# Dubnote: Music Recorder — user reviews > 30 indexed App Store user reviews of Dubnote by Vochlea Music, rated 4.50/5 from 163 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dubnote-music-recorder/id6445849526/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dubnote-music-recorder/id6445849526.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 127 · 4★ 22 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of Dubnote? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Easy to record musical ideas instantly - 👍 Well-made and no lag - 👍 Love auto note tracking and lock screen shortcut - 👍 Not constantly nagging about upgrading - 👍 Great for mood boarding song ideas - 👍 Saved hours in band rehearsal - 👍 Splits sessions into parts easily - 👍 Bounce single tracks to others - 👍 Easy to record and sort ideas - 👍 Designed for musicians, better than voice memos - 👍 Ability to add cover images is great - 👍 Great for cello practice - 👍 Shows BPM and splits pieces into sections - 👍 Easier to track progress - 👍 Good UI and stable - 👍 Automatically splits recordings - 👍 Lets users leave comments - 👍 Well thought out and relevant features for composers - 👍 Organizes recordings by instrument - 👍 Transcribes singing - 👍 Adds comments to clips and trims audio - 👍 Game changer for songwriting - 👍 Easy to navigate and organize - 👍 Better workflow than voice memos - 👍 Keeps notes organized - 👍 Recognizes and splits different parts in a session - 👍 Fantastic tool, easy to use - 👍 Organizes as you record - 👍 Better than Voice Memos for singers and musicians - 👍 Visuals and AI recording splitting are perfect - 👍 Organizes voice notes into folders - 👍 Automatic splitting by instrument - 👍 Easier to scroll and find old ideas - 👍 Ability to add comments to clips and trim audio - 👍 Doesn't feel cluttered - 👍 Easy to navigate by splitting into sections - 👍 Transcribes lyrics and tags by activity - 👍 Recordings and notes in one place - 👍 Much better workflow than voice memos - 👍 Easier to navigate and organize - 👍 Already much better than other audio note-taking tools - 👍 Super easy to use - 👍 Keeps notes organized - 👍 Automatically recognizes and splits parts - 👍 Easy to keep and share desired parts **Cons** - 🐛 Cannot clean up audio - 🐛 Not letting users use any feature - 🐛 Just Voice Memos with a subscription - 🐛 Not worth it, use voice memos - 🐛 Notes are not accurate (Es are Cs) - 🐛 iCloud option not saving songs - 🐛 Terminated trial early - 🐛 Subscription says time left but app is in free limited mode - 🐛 Unreliable - 🐛 Kostenlos unnötig (free but unnecessary) - 🐛 Doesn't offer anything worthy that sets it apart from Voice Memos - 🐛 Playback feature locked behind subscription - 🐛 Popups to upgrade with every button push - 🐛 Overpriced apps - 🐛 Expensive Voice-to-Midi app is a free feature in DAWs - 🐛 Not worth the price, free options offer same features - 🐛 Recording edit functions not complete (cannot delete parts) - 🐛 Wish it had more editing functionality (trimming, EQ) - 🐛 Deceptive advertising (button says free but charges) - 🐛 No way to cancel charge - 🐛 App is broken, cannot record audio - 🐛 Useless app - 🐛 Not as advertised (voice to instrument transcription) - 🐛 Separate application needed for transcription - 🐛 Useless app, same tasks as voice memos - 🐛 Subscription costs are too high for students **Commonly reported bugs** - Cannot clean up audio - Not letting users use any feature - Notes are not accurate - iCloud not saving songs - Trial terminated early - App gone into free limited mode despite subscription - App crashing during edit features (historical) - Playback feature locked behind paywall - Popups to upgrade with every button push - Deceptive charging, no way to cancel - App is broken, cannot record audio - Voice to instrument transcription not available in app **Most requested features** - Lifetime purchase option - More complete recording edit functions (e.g., delete parts) - Trimming or EQ editing functionality - MIDI input - Dark mode option - Advanced analytics dashboard ## Newest reviews (10 of 30) ### 4/5 — Notes are not accurate *2026-02-12* Unfortunately the notes are not accurate. Eve is often says my Es are Cs. Would be great otherwise. They do need a lifetime purchase option too ### 4/5 — Saved me hours tbh *2025-09-06* Used this in band rehearsel last week and it literally saved me hours. Before I was dragging big recordings into Logic to cut up, now it just splits the session into parts and I can bounce single tracks to the others on imessage or airdrop. big time saver. ### 5/5 — Fantastic tool, easy to use. Well worth it *2025-02-13* Great all round tool, saves a lot of time processing jam sessions into useable audio. Very tempted to give the Dubler a go too, have heard v good things about that ### 5/5 — Just what I needed *2025-01-21* I’ve never understood why other apps don’t organise as you record. It makes so much sense. Hope they roll in some more features too but even for that simple thing it’s worth 5 star! ### 5/5 — Singers! Finally