Free on Android

Capture Thoughts.
Skip App Switching.

Chat-style voice notes from a floating bubble that stays above any app. Neatly grouped into sessions, with optional Gemini AI transcription.

Stop breaking your deep flow every time inspiration hits.

  • ⚡ Press & release capture
  • 🫧 Floats above any screen
  • 📁 Organized in sessions
  • ✨ Gemini AI transcription
Download on Google Play 🔒 Recordings stay on your device · No account required
research-paper.pdf
Active Session Research Review 04
▶ 0:14
“Methodology in section 2 needs a larger sample size…”
▶ 0:09
REC 0:06 🔒 Locked
✓ Note saved to session Gemini ready
✨ Instant AI Transcript
↑ Slide up to lock

Recording a thought shouldn't derail
your entire focus.

Here's what you're forced to do every single time you want to record an idea while working on your phone:

↗️01

Leave your current app

You're deep into reading a PDF, testing a prototype, or reviewing an article, but you're forced to swipe away.

🔍02

Hunt for your voice app

Search through folders, crowded app drawers, or home screens trying to find where your recorder is.

⏳03

Wait for it to launch

Wait for the app to load while the exact words you wanted to say slowly slip away.

🗂️04

Record into a messy list

Saved as "Recording_047.m4a" into an endless list with zero context of what you were looking at.

↩️05

Switch back to your app

Swipe back to your primary app, reorient yourself, and scroll around to find where you left off.

💥06

Focus completely shattered

Congrats. You just spent 45 seconds of frantic app-switching to capture a 5-second thought.

6 disruptive steps. Every. Single. Time. And your train of thought is already gone before you hit save.

With Bubble Recorder, it's just
1 continuous flow.

No app switching. No lost context. No interrupted work.

1

Hold the floating bubble

Press and hold the bubble right over whatever app you're in. Lock the recording if you need your hands free.

~0 seconds
2

Speak your thought

Talk naturally while you keep reading or testing. Release to save instantly, or cancel the note before it's saved.

~instant
3

Stay right where you are

The audio, and its optional AI transcript, drops straight into your active session. Keep working, uninterrupted.

0s lost
Zero app switching. Instant capture. 100% focus preserved. Instead of 6 disruptive steps and lost thoughts the old way.

Floating simplicity.
Serious productivity.

Everything you need to record, organize, and read your voice notes without getting in your way.

💬

Quick, Chat-Like Recording

As natural as sending a voice message: hold to speak, release to finish. Lock it to go hands-free, or cancel before saving. Prefer tapping? Use regular mode to start, pause, resume, and save.

Hold to RecordLock & Cancel
🫧

Overlay Above Any App

The bubble floats above your browser, PDF reader, notes app, or the app you're testing. No more pulling down the notification panel to pause or save.

Floating OverlayAlways in Reach
📁

Organize by Sessions

Create a session for any paper, project, or test run. With Session Mode on, every new note is saved into it automatically — and you can return to add more any time.

Session ModeZero Clutter
✨

AI Voice-to-Text (Gemini)

Connect your own free or paid Google Gemini API key and notes are transcribed as soon as you save them. Toggle Auto-Transcribe off any time to keep raw audio only.

Your Own API KeyAuto-Transcribe
🎨

Fully Customizable Bubble

Resize the bubble, pick a color that suits you, and move it anywhere on the screen. Share any note whenever you need to send it to someone or use it elsewhere.

Resize & RecolorShare Notes
🛡️

Private By Design

Your recordings are stored on your device, in a folder you choose. No cloud storage, no uploads, no account. Your notes remain yours.

Local StorageNo Cloud Uploads
0 App Switches
1hold To Start Recording
100% Local Storage
Gemini AI Transcriptions

Got questions?

We keep it simple.

How does the floating bubble work on Android? ▼
Bubble Recorder uses Android's "Display over other apps" permission to keep a small bubble on top of whatever you're using. Press and hold it to record, release to save — without ever leaving your current app.
Is Bubble Recorder free to use? ▼
Yes. Bubble Recorder is free to download and use on Android, and no account is required.
How does Gemini AI transcription work? ▼
Connect your own free (or paid) Google Gemini API key in the app. With Auto-Transcribe on, each note is transcribed as soon as you save it. Turn Auto-Transcribe off any time if you only want the raw audio.
Does Bubble Recorder upload my audio to any servers? ▼
No. Your recordings are saved locally, in a folder you choose, and are never uploaded to our servers or any cloud storage. If you enable Gemini transcription, the audio is sent only to Google Gemini using your own API key to produce the text.
Can I customize the bubble? ▼
Yes. You can resize the bubble, change its color, and drag it anywhere on the screen so it never covers what you're working on.

Stop switching apps.
Start capturing thoughts.

Download Bubble Recorder on Android and turn fleeting ideas into organized session notes in seconds.

Free to use · No account required · Android exclusive

Bubble Recorder by 19-Bit Studio · Built with ❤️ for people who think out loud.