How to Automatic Record Calls on Your phone

We're going to tell you how to record phone calls on your smartphone, but we strongly advise that you check whether this is legal in your region before you follow these steps. Needless to say, don't record calls if it is illegal. If you record calls, make sure that you tell the other person that the call is being recorded.

Recording phone calls can be a privacy violation, but there are several positive use cases for it. It can be very useful when conducting phone interviews, when you're receiving complicated instructions that you can't note down, or when you'd like to store an intimate moment such as the first time parents speak to their child on the phone.

We also tried a bunch of other apps on the iPhone, but none worked effectively. If you know any iPhone apps capable of recording calls that are worth checking out, please let us know via the comments.

Windows Phone 8 doesn't allow apps to use the phone's microphone during a call, which effectively stops call recording apps from doing their job. If you are running the older Windows Phone 7, you may have better luck with the Call Recorder app.

For both BlackBerry and Android however, it is relatively simple to record calls using apps. We tested these apps using a BlackBerry Q10 and a Google Nexus 5 respectively.

Here's how to go about recording calls on your smartphone:

HOW TO RECORD ANY CALLS ON YOUR SMARTPHONE:

1. Download and install Automatic Call Recorder.
2. Whenever you make or receive phone calls, the app will automatically start recording calls. You can turn this off by tapping the three dots icon on the top-right > Settings > Record calls > Off.
3. You can select the format of recordings. You can choose from AMR, 3GP and WAV. This is accessible in the app via Settings > File type.

In the app, you will see two tabs - Inbox and Saved. All recordings will appear in the Inbox tab. Old recordings get overwritten. This is how you permanently save a recording:

1. To save these recordings to your SD card, tap any recording and tap Save. These recordings show up in the Saved tab.
2. You can choose where these recordings are saved by going to Settings > Recording path. The default folder didn't show up when we connected our phone to a computer, but changing the saved folder to the Downloads folder solved this problem. You can also share the files directly from the app, via WhatsApp or any other app, by simply tapping the recording and then tapping the Share icon.

Automatic Call Recorder lets you save 200 recordings for free, but if you want to save more on your phone, you need to buy Automatic Call Recorder Pro.