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Phonography - Field Recording

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About

Keep your days in sound.

There is far more sound around us than we ever notice.

Trees moving in the wind.
Rain landing on the ground.
The hum of a street, a bird calling somewhere further off.

Sounds that are always there, and slip past unless you stop to listen.

Phonography is a field recording app for listening closely to those everyday sounds — and keeping them.

Save the place, a photo and a note alongside the audio, and what you keep is the air of that moment, not just the sound of it.

On a walk, away on a trip, or in the middle of an ordinary day.

Let recording be the reason you listen to the everyday around you all over again.

Phonography recording a sound, showing the elapsed time and a live waveform A saved recording in Phonography with its photo, date, place and notes

Features

From a passing sound to a lasting memory.

  • 01 RECORD

    Record a sound the moment you notice it

    Birdsong, rain, the hum of a street — anything that catches your ear can be recorded on the spot. The date and time are saved for you, so the moment you stopped to listen stays with the sound.

    SOURCE
    FIELD SOUND
    ACTION
    RECORD
    OUTPUT
    AUDIO RECORD

    FIELD LOG 01 Phonography

  • 02 MEMORY

    Keep the moment, not just the audio

    Alongside its location, a recording can hold a title, notes and a photo. Where you were, what you heard and how it felt stay together as a single record.

    SOURCE
    RECORDED SOUND
    ACTION
    ADD CONTEXT
    OUTPUT
    SOUND MEMORY

    FIELD LOG 02 Phonography

  • 03 MAP

    The sounds you collect become a map

    Recordings appear on a map based on where they were made. Sounds from a trip, your usual walking route, the same corner as the seasons turn — you can look back on all of it by place.

    SOURCE
    LOCATION DATA
    ACTION
    MAP
    OUTPUT
    SOUND MAP

    FIELD LOG 03 Phonography

  • 04 DISCOVER

    Meet the sounds other people found

    Recordings can be published if you want to share them. Wandering the map and listening to what someone else noticed brings you sounds and scenery you would never have found alone.

    SOURCE
    PUBLIC SOUND
    ACTION
    EXPLORE
    OUTPUT
    LISTEN

    FIELD LOG 04 Phonography

FAQ

Questions and answers

Is it free to use?
Yes. Downloading the app and using its core features is free. Additional Premium features are available as an in-app purchase; please see the app itself for what Premium includes and what it costs.
Which devices are supported?
iPhone running iOS 26.1 or later. Android is not supported at the moment.
Where are my recordings stored?
As long as you do not publish a recording, all of its data stays on your own device. When you choose to publish one, that data is sent to the server.
What about my privacy?
Published recordings are shared anonymously, and care is taken so that listeners cannot identify who made them. Even so, please make sure that anything you publish — the audio itself, the title and your notes — contains nothing private.
What languages does the app support?
English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

Every place has its own sound.

Download Phonography on the App Store

Free to download
iPhone · iOS 26.1 or later