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Voice Recorder

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User verdict / 100 High confidence In trouble

Voice Recorder offers transcription and AI summarization, but recent user reviews frequently report critical recording failures, transcription inaccuracies, and aggressive paywalls, despite developer claims of engine upgrades and bug fixes.

4.7★ lifetime (7,416) Free + in-app purchases since 2024 by Hangzhou Suoyi Network Technology Co., Ltd. updated 1.8 mo ago recent negative 54% 81 reviews across 4 regions
Paywall & Cost Reliability Issues Transcription Quality Comparison to Apple Voice Memos Customer Support/Refunds
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recent reviews across 4 regions, vs the 4.7★ lifetime average

Voice Recorder is designed to record audio and transcribe it into text, offering AI features for summarization and note-taking. While some users praise its transcription quality, a significant number of recent reviews highlight major issues with recordings cutting off, transcription errors, and a pervasive paywall that limits basic functionality.

What users like

  • Effective for transcription and AI summarization for some usersR3R47R52R32
  • High-quality sound capture reported by some usersR57R45

What users complain about

  • Recordings frequently cut off or stop unexpectedly, making the app unreliable for important tasksR1R37R73R74
  • Aggressive paywall limits basic features like recording quantity or transcription, often after only a few uses or a short trialR8R15R26R31
  • Transcription quality is often poor, with errors and illogical output, and editing text is not possibleR40R81R12
  • Users report issues with the app not opening, recordings being lost, or inability to play back audioR7R11R54R67
  • Some advertised features, like voice-over or noise reduction, are not available or do not work as expectedR20R30R25
  • Many users feel it offers no significant advantage over Apple's free built-in Voice Memos appR8R51R62R78
  • Difficulty canceling subscriptions or getting refunds, with unauthorized charges reportedR23R25R39R43

Latest update · v1.7.3

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

What’s New in This Version - Upgraded transcription engine to Deepgram Nova3, now recognizing more languages in automatic mode - Note features updated with Gemini 3.1 and DeepSeek v4.0 for smarter insights - UI/UX refinements, performance improvements, and bug fixes

Recurring themes

Reliability Issues negative
Many users report that the app is unreliable, with recordings cutting off prematurely, failing to save, or refusing to play back. This directly contradicts the developer's claim of 'performance improvements' and 'bug fixes' in the latest update.R1R7R11R37
Paywall & Cost negative
A dominant theme is the aggressive paywall, with users being prompted to pay for premium features after only a few recordings or even during a trial. Many feel the cost is too high for an app that offers features similar to free alternatives.R4R8R15R26
Transcription Quality mixed
While some users praise the transcription as 'the best' or 'awesome', a significant number report poor quality, errors, and difficulty editing the transcribed text. This is despite the developer's notes claiming an 'upgraded transcription engine' and 'smarter insights'.R3R12R32R40
Comparison to Apple Voice Memos negative
Many reviewers question the app's value, stating it's a 'rip off' or 'copy cat' of Apple's free, built-in Voice Memos app, offering few additional features to justify the cost.R8R30R51R62
Customer Support/Refunds negative
Users report difficulty contacting support, finding FAQs, canceling subscriptions, and receiving unauthorized charges or being unable to get refunds.R6R11R25R39

Who it's for

This app might be for users who occasionally need transcription and AI summarization and are willing to pay a subscription, provided they don't encounter the widespread reliability issues R3R47. It is not for users who need a free, reliable recording tool, expect advanced features like voice-over, or want to avoid aggressive paywalls R8R15R20.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, with many 1-star ratings. This contrasts sharply with the lifetime rating of 4.66, suggesting a significant decline in user satisfaction or changes in app monetization/performance. The developer's notes claim bug fixes and engine upgrades, but recent reviews directly contradict these claims regarding performance and transcription quality.

