Easy Voice Recorder vs Otter.ai

Easy Voice Recorder records meetings, classes, personal notes, songs and other audio without time limits. It is available on Android, iOS and macOS, with platform-specific features described for Android and iOS. On Android, recordings can use PCM or MP4, or AMR to save space; the app can record in the background and use widgets and shortcuts. Android also supports Wear OS recording with an included watch tile. Pro adds automatic Google Drive or Dropbox uploads, MP3, FLAC and AAC recording, Bluetooth microphones, trimming, folders and notification-bar controls. On iOS, recordings can be transcribed, shared by email or other apps, saved to the device or iCloud Drive, trimmed, and turned into videos with photos. Recordings are stored locally rather than in the cloud and do not automatically transfer to a new device. Digipom says it does not collect, share or copy recordings or transcriptions. The free plan has ads and in-app purchases. Easy Voice Recorder Pro costs $4.99, paid once; other listed one-time purchases range from 0.99 USD to 1.99 USD.

Otter.ai transcribes meetings into searchable text and provides summaries and action items. Its meeting bot can capture calls on Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams; the Mac and Windows desktop apps can record conversations without a bot joining. Other listed features include live transcription, speaker labels, note templates, calendar integrations and a searchable archive. It supports six languages and is available through Android, iOS, macOS, Windows and Chrome apps or extensions. Basic is free forever and includes 300 transcription minutes per user each month, three lifetime imported files per user, and a 30-minute maximum per conversation. Pro Annual costs $8.33/user/month, billed annually; Pro Monthly costs $16.99/user/month. Business Annual costs $19.99/user/month, billed annually, while Business Monthly costs $30/user/month. Business includes a seven-day free trial and allows conversations up to four hours. Otter lists TLS encryption and AES-256 encryption for real-time content. Payment options include credit and debit cards and Apple App Store or Google Play purchases.