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Voice Recorder & Notes Pro

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User verdict / 100 High confidence Divided

Voice Recorder & Notes Pro offers good recording quality and ease of use, but is plagued by numerous bugs, frequent crashes, and a confusing, expensive subscription model that often leads to unexpected charges and difficulty canceling.

4.6★ lifetime (13,192) Free + in-app purchases since 2012 by Linfei Ltd. updated 4.4 mo ago recent negative 18% 120 reviews across 4 regions
Subscription Issues Bugs & Crashes Paywall & Ads Lost Recordings Good Recording Quality
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4★118
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recent reviews across 4 regions, vs the 4.6★ lifetime average

Voice Recorder & Notes Pro is generally praised for its clear audio recording and user-friendly interface, making it suitable for quick notes and personal recordings. However, a significant number of recent reviews highlight critical issues including app crashes, lost recordings, and a problematic subscription system that charges users unexpectedly and lacks adequate customer support.

What users like

  • Good recording quality and clarityR47R52R15R21
  • Easy to use and intuitive interfaceR4R49R33R46
  • Works reliably for basic recording needs on multiple devicesR5R24R44
  • Operates in the backgroundR43R719

What users complain about

  • Frequent app crashes and freezes, especially during playback, conversion, or when using specific features like transcriptionR14R217R256R551
  • Users report being charged for subscriptions without consent or after canceling trials, often at high annual rates ($99-$106)R2R104R170R74
  • Recordings are often lost or deleted, even after paying for a subscriptionR17R109R164R147
  • Lack of customer service or in-app support makes it difficult to resolve billing issues or technical problemsR13R67R146R193
  • Basic features like saving, sharing, or editing are paywalled after a trial or recent updatesR106R224R77R788
  • Transcription feature is often inaccurate, buggy, or causes crashesR84R217R291R557
  • Ads are intrusive and disruptive in the free versionR377R710R841R858
  • High subscription price is considered excessive for the features offered, especially compared to free alternativesR218R329R125R275
  • App functionality has degraded after recent updates, particularly for offline use and Apple Watch integrationR86R42R788

Latest update · v13.4

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

Bug fixes and improvements.

Recurring themes

Subscription Issues negative
Many users report being charged unexpectedly for annual subscriptions ($99-$106) after trying a 'free trial' or without clear consent. They also find it impossible to cancel or contact customer service for refunds. Some reviews indicate that even after paying, the app may still show subscription prompts or fail to unlock features. This directly contradicts the developer's vague 'bug fixes and improvements' note, as billing issues persist and are a major complaint.R2R10R65R104
Bugs & Crashes negative
A significant number of recent reviews mention the app frequently crashing, freezing, or shutting down unexpectedly. This occurs during recording, playback, converting audio to text, or when trying to use external microphones. Some users also report the app not working on Apple Watch after updates. This indicates that the 'bug fixes and improvements' noted by the developer have not resolved these critical stability issues.R14R42R86R109
Lost Recordings negative
Multiple users report losing important recordings, either due to the app deleting them automatically, failing to save them after a device change, or general app instability. This is a severe issue for a recording app.R17R59R109R130
Paywall & Ads negative
Many essential features, such as saving, sharing, editing, or removing gaps, are locked behind a paywall after a trial period or recent updates. The free version is heavily impacted by intrusive ads, making it difficult to use. Users feel the app has become less functional for free users and too expensive for paid features.R10R48R65R77
Good Recording Quality positive
Despite the issues, many users appreciate the clear and good quality of the recordings. It is often cited as easy to operate and effective for capturing voice and music.R4R5R7R15

Who it's for

This app is for users who need a voice recorder with good audio quality and a straightforward interface for basic recording tasks R5R49. It might suit those who are willing to pay a premium for a potentially feature-rich app and are not deterred by the reported bugs and subscription issues R15. However, it is NOT for users who rely on stable performance, robust customer support, or a transparent, affordable subscription model R67R104R146. It is also not recommended for those who need reliable transcription or external mic support due to reported bugs R12R217R291.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, focusing on subscription issues, crashes, and lost data, which contrasts sharply with the high lifetime rating. This suggests a recent decline in app quality or changes to the business model that have negatively impacted user experience. The developer's release notes are too generic ('Bug fixes and improvements') to address specific user complaints, and many recent reviews directly contradict the idea of 'bug fixes' as crashes and issues persist.

