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Simple Voice Recorder
Simple Mobile Tool · 49,071 ratings · ★ 4.6
4.6
★★★★★
49,071 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 26 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"record"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "used to be a good app, now its filled with intrusive ads. i cant even record anything now because i get an ad every 5 seconds, and it doesnt even let me X out of the ad after i get it. its just stuck on the ad screen forever until i leave t…" - Rae Tritt
2
"expensive"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "way too expensive" - João Sallaberry
3
"anything"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "used to be a good app, now its filled with intrusive ads. i cant even record anything now because i get an ad every 5 seconds, and it doesnt even let me X out of the ad after i get it. its just stuck on the ad screen forever until i leave t…" - Rae Tritt
4
"every"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "used to be a good app, now its filled with intrusive ads. i cant even record anything now because i get an ad every 5 seconds, and it doesnt even let me X out of the ad after i get it. its just stuck on the ad screen forever until i leave t…" - Rae Tritt
5
"garbage"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "SCAM - read edit Has become completely inundated with ads. Garbage cash grab "app" Edit after the devs' reply: If anything, the ridiculous and super expensive subscription-based tier just to remove ads on an extremely simple app is even mor…" - Ed Larson
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"subscription"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "SCAM - read edit Has become completely inundated with ads. Garbage cash grab "app" Edit after the devs' reply: If anything, the ridiculous and super expensive subscription-based tier just to remove ads on an extremely simple app is even mor…" - Ed Larson
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"recording"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "forced ads. forced permissions, recording function worked like garbage for ambient noise intake. terrible. 1 star." - Stuart Mill
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"week"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "£15 a week?!" - Michael Palmer
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"voice"
3 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Full screen ads for a voice recording app, save your time and find another app on the store, bound to be one thats not a blatant money grab like this." - Jonathan1468
📋 All 26 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
I don't know why it takes so long for the app to start working the moment it's opened. not to mention, annoying ads playing at the most inconvenient of times.
It has ads. Bye.
way too expensive
not free
Can't get past the ad at the start
used to be a good app, now its filled with intrusive ads. i cant even record anything now because i get an ad every 5 seconds, and it doesnt even let me X out of the ad after i get it. its just stuck on the ad screen forever until i leave the app and come back, which then typically leads to me immediately getting ANOTHER ad upon opening the app again. its just an endless loop of ads and never being able to record anything.
It's a scam, it claims there are no ads, then as soon as you open it, you get an ad. And it wants payment to not show ads.
This app served up an ad that I literally couldn't exit out of. It even made my OS back button not appear. Took a minute to figure out how to take control of my phone back. SO UNACCEPTABLE!!! This company was originally data conscious and respected privacy, hence the name. They were bought out and the TOS changed a lot. Deleting this app.
beyond halarious they try to charge for this
SCAM - read edit Has become completely inundated with ads. Garbage cash grab "app" Edit after the devs' reply: If anything, the ridiculous and super expensive subscription-based tier just to remove ads on an extremely simple app is even more of a reason to hate this app. This is a SCAM! DO NOT INSTALL
forced ads. forced permissions, recording function worked like garbage for ambient noise intake. terrible. 1 star.
£15 a week?!
Full screen ads for a voice recording app, save your time and find another app on the store, bound to be one thats not a blatant money grab like this.
ads on every click
unbearable level of ads
to record the voice i ve to grant permission for notification? why? why need notification to record voice
No idea why a simple recording app has 15 dollars per WEEK price tag but thats insane for that price you can buy cheaper physical recorders.
Ads cannot X out! This makes the app unable until you pay. I'm willing to pay once I've gotten to know an app but I don't get a chance to get to know this one. A shame.
it's not free
went with the trial bc I had an interview I needed to record within like 5 min and didn't want to inconvenience the other people, was gonna cancel immediately after the interview but obviously forgot, very busy day, was charged, now they're like pay us payment was declined but they've already taken money out of my account, also wow what an expensive subscription especially for weekly and with a 3 day trial instead of 7, feels very intentional to have people forget, cannot recommend
Ads create an unusable experience in something which should function like a native utility. This should be me putting my thoughts down, like in a notebook. It shouldn't be anything like Grindr.
15 a WEEK?! clearly absurd
its paid cheap aap waste of time😡
Garbage let you only record your voice, If you allow notifications.
Takes too long to open and greets you with an offer to buy a subscription "every" single time, even though I declined
Full of ads.
Sentiment summary
89%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
9%
Negative (1-2★)