Call Recorder iCall

What Call Recorder iCall does

Call Recorder iCall (operating under the trade name "iCall") is a private mobile application company founded in 2019 that develops and distributes an iOS-native call recording application for iPhone and iPad. The product records both incoming and outgoing phone calls with high-quality two-sided audio capture, supports 3-way conference call recording by acting as a fourth participant, and offers one-tap recording with no per-minute charges or duration limits. Recordings are stored locally with date/time metadata and can be exported as MP3 files, edited, named, or shared to social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Viber, and Telegram. The app supports multiple languages, including English, Arabic, Korean, Turkish, Japanese, French, and German.

The company's core technology is purpose-built iOS call recording, and the product is distributed exclusively through the Apple App Store with direct download links, supplemented by a content marketing blog. There is no API, SDK, web version, or physical distribution. Integration with external systems is limited to social media sharing targets.

iCall monetizes via a tiered subscription model offering weekly (with a 3-day free trial), monthly, and annual billing cadences, with auto-renewal. A free version allows recording with a 60-second playback cap per file, gating full feature access behind the paid subscription. The target customer base is individual consumers and professionals segmented into four personas: business professionals (for contract documentation and meeting notes), students (for academic and lecture capture), journalists (for phone interviews), and general consumers (for sentimental value). The company reports 2M+ downloads, 8.2M+ calls recorded, and a #1 Business App ranking across 25 countries on 4 continents, with a 4.5/5 App Store rating from approximately 500 reviews. Operating structure is bootstrapped with a team of 1-10 employees, no disclosed institutional funding, and no disclosed management team.

Name

Call Recorder iCall

Legal name

Call Recorder for iPhone iCall

Website

https://call-recorder.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

iCall (Call Recorder iCall) is an iOS mobile app that records incoming and outgoing phone calls on iPhone and iPad, serving individual consumers including business professionals, students, journalists, and general users globally via Apple App Store subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription (Weekly, Monthly, Annual): Recurring subscription model with three billing cadences: weekly, monthly, and annual. Weekly subscription includes a 3-day free trial. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. This is the primary revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

iCall is an iOS-native call recording application for iPhone and iPad that automatically records both incoming and outgoing phone calls with no limits on the number or duration of recordings. It captures high-quality audio on both sides of the call, supports 3-way conference recording, and lets users edit, manage, MP3-export, and share recordings via Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Viber, and Telegram.

Product overview

iCall is a single-purpose iOS mobile application focused on call recording functionality. The product portfolio consists of the core iCall app for iPhone and iPad, distributed through a tiered subscription model offering weekly, monthly, and annual plans. All subscription tiers provide the same unlimited recording capabilities, including the ability to record incoming and outgoing calls, high-quality audio capture, recording management, and sharing via social media platforms. The application differentiates through unlimited call duration, multi-language support (English, Arabic, Korean, Turkish, Japanese, French, German), and conference call recording capabilities. No add-on modules, platform extensions, or separate product tiers beyond the subscription plans are offered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• iCall - Call Recorder for iPhone

Quantifiable outcome

• 80%+ month-over-month download growth
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

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Recent moves4 records

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Broad incumbents

• Dialpad: Dialpad is an AI-powered business communications platform with native call recording, transcription, and summarization. It competes for the same professional call recording demand as iCall but bundles recording into a broader UCaaS product aimed at sales and support teams.
• RingCentral: RingCentral is a cloud communications incumbent offering voice, video, and contact center with built-in call recording and compliance features. It targets the same business-professional call recording need as iCall but at a much higher price point and with enterprise-grade positioning.
• Google Voice: Google Voice is a free VoIP calling service from a major platform incumbent that, depending on plan and region, supports call recording via in-call controls. It competes with iCall indirectly by providing calling plus optional recording as part of a much broader communications suite.

Emerging players

• Otter.ai: Otter.ai is an AI meeting transcription and recording service that has expanded from in-person meetings into phone and VoIP recording. It overlaps with iCall on the recording-plus-transcription value proposition for journalists, business professionals, and students, but is positioned as a higher-priced productivity tool.
• Notta: Notta provides AI-powered transcription and recording across calls, meetings, and video across mobile and web. It is an emerging adjacent competitor for users whose primary need is searchable, shareable conversation records — a natural upmarket evolution of iCall's core recording functionality.

Direct peers

• Cube ACR: Cube ACR is a cross-platform call recording app with support for VoIP, messenger, and cellular calls plus transcription features. It competes for the same professional and consumer call recording demand across both iOS and Android, with overlapping feature set and use cases.
• Call Recorder by No.1: Call Recorder by No.1 is a long-standing iOS call recording app with subscription tiers, social sharing, and multi-language support — essentially a head-to-head competitor to iCall on the App Store with the same core product proposition.
• Rev Call Recorder: Rev's iPhone call recorder captures both sides of phone calls and offers optional transcription, sharing, and export — directly comparable to iCall's unlimited recording plus MP3 export workflow and overlapping target segments including journalists and business users.
• ACR (Another Call Recorder): Another Call Recorder is a well-known Android-focused call recording app with cloud backup, transcription, and sharing features. It is directly comparable to iCall for users who want unlimited call recording on mobile, and represents the leading Android alternative iCall does not currently compete with.
• TapeACall: TapeACall is a direct iOS-focused call recording app that records incoming and outgoing calls via a conference bridge, sold on a subscription model very similar to iCall. It targets the same SMB and professional user base with near-identical core functionality.

Market position

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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