Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Best replacement for Voice Memos?

iRock1

iRock1

macrumors 65816
Original poster
Apr 23, 2011
1,081
144
Hi,

I'm looking for a good replacement for the Voice Memos app.

What I need:

- Small-enough files (recordings in Voice Memos can take up a lot of space)
- Decent file-management, so I can comfortably transfer these files to my Mac and organize them in folders (going through iTunes with Voice Memos is just awful)
- Hopefully a nice UI
- Preferably free

Ideas?

Thanks in advance!
 
Last edited:
iRock1

iRock1

macrumors 65816
Original poster
Apr 23, 2011
1,081
144
Bhavesh Parmar said:
I use Recordium Pro app (https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/recordium-pro-voice-recorder/id637494062?mt=8). It can record in various formats and with different bitrates. The most innovative feature is that it can stop recording when there is silence and automatically resume recording when it detects sound. I'm happy with it. I got it free while it was on sale.
Click to expand...

It solves the management issues pretty decently in the app itself, with folders and tags. However, how does it work with the Mac? That's one of the most important things to me.
 
iRock1

iRock1

macrumors 65816
Original poster
Apr 23, 2011
1,081
144
Hi, I revive this thread because I'm still on this quest. Could you, dear community, come up with some suggestions?

I tried Recordium, and though I really liked some of its features (such as folders, tags, and the ability to select the quality of the recording and therefore its size), the app is abandonware at this point so I prefer to avoid it. Damn, it hasn't even been updated to support the iPhone 6 resolution!
 
richard.laay

richard.laay

macrumors newbie
Apr 20, 2016
21
4
US
iRock1 said:
Hi,

I'm looking for a good replacement for the Voice Memos app.

What I need:

- Small-enough files (recordings in Voice Memos can take up a lot of space)
- Decent file-management, so I can comfortably transfer these files to my Mac and organize them in folders (going through iTunes with Voice Memos is just awful)
- Hopefully a nice UI
- Preferably free

Ideas?

Thanks in advance!
Click to expand...

I have tried using Audio Memo App https://itunes.apple.com/ae/app/audio-memos-free-voice-recorder/id304075033?mt=8 for recording my lectures, found fruitful.
 
Daria

Daria

macrumors regular
May 31, 2011
133
20
Northern California
I like the app called Recorder & Editor:iSaidWhat?!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/recorder-editor-isaidwhat/id345273683?mt=8

Apparently the editing feature works very well, but I don't use it. I record talks & speeches and like it because of the great volume button. And...it's easy to just email it to yourself, to further work with it how ever you want.

I'm sure it does a lot more than I know, but as I already use it however I want, that's good enough for me. It costs $3.99, but that wasn't an issue for me.
 
iRock1

iRock1

macrumors 65816
Original poster
Apr 23, 2011
1,081
144
Daria said:
I like the app called Recorder & Editor:iSaidWhat?!

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/recorder-editor-isaidwhat/id345273683?mt=8

Apparently the editing feature works very well, but I don't use it. I record talks & speeches and like it because of the great volume button. And...it's easy to just email it to yourself, to further work with it how ever you want.

I'm sure it does a lot more than I know, but as I already use it however I want, that's good enough for me. It costs $3.99, but that wasn't an issue for me.
Click to expand...

Thanks for your suggestion, but that clearly seems to be abandonware too. Its UI is from the pre-iOS 7 era!

@richard.laay I tried the app you mentioned—but it lacks a lot of features. I need to organize my recordings in the same app.

Is there some golden standard on this field? I see dozens of small apps that are ugly as hell.
 
G

geta

macrumors 68000
May 18, 2010
1,607
1,395
The Moon
iRock1 said:
Ugly as hell but seems to cover all of my needs. I'll give it a try.
Click to expand...

Its free, cover all your needs, and the UI is simple and functional. I wonder what recorder app you consider a beauty?
 
Last edited:
iRock1

iRock1

macrumors 65816
Original poster
Apr 23, 2011
1,081
144
geta said:
Its free, cover all your needs, and the UI is simple and functional. I wonder what recorder app you consider a beauty?
Click to expand...

Just Press Record seems to have a professional designing team behind it.

But you are right. Considering that it does everything I need to, the lack of a crafted interface is secondary.

AndyK said:
Just Press Record.
Click to expand...

It doesn't seem to support folders though. On the other hand, it relies on iCloud Drive—and I just don't trust "the cloud" when it comes to my voice memos.
 
AndyK

AndyK

macrumors 65816
Jan 10, 2008
1,025
377
Terra
iRock1 said:
It doesn't seem to support folders though. On the other hand, it relies on iCloud Drive—and I just don't trust "the cloud" when it comes to my voice memos.
Click to expand...

The folders it creates automatically are by date recorded. The files are physically downloaded to your machine and can be organised however you like (as an example, I move mine into Dropbox).

I'd be curious what there isn't to trust about cloud storage. iCloud drive is robust for basic file sync and has file restore for stuff you accidentally delete.
 
iRock1

iRock1

macrumors 65816
Original poster
Apr 23, 2011
1,081
144
AndyK said:
The folders it creates automatically are by date recorded. The files are physically downloaded to your machine and can be organised however you like (as an example, I move mine into Dropbox).

I'd be curious what there isn't to trust about cloud storage. iCloud drive is robust for basic file sync and has file restore for stuff you accidentally delete.
Click to expand...

1. That system doesn't work for me. I need to manually create folders according to the type of recording (interview, memo, speech, etc.)

2. Though I don't trust the cloud on the technical side (reliability issues and even disasters can always happen on a computer that you don't handle by your own, as history has proven more than once), my concerns are more on the privacy side. More often than not I have contents in my recordings that I definitely wouldn't like to be exposed.

I appreciate your feedback anyway :).
 
iRock1

iRock1

macrumors 65816
Original poster
Apr 23, 2011
1,081
144
In the end I went with Recordium, which I've been using for months. Its interface hasn't been updated to support the 4.7" screen, and it has some other annoying minor issues, but it does everything I need.

Still, far from being perfect.

Sometimes I think I'll need to develop my own app, lol.
 
rickpoet

rickpoet

macrumors member
Jul 22, 2002
92
51
Los Angeles, California
Hi...I realize this thread is 8 years old but thought I'd throw caution to the wind since you were a Recordium user. Recordium was (as you may now) abandoned a while back and I'm looking for a replacement that allows for folders within the apps storage that I can record directly to...as opposed to having to organize later. As well as tag audio files while recording. Wondering if you or anyone came across something that had the feature-set of Recordium you can recommend?
 
iRock1

iRock1

macrumors 65816
Original poster
Apr 23, 2011
1,081
144
rickpoet said:
Hi...I realize this thread is 8 years old but thought I'd throw caution to the wind since you were a Recordium user. Recordium was (as you may now) abandoned a while back and I'm looking for a replacement that allows for folders within the apps storage that I can record directly to...as opposed to having to organize later. As well as tag audio files while recording. Wondering if you or anyone came across something that had the feature-set of Recordium you can recommend?
Click to expand...

In fact I’m on the same search again but on the iPad. The stock app still doesn’t cut it for me.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom