Voice Memo Recorder vs SPK
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Voice Memo Recorder
This app offers professional audio recording and transcription with advanced organization tools. It allows for easy management of recordings through custom colors, albums, and favorites. Users can edit audio, transcribe in over 30 languages, and sync recordings between devices.
- Customizable recording organization (colors, albums, favorites)
- Background recording on iPhone and Apple Watch
- Audio editing (trim silence, fade in/out)
- Multi-language transcription
- Auto-sync between iPhone and Apple Watch
- Trash for deleted recordings
- Widget support
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Voice Rec Pro is a simple yet powerful recording and transcription app with brand new interface and recordings organization tools. The app is free to try: all features are enabled, max of 1 recording. To unlock unlimited recordings, a lifetime in-app purchase is available. Get 50+ alternative app icons for free when unlocking unlimited in-app purchase. Main features: WIDGETS • Recently added recordings • Favorited recordings • More widgets coming soon! ORGANIZATION • Set a custom color to each recording, or set a global color to new recordings or let the app choose a random color for you. • Create Albums with custom icons and title and add your recordings to the Albums you create. • Set a sort option to each Album. There are six sort options for you to choose. • Mark a recording as Favorite to have quick access to it. • Delete a recording and it will be kept in Trash for 30 days so you can put it back if you change your mind. After that, it will be deleted permanently. • Create backups and restore them anytime. Backups are kept on your device even after you delete the app so you can restore them any time. If you don't want to keep the backups on your device, delete them before erasing the app. RECORD - PHONE • Use 3D Touch to start/stop recording from your home screen. • Recording time is limited to your device's storage capacity. • Record from the built-in mic, connected AirPods or any mic connected to your phone (wireless or direct to line in or lightning port). • Background recording. • Start - Pause - Resume - Stop recorder controls. RECORD - WATCH • Just tap once on complication to start and stop recording directly from watch face. • Recording time is limited to your device's storage capacity. • Record from the built-in mic or connected AirPods. • Background recording. EDIT • Trim silence or unwanted audio. • Add fade in or fade out, anywhere, as many as you want. • Edit the transcription in place. PLAYBACK • Seek backward and forward during playback. • Tap audio marks to skip playback directly to important segments. • Tap anywhere in the playback timeline to start playback from that point. • Play directly from your Apple Watch to your Bluetooth headphones. • Select different playback speeds. AUTO SYNC • Auto-sync between your Apple Watch and your iPhone: all recordings you do on your Apple Watch are automatically synced to your iPhone. And you can also sync a recording manually. • Disable and enable auto-sync between your Apple Watch and your iPhone any time. When auto sync is disabled, all new recordings will keep their "Queued" status until sync is re-enabled or manually synced. TRANSCRIBE • Support for over 30 languages, independent of your device's language setting. These are some of the languages supported: Cantonese (China), Chinese (China), Chinese (Hong Kong [China]), Chinese (Taiwan), Danish (Denmark), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (India), English (Indonesia), English (Ireland), English (New Zealand), English (Philippines), English (Saudi Arabia), English (Singapore), English (South Africa), English (United Arab Emirates), English (United Kingdom), English (United States), Finnish (Finland), German (Austria), German (Germany), German (Switzerland) Japanese (Japan), Korean (South Korea), Russian (Russia), Shanghainese (China), Spanish (Chile), Spanish (Colombia), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (United States), Swedish (Sweden). • Format as you record with punctuation command recognition. SHARE • Share audio, transcription, audiomarks and ID3 tags to other apps on your device. • Share audio with MP3 file format. • Share to your Mac using Airdrop. ID3v2.3 SUPPORT • Add ID3 tags or edit existing ones. • Convert audio marks to ID3 chapter tags when exporting to MP3. We are open to enhancements requests and feedbacks. Send us your message from within the app! Thanks!
SPK
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SPK-SugarBeeSPK-SugarBeet is an application designed to assist sugar technologists in optimizing the operational parameters of the beet sugar extraction process. It includes: - For the diffusion stage: the calculation of diffusion losses, microbiological losses, and draft. - For the purification stage: the calculation of lime requirements, juice purification efficiency, and purification losses. - For the evaporation stage: the calculation of water evaporation, thick juice yield, and color formation during evaporation. - For the crystallization stage: the calculation of the characteristics of massecuite, characteristics of mother liquor, and supersaturation coefficient of the technical sugar solution. - Sugar balance calculation based on sugar beet quality and sugar factory performance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SPK at none against Voice Memo Recorder's 2. SPK also leads on iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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 Memo Recorder sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SPK asks for nothing beyond the download.
Voice Memo Recorder ships an update every 11 days, SPK fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voice Memo Recorder | SPK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 32.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcel Mendes Filho | REDOUANE ABDELOUARIT |
In-app purchases
Voice Memo Recorder
- Audio Visualizers - Fun Pack$0.99
- Unlimited recordings$4.99
SPK
No in-app purchases









