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24 alternatives to Just launched our side project Precorder, new way to record iPhone vids
@jasonrr and I just launched a side project we've been working on over weekends for the past couple months: http://airshipsoftware.com/precorder . Precorder is a video recording app that constantly saves the past few seconds before you ever hit the record button, so you can wait until something interesting happens to start recording without worrying about missing a precious moment or winding up w/ hours of boring footage. The website explains more w/ pictures of dolphins and stuff. This is an experiment of ours in many ways. All advice welcome.
Precorder is an iPhone video recording app that continuously buffers the previous few seconds of footage, allowing users to press record only after something interesting happens rather than capturing lengthy periods of… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier. Just launched our side project Precorder, new way to record iPhone vids launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Loom for iOS▲333The fastest way to record + instantly share video on mobile
2020 · loom.com · its alternatives →
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- 3IM
2022 · telegie.com · its alternatives →
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Snaprfree tier, from $9.99/mo▲105Screenshot, record, annotate & edit video in one app
Apr 2026 · snapr.pineple.com · its alternatives →
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VHS Camcorder▲137Shoot videos that look like old school videotape recordings
2015 · rarevision.com · its alternatives →
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Pause, Resume & Edit Recording on iOS
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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...because Apple make it too hard to navigate chronologically through anything but your photos. Really they should have let you do this directly from voice memos so that you can share whenever and to wherever you want. If anyone has any suggestions to make it better, let me know. Thanks.
2025 · justsendrecord.com · its alternatives →
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DuoCam 🦉▲114Capture both sides of the story with a dual camera app
2019 · duocam.app · its alternatives →
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Cinamaker▲176Video production tool for the next generation of creators
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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BetterRecorder▲113Record screen, video and audio on Mac
2021 · expireddomains.com · its alternatives →
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Mobile web recording app with narration and animated touches
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Record video or take a photo while iPhone screen appears off
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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DualCam▲144Record with front and back camera at the same time
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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24FPS by Polarr▲119Movie quality video recording for iPhone
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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CueBuddy▲112Record talking videos without manual scrolling
Jun 2026 · cuebuddy.cn · its alternatives →
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It's meant to be lite and fast. Hope you like it
2014 · recordit.co · its alternatives →
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DualCam AI▲65Record front and rear cameras at once
Jun 2026 · dualcam.pages.dev · its alternatives →
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Log Cam▲72Record log and ProRes video from RAW frames on iPhone
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