# AudioNote™ — Notepad and Voice Recorder

> Synchronized notepad and voice recorder for efficient note-taking and audio recall. (iPhone/iPad app by Luminant Software, Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/audionote/id369820957 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Luminant Software, Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/286050547)
- Category: Business, Productivity
- Price: $12.99
- Rating: 4.20/5 from 118 App Store ratings · 204 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 16 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, European Spanish
- Released: 2010-04-29
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/audionote/id369820957/reviews.md

## What is AudioNote™?

Take notes with recorded audio using the best note taking app in the App Store! 

AudioNote combines the functionality of a notepad and voice recorder to create a powerful tool that will save you time while improving the quality of your notes.  It’s the perfect app for students or business.

By synchronizing notes and audio, AudioNote automatically indexes your meetings, lectures, interviews, or study sessions.  Need to review the discussion about deliverables on your next project? Trying to remember what the professor had to say about a key point? With AudioNote there is no need to waste time searching through the entire recording to find out. Each note acts as a link directly to the point at which it was recorded, taking you instantly to what you want to hear. Didn't take any notes during the meeting? No problem, you can add them later.

A fully functional note application, AudioNote also increases the value of your notes. Watch as your text, drawings, and photos highlight during playback, helping you to remember the context in which they were taken.  

With the convenience of the iPad or iPhone, you can use AudioNote anywhere: meetings, interviews, conferences, lectures, study sessions. Even use it to record memos to yourself as you jot down new ideas.  Join the thousands of students, teachers, business executives, and other professionals who have already discovered what an indispensable tool AudioNote can be.  Download it today!

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AudioNote Features:

- Synchronized note and audio recording
- Seek directly to audio by tapping notes
- Highlighted notes during playback
- Insert text, drawing, photo, & highlighter notes
- Audio amplifier for recordings made in larger conference rooms 
- Import and take notes directly on PDF documents (iPad only)
- Share with iCloud, Dropbox, over WiFi, or through iTunes
- Desktop support: view your .audionote files on Mac or PC 
  (see our website for more info)


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Featured in Gizmodo's "The Best Note Taking Apps": 

"AudioNote has one trick, and it's a doozy. Aside from functioning as a basic note-taking app, AudioNote can make sound recordings at the same time, and keep them synchronized, note by note, with the text. You can, in effect, relive a lecture or a meeting through sound and notes."

http://gizmodo.com/5674316/the-best-note+taking-apps


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What Customers Are Saying:

"The best note taking application out there!"
- Bill K.

"I've been looking for a note taking program. Tried several. This is the best by far."
- Steve S.

"GREAT JOB, use this for all my meetings!" 
- Jason T.

"This program is sooooooo useful. ... I would recommend this to ANY student for any lectures."

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Still not convinced?  Try AudioNote LITE for free!

## Key features

- Synchronized note and audio recording
- Seek directly to audio by tapping notes
- Highlighted notes during playback
- Insert text, drawing, and photo notes
- Audio amplifier
- Import and annotate PDF documents

## Chart rankings

- #43 in Top Paid · Business (US App Store)

## What do users think of AudioNote™?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Excellent note-taking and recording
- 👍 Syncs audio to text/drawings
- 👍 Clear audio quality
- 👍 Reliable and stable performance
- 👍 Useful for meetings, lectures, and research
- 👍 Helpful for students and professionals

**Cons**

- 🐛 Occasional recording issues or crashes
- 🔒 Limited file sharing/export options
- 👎 Outdated interface design
- 👎 Small buttons and controls
- 👎 Lack of advanced formatting options

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Recordings sometimes disappear or get corrupted
- Difficulty navigating large audio files
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

**Most requested features**

- Ability to change font size, color, and formatting
- Improved file management and sharing options
- Background recording mode
- Faster playback speed controls
- Integration with cloud storage services
- More drawing/annotation tools

## Recent user reviews (10 of 204)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/audionote/id369820957/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Wow! Great for Meetings

*2025-09-15*

As you type your notes, it writes the time in the meeting where things were said. So if you actually miss something in the meeting, or didn’t understand something, you can go back and listen to it again. And later, if you’re looking for something specific and want to hear it again, you just look at your notes to find where it is in the recording. So great!!!

### 3/5 — No navigation menu

*2025-07-02*

The app is very good in many ways such as sound quality, ability to record clearly while inside a pocket or purse, ease of starting and ending recordings, ability to record in background while actively using other apps, but there is no menu and just a single button that goes to a couple of recording settings. There is no "home" page in the app, so once the settings button is pressed there is no way back to the list of recordings which is the only place the record new file button in found. One must constantly quit the app and reopen just to return to the list of auto-saved recordings which is the only place where the button to record is found. It's kind of odd to have to go look at the list of recessing just to press the button for a new recording. It is not intuitive to get around in the app and the need to quit and reopen the app just to be able to start a new recording is cumbersome.

