2022-07-29
Doesn’t work
Downloaded app paid for app
Paid for credits. Tried to call. Only get busy signals
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Description
The original voice and call recorder for iOS. Recorder is your one-button audio recording solution. Record memos, discussions, interviews, and ideas on your iPhone. Use it as a voice recorder or a sound recorder. Record for seconds or hours.
With an extremely simple interface, Recorder is the best app for all of your recording needs.
FEATURES:
- Record for seconds or hours.
- Seek, pause during playback.
- Email short recordings.
- Wifi sync any recordings.
- 44.1k high quality recording.
- Pause while record.
- Level meters.
- Visual trim.
- Record outgoing calls.
- Create an account (optional) so you'll always be able to transfer your recordings between devices.
For more tips + tricks, visit http://recordertheapp.com. Need help? That’s what we’re here for. Email support@retronyms.com with any of your questions.
What's New in Version 12.0.1
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
-64 bit iOS compatibility.
-Updated to latest AudioCopy SDK.
-Fixed issue when recording with "German/Dutch" language selected in iPhone settings.
Seller
Name
dan walton
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
12.0.1
Size
7.9 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated: 4+
Compatibility
iOS 8.0 or later
Devices
iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16e, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air, iPhone 17e, iPad 2 (Wi-Fi), iPad 2 (3G), iPad (3rd Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad (3rd Generation) (4G), iPad (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad (4th Generation) (4G), iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (Wi-Fi), iPad mini (4G), iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M2) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M4) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi, iPad mini (A17 Pro) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi, iPad (A16) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 11-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi, iPad Air 13-inch (M3) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 13-inch (M5) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air11M4, iPad Air11M4Cellular, iPad Air13M4, iPad Air13M4Cellular, iPod touch (5th generation), iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation), Apple Watch Series 4, Apple Watch Series 5, Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS), Apple Watch Series 6 (GPS + Cellular), Apple Watch Series SE (GPS), Apple Watch Series SE (GPS + Cellular), Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS), Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS + Cellular), Apple Watch Series 8 (GPS), Apple Watch Series 8 (GPS + Cellular), Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) (GPS), Apple Watch SE (2nd generation) (GPS + Cellular), Apple Watch Ultra, Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS), Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS + Cellular), Apple Watch Ultra 2, Watch10, Watch10Cellular, Watch11, Watch11Cellular, WatchSE3, WatchSE3Cellular, WatchUltra3
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
2.5 of 5 (20 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2022-06-03
SCAM
Dont get this app it said i already had an account when i have never had this app before and it wouldnt let me request my password.
2022-05-06
Scam Alert
It doesn't record outgoing call and the worst part is they don't refund you when you as for it.
Don't waste your money and time, this is an scam
Apple is letting these scammer getting away with what they are doing.
2020-02-03
Don’t download
There’s no way to communicate problems
I paid $ and can’t use
Terrible
2019-11-25
Upset
I have use this recording up for many years… And for the most part it’s great and does what you need to do. But just recently I had accidentally left the recorder going long after the period of time that I needed to record, and wanted to trim the recording. Every other single editing program in the world that I’ve used that has a cut function can cut out parts of the recording that you do not want. So I was happy to see this had that available, so I thought. I am so upset that their scissor icon for cutting out the section of the recording that you do not want, ends up KEEPING ONLY what you wanted to delete. It’s the absolute most ludicrous thing to select the portion that you want to cut, and use their scissor function to find out that it doesn’t cut that, it only keeps it and deletes the rest, more atrocious is the fact that you have no way to reverse the action!! Consequently I lost a very valuable recording. Very upset.
2019-10-03
Payments and using
You buying this app and still need to pay for credits to record your calls. Not comfortable to use. One of worst recording apps
2018-11-04
Not happy
I just paid $.99 for the app just to learn I had to then pay for credits for calls. Don’t recommend. Don’t waste your time.
2018-05-12
Works great for me…various 'Phones
Are use it all the time for speech and music rehearsal recording…
Never have had a problem
The Wi-Fi download is very handy… I only wish it preserved date and time stamp (which are very handy to have, thank you)
Thank you!
2017-12-21
False advertising
Paid app price then learned had to pay for individual call recordings so cancelled immediately. I will look for the refund
2017-12-05
Always works, love the phone-record feature!
I have used Recorder on every phone I’ve had since I bought it, years ago. That includes a 5S, 6+, 6S + and my 7+. Works perfectly with each one.
It is an outstanding recorder for daily use in capturing audio in many situations. I use it when I want to document or remember a conversation. And occasionally for phone calls.
Recorder’s best benefit is the superb quality of its phone call recordings. Easy to use, always effective. It’s simple to retrieve the audio files and edit them — or to transfer them to another app or to a Mac or PC for more extensive editing.
If you have any challenges or questions of any kind, I’ve found Retronym, the developer, to be great with support and follow through. Their website has a FAQ and other sources of information available.
Easy to give this five stars! I have never had anything except success with it; “it just works,” as described here.
One last anecdote. Years ago, a friend’s father died unexpectedly. My ability to use Recorder to retrieve the last phone calls from his dad from an answering machine meant more to my grieving buddy than anything I have ever done for him as a friend, before or after. Recorder made that little gesture (a very big one, to my friend) very easy and simple. Recorder’s small cost has been justified many times over to me by its instant availability in my iPhone and its flexibility and usefulness — and for its reliability whenever I really need it.
