Leo - Recorder & Transcription Reviews

by HuhHmm

Overall great experience, very limited recording ability. It’s a deal breaker if I can’t record more than 10 minutes of audio. I’m open to change the rating if the developer supports a longer recording timeframe. It says, “recorder did finish recording unsuccessfully” on save 😩

by Pinkpearlycloud

So after an hour of recording and sitting close to the speaker, Leo recorded some random words from the lecture

by Chandl0r

App asks for ratings

by WickedGirl33

Simple and easy to use. Unfortunately, there are some major bugs. If you do not edit your recording immediately after making it, you end up with no return key showing up on your keyboard (so you cannot manually add a line). This happens when you go back and select a recording to edit once it is part of the recordings list. I can see where the dev may have done this intentionally, since you can probably add more data by pressing record again in edit mode? But, return key should still be there to add new paragraphs.
When you change themes ( blue for me) and try to edit, the cursor disappears. There is also no way to upgrade Leo (not that I would right now), nor is there any way to contact the dev from within Leo to report these problems. App is also only in portrait mode on iPhone. These problems occurred on both an iPhone 8 Plus and an iPhone 6, both fully updated on iOS and restarted after app installation. Happy to upgrade review if app is improved.

by Ignatius_J_Reilly

Seems like this might be OK for shorter things, but somewhere after about a minute and a half, it stops transcribing from what I can tell. So for longer things like journals or dreams or whatever, not super useful. I also can't really tell what the workflow is here. It seemed to just stop after finishing the one recording and I can't figure out how to get it to even play back what I recorded. I'm not going to spend five dollars trying to figure it out either.

by Davidjsitt

So easy to use and exactly what I need!

by Aafable

Now I can finally do journaling with just my voice! There's no excuse now!

by Landoco

I've wanted to keep a diary, but I never had time. This allows me to keep a voice diary, and writes things down so I can search things. (Ex. "Things related to my crush"). The transcription is mediocre and could use work, but for search purposes, it's fine.

One thing I'd like to see added is a feature where you can edit your recording after you're done, like on Apple's voice memos. That way, you can "rewrite" a portion or add to a part.

by JackJSitt27

This is Leo you'll actually use every day

by Joedcook3

It makes it so easy to pause, reflect, and focus.

by Yoyoslap

One of the better voice recorder/journal apps I've used

by Meyohas

Intuitive, accurate, and useful.

by FarmBones

I really needed this. Great for school & work! I use it to record class and for quick notes at work.

by Marc Bielas

I've always wanted to record my daily thoughts in a notebook, but every time I picked up a pen, my mind would go blank. With recorder, I'm able to prompt myself and "think out loud" without feeling like I'm forcing thoughts. Recorder is now part of my daily routine and I feel more motivated, more aware of myself and more prepared to take the world by storm!

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by Hatem Harbi

Simple, efficient, in need of an iPad version.

by Alberto Smeke

A perfect way to keep a diary without having to type at the end of my day. It’s like a woody allen movie!

by 157audio

Leo really helps me to dictate clinical notes while driving without having to touch the phone after starting the recording. Developer is very responsive to feature requests and fixes aa well.

by AvivaSpring

I have an 11 year old who is dyslexic and has a slight lisp. Other voice dictation software we have tried did not understand her speech. So far this has worked great! It easily understands what she dictates. Now she can work independently, without having to wait for me to be available to transcribe for her.

by 5BPM

This is the only voice to text app that works when there is no Internet connection. When Siri doesn't work, when Dragon anywhere doesn't work, and with a myriad of other voice to text apps don't work, this one does. And for that reason I considered to be indispensable.