01 / Before the take
Find your level.
Use the built-in mic or a connected wired audio input. Choose a mono input or stereo pair on supported interfaces, and check live levels before you record.
A pocket notebook for sound
Keep the
sounds worth
keeping.
A riff. A rehearsal. The rain outside.
Record, mark, transcribe. Find your way back to the good part.
For iPhone · iOS 18+Download available at launch
On your iPhone. No account required.
FIELD NOTES / 001
For the things
you’ll want to hear again.
you’ll want to hear again.
Capture a sound.
A new idea doesn’t wait. Give it a place to land with one tap.
Mark a moment.
The chorus. A good mistake. Leave a marker and keep recording.
Find it again.
Keep your takes in collections. Find the one you’re looking for.
Less setup. More listening.
Some things sound better
than you could write them down.
The melody on the walk home. The first run-through.
The room before everyone arrives. Keep a little of it.
01 / The good part
Development illustration
foundtape RECORDER
RECORDING
02:18
Sunday rehearsal
INPUT LEVEL
◇ Mark this moment 2
◇ Marker 202:06
◇ Marker 100:48
Product capture pending
■ Stop & save
01 Record & remember
Catch the take.
Keep the moment.
Stay with the sound. Drop a marker while you record, then give it a name when you have a moment.
When you listen back, tap a marker to go straight to the phrase, the change, or the part you want to try again.
One take. All the moments that matter.
02 Collect & rediscover
Your sounds,
within reach.
A home for half-finished ideas and things worth returning to. Bring in existing audio, group takes into collections, and search by title or marker.
- A place for every take
- Browse All or Unfiled, create a collection as you move a take, or organise several recordings together.
- Remember the place
- Optionally name new takes after where they began, then rediscover them on the map. No route tracking.
02 / Everything in its place
Rehearsal notes 01:24
“Let’s try that
first verse again.
Keep the quiet part.
Then bring it back.”
Keep the quiet part01:24
Illustrated transcript example
03 Listen & follow along
Find the words.
Hear the moment.
Turn speech into a transcript on your iPhone, whenever you choose. Search a word or phrase, play from a match, or save it as a named marker.
Follow the words as the audio plays and tap a timed word to jump back in. Copy the transcript when you want to take the thought somewhere else.
On-device recognition. Started by you.
Available languages and word timings depend on your device and speech recognition support.
From the first level check to the next listen
A little more room
for your sound.
02 / A little closer
Record from your Home Screen.
Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets put Record within reach. Unlock to start a new take; use Live Activity controls to mark a moment or stop and save. Shortcuts works too.
03 / Room to return
Keep a copy in iCloud.
Choose optional iCloud sync for recordings, collections, markers and transcripts. Downloaded originals stay available offline. Audio transfers use Wi-Fi by default. iCloud sync is currently in beta.
04 / Let it travel
Share the sound.
Export WAV or 320 kbps MP3, one take or several at once. Mono stays mono; stereo stays stereo. Your original stays unchanged, and exports include no coordinates or transcripts.
A few practical things
Before you
press Record.
Can I use foundtape offline?
Yes. Record, organise and play locally stored audio without a connection. With optional iCloud sync, downloaded originals remain on your iPhone for offline use. No separate foundtape account is required.
How does transcription work?
Open a saved take, choose the spoken language and start transcription yourself. Speech recognition runs on your iPhone, with no server fallback. Language and device support vary; you’ll be asked before downloading any needed language files. Keep foundtape open while it works. Music, singing and overlapping voices may not transcribe accurately.
Does foundtape track my location?
You can choose to save a single location when a take starts. There’s no route tracking. When a place name is available, it becomes the new take’s title; otherwise the date is used. You can rename the take or remove its saved location at any time. Exported audio has no coordinates, but its filename uses the take’s title.
Can I bring in recordings I already have?
Yes. Import multiple audio files from Files, or share audio from Voice Memos and other apps into foundtape. Supplied titles and recording dates are preserved when available. Duplicate audio is recognised, and you can manually set a missing recording date.
What happens when I delete a take?
It moves to Recently Deleted, where you can restore it. It stays there until you choose to erase it permanently.
Keep listening.On your iPhone.
No account required.
Keep your library on your iPhone, with optional iCloud sync.
Just you, a little curiosity, and the record button.
For iPhone · iOS 18+Download available at launch