I feel slightly guilty, because I should’ve written this great review long ago. I take the app for granted because it works so well.
2017-07-09
Still Doesn't Work
This app hasn't worked for years on my iPhone 6 Plus. The update does nothing to change that. Will not open. Crashes immediately. Please fix it. It was actually very useful several years ago
2017-06-07
Do not purchase
Sorry to let your hopes down but you must purchase time to record and there are security issues. AVOID
2017-03-18
My go to
Awesome simple interface and easy transfer to iMac over wifi.
2017-02-10
Excellent Support
Quick response, easy solution, excellent product
2016-03-02
Garbage
Must pay to record calls.
2016-01-28
Recorder App is great
Love this App! Have used it many times when I don’t want to forget something or record a meeting so I don’t have to take detailed note. Love being able to download Memos with Wi-Fi sync! Thank you!
2015-12-11
Avoid this
I lost a valuable recording due to this crap app.
2015-10-17
Awful
Awful, awful, awful.
2015-09-23
Pay while you're scared
This app advertises safety while you're walking. While the entire time it asks you for money. I used this app instead of my girlfriend while I did and walked our route. I bought it during the walk because I needed something. But my god this was not it. This is an app for your money. Not an app to help people. Period. I'm ashamed.
2015-05-30
I can’t download recordings!!
My files are too large to email and when I do wifi synch none of the links work. I can view all of my recorded file names in the list, but when I click on the link to download I get an error message. I tried to go to their help page and email support and both those pages give me error messages as well.
I am very unhappy.
2015-04-16
Have to buy credits and quality bad
I have an iPhone 6 Plus. Not only do you have to buy a credit, nothing tells you what a credit actually is. The sound quality of the recording was so bad it was unusable.
2015-02-19
Junk
I am just beside myself. I used recorder to record a conference call so I could listen and go back for detailed updating of the task list. I paid extra for minutes to record my call and wouldn't you know- it records nothing. I have nothing form the call- just a file that won't download. This app is awful. Don't waste your money or trust it with important documentation.
2015-01-26
Scam
Save your money. You have to pay for every use.
2015-01-17
Scam.
Ripoff. They omit telling people that you have to pay for "credits" to actually record calls. Basically, it's a scam to get people to pay the 0.99 for the app. Don't do it.
2014-12-31
Freeze when used in iPhone 6plus
Worked well in iPhone 4s. But Freeze when used in iPhone 6plus
2014-09-18
Junk
Was hoping I would be able to record audio from other apps with this, but no-go. $1 down the tube.
2014-07-02
It does what it is supposed to do and they have excellent technical support.
It does what it is supposed to do and they have excellent technical support.
2014-07-01
terrible. do not use.
First, the recorder started losing voice memos. That was bad, and customer service, once they finally responded, basically just shrugged and said there’s no automatic backup of the memos and there’s nothing they can do. But they said calls were automatically backed up online so I didn’t need to worry about losing them. Well, guess what? The last two phone calls I’ve made weren’t recorded online. When I go to the wifi sync page they show up as null. I don’t know what happened, this used to be a great tool. But no longer.
2014-05-04
Pay to play
Sorry I bought this app.
It charges for every phone recording. It's a pay phone disguised as a recording app! Stay away from this loser!!
2014-04-19
No longer records
It was working great, until 2 months ago--now it won't record. Once you press record, the timer is displayed, but it never counts up, and it doesn't record audio.
2014-03-14
Do Not Buy
I made recording of a children’s book for the first grade. Could not email it (file size too large) although I have emailed larger. Would not sync with voice memos in iTunes. Supposedly it will sync with some apps but none that I have. Can not save it to my Mac as mp3. In effect, I lost all my work and will now have to re-record it in another app. Thanks a lot. The kids appreciate it too.
2014-03-12
THE BEST QUALITY RECORDINGS ON AN IDEVICE
This is app is literally the best app for recording any audio on an iDevice. Idk what they've done but it comes out with the best sounding recordings for music out of any app I've bought. It's great for musicians who wanna get quick clean live recordings. Just make sure you're not blowing out the mic and for drummers usually the "sweet spot" is about 15-20ft away and maybe muffle the mic with a thin pillow. Absolutely wondrous sound. Can hear every nuance and articulation, same with any other instruments. And for voice calls, it also again reigns supreme! The ONLY gripe I have is not having a dedicated cloud to sync my recordings to without the use of wifi. That would be great cause then the recordings could be uploaded and deleted from your device to make room for new recordings. Not to mention it acts as a backup. Also, so glad you can now pull the files off without wifi, but i wish you didn't HAVE to do it through iTunes. But these are personal opinions, I still think the app deserves 5/5. No problems here, just thumbs up!!
2014-03-01
do not buy
it lost my recording and i really needed it. it was the worst feeling! i tried everything to get it back. do not waste the money on the app or the credits. find something else.
2014-03-01
Doesn’t do incoming calls, and routes outgoing ones
The app only records outgoing calls, not incoming ones (due to apple’s hardware not allowing calls to be tapped). Outgoing calls are US-only, because it forwards the call through a server that records the call (thus an internet connection is required).
Unfortunately when I tried using the app I got a 502 error. The developers have a good support page with FAQ, but no mention of that error nor what it means.
