# Voice Memos & Sound Recorder — user reviews > 450 indexed App Store user reviews of Voice Memos & Sound Recorder by Protection & Security App LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 13,707 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/voice-memos-and-sound-recorder/id1508182334/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/voice-memos-and-sound-recorder/id1508182334.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11,158 · 4★ 1,273 · 3★ 524 · 2★ 193 · 1★ 559 ## What do users think of Voice Memos & Sound Recorder? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Easy to use - 👍 Good sound quality - 💡 Useful for journaling and note-taking - 🚀 Convenient for recording lectures and meetings **Cons** - 🐛 Recordings sometimes get deleted or lost - 🔒 Requires subscription to save recordings - 🐛 Subscription issues - can't save even after subscribing - 🐛 Buggy, with unexpected app behavior **Commonly reported bugs** - Recordings disappearing after trying to save - Subscription issues preventing saving of recordings - App crashing or freezing - Inconsistent behavior when trying to save recordings **Most requested features** - Ability to edit and organize recordings - Option to pause and resume recordings - Longer recording duration without subscription - Better transcription accuracy and functionality ## Newest reviews (13 of 450) ### 4/5 — Transcribe Doesn’t work on app! *2026-08-13, version 11.5* It helps but always asks for rating too much! ### 4/5 — Transcribe Doesn’t work on app! *2026-07-28, version 11.3* It helps but always asks for rating too much! ### 4/5 — Very helpful for sales call notes *2026-07-21, version 11.3* I use the app to record call notes as I travel making sales calls. I then translate those notes, briefly clean up what I said, and can drop them into our company system. It shortens my time to do notes drastically and I make the recording immediately when I get to my car after the call so I don’t forget anything that was talked about. My only suggestion for improvement would be to add the ability to save a default translation language. Having to select the same one every single time does get old. Other than that I love the app. ### 4/5 — Monthly meeting *2026-06-10, version 11.3* Peter Choo ### 4/5 — Spirit of Praise 5 rehearsals *2026-05-19, version 11.1* Wonderful South African gospel song ### 4/5 — Spirit of Praise 5 rehearsals *2026-05-15, version 11.0* Wonderful South African gospel song ### 3/5 — Mehh… *2026-05-03, version 11.0* It is not clear how to edit a recording to keep one part and discard the rest, even tho there is an « edit «  button. Also it is constantly asking for a review. Frustrating. I hate also being asked for a comment. bothersome. ### 3/5 — Can’t find how to trim a recording *2026-02-28, version 10.7* The app says there's a way ### 2/5 — Incessantly Asks For Rating *2026-02-18, version 10.7* Too aggressive about ratings. ### 1/5 — Why does app even exist? *2026-02-08, version 10.7* I can’t see a single feature this app does better than the built in app. Why would anyone want or develop this? And cation - the 3-day trial ending auto-subscribes you for a year! ### 4/5 — A Helping Assistant *2026-02-05, version 10.7* I am a singer/songwriter/musician. Often a melody will start to play in my head, and this is a great place to capture it! Once I start playing or humming the tune that the Universe Divine has presented me with to write a new song, I find the iPhone, open up Voice Memo and Sound Recorder and hit record. There it is saved and I don’t lose a new melody or idea for a song. The recording part is user friendly however, I have experienced some problems with naming the recording and saving it in the proper place. I wish there were a user manual for this app, but I am still figuring it out! I would recommend this app to anyone who needs to record music, work on a speech or record someone else. ### 1/5 — VERY DISAPPOINTED *2026-02-02, version 10.7* This app is very confusing I just paid $24.99 for something that does not work.. please help me ### 1/5 — Sucks *2026-01-26, version 10.7* Does not save ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Sound is too low *2026-08-26, version 11.6* The sound is lol low ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-08-24, version 11.6* Price is Too high. Didn’t use to be a price. Started charging me without permission. So now if I want to keep my recordings I have to let them rob me of my money. DO NOT DOWNLOAD. RIP OFF ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-08-08, version 11.4* Price is Too high. Didn’t use to be a price. Also… You deleted several of my very important meeting logs. Over a years worth. ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-06-18, version 11.3* Price is Too high. Didn’t use to be a price. Also… You deleted several of my very important meeting logs. Over a years worth. ### 1/5 — 04.15.26 important recording *2026-04-15, version 11.0* Shows recording of select board meeting. Recording disappeared when stopped and asked to listen to ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-04-11, version 11.0* Price is Too high. Didn’t use to be a price. Also… You deleted severest of my very important meeting logs. Over a years worth. ### 1/5 — THE WORST *2026-04-06, version 10.9* THE WORST ### 1/5 — Rip off *2026-04-01, version 10.9* This is a rip off , transcription isn’t working and it’s the main reason why I purchased it ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-03-06, version 10.8* You deleted severest of my very important meeting logs. Over a years worth. ### 1/5 — Incessantly Begging for Reviews *2026-02-24, version 10.7* Looking for an easy app to use for recording voice memos, this app’s UX is currently designed around the team’s desire to flash the “usefulness” of their app. At launch, the app will display a collage of high user ratings. Then, as you click through the app, pop-ups soliciting for reviews will come up time and again. This is a visually noisy app and you’re better off sticking with macOS’s own Voice Memos. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Study aid *2026-08-15, version 11.5* This has been extremely helpful as my study companion on my way to school. I can hear where I’m messing up before i actually mess up in class. ### 5/5 — Cool *2026-08-12, version 11.5* Fun easy and free ### 5/5 — Excelente *2026-08-06* Excelente ### 5/5 — Easy To Use *2026-07-27, version 11.3* Application Allows Me To Use My Phone As A Voice Recorder This is an easy application for me., whether it’s a memo about work , shopping list for school supplies or 1 million other things I can do it quickly and easily. it starts when I want to and stops automatically,when I don’t know what to say, without thinking about it. it uses the same system as Apple when you need to cut or paste documents into it so there’s not a big learning curve. I haven’t used this yet, but I think I should be able to send my local MLA or a person I want to send a voicemail to by phone. Apparently, sending voicemails over the phone is the new thing. However, you can copy and send it to a group of people or just one. If there are people who just want a print one, you can copy the Voice Memo to a print document. We are talking choice here and that’s always a good thing. ### 5/5 — 04.15.26 important recording *2026-06-04, version 11.2* Shows recording of select board meeting. Recording disappeared when stopped and asked to listen to ### 5/5 — No *2026-06-01, version 11.2* No ### 5/5 — Nota de voz *2026-05-01, version 11.0* Grabacion ### 5/5 — Tumtun *2026-01-08, version 10.7* A por ellos ### 5/5 — Easy recording produced excellent sound! *2025-12-16, version 10.6* 👍🏽 ### 5/5 — SOUND RECORDER. *2025-12-10, version 10.5* QUALITY SOUND AND LESS FEED BACK --- *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 2026-09-09.*