PowerMic Mobile

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Last verified 31 Jul 2026

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2.6 181 ratings · App Store

1. 2/5Inefficient

   The app disconnects very frequently. My iPhone is tied to the Epic EMR and obviously I cannot change the settings on the phone to prevent it from locking after a few minutes (this is security related hospital driven setting) and as soon as the iPhone locks the power mic also disconnects. To go back in you again need to open the app tab and then again login and then again click the microphone on to dictate. Extremely annoying. Also if you switch between the power mic app and some other app, you have to redo the whole connection again. Makes the whole process of dictating very inefficient. Should have an always on top function which does not disconnect and with a simple voice command like “turn power mic on” or “off” to start and stop dictating. I was initially very enthusiastic about using it but it’s just clunky the way it is.

   Abhinav Brookfield · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5Best dictation app, please make an iPad or watch app!

   This app works very well for dictation into Cerner and Meditech EMRs. Dragon dictation software has always been the best widely available software for dictation and is much better than any other dictation software I’ve ever used. With more providers working on iPads, the option to use the PowerMic software directly on the iPad offers greater flexibility, as your microphone won’t get disconnected when other apps are accessed on phone (lots of calls, pages, other notifications on phone, especially in a hospital setting). With and iPad app or a phone app with landscape mode support, the PowerMic app could be made small on an iPad, so that it doesn’t take up much of the screen (this may improve even further for M1 iPad users/recent iPad Pro users with iPadOS 16’s Stage Manager). Essentially, this tool is so useful, I want it on my screen all the time, not off my screen every time I get a text message or other notification on my phone. Alternatively, I would expect plenty of desire from providers for an Apple Watch app, as this would also be incredibly convenient. I personally don’t own an Apple Watch, so I would prefer the iPad app, but I expect an Apple Watch app would be immensely popular (mostly through the use of AirPods/other Bluetooth headphones). I also saw a video online about this app being demonstrated on a Samsung watch several years ago. Unfortunately, this never seemed to come to fruition. As a Samsung Gear S3 owner, I would love to have the option to dictate via the watch.

   JSewell7 · 31 Jul 2026

3. 2/5Use to Work Now does not

   I used this for at least a year with very few issues and very little trouble shooting. The latest update that changed the entire look (which looks better) has caused it to be very glitchy. It now disconnects on its own frequently while using it right in the middle of a recording. Much more unstable. Now when you move the curser from one part of a note to another, or if you pause for a few seconds in your dictating, you have to hit stop recording and then start recording or it will not record, regardless of whether the button is still green (indicating it is still recording) or not.

   Jpa11 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 1/5Crashes too often please fix!

   I used it for the first time last night and the app crashed one out of every 4 patients. It crashed during my most complex patient encounters. This app is so cool and awesome when it works but if it’s this unreliable, it’s adding to my work because now I can’t trust it and still have to log in and take notes. Please please please fix. It’s hard enough to be a primary care doctor, and it’s so exciting to have some technology that helps but it needs to be reliable or else it just adds to my stress and burnout. Please put resources to fixing this immediately. I don’t have and iPhone so I use. My iPad, and I hear it’s more reliable on the iPhone but I have not choice to use my iPad so fix fix fix asap please!

   Sporty6435 · 31 Jul 2026

5. 2/5frustrated with it more and more

   I used to love this app, but now it has become my enemy. It requires me to tie up two devices and to continually remove my hands from the keyboard to use my phone controls for dictation, and my hands on the keyboard and mouse or touchpad to really work with the document and edit things. and because my work phone on which the software is installed has a one minute lockout, I spend way too much time entering logins and password passwords and various biometric identities and not enough time actually dictating or typing. I am much happier with the high-quality microphone that I can attach to my computer, aim in my direction, and that does not tie up anything else and allows me to use my phone for music while I am dictating and I'm a lot faster when I can keep my hands on the keyboard and not going back-and-forth to the phone. I wouldn't mind if nuance were not simultaneously deprecating support for external microphones and power mics.

   NitNicked in LA · 31 Jul 2026

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