4.9/5 on the App Store
VoxNote is a Google Voice alternative for people who used Google Voice to record or transcribe calls and voicemails, and would rather keep their real cell number. It takes notes on calls on the number you already have: a summary, the full transcript and a follow-up email draft. It gives you no second number, no free calling and no texting. For those, stay with Google Voice.
Google Voice facts come from Google's own help center and plan pages, checked on November 13, 2026.
| VoxNote | Google Voice | |
|---|---|---|
| Your phone number | Your existing number. People see it on outgoing calls too. | A separate Google Voice number. Calls you make from the Voice app show that number. You can port your mobile number in for $20, but your carrier then cancels that phone service. Google Voice Help |
| Price | From $13.33 a month billed yearly ($159.99), or $16.99 monthly. 7-day free trial. See pricing | Free personal plan, with US numbers only. Voice Starter $10 and Voice Standard $20 a month for 1 user. With Google Workspace, $10 to $30 per user a month. Google Voice plans |
| How a call is captured | Incoming calls are captured on their own through call forwarding. For outgoing calls, you dial from the VoxNote app. You never press record. | Free plan: only incoming calls to your Google Voice number, and you press 4 to start. Paid plans: you tap Record or Notes during the call. Automatic recording needs Voice Premier. Google Voice Help |
| What the other person hears | Nothing. No beep, no message, no bot. | An announcement when recording starts and when it stops. With Gemini notes: “This call is being recorded and captured by AI,” or your admin's own wording. Google Voice Help |
| After the call | A summary, the full transcript and a follow-up email draft, on your phone, on the web and in ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Meta Muse. | Free plan: the audio of the calls you recorded, in the Calls tab. Voice Standard and up: Gemini notes with a summary, next steps and the transcript, in English only. Google Voice subscription types |
| Voicemail | Unanswered forwarded calls go to a VoxNote voicemail inbox, with a transcript and a title. | Transcripts of messages left on your Google Voice number, also by email. Google says they may be incorrect or missing. Google Voice Help |
| Text messages | Not included. VoxNote handles calls, not texts. | Yes, from your Google Voice number, at no charge to US and Canadian numbers. Google Voice Help |
| Platforms | iPhone. Android in November 2026. | iPhone, Android and the web. Google Workspace |
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Google Voice gives you a second number. Clients who have your cell number keep calling it, and those calls never reach Google Voice. VoxNote works on the number you already have: incoming calls reach it through call forwarding, and you dial outgoing calls from the VoxNote app.
On the free plan, Google Voice saves the audio of the incoming calls you choose to record. VoxNote sends a summary, the full transcript and a follow-up email draft after each call, on your phone and on the web.
With Google Voice, you press 4 or tap Record on each call you want to keep. Once call forwarding is set up, VoxNote takes notes on incoming calls on its own, and you can ask ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Meta Muse about them.
VoxNote takes 5 minutes to set up through the App Store and can be ready before your next phone call.
For notes on the calls you take on your own cell number, VoxNote: after each call you get a summary, the full transcript and a follow-up email draft, with no second number. If you want a free second number with calls and texts, Google Voice is still the better fit.
Yes, with limits. On a free personal account, you can record only incoming calls to your Google Voice number: you press 4, and everyone hears an announcement when recording starts and stops. Paid plans add on-demand recording, and Voice Standard and up add Gemini notes in English, according to Google's help center.
Only by porting it in. Google charges $20 to port a mobile number to a personal Google Voice account, and once the port is done, your carrier cancels that phone service. VoxNote works on your existing number through call forwarding, with no port.
Yes, for messages left on your Google Voice number, and it can email you the transcripts. Google says transcripts may be incorrect or missing. With VoxNote, unanswered forwarded calls go to a VoxNote voicemail inbox with a transcript and a title. With call forwarding on, your iPhone's own voicemail no longer takes those messages.
No. VoxNote gives you no second number, and it's a paid app with a 7-day free trial. Google Voice's personal plan gives a free number to people in the US.
Nothing signals it on their end: no beep, no message, no bot. Call transcription rules vary from place to place, and you're responsible for following the ones that apply to you and your profession.
Last updated November 14, 2026. See also: Best call recording apps for iPhone · Voicemail to text on iPhone · All comparisons
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