Frequently asked

What are the common issues with Voice Recorder & Notes Pro?
Common issues include unexpected charges for annual subscriptions ($99-$106), frequent app crashes and freezes, loss of important recordings, and a lack of responsive customer support R2R104R109R146.
Is Voice Recorder & Notes Pro truly free?
No, while the app is free to download, many basic and advanced features like saving, sharing, editing, and removing ads are hidden behind a paywall or require a subscription R10R65R106R77.
Can I get a refund if I'm charged unexpectedly?
Many users report extreme difficulty or impossibility in getting refunds, with no clear way to contact customer service or cancel subscriptions within the app R67R105R193R213.
Does the app support external microphones?
Some users report issues when using external microphones, such as altered voice sound or app crashes R12R256.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R47] 5/5 · US JR voice: Crystal clear.
  2. [R52] 5/5 · US This is a pro: The audio sounds good. I like it. I give it five stars.
  3. [R15] 5/5 · US Great for personal recordings: Clarity is good and records music and songs I couldn’t save otherwise. It’s a little pricey but is a really good app.
  4. [R21] 5/5 · US Voice recorder: Excellent sound but with a little static. Very easy to operate. Amazed versus others that requires payment.
  5. [R4] 5/5 · US Super: it’s very nice I just started using it and it’s doing very well thank you
  6. [R49] 5/5 · US The best: The beat application. Easy to use and good quality.
  7. [R33] 5/5 · US Love this recorder: It’s user friendly
  8. [R46] 5/5 · US I had a last minute meeting: Downloaded this app and had no time to learn anything about it and it worked flawlessly even with no instruction thank you for creating this
  9. [R5] 5/5 · US Two thumbs up: I have been using the app for a few months now. It does everything for my needs, on all my devices.
  10. [R24] 5/5 · US Record: I have had this for several years and it has really been good to use eye tape. My spiritual talks on the state and it has thousands on here. I’m still using it and I continue to use it every week and it works wonderfully.
  11. [R44] 5/5 · US Love it!: Very useful! I use it a few times a year, and it’s perfect - easy to use, reliable, and true.
  12. [R43] 4/5 · US Nice and easy: Free version has few features, but sufficient and well selected from the entire set. Easy to use. Does not crash. Very nice that it operates in the background.
  13. [R719] 3/5 · CA Background: Working in background, but... Recording stop when making call with magicjack.
  14. [R14] 3/5 · US Kicked Out !: I don’t know why it suddenly kicks me out of the app, it happen several times every day while i listen to my records
  15. [R217] 2/5 · US Transcribe Function not working.: The transcribe function worked for the first few weeks, then stopped. When I select transcribe after a recording, the app crashes. Good thing is my recording is still saved.
  16. [R256] 1/5 · GB Crashes When using Interface: Very simple: it recognises that I have the Vocaster Two connected, it prsents me with the option to record with the vocaster two, but it crashes as soon as I select the vocaster two. App is not fit for purpose.
  17. [R551] 3/5 · CA Convert and crashes: I love this app. The calendar part helps me stay organized with my recordings and scheduling. However there are one or 2 flaws that make it very frustrating to use at times. Every time I try to convert an audio file to a different format the app will crash every single time. Negative 2 stars for the “conversion crash”
  18. [R2] 1/5 · US Charges me but says I don't have subscription: This app charges me $16.99 a month but every time I go to use it, it says I don't have a subscription. Seems to be no way to fix this and no one to contact.
  19. [R104] 1/5 · US Cheating: It says 3 days trial but once you try it charge you $99 There’s no contact #
  20. [R170] 1/5 · US Dissatisfied: I signed up for a subscription that was $16.99 a month and I only had it for a few days and randomly get charged $106 for a yearly subscription??? I definitely did not sign up or consent to that! And there's no option to report it to the app so yeah I wouldn't use this
  21. [R74] 1/5 · US Fraude: Al momento de ver la suscripción me decía que 3 días gratis y después de 3 días se cobraban y no fue así. Se cobraron los 99 dólares pero me cobraron 105 por año y ya no puedo darlo de baja porque se vence hasta el 9 de diciembre del 2026 . Para mi es fraude
  22. [R17] 1/5 · US Important recordings lost: Lost all recordings after paying for subscription and breaking my iPhone and getting a new one nothing was saved although I had a login
  23. [R109] 1/5 · US Very Buggy and Lose files: this used to be a good app, but now it shuts down, doesn’t record at times and has lost most of my files.
  24. [R164] 1/5 · US Lost recordings on multiple occasions: It automatically deleted important recordings from my cloud recordings.
  25. [R147] 1/5 · US What a joke!: Don’t give them your money. Full of glitches and it only gets worse with time. My question is, Will they ever fix the bugs that continue to lose my recordings? Do they even care? It appears not. I have been requesting help and fixes for these issues for almost 6 years now. Don’t be fooled. They want your money and your recordings. They are not interested in peeper maintenance of th
  26. [R13] 1/5 · US No support in App: No support in app. Do instead you get a one star. Denoise is confusing as hell.
  27. [R67] 1/5 · US DONT DO IT: There’s absolutely no customer service contact on the entire app. So let’s hope you don’t try to cancel your free trial, and then it doesn’t work, and then they charge you $100 bucks despite your attempt to cancel a couple days b4 Christmas… because that’s what happened to me! Can’t find any contact info on these people other than an email that probably isn’t even correct- which I have
  28. [R146] 1/5 · US Customer service: No way to connect with customer service. Classic business ploy these days. Offer no customer service so you never have to deal with customers. Just about making money off people, no about good products.