2014-02-26
Retronyms Loses Recordings
The amount of problems with this app are astounding. It doesn't record. It doesn't play back. Their tech support is sloooow and don't know how to fix anything. There are too many glitches for them to keep up with.
When Retronyms upgraded to their newer version, they LOST two very important recordings I needed.
Apparently, someone paying you by the minute for backup storage on recordings doesn't mean that it's a priority to actually store the recordings.
They have no phone number available for tech support, so I had to wait for emails from a very nice and well-meaning customer service rep…who couldn't do squat because the engineer was sloooooow at getting back to her.
When he supposedly "fixed" the problem, it wasn't actually fixed.
As it stands, I'm now sitting on an article I was supposed to turn in 5 days ago. I had to explain to my editor that I missed my deadline because I bought an app where I pay by the minute for recording and storage, but they magically deleted the recording off of my phone, and it took them 5 days to "fix" something in a way that didn't fix anything, and so the waiting game continues.
2013-12-06
No support
The new version renames all your files when you sync, so if you give them meaningful names you will just be wasting your time. I wasted hours on this.
I submitted 2 support queries on this subject and never heard back. Maybe for phone calls this is okay, but for music there is probably a more responsive app maker out there.
2013-12-05
Unreliable
I can’t get it to record. It worked one minute and then not the next. Can’t figure out how to get it to work again. I tested it and then went to an interview and couldn’t get it to work. Very frustrated!!
2013-11-11
Deceptive money grubbers!
Costs $ to download app. Then you have to pay for minutes to use the recorder. That was not mentioned in their info. If I had known you have to pay more after you pay for the app, I wouldn't have downloaded it.
2013-11-06
No Dropbox?!?!?!
r u serious? R U SERIOUS?!?!?!
2013-10-26
Call recording costs extra
I just bought this app, and then after I bought it, I found out that it cost extra to record calls. There is a permanent charge. I feel that there should have been a mention of that in the information for this app. The app seems to work fine other than that.
2013-10-11
Can't get it to record
I cannot get this app to record at all. It will not even call the person, and once it even called someone whose number I did not input. I was trying to call my mother and it called a total stranger who answered the phone in a different language. I am surprised that this app has so many good reviews, but it is truly a useless app. I regret the .99 cents I spent on it, and the additional 1.99 I spent for an hour block of recording. There is no way to test if the app works without buying the 1.99 hour block of recording (as it is the minimum number of credits you can buy), so I only had prior reviews to go on. Sadly, it does work at all. I'd stay away from this app.
2013-10-04
Warning!!!!
Do not buy this garbage!! Waist of money!
2013-08-28
Don't waste the .99 cents
You won't be recording calls for just .99 cents. You have to purchase blocks of time for recordings. Better to spend the money up front on an honest app that does it all for the advertised price.
2013-08-24
Read first
It's only 99 cents but if you are planning on catching someone lying, check the laws in your state first to see whether you can record without notifying the person on the other end. MOST LIKELY you have to notify them before you can record them.
2013-08-10
Fixed! I have my favorite recorder back! Thank you!
Great little recorder, for those having problems with a previous bug, it's fixed! I have all my notes back!
Thank you! Love to put notes on a loop and play them in the background have been using this 4 years now.
Very useful and many more features than the stock apple voice recorder...
2013-08-07
Thank you for the feedback!
Thank you for updating the app and making the files playable again. I'm sure many others are thankful for this as well.. Since a lot of people use this to jot down quick ideas for music and such. It is once again the app it should be!
2013-08-06
Thanks for the quick fix!
Everything is back to normal - great little program for making high quality recording
2013-08-06
Thanks
Thanks for fixing this app. It has been one of my favorite voice recorders.
2013-08-06
Fix not forthcoming
So I loved this app till it made all my recordings disappear. It's been almost 3 weeks - come on and fix it already! I use it for work and can't do any of the transcription I need to do.
2013-07-31
Failed me big time.
First of all, the app somehow ate credits I'd bought for recording time. I had a phone interview so I bought more. Then every time I tried to use the app, it quit. I had to do the interview without recording it. Big-time fail. I won't use it again.
2013-07-28
Three Years of Work... Gone?!
I hold out hope that a future version can fix what this version ruined, but the realist in me has started the grieving process. I'm a songwriter who used this app to vocally flesh out ideas, over the course of months or even a year or two. When I boot up the app and find that all my almost-there ideas won't play, I feel like while I thought I was immortalizing fleeting flickers of inspiration to congregate as songs, in actuality I was just corralling lambs for the slaughter.
Recorder, fix this—by which I mean save/recover my old files, the outpourings of my muse for the hope of completion and professional recording—and I will give you the five-star review this app deserved before this data-destroyer of an update. But until then, know that this one in a flurry of one-star reviews accurately reflects this back-stabbing iteration of your once-great software.
2012-07-13
Simple and solid. Very reliable.
I've downloaded several recorder apps, and all but this one have disappointed me. I've used Recorder to record sensitive phone calls, interview hi-profile clients, and document important meetings. To me, the most important thing is that the recorder DOESN'T FAIL in a sensitive (i.e. one shot) situation. When your phone logs out, or if you exit and use other apps, the recorder KEEPS GOING. The status bar of your phone glows red so you know it is still recording even when your phone is outside of the password screen. Totally solid, and barely any battery drain.