Frequently asked

Is Voice Recorder free to use?
No, while the app is free to download, many core features like unlimited recording or transcription are locked behind a paywall and require a subscription, often after only a few uses or a short trial R8R15R26R31.
Does the app reliably record and transcribe audio?
Recent reviews indicate that the app frequently fails to reliably record audio, with recordings cutting off unexpectedly, stopping after a few minutes, or not playing back, and transcription quality is often poor with errors R1R7R12R37.
Can I edit the transcribed text?
According to user reviews, you cannot edit the transcribed text within the app, which is a significant drawback given the reported errors in transcription R40.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 81 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] 5/5 · US APP Review: Simply the best transcription app out there. Great for college students.!!! Definitely recommend this to my friends.
  2. [R47] 5/5 · US Super convenient: Very useful to have this not only capture text from voice, but Al AI to organize and summarize the info
  3. [R52] 5/5 · US Thanks a lot: I do appreciate your AI technology for trancripting voice to texxt.
  4. [R32] 5/5 · US Kim Cooper Biz meeting: Awesome recording it’s a smooth translation
  5. [R57] 5/5 · US Recorder: First time trying it with 3 day trial. Mind blown as to the quality of the sound catching voices on conversations from both perspectives. Best app out of any and I’ve had a lot. Extremely grateful for this one. Thank you for your hard work behind scenes for making this happen! Hands up!! 20 stars
  6. [R45] 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.
  7. [R1] 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
  8. [R37] 2/5 · US Recordings Cut Off: The recordings will just stop randomly and cause you to miss key parts of the meeting.
  9. [R73] 1/5 · CA Timer keeps stopping: Recording got choppy I had to continuously press record
  10. [R74] 1/5 · CA Review: Very disappointed. Doesn’t work half of the time. Cuts off the recording at different times, sometimes very short
  11. [R8] 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.
  12. [R15] 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
  13. [R26] 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
  14. [R31] 1/5 · US Not free: Every time I try to use it tries to sell me a subscription and won’t record
  15. [R40] 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.
  16. [R81] 1/5 · AU Not ideal for serious work: This app does not currently have the performance to support serious work. Recordings have failed at critical times (if working at all) and the transcription of the recording is terrible. What is transcribed does not even make sense, let alone resemble anything that was said. Recordings are clear. There are better tools for this.
  17. [R12] 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
  18. [R7] 1/5 · US Recorder: Uninstall this, it recorder but would not play!
  19. [R11] 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
  20. [R54] 1/5 · US 1st: 1st recording I made.. I press pause to stop, continued, lost recording, go puck youself, delete, 1 star
  21. [R67] 2/5 · CA The App won’t open: It’s a great app when it’s working. But sometimes I just try to open the app and it won’t even open. I’ll even turn my phone on and off and it won’t turn on??
  22. [R20] 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.
  23. [R30] 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.
  24. [R25] 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
  25. [R51] 1/5 · US Copy cat: It is the same as the regular voice memos and it wants you to spend money but on the voice memo it come in your iPhone doesn’t need you to Spend a single penny
  26. [R62] 1/5 · GB No point Apple has made one: I don’t see any point in this app as it’s the same as the app made by Apple called “Voice Memos” and Voice Memos has all the features this app has but for free and not locked behind a paywall. Download if you want but I don’t recommend as Voice Memos is much better.
  27. [R78] 1/5 · AU Just use the built-in memos app: This uses the same voice recognition tech that the Apple Memos app uses for live transcriptions. Oh and you can’t record in higher quality without paying. Isn’t it funny how every single actual written review is 1 star? Wonder where all the 5 star reviewers are, huh? Definitely not fake reviews.
  28. [R23] 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
  29. [R39] 1/5 · US I didn’t authorize the purchase: I didn’t authorize the purchase
  30. [R43] 1/5 · US Can’t unsubscribe: It’s the worse, you can’t unsubscribe
  31. [R4] 2/5 · US Cost: Crazy expensive!
  32. [R6] 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.

Synthesized from 81 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store