Yes it records and yes it plays back. That's the two stars. On iOS 5 on an iPad 3. The tape recorder time tracking gets inaccurate. Sometimes if it does actually rewind the time counters don't reset or decrement properly. When you play back it is displaying a time longer than the length recorded because it didn't zero the timer properly. There are no instructions. When you press record it creates a file, then it appeared to me to behave such that when I hit record again it would some times continue and sometimes create another file. I just can't recommend it.

Thought this would be good, but it's all flash.The interface is quarky. Couldn't off load files to iTunes (which are in an odd format), got error message couldn't find the file (never mind the file was listed).

Not a bad product, however, it would be beneficial to use in landscape format and; I wish the recording would continue during multitasking and only shut off upon depressing the stop button. I was attempting to use my Note Pad App, during a meeting recording but the recorder would stop during any attempts to multitask. Voice pick up from a distance of five to seven feet is decent; wish the voice distance pick up could range to 10-15 feet for purposes of recording meetings. Play back clarity is not bad but could use some improvement with distortions. Maybe a stronger mic mechanism...would be great!!!