Two days ago, Retronyms released an update to their popular Recorder iPhone app, bringing it up to version 10. I’ve been using this app since it first came out to record all sorts of things such as meetings and sometimes just to take notes. It’s got an easy to use interface and is constantly being updated and improved. The WiFi sync option makes it as easy as possible to download your recordings onto your Windows or Mac based computer.
When Retronyms released their update and I went to read the description of what was new, I was shocked to read that they has implemented a call recording feature. This is the first known app available in the App Store that allows phone calls to be recorded. Yesterday, however, that newly added feature didn’t work. I contacted the developer who said that for some reason Apple approved the update to Recorder but did not approve the in-app purchases that are required to be able to make the kind of phone calls that can be recorded. About 24 hours later, this has all been resolved and call recording is up and running in the Recorder 10 app.
I’m thrilled about this new feature but it does have it’s limitations and one big one is that only outgoing phone calls can be recorded. The other big limitation is that this service is only available for customers in the US right now. The developer says that they are working to bring this service to other countries.
As far as pricing goes, you’re going to end up paying $1.99 for 1 hour and $12.99 for 8 hours of recording time. It really is going to depend on how much this is of use to you to determine if it’s worth it or not. 8 hours is a lot of talk time so I’m thinking that might last a while and be worth it.
You can check out Recorder in iTunes right here. If you end up getting it and and check out the call recording feature, let us know about it in the comments. Here’s a picture of the Call Recording screen.
I’ve been waiting for an app like this for some time, though I’ll probably wait a bit longer before making the purchase. It’d be nicer if you didn’t have to pay each time you record a call, but if no one else ever competes, then they’ll make a killing.
Pay for each use??? Seems crazy to me
It’s not pay for each use, you pay for either 1 hour of recording time or 8 hours. Very reasonable if you ask me. Quite the ground breaking app. They really did a nice job with this. I tested it out and it’s perfect. If only there wasn’t that message informing the other person that the call wasn’t being recorded
In order to build this feature we had to work with the phone company. We currently charge a couple of cents per minute, which is about what the phone company charges us. We hope that for important calls people will find this useful.
Many people asked for this feature and we felt a cellphone voice recorder should record calls, so we included it.