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Rev shut down Rev Call Recorder on October 31, 2025, and its current app says call recording is not supported. VoxNote is the alternative for anyone who still needs notes from phone calls: a simple notetaker that works with your existing number and your AI. Incoming calls are transcribed on their own through call forwarding, with nothing to merge.
Rev facts come from Rev's help center, its App Store listing and its own website, checked on November 11, 2026.
| VoxNote | Rev Call Recorder | |
|---|---|---|
| Still available | Yes, on the App Store for iPhone. | No. Support ended on October 31, 2025, and the app won't install on new iPhones. Rev Help Center |
| Price | From $13.33 a month billed yearly ($159.99), or $16.99 monthly. 7-day free trial. See pricing | Recording was free. Transcripts cost $1.50 a minute by a person, or $0.25 a minute by AI. Rev, June 2025 (archived) |
| 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. | You merged a Rev recording line into each call, as a 3-way call. U.S. numbers only. |
| 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. | The audio. A transcript only when you ordered and paid for one, ready in under 12 hours from a person. |
| Follow-up email | A draft, ready after each call. | Not included. |
| Platforms | iPhone. Android in November 2026. | iPhone, in the U.S. Rev, March 2022 (archived) |
| What Rev offers now | VoxNote is built only for phone calls on your existing number. | Rev: Record & Transcribe records audio in the app. Its App Store listing says call recording is not supported. App Store |
Call transcription rules vary from place to place, and you're responsible for following the ones that apply to you and your profession.
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Rev Call Recorder asked you to merge a Rev line into each call. With VoxNote, incoming calls reach VoxNote through call forwarding, and you dial outgoing calls from the VoxNote app. There is nothing to tap during the call.
Rev gave you the audio, and a transcript when you ordered one. VoxNote sends a summary, the full transcript and a follow-up email draft after each call, on your phone and on the web.
VoxNote connects to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Meta Muse, so you can ask your AI what was said on a call.
No. Rev ended support for the app on October 31, 2025. It won't install on new iPhones, and its icon shows grayed out, according to Rev's help center.
Rev asked users to download their recorded calls before October 31, 2025, and says its support team can't recover them. Calls you sent for transcription should still be in your Rev.com account on the website.
No. Rev's current app, Rev: Record & Transcribe, records audio in the app, and its App Store listing says call recording is not supported.
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.
Yes. VoxNote doesn't merge calls. Incoming calls reach VoxNote through call forwarding on your own number, so there's no hold, no merge and nothing to tap during the call. For outgoing calls, you dial from the VoxNote app.
For notes on your phone calls, VoxNote: incoming calls on your existing number are transcribed on their own, and you get a summary, the full transcript and a follow-up email draft after each call. For free audio only, the iPhone's built-in call recording works on iOS 18.1 and later, and both people hear a notice.
Last updated November 11, 2026. See also: iPhone call recording alternative · Wave AI alternative · All comparisons
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