If you’re the type who generally thinks that pushing buttons is overrated and tilting your device 180 degrees to record a voice note is *awesome*, then you’ll really like Today Voice Notes ($1.99).
It’s based on almost the exact same interface as Today Todo ($3.99), a very nifty iPhone task task manager (reviewed here), and although I’m not a very big user of voice recorders on my iPhone, even I can appreciate this interesting take on the voice recording interface.
There are two ways to start a recording within TodayNotes (as the app is called on the home screen): you can press the red dot on the sunflower hidden in the bottom-right corner of the screen…or you can just tilt the iPhone upside-down. The latter is a lot more fun to in practice, but it also makes a lot more sense, since it puts the microphone right at the top, facing you (provided you’re not using a headset). Another cool little touch is the way you can simply tilt the device right side up again to save the note, so you’ll never even have to touch the screen (eww touchscreens!).
The interface in TodayNotes also tends to clean itself out every day, since it’s organized around the concepts of “Today” and “Yesterday”. Today is simply all of the notes you’ve made today, and Yesterday shows all of your past voice notes in chronological order. Switching between the two views is as simple as swiping on the sun (or moon) at the top of the screen.
There are a few more nuances to TodayNotes, like the way you can enable a web server on your device for wireless note transferring and the fact that you can add text and pictures to each voice note, but I think the main strength of this app is how straightforward its main mechanic is, and it’s a surprising amount of fun simply flipping my iPhone around in my hand and having it automatically start recording…
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