a replacement for Voice Memos *2025-01-20, version 1.0.1* I’ve used Voice Memos to record all my ideas and lyrics for 10+ years, but this app is so much better - all the features are perfect for singers and musicians, especially the organization, visuals and AI recording splitting ### 5/5 — Better than voice memos *2025-01-20* I like how I can organise all my voice notes into folders and that my recordings are automatically split based on instrument - it’s so much easier to scroll and find old ideas. Also all my singing gets transcribed! Being able to add comments to clips and trim audio all together is a game changer. ### 5/5 — Game changer for my songwriting! *2025-01-17* Just discovered this app but finally an app that doesn’t feel cluttered! I usually just leave my phone recording while ideating a new song idea - I mumble a lot, play the some instruments and sing, all very unorganised but this apps makes it so easy to navigate the recording by splitting it up into sections, transcribing my lyrics and tagging it based on what I did at that point! Also having my recordings and notes in one place is a game changer. Love it! ### 5/5 — My new favourite app *2025-01-03* Just a much better workflow than voice memos. Easier to navigate and organise. I like the splitting. Be good when (if) they get MIDI in - but as an audio note taking tool it’s already so much better than everything else I’ve tried. Very different to Dubler but complimentary! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2024-12-20* Super easy to use and keeps my notes organized. ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2024-12-19* Simple but do what we need: automatically recognises and splits the different parts in a session: discussions, instruments and singing so we can keep and share only the part we want. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — so not useful *2026-08-10* cant even clean up audio !! not letting me use any feature ### 1/5 — Just Voice Memos With A Subscription *2026-04-22* Not worth it, just record in your voice memos, having the chord visualizer is cool but that’s about all they have to offer ### 1/5 — You lost my trust *2026-01-27* I bought the voice software on windows and got this as free trial. It seems okay and I intended to buy annual but you terminated my trial early and even though my subscription says I have time left into February your app has gone into free limited mode . I don’t use it so much but tonight it was quite important to have and it wasn’t available. I can’t have such unreliability so it’s NO from me **Developer response:** Hi, I'm very sorry your trial stopped working. We're not entirely sure why this might be as trial and subscription expiration is managed by apple - so normally even if you cancel a trial, access will remain until expiration. I'm very sorry this wasn't your experience. In terms of free vs. premium. There are no restrictions on recording, cloud syncing or sharing with collaborators. The main limit for free users is the number of recording you can analyse - which resets each week. You can analyse a recording any time after it is made or imported - so if you ever end up without audio analysis credit again, you can still make the recording and analyse it later when you are back in credit. I hope this helps and you'l give Dubnote another try. Thanks, team Dubnote ### 1/5 — Kostenlos unnötig *2025-08-25* Die App ist kostenlos leider unnötig und bringt einem nicht mehr als Sprachmemos von Apple. Kosten sind für Premium viel zu hoch, als Student möchte man sich das nicht leisten. ### 1/5 — Disappointed 😢 *2025-08-12* Yes. I tried out Dubnote: Song & Idea Recorder app thinking it would be a good replacement for the simple Voice Memos App. I was left highly disappointed! 🤔 After testing, I see Dubnote doesn't offer anything worthy that sets it apart from Voice Memos or other FREE recording apps. I first downloaded it during the launch event when it was supposedly Free For Life. Although I was able to record a few parts for a song idea, the app kept crashing when I was trying the edit features so I uninstalled and reinstalled hoping this would fix my issue. Now, No more Free For Life! 🤯 Appears the playback feature is locked behind a subscription based paywall yielding popups to upgrade with every button push. I suggest using Voice Memos or similar for FREE. No response from support either. This company makes overpriced apps. 