Voice Recorder, Audio Memos vs Kala speaker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Voice Recorder, Audio Memos
Record high-quality audio for lectures, meetings, and more. Edit recordings with tools like trim, split, and join. Advanced features include speech-to-text, noise reduction, and voice changing.
- High-quality audio recording
- Comprehensive audio editor
- Speech to text conversion (30 languages)
- Noise reduction
- Voice changer effects
- Skip silence
- Audio manager with folders and search
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“Voice Recorder” is your ultimate solution for recording with high-quality sound, that easily records interviews, speeches, lectures, meetings, and inspirations, while also offering more editing capabilities such as Trim, Copy/Cut/Paste, Split, Join, Insert, and Mix. For your advanced needs, we developed “Speech to text”, “Noise reduction”, and “Monitor” features so that you can convert speech to text, reduce noise for clearer voice, and listening while recording. Advanced Features: Noise Reduction Reduce the noise of recording for a clearer voice. Monitor Listening while recording, real-time or delayed, it's up to you. Speech to Text Support for 30 languages and long-duration recordings. Skip Silence Remove silent regions in recorded clips with one click. Audio Editor Trim, Copy/Cut/Paste, Split, Join, Insert, Mix. Voice Changer Speed, Pitch, Fade in, Fade out, Mute. Markers Mark key points to quickly find what you need. Audio Recovery Operation error! Recover the edited recording to the original at any time. Audio Sharing Share recordings by Email, Messages, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Snapchat. Audio Manager Manage recordings by categories, Folders, Favorites, Trash, also built-in search and sort features. Privacy Policy: https://xiaoling.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://xiaoling.app/terms
Kala speaker
Convert entered text into speech and play it repeatedly. This multilingual speaker app is useful for broadcasting messages like store greetings or safety reminders. It supports multiple languages for versatile communication needs.
- Text to voice conversion
- Repeated message broadcasting
- Multilingual support
- Customizable messages
- Simple interface
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Sometimes you need a speaker to play messages repeatedly: such as "Please show your ID", "Promotion is discounted", "Welcome to our store", "Please pay attention to safety!", "Please show your ID", so you need a multilingual speaker! The input text can be converted into voice and broadcast repeatedly. Support multiple languages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kala speaker at 5.0 against Voice Recorder, Audio Memos's 4.5. Kala speaker also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Voice Recorder, Audio Memos's advantage is ratings volume (968 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Voice Recorder, Audio Memos sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Kala speaker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kala speaker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Voice Recorder, Audio Memos has 968 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Voice Recorder, Audio Memos ships an update every 3 weeks, Kala speaker monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voice Recorder, Audio Memos | Kala speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (968 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 968 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xiaoling | 盛蜀 李 |
Customer experience
Voice Recorder, Audio Memos
Kala speaker
Bugs and requests
Voice Recorder, Audio Memos
Reported bugs
3 issues- Recordings disappearing after updates
- Limitations on free recording duration
- Inconsistent behavior when deleting recordings
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to add notes to recordings
- Folder organization for recordings
- Improved background noise reduction
- Pause/resume recording functionality
Kala speaker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Voice Recorder, Audio Memos
- Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$49.991 Year
Kala speaker
- Full Version$4.99
- full Version$6.99
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