Smartphones almost always come with a pre-installed app for making audio recordings. What they all have in common is that they are clunky and awkward to use.
If you need to record audio regularly, you would be well-advised to look at Voice Recorder. This mobile app was custom designed for record voice rather than a quickly integrated phone app afterthought to keep sides with the opposition.
For example, if you are conducting interviews, you need a high-quality recorder that’s simple to use and reliable. And one that possesses as few avenues as possible for inadvertently deleting a recording. Or worse still, not recording when you need to be.
Voice Recorder from a mobile app dev shop in Hanoi, Vietnam, fits the bill and gets a stonking 4.8 out of five on Google Play. And it’s free to boot.
High-quality voice recording
Straightforward, easy to use interface
Supports mp3 and ogg
Send and share recordings via email, SMS, Facebook, WhatsApp, Dropbox, etc.
Live audio spectrum analyzer
Adjustable sample rate from 8 to 44 kHz
Logical recording listings
Microphone gain calibration feature
The young team of developers behind this app deserves applause. They have taken an app we all take for granted and made it so much better. And much more usable all around.
The developer’s website is very spartan. But don’t let that put you off. These guys are firmly focused on their Voice Recorder app, not web development. They also, according to their site, have a weather app as well.
While the name Voice Recorder name won’t set the forest alight with its originality, it’s an excellent app. Especially for journalists, anyone wishing to record phone calls, or students wanting to record lectures or make personal notes.
Voice Recorder is an excellent piece of kit to have on your phone and only requires a microscopic amount of your phone’s storage real estate. Coupled with the ability to save easily, catalog, and share recordings, and Voice Recorder makes a compelling argument for itself.
It’s free
The ad-free upgrade is just $1.99
Logical and easy to use
No-fuss voice recording
It gets great reviews from users
Voice phone call recording
Limited file formats with the free version
The user interface isn’t the prettiest
Supported by ads, but not too intrusive
Voice Recorder is downloadable from Google Play and requires a tiny 5.3 MB of storage space, and requires Android 4.1 or later. The app is mature. It’s now at the time of writing on version 49 and has been downloaded over 10 million times.
According to the developer’s Privacy Policy, no personally identifiable information is collected by the app.
It requires permission to access the following:
Your microphone to record audio
External and internal storage to save recordings
Phone state to detect incoming calls for voice call recording
The Google Play rating of 4.8 is based on over 880,000 reviews.
There’s no Voice Recorder app for iOS at the moment.
