iPhone records calls in the Phone app since iOS 18.1, but it plays an announcement to everyone on the call, and you can't turn it off. Many call recorder apps skip the announcement and let you tell people yourself. In the EU, Japan and Brazil, they can be published on Aptoide.
Record a call with the built-in recorder
Call recording is part of the Phone app on iPhones with iOS 18.1 or later.
- Update your iPhone to iOS 18.1 or later in Settings, General, Software Update.
- During a call, tap the record button at the top left of the call screen.
- Tap the stop button when you're done, or simply hang up.
- Open the Notes app to find the recording.
Where your recordings are saved
Recordings go to the Notes app, in a folder for call recordings, with a transcript in supported languages. To keep a copy elsewhere, touch and hold the recording and share or save the audio file.
No record button? Check that your iPhone is on iOS 18.1 or later and that call recording is on in the Phone app's settings. The feature isn't available in every country or language yet.
What Apple's call recorder doesn't do
The biggest complaint: as soon as you tap record, iPhone plays an announcement that everyone on the call hears. There's no setting to turn it off. Many people would rather tell the other person themselves, in their own words, than have a recorded voice interrupt the call.
There's more. You have to tap record on every single call, with no way to record calls automatically. Recordings end up in Notes, mixed with everything else, with no organizing by contact and no easy way to export or back them up. Transcripts only work in some languages, and the feature isn't available in every country.
Call recorder apps fill the gaps
Many call recorder apps let you record without an announcement, so you let people know in your own way. They also record calls automatically, organize recordings by contact, back them up to the cloud, export them to the tools you already use, and transcribe and summarize calls in more languages.
They work by joining your call as a third line, since iOS keeps call audio away from every app. That's why a good recorder is a service, not just a button, and why so many developers build them.
Get call recorder apps on Aptoide
Apple's App Store review decides which call recorder apps reach iPhone and how they can charge you. In the EU, Japan and Brazil, call recorder apps can also be published on Aptoide, without that editorial review. Apple still notarizes every app, so it's safe to install, and when they're available you'll find them listed on this page.
Aptoide installs from your browser in a minute, with no jailbreak and no computer.
- Open aptoide.com/ios in Safari on your iPhone.
- Tap Install and allow Aptoide as a marketplace when iOS asks.
- Search for call recorder apps in Aptoide and install the one you need.
