile.Audio – A library for live audio streaming from the browser▲7

    2016 · facile.audio · its alternatives →

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    AUM▲7

    A flexible audio mixer & recorder

    2017 · kymatica.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Smart speaker that curses (and lot more)▲7

    Building next-gen user interfaces

    2023 · naly.ai · its alternatives →

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    SpokenLayer▲25

    Turns written content into audio in minutes

    2014 · spokenlayer.com · its alternatives →

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    Compose Together - Real Time Jam Sessions▲5

    2012 · compose.tranzient.info · its alternatives →

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    iCantHear – An app for communicating with the deaf▲5

    2015 · icanthear.org · its alternatives →

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    Convergence: The first turn-key API for realtime collaboration apps▲8

    2017 · convergencelabs.com · its alternatives →

23. 23CW
    Chat with People Working Remotely▲5

    2017 · remotemesh.com · its alternatives →

24. 24FA
    Flow, a WebRTC/Web Audio HTML5 experiment.▲6

    2012 · trypwire.flow.jit.su · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →