SimpleMic vs Meeting Notes & Voice Record
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleMic
Capture high-quality audio with this elegant iPhone recorder. Features gesture-based controls, multiple recording modes like sound-activated and no-motion activated, and seamless iCloud sync for easy access across devices. Manage, tag, and share your recordings effortlessly.
- Gesture-based user interface
- Sound Activated recording mode
- No Motion Activated recording mode
- Record on Start option
- iCloud Drive sync
- Tagging and notes for recordings
- Comprehensive sharing and uploading
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The best audio and voice recorder for iPhone just got better! All new for iOS 12, support for Siri Shortcuts! SimpleMic is the fast and elegant audio recorder that makes capturing sound on your iOS device a delightful experience. Now featuring iCloud Drive sync, it has never been easier to collect all your audio on all of your devices! Completely redesigned from the ground up for iOS 12 and with usability in mind, SimpleMic takes advantage of the entire screen to provide gesture based controls atop a beautifully presented user interface. Swipe left or right to start recording and you'll instantly be treated to a vivid glowing level meter as the microphone captures crystal clear audio. Swipe up or down to reveal three different recording modes, each taylor made for specific real-world situations. Ever needed to start recording as soon as the band starts playing or the lecturer speaks? "Sound Activated" mode will quietly wait until the microphone picks up enough sound, then will quickly start recording, even capturing audio from a few seconds prior to make sure you get a perfect recording every time. How about that annoying rattling sound you used to get at the start of every audio recording, you know, that familiar sound of your device being set on the desk after you tap the "record" button and place it down? We hate that too, which is why we also built a "No Motion Activated" mode. Just swipe and place your device where you need to, SimpleMic will wait for it to be completely still for a few moments before starting your recording. No more click-clacks or thuds, just the sweet sounds of your beautiful voice. Finally, if you can't waste even a split second, enable the "Record on Start" option to start recording automatically when you launch the app. But the awesomeness doesn't stop once you're done recording, SimpleMic is as functional under the hood as it is above. Dive in to the recordings list to access and manage all your audio in one place. Every recording gets tagged by date and geo location, but you can easily choose your own label and add notes. And most importantly, SimpleMic offers some of the most comprehensive sharing and uploading functionality of any such app on the market today. Every recording is stored in iCloud and thus backed up and secure. If you need to get audio files off of your device, we have you covered there as well, all of your recordings will be available on your Mac running OS X Yosemite in iCloud Drive. Or, upload/open the audio files directly to Email, SoundCloud, Dropbox, Evernote, or any other app on your device that supports opening audio files. All these great features and much much more… FEATURES • Beautifully designed, gesture-based user interface makes it a breeze to effortlessly record audio. • Gorgeous glowing level meter gives a dazzling realtime representation of your audio. • 3 recording modes help you capture great sounding audio anytime, anywhere. • "Record on Start" option to start recording automatically when app launches. • Support for "Start Recording" and "Show Last Recording" via Siri shortcuts. • Includes Apple Watch app, record directly on your watch, recordings automatically synced to your device and iCloud. • Record any device audio, including audio produced by other apps. • Automatic geo-tagging as well as custom labels and notes. • iCloud Drive syncing. • Upload directly to Email, SoundCloud or Dropbox • Send recorded audio to other apps installed on your device (including Evernote, GDrive, and MS Sky Drive). • Multiple app color themes included, with the ability to unlock even more. • Fully optimized for VoiceOver users. We truly believe we've created the most efficient, functional, yet beautiful audio recorder for iOS and sincerely hope you'll agree. Get SimpleMic today! SimpleMic: Fast, Elegant, Audio Recording
Meeting Notes & Voice Record
Record meetings, lectures, and voice notes with ease. This app provides searchable transcripts, automatic summaries, and chapter markers to quickly find key information within long audio recordings. It offers playback speed adjustments and the ability to export action items to your calendar.