I've read some of the negative reviews here, and maybe some people just expect everything for free, but buying recording time is really affordable and completely worth it. I would label this one of my few irreplaceable apps, because you never know when you are going to need it. It's simple and awesome.
The only drawback is that you can't email a file over 5MB, which most of your recordings will be, but you can connect through WiFi and offload them to your computer. Make sure to do this in case you lose your phone. Future updates should allow File Transfer through iTunes as some of its competitors do.
2012-05-02
Works great for outgoing calls only
I just made a number of outgoing recorded calls and personal memos (ambient room conversation recordings) and it worked great!! Quality of recording and ease of use are wonderful. You can turn off the "call is being recorded" announcement (a major plus for states where only one party needs to consent to recording a call) and both calls and recordings are crystal clear on 3G. Caller ID shows my own phone number. No issues at all with recorded audio. Sync via wifi is a necessary feature and worked perfectly for me. Format is AIFF so it loads into iTunes when you play it on a computer.
Only flaw I found is a big one, though. DOESN'T WORK ON INCOMING CALLS!! Again, Outgoing calls and personal memos/room recordings work great, but no functionality to record incoming calls. Recording incoming calls is a necessary feature and should be a priority for the next update!
2012-05-01
Time delay? Static? Horrible!
Needed this app to do high-profile interviews. Used it once and will NOT use it again. It was humiliating. There was an obvious time delay, causing us to talk over each other and making me hesitate to ask important questions, which was the point. Then, though I had 5 bars, there was a lot of static on both sides, meaning it sounded shoddy to her and won't provide accuracy for fact checkin for me (again, the WHOLE point). I called a relative to test the connection, and tested both high quality and regular through the app. High quality was worse; he could barely hear me for either. Then I called him back without using the app, and guess what? Clear as a bell. Because you have to call first to a center and the. Be connected, I'm assuming this quality problem is caused by that. Really shameful. I now have 6+ hours of recording time that I can't use, and an interview looming for which I have NO option. Waste of money!!
2011-11-07
Solid and reliable as ever
(Updated review) The app continues to run well and work for me. Totally handy in a pinch, the regular quality is decent enough but turning on high-quality makes it much better (in the More Options tab). I have put Call Recording to use since my last review and it's solid. Yes, there is a fee -- so many people seem oblivious to that even though it's right there in the app description -- but it's well worth it in my opinion. But mostly I still use the app for recording environmental sounds and things on the go (which is great because I don't always have my pro recorder with me), it's served me really well as a standby.
2011-09-28
A Favorite
I'm a singer/songwriter. I use this app to record song ideas when I'm driving or walking. It is my favorite app for this purpose. I've used it through many versions.
I use "free" features only. I do not record calls.
Minor issues as in version current Sep. 28, 2011: (1) editing song title with bluetooth keyboard, the button that gets me back to the recordings list disappears until I shut my bluetooth keyboard off (2) switch between trimming track & editing title: landscape-portrait switch annoying because I prefer to lay my phone on counter and not have to hold it.
2011-07-16
great for a songwriter & for easy wifi transfer to desktop
I am a songwritinger/ singer, and this is my favorite recording app so far. Something that I like about this app, is that I can connect up to wifi quickly, and all of my files will be there, ready to download easily. Other apps you have to choose each file and then download, which takes a lot longer. ...there are a couple things that I wish this app would do, and that is to have an option to start recording right away, as sometimes I'm in the car, and I'd like it to just start recording without having to fiddle with too many button selections. I also wish there was a feature to "play all," as sometimes I'd like to listen to all my ideas one after another. I also wish there was a "delete all," so that after I've downloaded through wifi, then I can toss it quickly. ...but all in all, it's still my favorite app for getting my ideas down.
2010-08-31
Records More Than Just A Call.
This app came through for me in a huge way. I have some very dear friends who tragically lost their son in an accident. The outpouring from the community was overwhelming in the recorded voice mail messages that were left on their mobile and home phones. Utilizing this app, I was able to call into their voice mail and home answering machine to record all of the messages. Then I was ale to take the file via its wonderfully, easy to use wi-fi sync and download the recorded file. I could then easily convert it to MP3 and have it for the family to keep.
It doesn't matter that I had to purchase recording time, my only suggestion would be that if you are charging for recording time, you should price the app as free. However, that was inconsequential as .99, then $1.99 for 60 minutes of recording time was a small price to pay to help my grief stricken friends.
If you should decide to record messages this way, and use a smart phone, it helps that you can mute the handset so outside noise is not heard when recording the messages.
2010-05-03
Great application! Blows away my $50 Sony digital recorder.
This is a great application. Simple to use and good quality recordings. I've only used it with the built-in iPhone mic, but even with this, the quality FAR exceeds my $50 Sony digital recorder. Plus, I can download the recordings to my computer which I can't do with the Sony (which is PC only). For recording memos or, as I do, musical ideas, Recorder can't be beat. My only negative is that you can't adjust the input volume. I wrote an email to Retronyms asking about this and received a personal response just six hours later. I was impressed. They say that the iPhone uses a fixed input level. They suggested using an external mic as an option. This only becomes an issue when recording fairly loud jams though. For normal recording, Recorder is just great. For $1, you can't go wrong. Really!
2010-05-02
Recorder v3 - best of audio apps
I've tried most of the audio apps and Recorder v3 is the best balance of audio quality, ease of use, while offering two methods to get audio off the phone to a computer.
