Reviews for Hi-Q MP3 Voice Recorder (Pro)

The Dropbox sync functionality hasn't worked for at least a year. I sign onto Dropbox through the app and I click yes to allow all the permissions, and then it returns to the app and says "failed to get user info." Syncing to Dropbox was one of the main reasons I bought the pro version of this app so I have to give it one star. I'd love to know if there's something I have to enable on my Dropbox account to make it all work again.

Records for a while and then suddenly NO SOUND but still recording. I have missed important meeting details because of this!! No warnings and is hit or miss. Please fix! I found a possible "fix" for an earlier problem where the recording would error out... It was an app that had microphone usage that was interfering. I have a new problem now. Never had this problem with my beloved iPhone app! Thinking of possibly switching back... Buyers remorse.

I have loved this app for several years, because it has all the functionality that just about anyone would need to record high quality audio (depending on the quality of the device of course). In fact I actually use my cell phone's microphone as my primary recording mic for audio projects and then simply use the audio file this app records to put it into multitrack editing. I'm telling ya, I just love it! 👍

It's great. I bought a second time, actually. I bought it years ago, and within a year the app was deleted from the store and went back to basic. I've read that it was faked. Kept using the free one, love it, and figured I'll chime in another $2.99 is it goes to the right folks. Hope it stays up this time. Good, simple user interface. Solid quality.

I've been using this app for years. It's the best, especially if you have an idea and have an acoustic or if you're a vocalist or really for anything I recommend this app. It's the best, always better quality than the stock smartphone app, and you can save your ideas quick, like even when you have a song in your head and can hum it... Hit the record button and hum it so you won't lose it!

Wow! After exploring many recording apps this is the one that does it all for me. It records anything including streaming audio perfectly and with high quality and for as long as you want, and does it by default in mp3 format, saving it wherever you want, with easy renaming of the file. Set it save to your cloud storage and never again lose a file or lose access because the app glitches or disappears or you just want to switch apps. Your recordings are yours and any audio player can play them.

The premium allows you to record over 10 minutes of anything you want and I find this app absolutely priceless for recording on the spot new songs and the conversations. I would totally recommend it for anybody that is serious about recording spontaneously off your phone. You can also change the DB level to make it more or less sensitive depending on where you are and how loud the source is.

Excellent application . Provides all the necessary options that one would need for personal audio recording. Love that it has the option to choose between several bit rates and also increase decibel level if needed. It also provides the option to choose between MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG & FLAC formats. Also love the option of transferring it to online drives like Dropbox and Google drive. Have used it in several previous phones and this has worked flawlessly.

**UPDATE** App skips during recording now. Haven't seen an update in a long time so not much hope for a fix. Too bad This is a great app that saved me for simple voice recording. Multiple choice of format and can actually save to an SD card. The files can also be moved without issue. A lot of other recording apps have issues when trying to do these simple things, especially the default app. The only thing this could use is the ability to set your own folder that the recording saves to.

I have never had any issues with this app for 7 years and now all of a sudden I cant choose where to place any of my recordings? If you care about this app at all, give your users the option to choose where the download can go and what apps can access these recordings. This is ridiculous. For me to casually listen to these recordings, I have to upload it to dropbox and download it back to my phone. This is so much extra work for no actual reason

***fix Needed!!! Starting recently, when you finish recording and have it set to prompt for file name, it appears WITHOUT the text selected. This might seem small but it actually greatly complicates the process. I now have to fumble around possibly hitting enter or other things while on the run to name it. PLEASE put it back to how it has been all along!!!!!!! Will return to 5 stars when this is fixed. FINALLY a recorder that does the simple things I need... And does them right!

Great interface and versatility! One of my most used apps by far. You can record in MP3, WAV, etc., change the bit rate, loop portions of a recording, continue a recording where you left off, and it looks clean visually. I would like to see a trim feature and a recording search feature within the app but those are pretty easy to work around.

I've had this app for three years through 2 different phones and have always found it to be reliable. But with my new phone the Galaxy S8, this app has become unreliable at recording phone calls. It will record incoming calls most of the time, but NEVER outgoing calls. Otherwise, I love the app. I just wish they would fix call recording, it used to work perfectly...

UPDATE: App wants phone to be able to connect to web WITH WIFI to check that you've purchased it, which I have. So if you are saving battery by having wifi off it will shut down. How stupid is it that it cant store that info ON THE FREAKIN PHONE? Give me a break. Very good. Appreciate ability to use different formats and to control input volume manually. Would like volume control to be easier to use - control's not sensitive enough ESSENTIAL to be able to save recordings to SD card !

I bought the paid version of the app, shortly after installing and trying it, easy to use, and above all, The adjustable gain makes it great for a variety of different uses!!! But it would be great if you could add a trim function, so that you could cut out excessive Periods of silence, at the beginning or end or even in the middle of a recording, instead I have to keep a separate app for that, which requires me to transfer the files into the app for editing, and then transfer them back to Hi-Q!

This app was great, until an update that moved the location where recordings are stored to the app-private folder, blocking the app from being able to access any prior recordings. Supposedly it was a requirement to support Android 15, but that's not true because there are other recording apps with "full Android 15 support" that save recordings in a normal, user-selectable folder. So if the developer can't be bothered to make the app fully work on A15, I can't be bothered to keep using it.

I found this to be a very useful tool for recording my band rehearsals and for recording lectures. Playback mode is a bit cumbersome, but okay. A suggestion for improvement: An auto record level option as it can be difficult to set a proper level that won't distort and still be heard clearly, especially when going back and forth between recording lectures and music. EDIT: With the latest update, we lost the ability to set our own default folder to place our recordings. Please bring that back!

Since the most recent update, it changes where I have stored my recordings, so I no longer can access my old files before the update through the app, does not allow me to file access new recordings, and it doesn't allow me to change where my recordings are stored any longer. (The FAQ's are no longer correct since the update). Is there anyway to manually switch back to the previous folder, as this has seriously hampered my work flow and has become a deal breaker for me as a musician.

I will add my voice to other users to say that this app is ruined as of the February update. Not being able to access older recordings in the app, or to get to the folder where new recordings are stored, or to upload to my computer via USB... all these functions were things I used regularly and were important for my work. I will have to uninstall this and go looking for something else. I'm very sorry as I have loved this app for years.

CAREFUL! It used to be my only go to recorder. Was the best... paid for Pro used for years. Sadly, it looks like the company doesn't care when you need help, or maybe they're defunct. Their contact form is broken as the Captcha doesn't produce a code, so you can't get in touch. Nice! And with the latest upgrade, you can't access where the Recordings are stored since they're inside the Android folder. What madness! Don't waste your money!!