The best sound recording apps on Apple Watch

Many of us from time to time need the ability to record sound “here and now”. For this reason, on iPhone and

The iPad has been pre-installed with this for yearsmeans; however, it has many alternatives. On the Apple Watch, the Voice Recorder app only appeared in watchOS 6, but there were many quality third-party apps before.

Now a quick search on the App Store finds dozens of sound recording apps for the Apple Watch. However, only a few are really worth the attention.

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Among the many products, full of errors, limitations and shortcomings, the following good offers stand out with different requirements for your budget.

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Simple recorder

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Simple Recorder forms one product linealong with two other, more advanced recording applications. All three are developed by the same development team. Unlike these two, Simple Recorder is completely free and at the same time has all the necessary functionality.

First of all, it means the absence of artificial restrictions, as well as advertising and other garbage on the screen. And this, when completely free, is quite generous.

The application interface is intuitive: the switch on top determines the device from which recording is made (remote iPhone or the watch itself). After its completion, you can also listen to the finished file directly on the device or instantly transfer it to iPhone. If you are worried that the recording may end if you shake your wrist, we are glad to please: like most modern applications, Simple Recorder keeps the screen turned on until you decide to stop the application.

From whatever source you record, Apple Watch or iPhone, the latest device maintains a list of them, from where you can delete, edit and rename files you need.

  • Supported Devices:iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch
  • Expansion:No
  • Features:storing and playing files on Apple Watch
  • Price:No

Voice notes

The next app in the collection, Voice Notes, offers the same features for the Apple Watch, but it reaches a whole new level in the iPhone version.

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After installing the application, you can purchase itthe full version, which by and large differs from the free one only in the absence of advertising (which is already not much). Almost all other features are available immediately after launch on the iPhone: among them are integration with iCloud, setting tags, protecting entries with a password, and even viewing the collection in the form of a calendar.

Now back to the topic of the review, Apple Watch. The start screen of the application contains three simple elements: an indicator of free space on the device, buttons for starting a new recording, and another one for viewing and playing back old ones. All received files are stored directly on the watch, from where they can be transferred to the iPhone for trickier operations.

As in the case of Simple Recorder, the recording time is not limited: you can only be constrained by disk space. Shaking the clock does not stop recording.

  • Supported Devices:iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Expansion:No
  • Features:storing and playing files on Apple Watch, integration with iCloud, tags, restricting access via Touch ID
  • Price:no (in-app purchases)

Audio memos

Audio Memos is available through the App Store for the iPhone and Apple Watch in several color options, of which yellow is the cheapest - only $ 0.99.

Commercialization Model Usedby the developer, it’s quite interesting: inside the application, extensions like the search bar, tags and speed settings are available for purchase, each for $ 0.99. Nevertheless, the standard version of the application fully meets the basic requirements. In addition to integration with iCloud and Touch ID, the dial extension is also noteworthy. Although this does not seem anything special, so many recording applications do not offer such an opportunity at all.

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At the same time, Audio Memos is somewhat behind inother points. So, it does not allow you to store records directly on the watch. Although their list is available, the files themselves are always transferred to your iPhone. There they are always reproduced. Thus, you will not be able to leave your iPhone at home and turn on recordings right on your watch. This is a very short-sighted oversight.

  • Supported Devices:iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch
  • Expansion:Yes
  • Features:integration with iCloud, access restriction via Touch ID, automatic file transfer, audio quality settings
  • Price:$0.99 (+ in-app purchases)

Just press record

You can not get around Just Press Record, speaking about sound recording tools for iOS. This functional and advanced program is much more expensive than its counterparts. What is the reason for this difference?

In short, the Open Planet Software teamWe managed to create an application combining simplicity, convenience and originality with extreme reliability and directness. Immediately after starting Just Press Record asks the user where to save the files - to disk or to iCloud Drive.

In addition, the version for the Apple Watch is not onlytransfers sound files to the iPhone, but also saves copies of them on the watch, which can be heard on a special tab. This is definitely the most elegant solution, killing two birds with one stone. Other applications somehow require your manual intervention. Like Audio Memos, JPR has a convenient extension for the dial.

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But the most interesting thing is that Just PressRecord allows you to automatically recognize speech on your recordings; it is both modern and very useful. As in competing applications, recordings are unlimited in time and cannot be stopped by a random movement of the hand.

If you are ready to pay five dollars for a recording application, Just Press Record will not disappoint you.

  • Supported Devices:iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch
  • Expansion:Yes
  • Features:storing and playing files on Apple Watch, integration with iCloud, speech recognition
  • Price:$4.99

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Simplemic

SimpleMic is very consistent in its simplicity. Simply put, the interface in the iPhone version is extremely compact and is controlled by gestures, while the version for Apple Watch literally consists of one big red button. Despite this, the application may well satisfy your needs if you just want to periodically record short moments from your watch. Thanks to its elegant design, SimpleMic could be one of the winners, but it fails with a stupid and artificial limitation on the recording duration - up to five minutes.

  • Price:No

To summarize

That's all. After a quick look at the recording applications from the App Store, the above were better than others.

Of course, we might have accidentally missed something, so feel free to share your favorite recording application in the comments below!