Pros:
- no need to purchase separate device
- no need to take care of extra batteries in extra device
Cons:
- when smartphone is needed, it is busy with other task (recoding) > may lead to unexpected situations
Task:
- record voice track during long period of time
- easily transfer files from phone
Requirements to meet:
- free (going on the budget)
- record in background
- work with attached external microphone
- WAV is preferable, but not mandatory
There are a lot of applications. Here is a list of free voice (audio) recorders available for Android OS:
Remark: In this list covered functionalities of free versions, but no Purchase-In/paid versions of them.
- Voice Recorder (blue icon)
/storage/emulated/0/vrecorder/
- Voice Recorder (red icon)
?
- Easy Voice Recorder
/storage/emulated/0/EasyVoiceRecorder
- Voice Recorder (red icon, mic sliced)
- permissions to call
- asked for phone permissions and refused to record without it (with does Voice Recorder has to have rights to be able to record from microphone? if I am not recording phone call?)
! to uninstall
- Smart Recorder
?
- ASR Recorder
?
- REV Recorder
?
- Dolby On
?
- Music Maker JAM
for other purposes
- RecForge II
?
- Hi-Q Recorder
/recording
- Voice Recorder (red icon with sliced half, haircomb)
/storage/emulated/0/Android/Data/com.wachi.recorder/files/Music/records