Description: Audacity is an open source, free, multitrack audio editor and recorder. You can record your sound or voice, edit the track and apply a lot of effects to improve its quality.

Platform: Software for Windows, Mac and Linux

Price:  Free

Description: The best way for a beginner to start a podcast. Create and host unlimited episodes, distribute your show everywhere, and make money, all in one place. Anchor allows you to add a cohost and make a show with someone else, edit easily your record, add an intro and an outro and more.

Platform: App for Android and iOS

Price:  Free

Description: Intuitive and easy to use interface, great feature and it’s free. Mp3 my Mp3 is an audio recorder from any source, microphone, CD, phone, Skype calls, video games and more.

Platform: Software for Windows

Price:  Free

Description: Are you a podcaster? TalkShoe gives you unlimited storage for free, the transcription of your records, topics tag to quickly find the episode, co-hosting option and the possibility to stream live on YouTube.

Platform: Website

Price:  Free

Description: If you are an interviewer, you usually make Skype calls with your host. With this simple program, you can record your conversations and make them a podcast.

Platform: Software for Windows

Price:  Free

Description: Record your remote interviews in studio quality. Zencastr is the perfect tool for every podcaster who use third-party voice chat service like Skype or Hangouts, it allows you to record a separate track per guest, insert your intro and other sounds to use live and automatically edit your interviews.

Platform: Website

Price:  Free + Paid subscriptions

Description: Total Recorder is a multi-purpose audio and video recording software program with a wide variety of editing and sound processing capabilities.

Platform: Software for Windows

Price: Paid

Description: BlogTalkRadio is an audio web-based platform that allows anyone to create live and on-demand talk content on the web. If you’re a radio broadcaster you can go live with and host multi-participant broadcasts using just a computer and a phone.

Platform: Website

Price:  Free

Description: Record any application’s audio, including VoIP calls from Skype, web streams from Safari, and much more. Save audio from hardware devices like microphones and mixers as well.

Platform: Software for Mac

Price:  Paid

Description: Record a conversation with anyone, anywhere in the world and make it sound like you are in the same room.

Platform: App for Android and iOS, Website for Desktop

Price:  Paid subscriptions