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TapMedia Ltd · Utilities · Free · v6.0.8

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Review-rating drop
0.65

2025-Q3 2.93 → last 90 days 2.28, text reviews

Peak quarter
2.93

2025-Q3, text reviews

Last 90 days
2.28

text reviews

Store rating
4.72

all 453319 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
2.44

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$132k

#82 top-grossing, Utilities

store 4.72 · reviews 2.93 → 2.28 · gap 2.44 store 4.72 reviews 2.28

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 500 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2025-Q1: 2.87★ from 71 reviews 2.87 2025-Q1 2025-Q2: 2.58★ from 119 reviews 2025-Q3: 2.93★ from 84 reviews 2.93 2025-Q3 2025-Q4: 2.91★ from 69 reviews 2026-Q1: 2.68★ from 78 reviews 2026-Q2: 2.74★ from 43 reviews 2026-Q3: 2.31★ from 32 reviews 2026-Q4: 2.00★ from 4 reviews (small sample) 2.00 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2025-Q12.87 71
2025-Q22.58 119
2025-Q32.93 84
2025-Q42.91 69
2026-Q12.68 78
2026-Q22.74 43
2026-Q32.31 32
2026-Q42.00 4

Recent 1–2 star reviews

It deleted all my voice recording

★ · v6.0.8 · Oct 10, 2026

Smh

The app keeps shutting down

★ · v6.0.8 · Oct 9, 2026

When I finish recording, and I attempt to transcribe the recording, the app shuts down on me. I am not able to transcribe. I was really looking forward to using this as a solution, but it doesn’t appear to be working right

One star review not the best

★ · v6.0.8 · Oct 3, 2026

It’s like I’m not even pressing anything like it doesn’t listen to what I’m pressing

Editing issues

★ · v6.0.8 · Sep 27, 2026

Recording function is pretty good but it doesn’t all to edit and save. Some bug they need to fix. I even started the monthly subscription (after having purchased it earlier) still can’t edit n save. No help from developers!

Doesn’t function

★ · v6.0.8 · Sep 25, 2026

I did a few test recordings and it just simply doesn’t save the recordings, then has the audacity to ask me to upgrade when the basics aren’t met….. no thank you…..

Google Drive cloud not functional

★★ · v6.0.8 · Sep 23, 2026

I so so so want to give this app 5 stars. It’s great. Unfortunately, one core function I need is to be able to integrate it with my Google Drive, and I can’t. I get an error message from Google telling me the app is attempting to access sensitive information and is blocked from my Google Drive account. Either the app is up to something sketchy, or there’s something else preventing it from syncing with my Drive. Either way, it means I won’t be able to use this app as is.

difficult to use, tries to force a purchase

★★ · v6.0.8 · Sep 21, 2026

terrible

horrible

★ · v6.0.8 · Sep 17, 2026

if you send tapmedialtd a message on their site, it fails to send. THEY DO NOT GIVE A CARE TO HELP. THEY ARE HORRIBLE,

Tell the truth

★ · v6.0.8 · Sep 14, 2026

Next time you decide to “force” a pro tier on us, say out loud that you offer in-app purchases! This was a simple app before all the trickery and money-grabbing.

Doesn’t work anymore

★ · v6.0.8 · Sep 7, 2026

Used and enjoyed this app for a while. I just opened it today for the first time in a while to record some important thoughts I didn’t want to forget. I recorded for about 10 mins, clicked stop, clicked save as and named the file and clicked done. The file shows up as a 0 byte file and does not play. I tested it again with just a few seconds of audio in case the length was the problem. But when I save anything it’s just 0 bytes. You had one job!

Stopped working, no support

★ · v6.0.8 · Sep 3, 2026

I’ve used this app for years, I even paid for it back in the day when it wasn’t subscription. The app won’t open anymore so I lost all my recordings, luckily I had it saved on my cloud because it was synced. Look elsewhere!

Where is my recording

★ · v6.0.8 · Aug 31, 2026

What happened to the recording! The name is there but no voice! This is unacceptable!

Inappropriate ads

★★ · v6.0.8 · Aug 22, 2026

The record and playback functions work well. To get a text transcript, you have to pay a fee. The biggest issue is playback shows inappropriate ads with scantily clad people. No other app or browser gives me these types of ads, because I stay away from that type of content. There is no way to say I don’t like this type of ad, or this ad is offensive. For this reason, I’m going elsewhere for a recorder

Glitchy editing

★★ · v6.0.8 · Aug 14, 2026

This records fine but you’re better off using the free recorder with the iPhone memo. Try trimming a recording in this app and it will randomly edit the recording rather than what you have selected. Straight up garbage

No longer works

★ · v6.0.8 · Aug 12, 2026

I have been using this app for many years and always loved it until recently. Now, it’s filled with ads and the recordings will not pick up voices at all. It’s not my device because every other app can pick up voice.

Pornography

★ · v6.0.8 · Aug 8, 2026

Love the app. Simple to use. Will be looking for something else. The app allows pornographic adds to display on screen while using the app. I will not tolerate.

Not reliable

★★ · v6.0.8 · Aug 4, 2026

I am finding that after a few months of using this, it is not reliable to transfer the files. There seems to be more and more Bugs.

Sexual Ads

★ · v6.0.8 · Aug 1, 2026

Love this app, but hate the ads. They are very sexualized and it’s disturbing.

Naur

★ · v6.0.8 · Jul 31, 2026

it’s literally just porn 😒

Restricting for no reason

★★ · v6.0.8 · Jul 29, 2026

I conduct business and record calls at times for notetaking and summary this app consistently guards what it will and will not do example. I just had a call where I’m talking about mining and minerals. I wanted to summarize the call and it told me it could not do it because it’s talking about mining and minerals, which is ridiculous. This is just one example. I would advise to stay away from this app and I requesting my money back because it’s useless at this point.

Useless

★ · v6.0.8 · Jul 26, 2026

The audio cuts out randomly seemingly and all the time

Used to be the only iOS app

★ · v6.0.8 · Jul 13, 2026

Now it's crashing with too many features

Switched on me

★ · v6.0.8 · Jul 13, 2026

I bought your app then reset my phone recently. Now you want me to pay again to remove ads.

Beware of your recording automatically disappearing!!

★ · v6.0.8 · Jul 9, 2026

I am extremely disappointed in this product. I first had a 5 day free trial and then was automatically charged for a monthly subscription. I would not have minded that except that a very important 3 hour recording was automatically deleted. I send two emails to customer support and never heard back. I’d give them a zero rating if I could.

Bug fixes

★★ · v6.0.8 · Jul 8, 2026

I love this app but I keep getting a notification that says “no speech detected” and I genuinely don’t know what to do.

The opportunity

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