Voice Recorder alternatives

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 106 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. [R3] Voice Recorder 3/5 · US Annoying: I mean it’s good but like bro after 2 recordings they literally just blast you with saying like get premium now like it’s so annoying bro
2. [R4] Voice Recorder 2/5 · US Cost: Crazy expensive!
3. [R9] Voice Recorder 3/5 · US I don’t like how it costs money: 3
4. [R12] Voice Recorder 1/5 · US Cashgrab for something that apple ALREADY HAS: They make you pay for more than 3 per day? and have barely any new features, it's literally a rip off of a tool that's already there, unbelievable.
5. [R1] Voice Recorder 2/5 · US Length of recording: I downloaded this app for class lectures. When I press record and leave the phone alone, it seems to only record a few mins before stoping itself. Useless
6. [R7] Voice Recorder 2/5 · US Not always good: I bought this app to help me take accurate notes. The app says I can export the list or summary but when I try to do this nothing happens! So tried to open the FAQs to see if I something wrong. But the FAQs don’t open. I would appreciate hearing from the developer.
7. [R10] Voice Recorder 1/5 · US Recorder: Uninstall this, it recorder but would not play!
8. [R14] Voice Recorder 1/5 · US Doesn’t Work: I downloaded this app and tried to use it for recording of meeting notes. Tried to use it twice and and it just kept saying retry. There’s nowhere on the app itself to even reach report a concern or issue to anyone, get help or to leave a comment. So I pretty much just ended my subscription and moved on. I only lost $6.99, but thought this would be something that I could use in the f
9. [R6] Voice Recorder 3/5 · US Works as intended, although with some flaws.: So, I know this is somewhat similar to the default voice memos app that everyone has, but i feel like I’ve been scammed someway. I saw on an advertisement for this app specifically on YouTube, that you’re able to voice over your own previous recordings, yet I don’t have that option.
10. [R26] Voice Recorder 1/5 · US The audio mixing is a scam.: There are ads for this which clearly and deliberately display a feature where you can record a voice memo on top of another one. This is not a feature in the app, even with a subscription, and is blatant false advertising. If you are downloading the app for this purpose, please don’t.
11. [R46] Voice Recorder 2/5 · US Cannot edit text: I don’t need to edit the audio.. I want to edit the text. The audio transcribes to text but it’s full of errors! You can put in punctuation or change something that doesn’t make sense. I’m extremely disappointed! I wish I could get a refund as I wasn’t able to try it first.
12. [R23] Voice Recorder 5/5 · US End trial subscription: I want end the trial subscription. turns out I don’t need it. I do not want to be charged for subscription. Thankyou
13. [R30] Voice Recorder 1/5 · US Useless garbage: Got my money and even tough I tried to cancel same hour after found out it was useless, it still charged me. Has no features like noice reduction. Pointless. Didn’t even manage to prescribe
14. [R39] Voice Recorder 5/5 · US End of Trial Subscription: I used this trial subscription for a graduate school project. It was great quality, but it turns out I have another resource I can use that is offered at no cost through my university. So, I’d prefer to cancel my trial subscription and not incur any unnecessary expenses. Thank you for honoring my request in a timely fashion.
15. [R52] Notability 5/5 · US Notability is Incredible: I have been using for a few years now. The ease to create folders, and files within is easy. The tools inside of the notes are also just perfect. Whether to teach, or take classes, this is a perfect app. Learning curve is not much once you ply with all the tools within the app. Very logical and makes note taking or teaching great fun! Thank you!
16. [R53] Notability 3/5 · US This app crashes all the time: This app makes annotating very easy and has a great interface but I’ve been using it regularly for over a year and it crashes A LOT, especially when inserting a text box. It happens several times in an hour sometimes and is very frustrating because it is a paid subscription service…
17. [R56] Notability 3/5 · US App always freezing and M4 iPad overheating: I used to love this app and used it through my masters program with every class. Now, after the update, it is completely nonfunctional on both of my iPads. The app freezes almost instantly and will not let me do anything until I close and reopen it. Even then, it freezes again within seconds. I can’t work on new notes and all my old notes are inaccessib
18. [R58] Notability 5/5 · US Always reliable: I have been using Notability since its creation. I love using this app.
