Voice Recorder & Audio Editor: Transcription feature reliability issues
Users are experiencing significant issues with the transcription feature, including incomplete transcripts and usability problems that render the service ineffective. Additionally, the app frequently crashes and fails to function properly, leading to frustration and dissatisfaction among users.
8 different people have complained about this since 18 Apr 2025, most recently on 14 May 2025.
- “The transcription feature cut off near the beginning of my recording, and the transcription is broken up into time stamped partial phrases now, with no way to review the whole transcript I tried the AI features, but it…”
- “I updated and now this app does not work!”
- “I tried three times but it wasted so much of my time that I cancelled the free trial.”
8 people in 8 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition moderate
The pain
shares of 8 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 8 people using Voice Recorder & Audio Editor
- What goes wrong
- Doesn't work13% of posts
- How bad
- 88% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 18 Apr 2025 → 14 May 2025
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Voice Recorder & Audio Editor
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 13% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint788%
- Request113%
Sources
8 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
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…useless Had this app for years. The new version is a disappointment. The transcription feature cut off near the beginning of my recording, and the transcription is broken up into time stamped partial phrases now, with no way to review the whole transcript I tried the AI features, but it simply proves human…
Strong complaintVoice Recorder & Audio Editor — Unacceptable I updated and now this app does not work! It takes fooorrrreeevvveerrrr to load recordings, it crashes, freezes, and does not respond when you click to select something!!!! I have been using this app for over a decade. Now I can’t access my recordings!!!! FIX THIS!
Doesn't workVoice Recorder & Audio Editor — Transcription doesn’t work — I started my free trial to unlock the transcription feature. It stopped recognising text about 10 minutes into the process. It caused the screen to go dark, even though I changed the display setting on my iPhone to never turn off the screen. I tried three…
Voice Recorder & Audio Editor — Useless. App won’t transcribe more than 30 seconds I have tried to contact them to cancel the free trial 20 mins after trying it, no response. Received an email from apple confirming that I have starts the 3 day trial and if I want to cancel, click this link. The link went nowhere.…
…voice recorder, but the updated, paid version is very disappointing. The transcription is the worst I’ve ever seen and completely unusable. It can barely handle and American accent but any others it tries to transcribe turns into gobbledygook. Definitely not worth the monthly price.
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Why did it move?
Score 32.3 → 23.8 · 03 Oct 2026, 00:00 → 01:15 UTC
How the score was measured38 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Transcription feature reliability issues a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 8 different people described it independently, in 8 mentions, the earliest from 18 Apr 2025 and the most recent from 14 May 2025. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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