  29. [R193] 1/5 · US No support: Nothing special. I tried it for the three day free trial and was going to unsubscribe, but there is literally no way to cancel. I tried finding a number or chat, but there is no way to Communicate with this company, but they did charge me for the full year and I don’t want it. I want my money back!
  30. [R106] 3/5 · US Paywall warning: This app worked great for me, until the trial ended and sharing or saving to my files was hidden behind a paywall. Could do other things, but not what I needed anymore.
  31. [R224] 1/5 · US Very bad: If you don't buy their membership, none of your recorded files can be transferred. · translated
  32. [R77] 1/5 · US App is a complete scam: Costs ten dollars a month to use basic features like saving sounds or noise gate. Last time i used it the app was a buggy unstable mess. Honestly just use GarageBand it works way better on mobile all of its features are free and it’s better than whatever this is.
  33. [R788] 3/5 · AU new update ruined it for me: the new version is much much more annoying without a subscription. i want to remove ads but don’t want all the pro features (or to be paying a subscription). i wish i could pay a one-time fee to use the basic version with no ads. i will probably switch to a different app because of this update, which is a shame as this app has been very useful for me for the last 3
  34. [R84] 1/5 · US Terrible transcriptions and annual fee: The transcription to text was really bad and the annual fee was sneaky because I did not fully realize I had to pay for a whole year and there is no customer support to claim
  35. [R291] 2/5 · GB Keeps Crashing During Audio to Text Convert: I pay £11.99 per month for this and it won’t convert from Audio to Text without crashing and closing the app. I’m using an iPhone 14. Is this a bug?
  36. [R557] 3/5 · CA Good but has bugs: 1.) Transcribing will put 2 words together unless you have very clear speech with no accent. 2.) No option to edit the transcribed text. I get you can share it to another but that option doesn't come back to the app and with such a hefty price that option should be available in the app 3.) App crashes after using the adjust feature in the recording studio after trying it once
  37. [R377] 3/5 · GB Good, but ads are annoying.: Whatever button I press, an add comes up which is such an inconvenience. It’s a good app as well, but the constant pop ups of ads are annoying.
  38. [R710] 3/5 · CA Dictaphone: Bonne application Mais les pubs dérange SVP les enlevez Merci
  39. [R841] 3/5 · AU Honest review: Pretty good app... didn't need forced advertising and rate my up glued on the page otherwise would have rated higher
  40. [R858] 3/5 · AU Too many ads: The ads are too invasive. I can't get started and find my way around the app , I need to keep closing the app to get past the ads. I can't work out if I like the app enough to pay for ad-free because of this.
  41. [R218] 3/5 · US Price point is expensive but decent quality.: Price is somewhat expensive
  42. [R329] 3/5 · GB Way too expensive: A truly superb app, but £89.99 is just silly money… let’s see it at £29.99 and you’d see the £££ rolling in. Too rich for me at the no - such a pity!
  43. [R125] 1/5 · US Not worth the price! Not even close!: I’d downloaded this app and it was passable for what I was doing with it. Dictating notes to myself, mostly. Then low and behold, suddenly the app won’t do even very basic functions without ponying up $99 for an annual subscription - and then it’s due again next year. You guys have lost your minds if you think this app is wroth 100 bucks / year. There are
  44. [R275] 2/5 · GB Too expensive when there are free ones in the market: They are charging £99 for the year or £17 a month. There are plenty of free products in the market. Please avoid.
  45. [R86] 1/5 · US Was Great: Was my go-to app for audio recording until a recent update. I do not always have an internet connection when I need to use this app and after one of the recent updates it is pretty much useless. When connected to the internet it works great, however when it is not, it freezes up and crashes. Hopefully they fix it or I will need to find another app to subscribe to.
  46. [R42] 2/5 · US Suddenly stopped working on watch: This app worked brilliantly for about a month. Then suddenly it will not work at all on my Apple Watch for two weeks now. I have deleted the app and reinstalled it on the watch, restarted my watch and iPhone multiple times. Nothing works. Please fix this necessary feature ASAP.
  47. [R10] 1/5 · US Meh: Right after I started it tried to make me pay for the annual subscription fee to delete some gaps in the recording.
  48. [R65] 3/5 · US I’m not spending money: This is supposed to be a free app, but everybody and I click it asked me to spend money. This was supposed to be a free app.
  49. [R59] 1/5 · US Do not buy: I bought this app and it is a subscription based app. I asked what happens to all of your recordings if the subscription expires and they would not answer.
  50. [R130] 2/5 · US Not satisfied: It is good, but it is so easy to lose all data, just like it happened to me.
  51. [R48] 2/5 · US Free Version Not as Good as Before: Not looking for a lot of features. Just would be nice to be able to clip audio. And does it have to open to the paid version every time? Once per day is enough!
  52. [R7] 5/5 · US Very good!: I’ve just started using this app but it seems to be very good!
  53. [R105] 1/5 · US Let me cancel (2): Easy to sign up, impossible to cancel
  54. [R213] 2/5 · US Not worth $100: Edit: HUGE flaw, I actually tried to use it. It’s extremely frustrating because they don’t have an “undo” they have a “revert to original” and no way to save the progress. Dude… why don’t you have an undo?????? I’m writing this because I was bombarded with the pop up nonstop. I wish I never tried this app. I accidentally allowed it past the free trial, I hadn’t used it but once. t
  55. [R12] 1/5 · US Cannot use with a mic: Voice sounds deeper when using a mic

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store