There are several situations that can lead us to want to record a phone call. As a journalist, it is ideal for interviews, for example, but there are other situations, such as not having anything at hand with which to take notes of an important conversation, without going any further. Let's see what resources we have when it comes to recording a call on our iPhone.
Four recording options with their pros and cons
The best way to record a call on our iPhone is to use Skype. Microsoft's service has cloud calling functionality that will record the entire conversation and retain it for us to download for 30 days. Recording a Skype call on iPhone is as easy as tapping the More Options button and selecting Start Recording.
We can do something similar with the Zoom app, where the call, whether audio or video (even turning off the camera on our Mac), can be recorded. In this case, after starting the call on our iPhone, we simply touch the More button and choose Cloud Recording . With this we will start the recording that we can finish by touching More again and pausing or stopping the process.
Another option when recording a call is to use apps that offer us the service. For legal reasons, the iPhone does not allow us to record calls, and the apps that offer it cannot do it locally, but they can offer us to make a three-way call with the service. By doing so, we first call the service and then our recipient, letting the service record the conversation.
Before going to this kind of recording, however, let's make sure that our contract with the operator allows this kind of calls and that we will not be charged a surcharge when making them.
Without forgetting that we can always use the Voice Notes app on our Apple Watch (or another iPhone) to record the call with the speaker of our iPhone, remember that, in Spain, if we want to use the call legally we must notify our interlocutor that we are going to record it.
