# Just Press Record — user reviews > 994 indexed App Store user reviews of Just Press Record by Open Planet Software, rated 4.30/5 from 1,520 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/just-press-record/id1033342465/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/just-press-record/id1033342465.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,065 · 4★ 155 · 3★ 72 · 2★ 74 · 1★ 154 ## What do users think of Just Press Record? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Simple and easy to use - 🚀 Seamless sync across devices - 🚀 Convenient Apple Watch integration - 👍 Useful transcription feature - 👍 Good audio quality **Cons** - 🐛 Transcription accuracy issues - 🐛 Sync problems with Apple Watch recordings - 🐛 Difficulty renaming/organizing recordings - 🐛 Recordings stop when receiving notifications **Commonly reported bugs** - Recordings disappearing or not syncing - Transcription process freezing or failing **Most requested features** - Option to edit transcriptions - Ability to create custom folders/tags - Discreet recording mode without visual indicators - Background recording without interruptions ## Newest reviews (14 of 994) ### 4/5 — Good but *2026-08-23, version 51.2* Better than Voice Memos for backing them up, just wish it was easier to update the name like voice memo. Double click and you’re done. Plus if I could pause or stop the memos WITHOUT opening my phone on the lock screen. Otherwise good ### 3/5 — Disappointing *2026-08-21, version 51.0* I was mostly looking for a tool I could convert to text then run it through AI to reformat for me. Unfortunately, the conversation to text has been poor…once out of a 5min recording it was only able to pull a single word into text. Frankly, Apple Note does pretty much everything this is supposed to do but better with text..and now with improvements to Siri/AI, not sure this has any purpose. ### 3/5 — After years of usefulness. it’s stopped. *2026-08-18, version 51.2* I’m a writer and I’ve dictated and transcribed thousands of words over the years with this app. I’ve recommended it to my writer friends and colleagues. However, some time this past year, this app has stopped transcribing. I dictate/record but is unable to transcribe any bit of dictation, even in quiet rooms with clean recordings. Very disappointing considering I’d paid for it and it’s been a tool for years. What would have been 5-stars is now a 1-star, and an app I wouldn’t recommend. For that, I’ll average it out to a 3-star since it might fit other people’s needs as just a recorder. ### 4/5 — Transcription needs improvement *2026-07-06, version 51.0* I recorded a virtual meeting on my MacBook using both Quicktime and JPR from my watch. I then ran the QT audio through MacWhisper for a transcription and compared it to the transcription JPR generated. JPR was significantly worse in all categories: speaker separation, accuracy, formatting, proper names, and ease of summarization. However, when I ran the JPR recording through MacWhisper, it was >>better<< than the QT recording, showing that JPR’s recording is very good, but the transcription needs improvement. ### 2/5 — Can’t resume recording or rewind and correct *2026-06-09, version 51.2* See title ### 5/5 — Solide und vielseitig nutzbare App *2026-06-01, version 51.2* Ich nutze diese App seit Jahren parallel auf iPhone und Apple Watch Ultra und bin immer wieder erstaunt über die gute Qualität der Aufnahmen. Und das zu einem sehr fairen Preis… eine klare Empfehlung :) ### 5/5 — Tres bien conçue *2026-05-26* Tres bonne application qui me permet de lancer un enregistrement à partir de mon Apple Watch. La transcription fonctionne bien à condition que l’enregistrement soit de bonne qualité et la voix bien en avant. Mon seul regret: on ne peut pas programmer l’app pour commencer l’enregistrement dès son lancement sur iPhone (d’autres app le font. ) Une suggestion pour une prochaine version ! ### 5/5 — Great App !!! ***** *2026-05-19, version 51.0* I love this app for recording audio from my iPhone. I can easily send audio from the app to my computer and into my audio editing software! Superb App that I highly recommend!!!! ### 3/5 — Error needs to be fixed *2026-05-14, version 51.2* When there is a situation where a long recording is needed (>1hr), the app was automatically closed and the recording was gone. Please fix it. ### 5/5 — Simply the best *2026-05-06, version 51.2* Nothing better on any platform. One tap recording. Sinpol. ### 5/5 — Apple Watch functionality is superb *2026-05-05, version 51.2* Love that all i need to record audio is my apple watch and airpods! ### 5/5 — EXCELLENT APP; plus a Question *2026-05-02, version 51.0* This is exactly the tool I needed. Simple, and it can run on my Apple Watch WITHOUT my phone. Excellent. One question for the author: my phone is out of commission for the near future. Is there a way to force sync from my Apple Watch using either an onboard data plan or a push to my Mac-book? I’m not getting recent recordings from the watch now that my phone is out of the picture. ### 5/5 — Aplicație foarte bună *2026-04-30, version 51.1* Merge bine sunt incantat de ea ### 5/5 — Day to day essential *2026-04-28, version 51.0* I use this app nearly every day on my Apple Watch, and managing the recordings on my Mac couldn’t be easier. Totally worth it. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Unreliable *2026-07-20, version 51.2* It’s the second time this month that I press record and after 10-20 minutes I notice that it’s stuck on 0:00 and I missed important recordings. ### 1/5 — Please fix *2026-07-08, version 51.2* When recording from the Apple Watch the recording you can’t play on loudspeaker it only plays with the earpiece like when you’re on a call to somebody that’s the only way you can hear the recording it does not be on loudspeaker. There is no option. Please fix this. ### 1/5 — watchで録音した音声が同期されない *2026-07-02, version 51.2* iCloudで同期する設定に変更して10秒程度の録音を3回Apple Watch SE3で行った。 いずれのデータもiPhoneにもMacBookにも20分経っても同期されなかった。 iCloud容量も100GB以上残ってるから完全にこのアプリの問題。 買い切りでこれはレベルが低すぎる。 ### 1/5 — データの同期について *2026-06-26, version 51.2* Apple Watchで録音したデータがiPhoneなどになかなか同期されないので、かなり使い勝手が悪い ### 1/5 — does not meet expectations *2026-05-21, version 51.2* The application does not record a call, for example. I need to record a call, such as a call with my boss, who dictates to me many different tasks that are impossible to remember, and that is why I paid for this application. Unfortunately, this application does not meet the requirements. ### 1/5 — BROKEN STORAGE *2026-05-01, version 51.1* This app is flat awful at maintaining or storing recordings. Once you record something, it is a near guarantee it will fail to send it to your phone (or save it at all sometimes). The app in its entirety behaves as a beta phase program, and relying on it has cost me vast amounts of important recordings. Unless beating your head against a wall is a frequent hobby already, please, invest in a digital recorder. ### 1/5 — Non funziona più su Apple Watch Serie 3 *2026-04-24, version 51.0* Per favore, fixare appena possibile. ### 1/5 — Не функционирует надлежаще *2026-04-04, version 50.7* Со своей функцией не справляется. Писали переговоры - не распознает речь в помещении. Только для диктовки подходит- но такие функции можно и просто в заметках записать. Зря потрачены деньги ### 1/5 — CustomerService.dog Peace Logic-founder *2026-03-04, version 50.7* I’m the founder of Peace Logic, the most advanced AI in the world. This is one of my favorite apps! Highly recommend you download this app. And if the author of this app is reading this, I would love to partner with you. I consider this app essential and I imagine one day everyone will have this app. I gave this app five stars. It’s only rated one star to get attention. It’s a behavioral science joke. ### 1/5 — 期待するだけムダ *2026-02-15, version 50.5* 有料のくせに文字の識字率悪すぎ。iPhoneの最初から入ってるメモアプリのほうがもっと識字率高い。買う価値は?無料アプリに劣ってて、存在意義は? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Streamlined & Simple! *2026-08-24, version 51.0* Just press record is easy and simple to use. I'm using it to write this review right now. I like the automatic transcription feature. It lets me dictate into my phone and then copy and paste the text into a document, where I can edit it and polish it up. The automatic cloud sinking is great. I like knowing that my recordings are backed and then I'm not going to lose any data. ### 5/5 — FINALLY, an app that records in stereo! *2026-08-04, version 51.2* I have a handful of recording apps on my iPad 2nd Generation, and at least one of them claims to record in stereo. (Pro tip: If you record a video in landscape mode (“sideways”), you will also get stereo audio on many newer devices, especially iPhones!) But the one in particular I’m thinking about right now only utilizes one microphone, therefore records in mono (in fairness, I’m waiting to hear back from them, as to if I’m doing something wrong). But the reason this is important to me is that I like to record nature sounds, and recording via video uses copious amounts of memory (not surprising, of course). And be apprised that recording two channels of audio will use twice as much memory as recording in mono. But it’s still a lot less memory used than in video mode! There is a way to set the app to record in mono or stereo on the main screen, so make sure you utilize the setting for whatever way you wish. Now on to the transcription function. Hey, this app uses the same speech function as AutoCorrect, so let the sometimes-hilarious transcriptions ensue! Haha! (I’m actually typing my review here, to ensure fewer mistakes, BTW.) But this app gets the full 5 stars from me for ease of use, and outstanding results! ### 5/5 — Still top notch *2026-07-29, version 51.2* Went back to this from Apple’s Voice Notes. That’s saying a lot for me. ### 5/5 — It should get even better with new Siri AI when it gets here ! *2026-07-18, version 51.0* Very useful, and think it will get better when new Siri AI when it gets here ! ### 5/5 — J'adore *2026-07-11, version 51.2* Fais ce qu'on lui demande ! Transcription, enregistrement, nickel et SANS abonnement ! 🫶🙏 ### 5/5 — Sensacional! *2026-07-02, version 51.2* O mais fácil, rápido e essencial app para gravação e transcrição. Trabalho com vendas e utilizo para carregar o meu CRM com IA de maneira automática. Vale cada centavo. ### 5/5 — Exactly what I needed *2026-06-27, version 51.2* Just Press Record is simple, fast, and genuinely useful. I wanted an easy way to record from my Apple Watch without having to pull out my phone, and this app does exactly that. The ability to record from the Watch, sync to my phone, and copy the transcript is perfect for quick thoughts, work notes, reminders, and anything I need to capture before I forget it. It is clean, practical, and does not get in its own way. This is one of those apps that solves a real problem without making the solution more complicated than the problem. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — This app is simply the best *2026-06-23, version 51.2* At my workplace I’ve run into some coworkers with some very questionable and straight up harassing statements towards me that I’ve been able to record, since I’m in a one party recording consent state, and forward it to HR since I’ve had the evidence recorded from my watch. There was once it stopped recording but I believe that was just from me listening to music on and off from my watch. Regardless 10/10 amazing app ! ### 5/5 — Lovely app *2026-06-14, version 51.2* This is a great app. The sound is excellent quality, it’s simple to use and you can listen with your phone in another app or locked. One feature I need desperately which this app doesn’t have is the ability to continue adding sound to the same recording. There is a pause option which allows you to continue adding sound but if you leave the app or the kids need me and the app closes for whatever reason you can’t go back into the recording and continue where you left off. I hope this feature can be added in the future. It would make this app perfect for me. (Selfish I know) Otherwise, excellent app. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-06-04, version 51.2* Top --- *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 2026-08-29.*