What is the best audio recording app for iPhone?

Voice Memos, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 1,111,899 people.

Which audio recording apps are free?

39 of 40 are free to download: Voice Memos (S), Voice Recorder Lite: Record HD (S), Dolby On: Record Audio & Video (S), Voice Memos & Sound Recorder (S) and more. 16 of them sell in-app purchases. 4 report no in-app purchases.

Which audio recording app has the best App Store rating?

EZAudioCut - Audio Editor Lite at 4.9 from 7,747 ratings.

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Best Audio Recording Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Voice Memos is the top-ranked of 40 audio recording apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 1,111,899 ratings.

1
Voice MemosS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,111,899 ratings · score 99
2
Voice Recorder Lite: Record HDS
Free · ★ 4.6 · 73,930 ratings · score 95
3
Dolby On: Record Audio & VideoS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,435 ratings · score 93
4
Voice Memos & Sound RecorderS
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 13,727 ratings · score 92
5
Voice Recorder & Notes ProS
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 13,324 ratings · score 92

What belongs in this list

A person wants to record voice and other audio with their phone and save it for later.

Not here: An audio editor alone; A music recording or production app alone; A video recorder alone; A music player alone; A general chatbot alone

More lists: Best Call Recording Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Voice MemosS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 1,111,899 ratings · score 99 · best in class
2
Voice Recorder Lite: Record HDS
Free · ★ 4.6 · 73,930 ratings · score 95 · best in class
3
Dolby On: Record Audio & VideoS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,435 ratings · score 93 · best in class
4
Voice Memos & Sound RecorderS
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 13,727 ratings · score 92 · best in class
5
Voice Recorder & Notes ProS
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 13,324 ratings · score 92 · best in class
6
Voice Recorder - Audio RecordS
$5.99 · ★ 4.7 · 17,139 ratings · score 92 · best in class
7
Voice recorder: Audio editorS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 7,492 ratings · score 92 · best in class
8
Voice Record ProA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 16,401 ratings · score 91 · excellent
9
Voice recorder - VozA
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 25,551 ratings · score 90 · excellent
10
Easy Voice RecorderA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 10,790 ratings · score 89 · excellent
11
Summary - AI Note TakerA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 54,927 ratings · score 89 · excellent
12
Voice Recorder: AI Note TakerA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 7,609 ratings · score 87 · excellent
13
Voice Recorder, Voice Memos ®A
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 12,095 ratings · score 86 · excellent
14
Recorder Plus: Voice RecorderA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 12,280 ratings · score 86 · excellent
15
EZAudioCut - Audio Editor LiteA
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 7,747 ratings · score 84 · excellent
16
Record Phone ConversationsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 20,553 ratings · score 84 · excellent
17
Call Recorder iCallB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 23,178 ratings · score 83 · good
18
Voice Recorder & Audio EditorB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 453,346 ratings · score 82 · good
19
Call Recorder for iPhoneB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 41,653 ratings · score 82 · good
20
Microphone Live-Voice Tune MicB
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 6,913 ratings · score 80 · good
21
Mp3 Recorder : Voice RecorderB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 8,485 ratings · score 80 · good
22
TapeACall: Call RecorderB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 38,304 ratings · score 80 · good
23
iRecord: Transcribe Voice MemoB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 8,883 ratings · score 80 · good
24
Call Recorder for iPhone CallsB
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 9,888 ratings · score 77 · good
25
Call recorder - RinkB
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 4,511 ratings · score 75 · good
26
Wave AI Note Taker & RecorderC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 12,187 ratings · score 70 · situational · provisional
27
Recorder Plus - Audio EditorC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 3,759 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
28
Owll: AI Note Taker&AssistantC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,049 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
29
iTranscribe - Audio to TextC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,836 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
30
Flownote - AI Note TakerC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,490 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
31
MOTIV AudioC
Free · ★ 4.6 · 3,762 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
32
Reclip: Clip Your FriendsC
Free · ★ 4.5 · 5,578 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
33
Echo - AI Meeting Note TakerC
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 3,728 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
34
Smart Noter - AI Note TakerC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,379 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
35
Phone Call Recorder Free of AdC
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 10,742 ratings · score 65 · situational · provisional
36
Noted: Record & AI TranscribeC
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 3,684 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
37
Cue: AI Note Taker & RecorderC
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 3,707 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
38
Rev: Record & TranscribeD
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 4,332 ratings · score 64 · weak · provisional
39
AI Call Recorder - RecordeonD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 6,298 ratings · score 64 · weak · provisional
40
Voice Recorder - Audio MemosD
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 3,929 ratings · score 64 · weak · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best audio recording app for iPhone?: Voice Memos, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.8 by 1,111,899 people.
Which audio recording apps are free?: 39 of 40 are free to download: Voice Memos (S), Voice Recorder Lite: Record HD (S), Dolby On: Record Audio & Video (S), Voice Memos & Sound Recorder (S) and more. 16 of them sell in-app purchases. 4 report no in-app purchases.
Which audio recording app has the best App Store rating?: EZAudioCut - Audio Editor Lite at 4.9 from 7,747 ratings.
How many audio recording apps reach S or A tier?: 16 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.