Recorded audio is saved as AIFF at 128kbps.
Audio can be saved by uploading it to the company's server if it is under 5 min long. Obviously this opens up privacy questions when your files reside on someone else's server.
In v3, you can transfer your audio off the phone over WiFi. After tapping the WiFi Sync button at the bottom of Recorder's main window, your phone becomes a web server and displays its IP address. When you visit the address of your phone with a web browser, you can download the AIFF files directly to your computer.
With some server hacks, this app seems likely to be the first audio recording app to be able to support direct-to-server remote podcasting on an iPhone, but I haven't yet tried it. To work in *any* remote situation, the app would have to allow web downloads from the phone via 3G. Still, with a WiFi connection and some funky server scripts, remote podcasting seems tantilizingly possible.
Also, in thinking about how to achieve remote podcasting, it is painfully obvious now that this is one of those apps that makes Apple's "no background services for 3rd party apps" seem particularly constraining.
Brilliant app and best its type.
Some users reported data loss with the upgrade, but I didn't loose my previously recorded tracks with the v3 upgrade (I used iTunes to upgrade rather than upgrading directly from the phone).
Now that the app does offer a way to get your tracks off the phone, it would seem prudent to copy all tracks before making future upgrades.
2010-02-25
Tweeting Audio New Possibilities
I have had this app since the very beginning when it first appeared on the app store with the original iPhone. When the Voice Memo app came with the 3GS, I thought this app was dead. Far from it. This app has always been one if not several steps ahead of the native iPhone app. Sound quality is better hands down. And now with the new Tweet option, that's so cool. I can now record a short conversation or do an interview withe call recording feature and share it on Twitter as soon as I'm done. Too cool. The icon might not be the prettiest thing out there, but this app has been solid for the 2 1/2 years I've had it. And although I haven't even tried to share with Garage Band, the capability is there, possibilities keep going. You won't regret the 99 cents. One of the few apps I have that keep getting upgraded for so little money.
2009-11-21
I like it, but . . .
I was needing a way to record a telephone interview for my podcast and decided to give this app a try. 99 cents was worth a cool app that would accomplish this task and even when I discovered you have to purchase blocks of recording time that didn't bother me either. I opted for 1 hour of recording time for $1.99 for this first attempt. The only gripe I have with this app is the poor quality of the recorded interview. I even set the app to record at high quality and the recording, while acceptable, was pretty crappy sounding. I know they use a service to record the calls, hence the required purchase of blocks of time, but it would be nice if the service this app uses to record would up the quality. If the sound quality of the recorded output was better I'd use this app all the time to conduct telephone interviews and they'd make a ton off of me. But at the moment of this post I believe Skype is better to record telephone calls.
2009-11-11
Great Buy and a good deal
For .99 a month and thirteen bucks for eight hours of outgoing call recordings, the Recorder 10 is a great deal. Go out and price a digital recorder and all the accessories you need to record a clear telephone audio file and you will realize what a bargain it really is. I'm a writer and I just did a one hour and seven minute interview yesterday and I used the I-Pod ear buds and in line mic. The recording is as clear as a bell. And the Recorder 10 application is so easy to use, even a cave man could do it...:) Anyone who complains about the cost of this recorder and being charged for minutes should probably stick a pencil and notepad...We're talking about pennies per minute here...Five Stars!
2009-07-16
Update: Recording phone calls NOW WORKS!
Update: Call recording now works! It took Apple's server a little bit of time to approve my purchase of 1 hour of call recording. After restarting the app, I saw one hour added to the available time, so I gave it a go. I called my best friend and talked for 46 sec before I hang up on him (he knew the call was being recorded; a female voice notified both of us before the call began). The recording downloaded in under 15 sec over Edge and exactly 46 sec were subtracted from the 1 hour. The sound quality is great, btw. Retronyms, well done!
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I have been wondering what happened to the server that records the calls so I contacted Retronyms (hint: if u r serious about reviewing an App, contact the developers first) It turns out that Retronyms is waiting for Apple's approval of the pay-as-you-go call recording. This means that you can get an hour of call recording for something like $1.99, or purchase 8 hours at a discounted price. Unlike cell phone carriers, the time of a recording will be measured in seconds, not minutes! After a call is recorded, you get to download the recording to your phone, or keep it on the server. Can't wait to use this new service!
2009-07-05
Recorder is king!
I've tried all the iPhone voice recording apps. Recorder was one of the first, and is still the best for making quick recordings on the go with an absolute minimum of fuss. Transferring audio files over wi-fi works flawlessly. If you want more features, give one of the others a try. But Recorder is the recording app I always reach for.
Update: Tried the new Voice Memos app that comes with the 3.0 software update. Still prefer Recorder. Transferring sound files via wireless ftp is much easier than emailing individual recordings. Long recordings would also be very tough to email from the iPhone. Voice Memos has a much cooler microphone logo, but Recorder is a superior audio recorder.
2009-06-28
Simple, Elegant, Extremely Useful
As a videogame journalist I often need to conduct interviews with gaming industry figures. I've been through a number of audio recording devices in an effort to make it simple to record conversations for later transcription, and even the $200 dedicated handheld machines aren't as easy to use or simplistically useful as Recorder. For only one dollar you get an almost utilitarian program that records any length of audio (with surprisingly fantastic audio fidelity) that can then be uploaded to your computer via wifi or played back via the iPhone's speakers or earbuds.
