# Speak Backwards - Recorder — user reviews > 75 indexed App Store user reviews of Speak Backwards by Scale Initiative LTD, rated 3.57/5 from 81 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speak-backwards-recorder/id1366592917/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/speak-backwards-recorder/id1366592917.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 43 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 20 ## What do users think of Speak Backwards? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 😂 Funny and entertaining - 👍 Easy to use - 💡 Teaches backwards language - 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Great for family fun - 🆓 Free to download - 💯 Works well for some users **Cons** - 💥 Frequent crashes - 🙄 Annoying ads - 🤷‍♀️ Unreliable functionality - 📉 Recordings too short - 🚫 App doesn't open - 🔊 Audio too quiet - 😵 Confusing interface **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on opening - App closes immediately after opening - App kicks user out - Recordings are shorter than expected - Recordings don't play back - Ads interrupt recordings - Sound stops working - Audio becomes quiet after multiple recordings - Voice is changed/doesn't sound right - Not working on iPhone 11 - Broken on iOS 13 **Most requested features** - Option to delete individual clips - More storage for history - Ability to rename saved files - Option to change voice - Make it more interesting/add challenges - Automatic history clearing - Add colorful backgrounds ## Newest reviews (15 of 75) ### 4/5 — Good but *2023-02-05* Not every app is perfect and it really depends on what you like but for me this app is really fun. It’s cool because I can play fun games with my friends and family but it’s very glitchy sometimes. I understand that no matter what it’s probably gonna be glitchy but it’s still annoying. For me there isn’t a lot of adds but then again I haven’t been using this app for very long. 🙂 ### 3/5 — Fun but improvements *2022-04-26* This app is really fun and I love it! But there are some issues….the app has a lot of apps and ik you can pay to get rid of but it’s kinda annoying! And whenever I’m abought to listen to a recording it plays an ad and then I lose the recording. Idk if this is a glitch but please fix. Tysm! ### 4/5 — Animaniacs *2020-12-08* Why is it so hard to say Animaniacs :( ### 2/5 — It’s fine *2020-11-17* But it usually does not work ### 2/5 — Lame 😒 *2020-08-25* So boring! I dont know how to listen to my voice! ### 4/5 — Fairly good *2020-07-18* This is a great app for fun but it can be improved it can be a bit louder but it is a great app ### 3/5 — Okay *2020-05-21* The reverse function works brilliantly, but the files get saved by the date and time, and you can’t rename them, so I can never remember which sound file is which on the app. ### 3/5 — Fun but... *2020-04-14* Sooo, I had a lot of fun with this game. But when it would show an add with sound the sound when I’m using the app it stops idk why but was fun. ### 1/5 — Broken *2020-03-29, version 1.1* I literally just downloaded it, and it crashes as soon as I open it. No joke. ### 1/5 — Trash *2020-03-24* I can’t even get in the game ### 1/5 — Crashed *2020-03-12, version 1.1* Tried to play, crashed every time ### 1/5 — It doesn’t open *2020-03-11* I don’t have an old phone but the app won’t open ### 1/5 — Boring. *2020-03-09* I see the idea and see how some people could see how this could be an “ok” app but I think it’s just really boring and don’t see why it’s a thing. I wanted to see if I could say some things backwards and I think it might be more interesting if it could maybe do a challenge to see if people could say something? I don’t know, you’re the smart ones here, but try to make it more interesting, that’s all I’m suggesting to make it better. ### 1/5 — It won't even let me in the app. *2020-03-05, version 1.1* I wish I could do zero stars ### 1/5 — Don’t download! *2020-03-01, version 1.1* Every time I tried to open the app it would always crash! No matter how much or how long I tried it wouldn’t open, only crash ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Crashes *2024-07-19* Very glitchy. Couldn’t get it to record before crashing. Ease of use but unreliable and pretty much failed. ### 1/5 — speak backwards *2022-06-13* i really liked this app AT FIRST. the recordings seem to say that they are a certain length but when you try to play them, they are much shorter. now it seems they won't playback at all please fix this glitch. ### 1/5 — Terrible app (don’t reccomend) *2021-10-23* There’s ads and it doesn’t even sound right it’s very glitchy )on iPhone( and it’s voice changed. ### 1/5 — IT ISNT EVEN WHAT IT SAYS *2021-04-17* Omg it does not even make your voice go backwards it just repeats what you say faster and with a tone to make it seem legit, what liars! ### 1/5 — Dumbest app in the world *2021-04-01* Kicks you out and when you say tons of stuff it just doesn’t work thisIs 🤬dog water ### 1/5 — Hard to understand *2020-09-25* I cannot understand this voice!!!!!!!!! ### 1/5 — Boring *2020-07-08* It only says stuff backwards ### 1/5 — 🥱🥱😔😢🙄 *2020-04-08, version 1.1* This app, I don’t even know what it does! Every time I go in it, 2 seconds later, I get kicked out! I even tried downloading it again, but it STILL didn’t work. So, if I were you, I wouldn’t get this app. ### 1/5 — Crashes everytime I open! *2020-04-03, version 1.1* I just try to use it, and whenever I open it, POOF! Closes. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t open *2020-03-31* Doesn’t work on iPhone 11 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best thing ever *2021-11-21* So I love this and I like it because it works for me. It can do a lot of things that do actually work. The thing is I was watching a cartoon with backwards talking and when I reversed it using the app it said a word. Tho it sounds a little glitchy. ### 5/5 — very good *2020-08-11* yes ### 5/5 — Superb *2020-06-25* This app is great for funny games with my family. ### 5/5 — Why *2020-06-20, version 1.2* I know a little young to be writing this because the nine but still This app very bad whenever three and went on the sound stopped working even when I turned my phone on all the way I could not hear anything 😡 and I said two different words and they had the same sound backwards other than that this App was very good ### 5/5 — Ha ha ha *2020-04-18* Very funny u speak a sentence and it plays it backwards and then u say that and it’s almost right😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣just a lot of adverts ### 5/5 — Meh a bit of ads *2020-02-07, version 1.1* As the title says yeah it does have a few ads but that's fine and it does it's job well ### 5/5 — Underrated! :) *2020-01-15, version 1.1* This is a great app! No purchasing! Free download! Works perfect! Saves recordings! ### 5/5 — Words *2019-07-08* I have to turn up my volume even though I speak loud to here what I’m saying, but over all I think it’s really cool, the best part about it is how I get to know how to say words backwards ### 5/5 — I love it *2019-06-14* It’s the best you could to say your name in it and it tells you what your name is it in backwards you learn backwards backwards language ### 5/5 — OMG *2019-05-01, version 1.1* This app lets me talk backwards! --- *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 2026-06-10.*