
Or a user could go for Audio Memos Pro, ($9.99) which has all the add-on features of the $0.99 version and all of the in-app additions, and also adds increased security, variable scrubbing speeds and more.īoth apps are easy to use, and share the same GUI. All the options can be purchased together as a $9.99 package, saving some money over buying separately. In-app purchases give you the ability to send pictures along with an audio file, to insert audio into a recording, to compress an audio file to make it smaller and there are also trimming options available. Even at the basic level of the app, there is a lot of power.

The app also supports selective erase of part of a recording, but no fancy editing or trimming. Tap it and you are returned to the Audio Memos. When in recording mode, a red bar is visible across the top of your screen. The app records in the background, so you can record a lecture while checking your email or playing a game if you like. Voice memos can also be emailed to recipients. It records voice memos, and it supports iCloud, so you can grab your memo from any device signed into your iCloud account. Like Apple's Voice Memos, the basic Audio Memos app is, well. If you can pick and choose to get the features you really need, Audio Memos is powerful, inexpensive, and useful. Many users will probably end up buying all of the in-app purchases that take the app price to $9.99. Audio Memos is far more powerful, and it's only US$0.99. It's a good audio recorder, but it's not for the power user.

You can record a voice memo, trim it, and email or text it and Voice Memos also supports AirDrop. Apple's Voice Memos has been around since iOS 3, and in iOS 7 it got a new look and a new icon, but no new features.
