--- title: This Pixel app is so good I canceled my pricey... description: Google Recorder, a free app preinstalled on Pixel phones and available on Android, has evolved into a capable alternative to paid transcription services like... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/this-pixel-app-is-so-good-i-canceled-my-pricey-transcription-subscription-q8sos2pv7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: This Pixel app is so good I canceled my pricey transcription subscription | daily.dev og:description: Google Recorder, a free app preinstalled on Pixel phones and available on Android, has evolved into a capable alternative to paid transcription services like... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/this-pixel-app-is-so-good-i-canceled-my-pricey-transcription-subscription-q8sos2pv7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Q8sOS2pv7.png og:image:alt: This Pixel app is so good I canceled my pricey transcription subscription og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # This Pixel app is so good I canceled my pricey transcription subscription **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google Recorder, a free app preinstalled on Pixel phones and available on Android, has evolved into a capable alternative to paid transcription services like Otter.ai. It offers real-time AI-powered transcription, multilingual support, editing tools (crop, remove, undo), cloud sync via recorder.google.com, and the ability to share recordings or export transcripts as .txt files. While it lacks file upload for transcription, integration with NotebookLM helps fill that gap. The author canceled their $100+ Otter.ai subscription after switching to Google Recorder. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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