Just Press Record 4+

I’ve had the app on my phone, watch and laptop since last summer, and it has been a real game changer in terms of capturing ideas, and to do items on the fly. I have a little complication on one of my watch faces and several times a day I press it to capture some random thing that pops into my brain. I have a reminder that pops up on my phone each morning so that I remember to open the app either on my phone or my computer and paste the transcriptions to my to do list. I agree with other reviews that the laptop app could use some work. The layout isn’t super intuitive, and for some reason it can take a while for the laptop app to find the recordings that are uploaded to the cloud. they do have a place in the preferences under the advanced tab where you can re-index recordings, and that often helps. Except when it doesn’t. I know people like apps like this to be free, but this is so worth the money.

I absolutely like this app. I'm using it right now to write this review. It seems silly, but it's totally awesome to have constant dictation working , Recording in the background even. I can just keep talking and talking, and when I'm done recording I can get a transcription of what I said. This is the only apple I've seen that doesn't offer a subscription just to use their transcription features, or doesn't continue to ask you to purchase even more other software, or have annoying ads on it. Just a one time purchase, and you're good to go. I absolutely like the Apple Watch version of this app. I can record anytime I want to , From my watch, easily and quickly. I also like that the i WhatsApp is accessible with voiceover, as well as the iPhone app. I am blind, and having this app around to transcribe long pieces of what I want to see without stopping, without interrupting i am currently thinking or what I want to see, it's totally awesome. This is totally the best app out there on the App Store. It uses Apple's speech recognition functionality. Which means you have to say punctuation marks etc. when you're dictating. Just as if you were dictating on a text box with your iPhone.

Using “Just Press Record” is incredibly convenient across all my devices. I use it on an iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch to take notes for myself, during meetings, and even for projects with friends. This feature makes taking audio notes much easier than resorting to physical notes. I also appreciate the ability to sync my notes with iCloud across all my devices.

What truly stands out is the seamless recording and transcribing process when importing through iCloud and processing on my M1 iPad. For instance, a 45-minute meeting can be transcribed in about 5-6 minutes, while a shorter recording of 15-20 minutes takes just a minute or so. This is significantly faster compared to transcribing on the phone, which can be time-consuming but still worth it.

While I hope that “Just Press Record” will eventually embrace Apple Intelligence functions to enhance transcribing, it’s already an amazing tool. If you ever need to take notes in an audio format or record meeting notes, this app is definitely worth investing in.