Voice Memo Recorder vs Parse
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!
Parse
Effortlessly divide restaurant bills by scanning receipts. The app automatically itemizes expenses, allowing friends to claim their orders via QR code. Settle up instantly with personalized Venmo requests, eliminating manual calculations and awkward discussions.
- Receipt scanning for automatic itemization
- QR code sharing for order claiming
- Instant Venmo request generation
- Eliminates manual bill calculation
- Reduces awkward payment conversations
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Parse makes splitting the dinner bill effortless. Scan your receipt, and Parse reads every item automatically. Share a QR code with your table — friends tap to claim what they ordered, and everyone gets a Venmo request for their exact share. No math, no awkward conversations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Parse at 5.0 against Voice Memo Recorder's 3.3. Parse also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Voice Memo Recorder's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Parse asks for nothing beyond the download.
Parse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Voice Memo Recorder has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Voice Memo Recorder ships an update every 11 days, Parse monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Voice Memo Recorder | Parse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 32.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcel Mendes Filho | Aiden Magarian |
Customer experience
Voice Memo Recorder
Parse
Bugs and requests
Voice Memo Recorder
Reported bugs
30 issues- Crashes when trying to upload longer recordings
- Crashes when trying to sync to phone
- Paid version stops working with Lockdown Mode and purchase protection
- App asks to purchase to unlock unlimited registration even after buying lifetime license
- Some recordings play, others don't and show duration but no playback
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- Important recordings will not play again after listening
- App won't remember file names
- No recording available after important meeting call
- Lost a critical recording, won't play, crashes on export
- Developer's website link doesn't work
- Unable to download recording to iPad from Apple Watch or transfer from iPhone to iPad
- Unable to delete any recording
- Malfunctions frequently for no apparent reason
- Could never playback high stakes interviews
- Customer support not immediately available
- Function to share files of recordings does not work
- App closes immediately or export screen is outside iPad screen
- Refuses to be installed on Apple Watch
- Voice transcriptions not working for long recordings
- App crashes on first test recording, cannot find transcription option, support crashes app
- App closes out after every click, cannot report issue
- App doesn't record phone calls
- Keeps crashing and closing for no apparent reason, lost recording
- Cannot sync app to Apple Watch
- Complication not appearing on watch face
- App froze all recordings, play button doesn't work, doesn't sync or share
- Says it's recording and saves, but nothing plays
- App timed out and recording stopped
- All recordings lost when app was deleted due to crashing
- App freezes after one day of use
Requested features
7 requests- Add save to iCloud Drive option
- Ability to crop or trim recordings
- Transcribe without playing recording back
- Option to block out background noise
- Improve transcription accuracy for long recordings
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- Make recordings longer on Apple Watch
- Sync deleted data from Apple Watch immediately
Parse
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Voice Memo Recorder
- Audio Visualizers - Fun Pack$0.99
- Unlimited recordings$4.99
Parse
No in-app purchases
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