RecSimple is a Windows audio recorder with a single window: dictation, interviews, meetings, podcast episodes, or the sound that is playing on your PC right now. You pick your recording device, press record and stop when you are done. The file is then in your folder, as MP3, WAV or AIFF.
Get RecSimple in the Microsoft Store
The download is free, and you create your account in the customer account. Try the annual plan free for 14 days and the monthly plan for 7 days. You add a payment method when you start. Cancel by the last trial day and nothing is charged; otherwise the plan continues at €29.99 per year or €3.99 per month. Prices incl. VAT.
RecSimple saves to the folder you choose and uploads none of it to a cloud, not even file names.
RecSimple goes online only for your account and license. Once signed in, you can record for up to two weeks without internet.
RecSimple is a product of SmartbIT SG OG. Billing is direct with us, in euros.
Recording device, level meter, record button and your finished files sit in one window. The things you need less often (naming scheme, signal tones, schedule, keyboard shortcuts) live in the advanced settings; schedule, signal tones and keyboard shortcuts are off out of the box.
The level meter runs before you record, on a dB scale from −60 to 0. The marked target range between −18 and −6 dBFS shows where a spoken recording should sit. Peak hold and the clipping indicator reveal what you would otherwise notice only on playback. So you speak a few words, adjust, and keep the take.
What you get are ordinary MP3, WAV or AIFF files in your folder. You can open them without RecSimple too, and you decide who you pass a recording on to.
Classic scale, stripes, segments, ring, history or wave: pick the one you read best in the advanced settings. All of them show left and right separately.
On first start you create an account and confirm your email address. You can also sign in with Google or Microsoft.
Pick your microphone from the list, or the sound that is playing on your PC. The meter shows straight away whether a signal is arriving.
Press record. You can pause and resume along the way, and stop when you are finished.
The finished file appears in the list inside the window. That is where you play it back and rename it; it is saved in the folder you chose.
RecSimple stores your recordings and settings on your PC and uploads none of it to a cloud, not even file names, duration and folders. The app goes online only for your account and license, and contacts our license server for that. For the purchase and the customer portal, RecSimple opens your browser, and Stripe handles the payment. The app itself works without advertising, telemetry and tracking. The details of what is processed are set out in the privacy policy.
€29.99
€29.99 per year, incl. VAT. That works out at €2.50 per month. The first 14 days are a free trial; after that the subscription renews automatically until you cancel. You can cancel any time in the customer portal; cancelling takes effect at the end of the period you have paid for.
€3.99
€3.99 per month, incl. VAT. The first 7 days are a free trial; after that the subscription renews automatically until you cancel. You can cancel any time in the customer portal; cancelling takes effect at the end of the period you have paid for.
One subscription covers one PC. If you need RecSimple on your laptop as well, add another device slot in the customer portal at the same price. You can currently order from Austria and Germany; the price includes VAT. We bill in euros and directly, not through the Store; payment runs through Stripe, with the methods offered there.
Both plans start with a free trial: the annual plan with 14 days, the monthly plan with 7 days. You add a payment method when you start; cancel in the customer portal by the last trial day and nothing is charged, otherwise the plan then continues automatically as a paid subscription. The trial is available once per person, whichever plan you choose. If it has already been used with the same email address or the same payment card, the plan starts as a paid subscription right away. Without an active subscription your recordings stay exactly where they are; RecSimple then only opens the sign-in window.
RecSimple takes ongoing work: Windows keeps changing, bugs want fixing, 37 languages want maintaining, and the license server has to be run. A subscription spreads those costs over time instead of packing them into a one-off price. If RecSimple no longer fits, you cancel and keep your recordings.
The subscription belongs to your account, not to one particular PC. That way you can take it to a new PC; you can swap a PC in your customer account at most twice every 30 days. We bill you directly rather than through the Store, and for that we need an email address that you confirm once. You can sign in with your email address and a password, or through Google or Microsoft.
The files are yours and stay usable. They are ordinary MP3, WAV or AIFF files. Without an active subscription, RecSimple itself only opens the sign-in window with a link to your recordings folder. You delete the account and its device list in your customer account; a running subscription ends immediately, without a refund. That does not touch the files.
For the first sign-in and for the purchase. After that you can keep working for up to two weeks without a connection, recording included. When your PC is online, RecSimple checks your subscription with the license server from time to time.
So the level meter can show, before you record, whether you picked the right device and whether the level is right. Only loudness is measured; a file is created once you start the recording. Windows shows microphone use in the taskbar, and you can withdraw the permission in the Windows settings under Privacy & security → Microphone.
In the customer portal, which you open from the app or from your customer account. Cancel during the trial and nothing is charged; otherwise cancelling takes effect at the end of the period you have paid for, and the subscription keeps running until then. The same portal is where you change your payment method and the number of device slots.
Download RecSimple, create an account and try the annual plan free for 14 days or the monthly plan for 7 days, cancel by the last trial day.
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