💰Their expensive Voice-to-Midi app is a FREE feature already available in most DAW’s. I may have felt different had I been able to run it through its intended purpose and dive deeper into the functionality, but I’m definitely not paying to test it out. Final Thought: 👎Dubnote is NOT worth the price. There are FREE options that offer the same features. ### 1/5 — NOT FREE! *2025-07-09* EXTREMELY deceptive. Button says free but they charge you $25 and then no way to cancel. **Developer response:** Hi, I'm sorry if there was any confusion. We had a launch day offer where you could claim free premium access. Separate to that we also have an annual subscription that has a 1 week free trial - perhaps you selected this option. You can cancel at any time and you don't get charged until after the free trial period is over. So i can reassure you that no one gets charged $25 up front and you can cancel at any time without being charged during the trial period. Hope that helps. Best, Team Dubnote ### 1/5 — App is broken; immediate loss of trust *2025-07-06* This app doesn’t work. I can’t record any audio, so it’s basically useless. **Developer response:** Hi, Sorry you've found an issue with dubnote. We go through rigorous testing and regular updates and fixes, hopefully the problem you encountered is already fixed. But in case not if you could share more information about your issue we'd love the opportunity to fix it. Thanks! Team Dubnote dubnote@vochlea.com ### 1/5 — Not as advertised *2025-05-29* Was shown advertisements on Instagram that I could use my voice to transcribe my ideas, but this app doesn’t have any instructions on how to do so apparently it’s a separate application that you have to get through desktop so yeah. **Developer response:** Hi. Dubnote is a voice note taking app similar to voice memos but with a load of additional intelligence and features for musicians. For voice to instrumentation and transcription we also offer desktop software Dubler, which performs voice-to-MIDI. Sorry for any confusion. ### 1/5 — App not as advertised *2025-04-25* I got an Instagram ad for this app and thought it was something I could input my voice and the output would be any instrument I chose. Instead it’s a useless app that I can perform the same tasks on voice memos **Developer response:** Hi. Dubnote is a voice note taking app similar to voice memos but with a load of additional intelligence and features for musicians. For voice to instrumentation we also offer desktop software Dubler, which performs voice-to-MIDI. Sorry for any confusion. ### 3/5 — 10 out of 15? *2025-07-25* It’s a good app. Nice UI and very stable. Would be a keeper if the recording edit functions were more complete, e.g. the ability to delete parts of a recording. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Easy, useful, no lag, well-made *2026-06-05* Gets me recording musical ideas instantly — love the auto note tracking and lock screen shortcut! Best app of its kind I’ve tried. And not constantly nagging about upgrading. ### 5/5 — I need help! *2026-02-09* Hello! My name is Joseph I am a high school artist and have been using dubnote for a couple months now and it has been so helpful recording all of my bits and pieces of melodies I come up with and want to save later. I am very forgetful. I deleted the app for space but did not think too much of it because I saved everything through my iCloud account I thought but when I signed back in nothing saved. Any suggestions on how to retrieve my recordings? If there’s no way I hope you can provide a reason to why there is an iCloud option to begin with if not o save songs. ### 5/5 — Songwriters need this *2025-10-29* the best place to mood board song ideas! ### 5/5 — being early to an app this good feels like investing in bitcoin in 2011 *2025-09-05* very easy to record ideas and sort them, and a great alternative to voice memos bc this was clearly designed for musicians. also the ability to add cover images is rlly great, idk it sounds pretty irrelevant but in my head I sort songs by what I visualise when I hear them and honestly that helps a lot. already recommending to all my musician friends ### 5/5 — great for cello practice *2025-09-02* I’ve been using this to record my cello practice & I love how it shows the BPM and splits my pieces into sections. Makes it much easier to track progress day to day. ### 5/5 — Almost perfect *2025-07-18* Loving this so far, especially the way it splits recordings automatically and lets me leave cọmments as I listen back. Just wish it had a little more editing functionality (like trimming or EQ maybe?). But for capturing and managing ideas, it’s been spot on. ### 5/5 — Well thought out *2025-07-10* Tons a great features that are relevant to any composer ### 5/5 — My creative process actually feels under control now. *2025-05-15* Making music can be chaotic—you get a flash of inspiration, record it, and then forget where you put it. Dubnote doesn’t just record your idea, it remembers it for you. It knows what instrument it is, sorts it, and makes it easy to come back and keep building. I feel like I finally have a system that works with my creativity, not against it. ### 5/5 — I love seeing all my ideas in one place *2025-05-06* The visual layout is so satisfying - waveforms, tags, and clips all laid out like creative timeline. It motivates me to keep going ### 5/5 — My go to for recording audio *2025-02-25* This app is much more organized than using voice memos and has more tools. What’s even better is you can import all your old voice memos into the app now 🙌 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*