Voicepal: your AI Ghostwriter

Currently, I've been using VoicePal for the last three months. I originally discovered it through one of Ali Abdaal's videos, and I thought it would be an interesting way to approach making scripts and journal entries. Overall, I have very much enjoyed the experience. It’s been incredibly helpful for figuring out my script templates and establishing a routine. For my weekly scripts, I go through what I want to talk about and identify my focus points. The tool really helps by asking the correct and necessary questions to help me understand exactly what I need to think about when writing. It has truly elevated my scriptwriting process. Another useful feature has been the journal entries. I ended up creating a custom "Journal Buddy" prompt. I really like that I only needed to enter that prompt once; now, I just select Journal Buddy every day, and it asks me the same base questions followed by the specific follow-up questions I’ve instructed it to ask. It does a great job with those follow-ups, but it also knows when to move on once it has gathered enough information. If there is still something I want to touch on, it's very easy for me to say that I’d like to talk more about a specific point. There's three reasons for my ratings. The voice options, the bugs, and lastly the cost. 1. Voice Options I will say that the voice options are fairly unique to VoicePal, and I do enjoy the concept. I like the idea that when I use my "Script Writing Buddy," the voice can be completely different—like I’m talking to a specific script ghostwriter—compared to the voice for my journal entries. The problem I’ve run into is that I don’t like many of the other voices. Sorry, Ali, but your voice is actually the worst out of all of them. To me, it doesn't come off as friendly; it seems cold and quick. For some reason, it doesn't seem to ask many follow-up questions, and it feels uninterested in the conversation. These are just my feelings based on a couple of tests, but those tests made me not want to continue using that voice or the others provided. They don't seem friendly enough for me. If that tone is intentional, then I hope you have more friendly voices coming down the pipeline. I want an assistant that sounds interested in the conversation; otherwise, I feel like I shouldn't be talking as much, which makes me want to just get it over with rather than really enveloping myself in the creative process. Honestly, I hope more apps adopt this kind of variety—specifically Claude. Right now, I use Claude’s Australian voice because that sounds the most friendly to me. I hope you add more voices in the future or update the current ones to make them sound a bit warmer. 2. Technical Bugs and Stability Issues The current state of Voice Pal is unfortunately marred by several persistent bugs that significantly disrupt the user experience. These issues range from minor playback interruptions to severe system crashes that result in permanent data loss. Interrupted Speech and Connection Stability One of the most frequent issues occurs during active conversation: the AI will abruptly stop speaking mid-sentence and fail to resume. This creates a jarring "dead air" effect that requires the user to manually exit the interface and restart the session to restore functionality. While it is difficult to pinpoint whether this is a server-side AI processing error or a client-side internet connectivity hiccup, the result is the same: a fragmented and frustrating interaction that breaks the immersion of a natural conversation. Memory Retention and System Crashes More critical is the "amnesia" bug, where the AI suddenly loses the context of the ongoing discussion. In the worst-case scenarios, the application suffers a complete system crash. When a standard glitch occurs, I can usually mitigate the damage by manually saving and exiting, then prompting the AI to recall previous talking points upon reentry. However, when the app crashes, it fails to perfor