Just Press Record
Record, sync, transcribe, repeat
$4.99 From Open Planet Software, openplanetsoftware.com Made for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch Needs iOS 11.0 or later
You can approach Just Press Record from two angles. On the Apple Watch, it’s the memos app Apple never bothered to make. You prod a big button to kick off audio capture (or jump right to recording from the app’s complication), and press Stop when you’re done. Recent recordings remain on your Apple Watch for your perusal, and you can revel in the fun of using your wrist in a way that would have been the envy of characters in sci-fi movies a few decades ago.
On the iPhone, the app’s a mite more involved, but not to the degree that it’s remotely complicated. Apple Watch recordings are squirted across via iCloud and then live in the Watch tab, but you can also record using your iPhone, by way of its own microphone or external kit. If you want pro-level recording, you can even ramp up the capture quality from AAC to 96kHz/24-bit.
Individual recordings can be renamed, shared, and played back at various speeds. You’ll also notice when firing up a recording that Just Press Record will have transcribed everything (assuming permissions were granted at the appropriate time). This means recordings are searchable by date and file name, and also by content. Sure, the transcriptions aren’t always accurate, but we’d prefer to start with a pretty good first attempt we can later tidy up on the Mac, rather than have to laboriously type out every word ourselves. In short, it’s all very useful.
The bottom line. Quick and convenient audio capture, whatever your device.