Truecaller call recording iOS discontinuation is now official: the feature will stop working on iPhones at midnight on September 30, 2025, according to company notifications and support documentation
Why Truecaller Is Ending Call Recording on iPhones
Truecaller initially reintroduced call recording for premium iOS users in June 2023. Due to Apple’s restrictions on native call recording, the app required users to merge calls through a dedicated recording line—creating cost and usability challenges. Truecaller’s head of iOS, Nakul Kabra, confirmed that these technical limitations and the complexity of the workaround led to the decision to discontinue the service on iPhones to better focus on spam-blocking and caller ID core features
What iPhone Users Must Do Before September 30
To prevent data loss, Truecaller is prompting iPhone users to save or export existing recordings before the deadline. Two options are available:
- Enable iCloud storage as default so future recordings are automatically backed up.
- Manually export individual recordings: go to the Record tab, swipe on the entry, and use the Share/Export option to save the audio to Files or send to apps like Mail, Messages, Dropbox, or Google Drive
What Happens Next?
- After September 30, 2025, the call-recording function on Truecaller for iOS will no longer be accessible.
- The feature remains operational on Android devices, where users can continue recording, transcribing, and summarizing premium calls via Truecaller’s integrated system
Broader Context
- In February 2024, Truecaller rolled out an AI-powered call recording feature in India for Premium users. The service included transcription and summary support in English and Hindi, stored locally or in iCloud, depending on user preference
- The technical hurdles on iOS—which prohibit direct audio capture—meant Truecaller relied on third-party cloud lines and call merging, making it more expensive and complex to maintain compared to the native recording support Apple added in iOS 18.1 TechCrunch.
Conclusion
Truecaller’s decision to discontinue call recording on iPhone reflects both Apple’s OS limitations and the operational complexity of Apple’s workaround solution. Android users will continue enjoying the feature, but iPhone users should export recordings by September 30, 2025, or switch to Apple’s native recording tools now available in iOS.