I love that I can simply set my iPhone on a table, hit record, then conduct a conversation that will be picked up without flaws, even with those who speak far more quietly than they should.
It doesn't quite get a perfect score, though. One feature missing is the ability to record phone calls made with the iPhone. I have to conduct interviews via phone pretty often and not having to type while speaking (so as to not miss crucial details) would be a huge boon. Even without that though, Recorder is totally worth the low price of admission. Even if you don't need it professionally, a single dollar is a steal for a program that lets you take voice notes when you're out running errands.
2009-06-04
Wow, the capabilities
Great quality recording and all around great app. E-mail with a couple touches or if it's too big (5MB, which is around 5 min) wi-fi sync it flawlessly with your laptop (on the same network). A very responsive app.
Had a problem that bit me in the .... though. Careful when recording more than 5 minutes where power goes off. Tested it after problem and couldn't replicate the problem under same and many more conditions, meaning it can record fine when it powers itself off. Don't know what happened. Also the forementioned 5MB limit shouldn't be an issue when it's connected to wi-fi but it seems to be. Apple proprietary recorder coming with 3.0 better be perfect for me to use it over this one. Thanks Retronyms!
2009-05-01
Dangerous !!!
From some other reviews that I've read it seems that a few people don't realize that (1) this is for iPhone and/or iPod Touch 2nd Generation and (2) an external microphone is needed to record. I have used it with an iPhone Stereo Headset and a ThumbTack (Google that !) and have no complaints at all. People using ThumbTack must remove it for playback. Now if we could use it without an external microphone it would be perfect !
Update - After using this app a couple of times a week with no problems something happened with it today that frighteneed me. I used it then found that I could not exit the app. Pressing the home button on my iPod Touch did nothing. I could not turn off the power to the iPod. I could not get back to the icon to delete it either. In short my iPod was frozen and useless. Finally I went to my iMac and deleted it in applications and when asked if I wanted to reinstall on my iMac (when I synced) said no and was finally able to get my iPod to work and uninstall it there. I almost had to drive to the nearest Apple Store ! Very scary.
2009-03-15
Why people are giving a 1-star rating
There seem to be a lot of iPod touch owners who download this app and think it will turn their media player directly into a recording device. The iPod Touch does not have a built-in microphone. This is common sense- you can't record something without a microphone. The iPhone has a microphone, and this app works really well. The high quality mode encodes in AIFF format.
If you have an iPod Touch, be sure you can use your microphone with a free recording app before buying this nicer program. People are giving this app a 1-star rating because it magically does not add a microphone to the iPod Touch. Ignorance and spite are a dangerous combination.
2009-02-07
PROBLEM FOR THE DEVELOPERS, PLEASE FIX!!
So here's the problem. When I record and receive a text message or a phone call, the recording stops. But that's not the problem. The "memo" that was interupted does not show a length of time, only size and the time started. Soooo, what happens when I try to WiFi link it and download it on my computer, the computer does NOT see that memo! And apparently, if it's a large audio file, I can't email it either!!! PLEASE, PLEASE FIX THIS!!! I love your product, except for this issue. In the mean time, I guess the work around would be putting the phone in "airplane mode". But that is a far second to getting this app to work correctly. Thanks in advance!
2009-02-01
Great! How to make it a "Killer" application...
I love the simplicity and functionality. A number of good suggestions have already been made in other reviews but one "killer" feature would be to allow memos to quickly be tagged rather than named (which takes too much time to type a name) using a wheel type function in which you can predefine the categories you want to associate with your memos. Next and most important is to add the ability to set memos to play at preset times (just like the alarm functionality associated with events on your calendar) of alert you at a preset time (same as alarm function). Now you have a vocal productivity tool!! I would use this functionality to complement and possibly even replace my to do list task manger (of course it needs to be fast and easy to label tasks and set play time/date alarms.
2009-01-11
Very Nice, Very Easy!
This app does what it says it will. Records very good quality audio and syncs with ease. Has a Progress Bar while playing the recording so you can scroll to the part of the track you wish to find quickly. Wifi sync is the easiest I've tried, and the email sync feature sends a 10-day link to your mailbox (or your friends email) for your recording. No special software to install on your laptop. No special service to sign up to. It really is SUPER simple.
One note: BE SURE to touch the "i" icon and select "High Quality Recording" to get the most out of the iPhone's mic. It really is a very good mic, so you might as well get the most out of it!
To the developer: It would be cool to see a "mic level" slide bar.
2009-01-06
excellent value!
For 99 cents it's hard to find fault about something that does what it says it would do - and then some. I am using the new $79 Apple in-ear headphones w/Mic. My first recording was OK but rather lo-fi sounding. Then I turned on the "High Quality" recording and sang the same thing. WOW! Huge difference! Now I can finally use the iPod touch as I had intended - to make audio notes and record melodies. I then used Bonjour through Safari to transfer my test recordings, which was almost instantaneous. My hat's off to Retronyms - you guys have done an excellent job - can't wait to see further options if any, but this is excellent!
2009-01-02
Awesome
Awesome app. Definately worth more than $1. I like the simple choice between high quality (to record my baby talking) and low quality (to record voice notes to myself). I also like the fact that you can use wifi to get the large recordings off the iPhone without needing to install a client application on the computer. I agree with the other reviewer, it would be nice for the app to be aware of the accelerometer, so that when you hold the iPhone upside down (so the mic and speaker are facing you) the interface on the screen would flip and have the proper orientation.