- One-tap recording
- Screen lock recording
- Searchable transcripts
- Automatic summaries
- Chapter markers
- Playback speed control
- Action item export
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Stop losing important moments in long recordings. Capture meetings, lectures, interviews, and voice notes, then find the exact part you need without scrubbing through the whole audio. Voice Recorder Meeting Notes helps you record audio, read searchable transcripts, and review the key points from each conversation. Built for speed and privacy, it keeps recording when your screen is locked and keeps your analysis on your phone. Tap any sentence in the transcript to jump straight to that moment in playback, then use chapters, bookmarks, and action items to move through long recordings faster. Start recording with one tap using the large red record button. Keep recording with the screen locked, with running time and controls visible while recording. Drop a voice bookmark during capture and jump back to that exact moment later. Pause, resume, or cancel a recording when the conversation changes. Watch the live waveform while you record and scrub across the waveform when you listen. Play back at the speed that feels right, from slower review to faster catch-up. Skip backward or forward in quick steps when you want to hear a part again. Read a transcript below the waveform and tap any sentence to jump the playhead there. Search across titles, transcript text, summaries, and smart categories to find old voice notes fast. See smart categories like Meeting, Lecture, Interview, Idea, Reminder, and Conversation. Get an automatic short title, a two-sentence summary, key topics, and action items after transcription. Open chapters with timestamps and jump to the section you want. Review Coach stats including words per minute, filler words, longest pause, and top content words. Add extracted action items to Reminders, or add dated items to Calendar. Rename recordings, add notes, and keep your latest recordings at the top of the library. Share audio after recording, and share a transcript bundle after transcription. • Walking into a meeting and needing a quick record button from the Lock Screen. • Starting class, tapping Quick Record, putting your phone away, and listening instead of managing the app. • Saving an interview, then tapping a transcript sentence later to find the quote-worthy moment. • Pausing when a source goes off topic, then resuming when the conversation is back on track. • Searching one remembered phrase in an old voice note and finding it in seconds. • Locking a private HR conversation with Face ID or Touch ID before handing your phone to someone else. Pro adds full transcription beyond the preview, trim, split, merge, transcript bundle sharing, lossless export, high-quality capture options, per-recording lock, and optional sync. Some summary features depend on device support, while transcription, chapters, action items, and Coach still give you useful review tools. Microphone access is required to record. recognition is only requested when you want transcription, and Reminders, Calendar, and Face ID or Touch ID are only requested when you choose those features. Record now, save the important parts, and come back to clear meeting notes instead of a long audio file. Terms of Use (EULA) - http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SimpleMic at 4.5 against Meeting Notes & Voice Record's 3.0. SimpleMic also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 44%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. SimpleMic sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Meeting Notes & Voice Record sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SimpleMic holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimpleMic has 1.7K ratings behind it against 83, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of SimpleMic's written reviews are positive against 44% of Meeting Notes & Voice Record's.
SimpleMic ships an update every 2 months, Meeting Notes & Voice Record every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleMic | Meeting Notes & Voice Record |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1.7K ratings) — better | 3.0 (83 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 44.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 83 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Velocity Raptor Incorporated | Sandeep Bhandari |
Customer experience
SimpleMic
Meeting Notes & Voice Record
User reviews
SimpleMic
From 1.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Great sound quality
- 📱 Seamless Apple Watch integration
- 🔒 Secure recordings
- 🎨 Simple and clean interface
Room to improve
- 💰 Limited features without paid upgrade
- 🔇 No stereo recording on iPhone
- 🤔 Unclear where recordings are stored
- 🤖 Unreliable watch app functionality
Meeting Notes & Voice Record
From 83 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- ✨ Good sound quality
- 💡 Useful for various recording needs
- 🚀 Fast saving and uploading
- 💡 Can remove silence
Room to improve
- 😠 Too many ads
- 🐛 Recording stops when screen locks
- 🐛 Recordings are blank or cut off
- 🐛 Poor sound quality (scratchy, mumbling)
- 🐛 Files not saving consistently
Bugs and requests
SimpleMic
Reported bugs
3 issues- Recordings stop unexpectedly during calls
- Playback issues when device goes to sleep
- Renaming files in iCloud doesn't sync back to app
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to record in layers or tracks
- Include audio waveform visualization
- Allow recordings to be shared without paid upgrade
- Implement a complication for quick access from Apple Watch
Meeting Notes & Voice Record
Reported bugs
10 issues- Recordings are blank
- Recording stops when phone screen locks/goes to sleep
- Files not saving
- Playback issues
- Ads interrupt recording
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- Cannot share files easily
- Recordings are not named
- Contact support website is empty
- Recordings go in and out
- Does not record during calls
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to name recordings individually
- Option to record in background when screen is off
- Cloud upload option instead of FTP
- Easier sharing options (email, cloud)
In-app purchases
SimpleMic
- Finer Things Color Pack$0.99
- Planetary Color Pack$0.99
- Premium Upgrade$2.99
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- Mega Bundle$3.99
Meeting Notes & Voice Record
- Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
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- Yearly Subscription Discount7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription Sale$14.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription Special$19.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Forever Pro Discount$79.99
- Forever Pro$99.99
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