### 1/5 — Has Fatal Bugs

*2024-06-29*

I used to use Audionote massively a few years ago and it was fantastic, but it has apparently changed as I have tried to start using it again after updating to latest version on my relatively new iPhone. Now it does not autosave recordings. I recorded a long very important conversation, pressed pause button, walked away then even I went back into the app the reciting of not there!!! It did not get moved automatically into a storage folder out burger else... it's just gone , the recording is nowhere to be found. I tested the app by making another recording just 8 seconds long and that one did save but even I left the app and returned a minute later that 8 second recording's content was erased and set to zero seconds without content but exact same time stamp. Wow! Totally unreliable app. You can instantly lose your recordings somehow. The old version used to auto save the recordings and you could resave again and again into different audio formats but the newer version has no save or 'save as' button and export is useless as the recordings are automatically erased they can never be exported. I'll have to delete this app and find a recorder that is totally reliable as can't risk ever losing my work as a field researcher! Goodbye Audionote

### 4/5 — Mace

*2024-05-10, version 7.2.1*

Is it a way to undelete a note? Or is it possible to retrieve a note from the cloud if it’s stored there?

### 5/5 — Excellent app

*2023-05-19, version 7.2.1*

I like this app, I use in my office all the time

### 5/5 — Avid User

*2022-12-20*

I use this app every single day, could not do without it.

### 1/5 — Used to be great

*2022-09-16, version 7.0.8*

I have been using this for years on a daily basis, there was nothing nearly as good as this.

I have millions of recordings and now I cannot play them or add any new ones because the app does not work with iOS 16

I have been using this for years on a daily basis, there was nothing nearly as good as this.

I have millions of recordings and now I cannot play them or add any new ones because the app does not work with iOS 16.

Please update this app ASAP!!!

### 1/5 — Unable to access my notes or recordings

*2022-09-14*

This app will not allow me to look at past notes or even create new ones. When I hit the pencil icon it will shut the app down. When I try to access past notes I tap on screen and nothing opens it stays on the same screen

### 1/5 — Basic not useful

*2022-07-02*

You need to be able to record multiple pieces of audio and place then next to text….. or type text and be able to record audio that goes with the text and play it back when you press the text selected… having one long recording does not help when you’re trying to use the app for learning a different language and you need to press the words and hear how something is pronounced.

### 5/5 — Good app but there is a bug that needs to be fixed

*2021-08-27, version 7.0.8*

For the pencil, the app does not allow you to chose the narrowest pencil line size.  The font colour box appears to block the user from sliding the pencil line size to its minimum level.  This is a problem for people who have to take notes quickly. With the thicker pencil line, you have to write larger letters in order for your handwriting to be legible.  This, in turn, slows your ability to write quickly.  

If you choose the ‘convert to type’ pen option, the pencil is at its narrowest, so it should be possible for the app to allow a user to choose the narrowest pencil line size for all handwriting. 

I hope the developer can fix this soon

## Frequently asked questions about AudioNote™

### What does AudioNote do?

AudioNote is a note-taking application that synchronizes your written notes with recorded audio. This allows you to tap on a specific note and instantly jump to the exact moment in the audio recording when that note was made, making it easy to review lectures, meetings, or interviews.

### What are the key features of AudioNote?

Key features include synchronized note and audio recording, the ability to seek directly to audio by tapping notes, highlighted notes during playback, insertion of text, drawings, and photos, an audio amplifier, and the option to import and annotate PDF documents (on iPad).

### Is AudioNote free to use?

Yes, AudioNote is available for free. The app description mentions trying 'AudioNote LITE for free,' implying the full version is also free or has a free tier.

### What devices is AudioNote compatible with?

AudioNote is designed for use on iPad and iPhone. Specific features like PDF import and annotation are noted as being available on iPad only.

### How can AudioNote help students and professionals?

For students, it's useful for capturing lectures and easily recalling specific points discussed. Professionals can use it to accurately record meeting discussions, ensuring no details are missed and allowing for quick retrieval of information related to specific agenda items or action points.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 7.2.1 — 2022-12-14

Bug fix for the note list toolbar turning translucent on newer iOS versions.

### 7.2.0 — 2022-09-21

iOS compatability update.

### 7.0.8 — 2020-01-31

Bug fixes for printing in landscape mode and taking photos with an iPad on iOS 13.

### 7.0.7 — 2020-01-29

Bug fix for taking photos with an iPad on iOS 13.3

### 7.0.6 — 2020-01-07

iOS 13.3 printing bug fix

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