Audio recorders are essential for many things, including professional audio recording for recording evidence and recording audio to generate subtitles for other tasks. Whatever the case may be, not all voice recorders are created equal, and while some are full of features, others are lightweight and open source for better privacy. Here are some of the best voice recorders you can download on Android.

If you bought a phone from a major manufacturer, chances are your phone came with a built-in voice recorder. Google Recorder and Samsung Recorder are both feature-rich and more than enough in most cases, but if you're looking for something different due to privacy concerns or better features, you should check out the apps mentioned below.

Google Recorder is clearly one of the most feature-rich recorders out there. In addition to the ability to record, it can also transcribe the audio. It also uses on-device language detection capabilities to translate the transcriptions into other languages. One of the distinguishing features is when there are multiple speakers, the recorder can distinguish between speakers and place the prints under different speakers' labels. This makes it extremely easy to remember who spoke during a given transcription time.

Unfortunately for many Android users, you can't use Google Recorder because it's a Pixel-exclusive app, which is a huge bummer. If you have a Pixel, this is one of THE best voice recorder apps you can use on Android. Oh, and did we tell you that it supports uploading recordings to the cloud and the ability to access them via recorder.google.com? Yes, you can do that too. ProsCons Transcription features in many languages Google Pixel exclusive app Speaker labels Google privacy policy and data collection Good recording quality Cloud uploads Can crop audio