2008-12-04
Must buy app for students!
I LOVE THIS APP!! but... I have a view notes to the developer. See, I use this app to record lectures at school. Each lecture is an hour and a half long and I love the fact that you can wifi sync and or email the recording. At the moment you can only email recordings 5 minutes or less. Hopefully this changes in the near future to allow longer recordings to be emailed. Now using wifi sync is the coolest thing since slice bread but it works half the time for me. I can download between 2-30 min recordings 100% of the time. But trying to download at hour and a half long lecture over wifi works half the time. Usually the program quits just when I'm within 30 seconds of finishing the download and the file is not complete. Not sure if this is a Retronyms bug or apple firmware 2.0.2 bug (iphone) but I think its Apple's! =). but besides those two gripes this is my most used app. absolutely worth my dollar!
2008-11-06
Great Voice Recorder!
I had this app since it's been released. It works great. Never shuts down sporadically as some other voice recording apps do. Syncs easily with my MacBook in minimal number of action steps. It doesn't require any extra software installation, it syncs using the Bonjour protocol. The recording quality is outstanding when set to High. The noise cancellation is greatly improved in recent versions. The user interface is simple and clear. The notes management is very easy task in this app. I recommend this app to everyone, who needs to record voice whether it is a short note or a long interview, whether it is recorded in noisy or in quiet environment. It saves me a lot of time and keeps my head clear.
2008-11-04
Much better.
Update: Not only did the developer respond promptly to my e-mail (!), a fix for the problem described below was already in the works, it is now available (v6.x), and has solved the problem. This app is now, in my opinion, the best of the (simple) recorder apps.
I do have one other issue I hope the developer will consider addressing: The recording currently playing will lose its focus if you touch another recording. At that point, you cannot determine which recording is playing. I suggest maybe a "play/pause" button be located to the left of the recording name that will always remain active for the currently playing recording - even when the currently playing recording looses its focus. Something like the way iTunes addresses the same issue.
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I am with Phily Jeff on this: The app records fine, but I just cannot get to the rename/email screen. No matter how or where I touch the "blue arrow", all it does is play the recording. Yep, Jeff -- very frustrating. I have emailed the developer and will update my review depending on the outcome.
2008-10-17
Nice update
I've been delighted with this program from day one. The level meter in the update isn't just for looks. It gas helped a great deal, a eliminated worry about recording quality. Excellent, developers. For those wondering about recording phone conversations, the developers would have to deal with some touch stuff. If you record a phone call in a two-party (you and the caller must be in the know) consent state, if you don't make it known you're recording (even if the conversation is with your beloved mother) it ain't legal. Believe me, as a newspaper newsfeature witer specializing in investigative projects, I'd *love to have the ability to record phone interviews, but I've long learned I mostly have to live without. Nice job, developers. Thanks for the update.
2008-09-26
Almost a great app
This app has a lot of potential. It almost lets the iPhone replace yet another device that I haul around with me - the pocket dictaphone. But alas, it doesn't. I often need to take recorded notes in my laboratory, while I work with both hands. Later, these notes are transcribed into the project files. How great to be able to store those notes as a computer file instead of a pile of microcassettes! What another cool thing to do with the iPhone! Unfortunately, there is no way to pause during a recording. I can't sit through an hour of silence, waiting for the notes I need, and I can't use a hundred separate files from a day's work. I'd pay ten times the price if this app had a "pause" button and voice-activated start/stop.
2008-09-11
Excellent app. Well worth the small price.
As a PR/marketing guy, I frequently take interviews over the phone to write my articles. The recording quality is excellent and the iPhone microphone easily picks up people talking over my speaker phone. I can now get rid of my 20 year old microtape recorder and just use my iPhone. The email function is limited to 5 mins worth of recording, so that's of small use. But the inclusion of the Wifi function is simply genius. Now I can directly transfer my 15-30 mins of interviews and save them on my PC, and then slice and dice the file for any use that I need. Thanks for putting this app together.
2008-09-04
Recorder, An Amazing new App!
Hi, I am an apple iPhone Dwveloper and a businessman, this App is great for recording my business and corporate Meetings as well as making Notes To Self.
I am also taking college Courses in Nuclear Physics and Hoppe to become a Nuclear Physics teacher!
I record all lectures and important Class Periods
NOTE TO ALL HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE STUDENTS: Check with your Principal/headmaster You should not bring your phone and place it on your desk to wait for instruction! Some schools will say "if it transmits information it cannot be in the class, ask them if you could record without a SIM Card and wait for Approval, all students by law must know that they are being recorded, because if they say something that is recorded they can sue You!
Note to the VoiceNotes App:
Yeah sure it's free but you may only record short notes not long classes email feature will crash your phone, and during the 2.0.2 update people got their phones bricked.
Recorder is Highly Reccomended!
2008-08-26
Good sound quality, but some significant limitations
The sound quality on this thing is great; basically it's exactly what you'd want in a recorder. There are still some problems with manipulating the files, though.
I downloaded version 3 earlier this evening, hoping to be able to sync a sound file I'd recorded earlier to the IBook I'm using in a hotel room.
