Best Ive used but with a few problems

I probably own 12 different voice recording apps. This is my favorite but only by a very narrow margin. there are a few things I wish would be fixed or changed. Very busy people like myself are often trying to capture ideas very quickly with voice recorders. It hampers the speed of the workflow when you go to save your recording and fill out the name for the recording, but you must hit the backspace key several times to clear the field. When the recording name dialog box comes up it should be blank. This is a very small but very frustrating hang up. During the recording there is an edit button. It is at this level of the app where one should also be able to choose and apply a category. The way it is set up now, one must enter the existing recordings and then assign categories from there. Often I waste quite a bit of time having to listen to and then sift through recordings in order to assign them to the proper categories later. We need to be able to assign a category at the time of saving and naming the recording. When the naming dialog box comes up would be the perfect place to add the ability to choose a category. There is an excellent feature in the settings that allow the app to start recording the moment it is opened. I use this constantly and is my favorite feature. But there needs to be a discard button or a cancel button for times when you open the app and dont want to save the recording. The way it is set up now it starts to record immediately and you must stop the recording and then delete it from the recordings tap. This hampers workflow and adds extra button pushing and wastes time. The buttons at the top of the app are very unresponsive. Also there needs to be a short video linked to the app in the settings to show how to use it. I like the layout of this very clean app very much. But I could have used a little bit of guidance through a two or three minute video. If they could fix these things I would gladly give it five stars. This could easily be the best VR app but these small details really slow down the workflow. That being said it is still my favorite. It has a very clean interface that is uncluttered and just nice to work with. The workflow for adding text notes and pictures is fantastic. One more note about adding photos and text notes. The adding of Photos and text Notes occurs along a timeline during the recording. This is a feature of many apps. It is very convenient to tap on Photos or text notes that are linked to a very specific time in the audio recording. This allows the user to jump to that part of the audio recording. But something Ive noticed is that rarely do I place the photo or text note in the except spot I want it if I am adding them during a recording. I usually do not realize I must add a photo or a text note until after I hear the information Im recording. Hence, the photo or text note is usually further into the recording and doesnt quite match up where Id like it to be. This being said, it would be wonderful to be able to move or slide the bookmarks containing the photos and text notes to different areas along the recording timeline.

raveltherapy about Ultimate Voice Recorder, v5.1.1