19. [R65] Goodnotes 1/5 · US Need a friendlier smoother experience on the Surface Pro.: I am using good notes because I do not like using Apple, however using this on the iPad is much smoother than using it on the surface pro so it kind of defeats the purpose since I use Notabiiity on the iPad. I wish you made a full functional non web dependent version off this app for the surface pro and desktop PC. On the Surface its slowe
20. [R66] Goodnotes 5/5 · US Loving this app: This app has been so helpful for my digital planner and organizing everything.
21. [R69] Goodnotes 5/5 · US Excellent Note App: I’ve tried multiple other ones that integrate with iPhone and iPad. GoodNotes has been the best overall so far. The time between syncing in the cloud between devices is far better than most other apps. The ease of use and user friendly options as well. Give it a try and see for yourself ! Thanks Goodnotes team!
22. [R70] Goodnotes 3/5 · US Good most of the time.: For the most part it’s great! I do experience some bugs sometimes where it will start deleting stuff that I have written as I continue my notes then it will continue to give me an error message if I try restarting the app and I have to restart my IPad to get it to work properly again. These are recent bugs for me as I used to not experience them.
23. [R80] Otter Transcribe Voice Notes 5/5 · US CRO: Fantastic product. Been using it for a while. As someone that is constantly in meetings, not only is the basic AI transcription fantastic, the image capture feature is often indispensable as it gives you instant context to what you were discussing without having to go find materials.
24. [R81] Otter Transcribe Voice Notes 3/5 · US OK. Integrates well with AI.: Not that great at identifying names of speakers. My hope is that it would identify a voice and give it a speaker number, but you have to go in and label every speaker even when it’s the same person and you’ve already given them a label. Also, I have not figured out a way to crop transcripts so if you record longer than you meant to, you can’t crop that part out.
25. [R83] Otter Transcribe Voice Notes 5/5 · US OTTER IS HOTTER: Best tool for hands-free note taking in the market hands down.
26. [R86] Otter Transcribe Voice Notes 4/5 · US The BEST!: Otter transcribes even when the app is closed! I set it to record/begin transcribing and then I go to social media and play a video and when I come back to Otter, it’s transcribing all of it!!
27. [R93] Plaud 1/5 · US Device falls off: Money down the drain. The Pin falls off.
28. [R94] Plaud 5/5 · US Such a Great Tool: I am truly enjoying Plaud. I love the multiple templates that you can break the conversation down into for your summary based on the needs of that particular meeting. The app is super easy to use and the function of the recording to transcript to breakdown in a summary format is awesome. I am recommending this to everyone who I work with!!!
29. [R95] Plaud 3/5 · US Performance is satisfactory, but 300 minutes per month is not enough: I'm very satisfied with the performance, but the default time provided for transcription and summarization is insufficient. Also, Korean recognition is still lacking. Still, I can understand the transcribed content. However, due to incorrectly recognized Korean, the AI sometimes provides strange summaries. · translated
30. [R96] Plaud 2/5 · US Difficult to get information, sometimes inaccurate: Sometimes Plaud doesn’t duplicate what the person on the other side of the line says and changes some words and sometimes phrases. Also, it’s very difficult to find my account information, like my plan
31. [R22] Voice Recorder 1/5 · US A rubbish App: It won’t allow you to use any feature without money. This app is useless. DONT pay your money here
32. [R24] Voice Recorder 1/5 · US DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME: So, I am looking for apps to record instruments, right, and I download this one, right. I hop into it and scroll through a little intro about what you can do, but then it shows me that I need to pay for it. I’ve been scrolling through this for hours and all of them you have to pay for! DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME!
33. [R5] Voice Recorder 5/5 · US APP Review: Simply the best transcription app out there. Great for college students.!!! Definitely recommend this to my friends.
34. [R16] Voice Recorder 1/5 · US Stuck at 70% in transcription: Intentando transcribir una entrevista y la app se detiene al 70 % y no avanza. No se que problema tiene la app, pero no ha transcrito ni una nota de voz
35. [R20] Voice Recorder 1/5 · US Nothing will generate: I would like to find some person to contact. I did a few recordings and every time I try to do a summary or get notes from it it just says an error recurred and I try over and over and over.
36. [R25] Voice Recorder 5/5 · US Transcript- original personal recording, not great sound but Voice Memos did the best possible job.: I would recommend.