* Recorder doesn't sync your memos to ITunes; apparently Apple hasn't provided an interface for this yet
* You can email your sound files to yourself, but - significantly - Recorder won't email files over five minutes in length. Wish I'd known this earlier; I could have simply stopped and started my recording at five minute intervals. I don't see any mention of this five minute limit in the description of the app either on ITunes or the developer's website, though.
* You can sync your memos with your laptop wirelessly, which is 100% useless to a person sitting in a hotel room where there's no WiFi availability. I suppose I could go try to hunt down a coffeeshop, but why was the ability to sync using a USB cable omitted from this version of the app?
It's still great, but it's not getting five stars from me until these problems are rectified. It's easily worth $.99, though.
2008-08-15
Good...needs a few improvements
This is a pretty good App, but I have a few suggestions.
The Good: easy to use, cheap, great interface, no trouble with "crashing"/freezing up my iPhone, can change the names of your saved recordings, can rewind/fast forward/pause during playback.
Suggestions:
1. You should be able to change the order of your saved recordings, so if you tend to replay the first recording you ever made over and over (but have 20 other saved recordings since the App's first use), you don't have to scroll to the bottom each time to listen to it. You can just move it to the top.
2. Have a "Pause" button during recording, so you can record something...pause (during a lull/something you don't want to hear)...then resume recording. That way you don't have to stop recording each time and have like five saved recordings that really should be streamed together under one saved "memo".
3. And, of course, the iPhone's own capabilities may limit this (b/c it cannot "hear"/record the stream of noise you are trying to capture well enough), but it would be nice if playback of your recordings was louder/clearer. Most of the time you can only faintly hear things that were recorded unless the noise/voice is really close to the microphone.
Overall, well worth the money! Buy it! I trust that the developers will listen to our suggestions and run with them!
2008-08-09
Nice app but, as always, foibled by limitations
This has the potential for being one of the most useful items in my entire household (even outside the iPhone). I am experimenting with using it as a short item dictation machine for letters and writing projects for example. Some suggestions/glitches:
- PRIVACY No one in their right mind wants to upload anything to anywhere after all the telecoms sold us out to Cheney & Squad.
- the slider jams&freezes very easily when fast forwarding...allow the recording to be named BEFORE it's titled "MEMO"
- to email, the upload is ridiculously long and cumbersome... should be able to transfer the recordings to the main computer for storage in iTunes as a MP3 or other file by way of sync or something simple... by creating an MP3 or other standard type file, should be emailable from iPhone without uploading as well... but then the iPhone doesn't handle attachments outgoing DOES IT??!!?$$ Have the app save the recording in the iPhone's iTunes app and then allow it to sync into the computer for storage and access from the computer's Garageband, iTunes etc. etc. I MADE THE RECORDING FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, NOT COLUMBIA RECORDS!!
2008-08-05
Fabulous application
I really like this application and it is truly fabulous. However, I would love to see some improvements. 1.) An option where you can listen to the message through the iPhone earpiece and not the mouthpiece speakers. This will enable you to listen to your message privately without those around you hearing what you may not have meant for them to hear. It also provides the ability to hear in crowded situations. 2.) The ability to send the memo file via e-mail instead of receiving the message on a website. The website option is a fabulous idea however, there are some that prefer to have the file itself so that they may play in on there own computer using the Apple format... QuickTime.
Other than this I can really see nothing at the moment that would need improvement. This is truly a fabulous piece of software and I congratulate the writers. Nice job!
2008-08-03
Excellent app
Recorder works exactly as advertised. I've used it several times in the few days since making the purchase. It's amazing how often you just need to leave a verbal note for yourself or send a friend a voice message by email. The email feature is simple to use and speedy on 3G; and, if you follow the developers download instructions on the memo retrieval site (i.e., where you end up if you click the link in the email and read the FAQs), you can store the file on your computer and use iTunes to convert from aiff to mp3. You now have a voice file that can permanently reside on your iPod/Phone. Imagine capturing a message from grandma or the kids at one point in time. I'm sure there are other ways to achieve the same result, but this is your best bet if all you have is your phone and 99 cents.
2008-08-03
Recorded A Concert !
I used this to record Chris Cornell at West Palm Beach, Fl. It was very easy to record and seperate the tracks, and it works with the screen off so I conserved battery and didn't make it obvious I was recording. The sound isn't professional of course but is a great souvenir, I expected much worse quality. I listened in the car and with headphones but since it's more than 2 minutes per song I can't email it. I'm just going to use GarageBand and an audio cable to get them on my iMac but I'm hoping the next update lets you email. AND I hope the next update doesn't delete the files already there. Anyway, I do like it, I just didn't give it the full stars since I can't email it yet.
2008-07-14
It a good app
I like this recorder but I have some tips to make it more user friendly: it is easier to use if you flip your iPhone upside down. This allows the record button to be tapped much easier with your thumb, also allows you to talk into the mouth piece and because the speakers are on the bottom of the phone ( ipone flaw ) by flipping it upside down during record and play back it allows the sound to be directed up toward your ears. Perhaps the developer could rework this so that the words would be in the right direction when using it as I suggest. Also it would be nice if the record and stop would change to a different color to help identify which mode you are in at a quick glance. Should be able to do multiple deletes instead of one at a time. Don't get me wrong .... I like this app and I'm going to use it everyday, it is a great buy as is. I just see the potential to be great!