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Recorder

Audio and video capture, with everything you record kept to hand.

iPhone · iOS · Swift

Recorder

Recorder is a working iPhone app that does two things properly rather than many things loosely: it records audio, it records video, and it keeps everything it captures somewhere you can find it again. The home screen is four large targets — record audio, record video, or open either library — with a running count of what is already saved.

Both recorders show you what is actually happening while they run. Elapsed time counts to the second and the file size updates as it grows, so a 4K clip climbing past four megabytes a second is visible rather than a surprise when storage runs out. Audio recording has a Mark button for flagging a point of interest without breaking the take, and video sessions number their clips.

Nothing is saved namelessly. Stopping a recording offers a timestamped name you can replace with a description. The libraries are searchable and sort by newest, oldest or longest, each row carrying its date, length and size. Playback opens in place with a scrubber, fifteen second skips, variable speed from 0.5x to 3x and trimming — and if a file has gone missing on disk, the list says so rather than quietly dropping it.

  • PlatformiPhone, portrait, iOS 17 and later
  • Built withSwift and SwiftUI, AVFoundation
  • Video3840 x 2160 (4K), numbered clips
  • PlaybackTrim, 0.5x to 3x, 15 second skips
  • LibrarySearch, sort, multi-select, missing file detection
  • StatusWorking app, tested on device

Every screen in the app

All 13 screens, three at a time — swipe, or use the arrows and dots. Tap a screenshot to see it full size.

  • Opening the app Launch

    The app on launch, before the home screen appears.

  • Opening the app Home

    Four ways in — record audio, record video, or open either library. The count of what is already saved sits at the top, along with when the app last scanned for new recordings.

  • Recording audio Audio recorder

    The audio recorder before you start: status, file size and a single large record button.

  • Recording audio Starting

    The moment between pressing record and the first sample being written.

  • Recording audio Recording

    Elapsed time to the second and the file size updating as it grows — 90.1 KB one second in. The Mark button drops a marker at the current point without stopping the recording.

  • Recording audio Saving

    On stopping, the recording is given a timestamp for a name and you can replace it with a description before it is saved.

  • Recording video Video recorder

    The same layout as the audio side, with the capture resolution stated plainly — 3840 x 2160, 4K.

  • Recording video Preview

    The live camera preview with the clip numbered, so a session can run to several clips.

  • Recording video Recording

    Recording at 4K, with elapsed time and the file growing in real time — 4.24 MB after one second, which is the honest cost of 4K.

  • The library Audio library

    Every recording with its date, length and size, searchable and sortable by newest, oldest or longest. Hold a row to select several at once.

  • The library Playback

    Playback opens in place under the list: a scrubber, skip back and forward fifteen seconds, speed from 0.5x to 3x, and trimming.

  • The library Video library

    The video library works the same way. A recording whose file has gone is shown as missing rather than quietly disappearing from the list.

  • The library Video playback

    Video plays inline with the same trim and speed controls, or full screen.

Interested in an app like this, or in something else for iPhone, iPad or Android? Get in touch.

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