QuickVoice® Recorder vs Audio Memos SE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickVoice® Recorder
Record voice memos, dictation, lectures, and more with this full-featured audio recorder. It offers one-touch recording, adjustable qualities, and easy file management. Syncs across Apple devices.
- One-touch recording and saving
- Super small MP4 file sizes
- Send voice emails up to 5MB
- Pause and resume recording/playback
- Adjustable recording qualities
- Syncs recordings to iCloud
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Now available for the Apple Watch too! With millions of users, QuickVoice is the most popular, full-featured iPhone/iPad/iPod/ iWatch voice recorder available, and it's FREE! Use it to record ideas, voice memos, voice email, dictation, lists, meetings, classes, or entire lectures! QuickVoice is the choice for professional, educational, and personal users alike. Compare These Features: • One Touch Recording • One Touch Stop & File Saved • Super Small MP4 Recording File Sizes • Send Voice Emails Up to 5MB • Records for Seconds or Hours • Pause Record and Resume • Adjustable Recording Qualities • Flip Mode For Mic on Top Recording • Record Timer and Playback Counter • Double Tap for Quick Playbacks • Auto File Naming w/Optional Renaming • Finger Scroll Through Messages • Pause Play and Resume Modes • Drag Slider for Seek/RWND/FFWD • Audio Level VU Meter • Displays File Sizes and Time Stamps • Plays Thru Earpiece, Speaker, or Bluetooth • Use Devices' Built-In or Add-On Mics • Ringtone Recording Feature • EZ Sync Recordings to Computer • Great Visual Voicemail-Like Interface • Voice Reminders w/Alarm Notification • Send Voice Notes Through Apple's iMessages • Runs on Apple's iPhone/Watch/iPad/iPod • Best Feature of All? IT'S FREE! As featured, "Top 10 Overall," in the book "Incredible iPhone Apps for Dummies", and in the New York Times, as well as recipient of numerous editorial awards! Our iOS and Watch OS versions syncs recordings to Apple's iCloud and across all your Apple devices. Try it now!
Audio Memos SE
Record high-quality audio memos with advanced features like volume boost, normalizing, and editing. Easily manage, back up, and share your recordings. Offers transcription and cloud storage with a subscription.
- High-quality audio recording
- Volume boost and normalizing
- Recording editing
- Cloud storage integration
- Transcription to text
- WAV format storage
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Audio Memos is a voice recorder for the iPhone and iPad. What you'll really like about Audio Memos, is that you can actually HEAR your recordings (try it and compare, you'll hear what we mean). It's also easy to use, with a simple and intuitive interface. Yet with many advanced features as volume boost, volume normalizing, editing of recordings and more. Most of these features are exclusive to this program, which makes it one of the most advanced recorder. This is a great recorder, don't just take our word for it: Audio Memos Free has been featured by Apple in the "What's hot" section. Your recordings are stored on your device but can be backed up to your computer using a simple web browser (or by email). See our website for more details. FEATURES • Send recordings by email. • High quality recordings up to 44100 Hz. Three levels of quality are available: 11025 Hz, 22050 Hz and 44100 Hz. • Professionally engineered audio normalizing filter, which enables you to have a constant average volume on all your recordings. This feature does not modify your recordings, so you can turn it on even if you intend to post process your audio files on a computer. • Wide range volume control using a volume boost. While listening to a recording, volume can be increased using your device's volume keys. If you find this insufficiently loud, you can adjust the volume boost in the application's settings. • Normalizing and boosting filters use dynamic compression with a non linear function to prevent clipping and minimize distortions. Note however that eventual clipping and distortion created by the microphone are not suppressed. If you care about quality, use the headset's microphone instead of the built in one. • Records even when your device is in sleep mode; and pauses automatically in the event of an incoming phone call. • Advanced listing of your recordings, which displays name, date, length and size information. A detailed view is also available for each recording. This view gives extra information such as quality and download status of a recording. • Must have controls as pause record, pause play, slider, quality control. • Uses widespread wav format to store recordings, so you can transfer and read them on any device. SUBSCRIPTION All features listed above can be used without an in app purchase. Some advanced features require an active subscription. These include: • Voice activated rec. - stop recording silence. • Upload to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Evernote, FTP or WebDAV. • Insert audio - insert comments easily. • Position markers - easy navigation. • Audio compression - email hours of recordings. • Memo alert dates / reminders. • Adjustable reading speed. • Add pictures to a memo. • Send or delete multiple recordings at a time. • Edit your recordings (trim, overwrite, merge). • Transcription - transform your memos into text. • Stereo recording using the builtin microphones (requires a compatible device and a «Pro +» subscription). Duration and price of each subscription are displayed in our storefront. All subscription costs will be charged to your Apple ID account, starting at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. It is not possible to cancel a subscription period once you have been charged for it. Any unused portion of a free trial period is forfeited as soon as a subscription is purchased. You can manage subscriptions and disable auto renewal by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Service: https://imesart.com/legal/terms-of-service.php
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Audio Memos SE at 4.6 against QuickVoice® Recorder's 3.0. Audio Memos SE also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 41%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). QuickVoice® Recorder's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. QuickVoice® Recorder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Audio Memos SE sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Audio Memos SE holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 244 and 449 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of QuickVoice® Recorder's written reviews are positive against 64% of Audio Memos SE's.
QuickVoice® Recorder ships an update every 3 months, Audio Memos SE every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickVoice® Recorder | Audio Memos SE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (244 ratings) | 4.6 (449 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.0% of reviews | 64.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 244 | 449 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nFinity Inc | Imesart S.a.r.l. |
Customer experience
QuickVoice® Recorder
Audio Memos SE
Bugs and requests
QuickVoice® Recorder
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Audio Memos SE
Reported bugs
3 issues- Recordings disappearing after updates
- Inability to transfer recordings from free to paid version
- Ads interrupting recordings
Requested features
5 requests- Add editing tools (trim, split, merge recordings)
- Improve file management (organize, rename recordings)
- Integrate with cloud storage (Dropbox, Google Drive)
- Enhance playback controls (rewind, fast-forward)
- Enable background recording
In-app purchases
QuickVoice® Recorder
- Sync and Share Upgrade$0.99
Audio Memos SE
- Audio Memos Pro Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- Audio Memos Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Audio Memos Pro+ Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
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- Audio Memos Pro Yearly1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- Audio Memos Pro+ Yearly1 Month trial$69.991 Year
Questions
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