How to record a phone call on your iPhone (and check if it’s even legal)

Can you record an iPhone call without iOS 18.1 or later?

Yes. You can still record calls with another device or a third-party service.

The most common approach is to use a second device as a recorder: Put your iPhone call on speakerphone and capture the audio with another iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Android phone running a recording app (for example, Voice Memos on iPhone/iPad or an Android recorder like this one). Do a quick test, play it back, and adjust volume, distance, and environment until the…