A private notes app keeps content on your device unless you choose to sync, needs no account, transcribes audio on the device, keeps analytics opt-in and limited, and lets you export and delete your data. Seven questions to check any app.
To keep voice notes when you switch iPhones, turn on iCloud syncing for the app or make a full iPhone backup, then export anything you can't afford to lose. Here's how for Voice Memos and Spitball, plus a step-by-step checklist for moving to a new iPhone.
You can take voice notes on iPhone with Voice Memos, inside Apple Notes, with the Action button, or in a capture app like Spitball. Here's how each works, what gets transcribed, where the audio is stored, and which one to choose.