Mobile app · Audio & music

RECCoon

Offline recorder with on-device Parakeet transcription.

Free, with trade-offs
Android
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Free, with trade-offsconfirmed by F-Droid
License: GPL-3.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: not documented
Ads: No
Platforms: AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid
Distribution: Available on F-Droid
Publisher: Tom Cooks
Latest version: 1.0.0 (25 October 2026)
Latest activity: 25 October 2026
Source code: git.tomcooks.com/reccoon

Overview

RECCoon is an audio recorder, available on Android.

File formats mentioned: WAV, AAC and M4A.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“RECCoon is a minimal, private audio recorder that transcribes on the device.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

RECCoon is free, with trade-offs: it relies on a non-free online service.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

Flagged by F-Droid: relies on a non-free online service

Sources and checks

Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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