Welcome to Indie App Spotlight, a weekly 9to5Mac series showcasing the latest apps in the indie world. If you want a nostalgic video feel from your iPhone footage, Flipcorder is a great app to check out. It’s optimized for iPhone Duo, though the app also works on all other iPhone models.
Similar to a real camcorder, Flipcorder lets you record to a tape. All of the footage you capture throughout the day saves to one tape, and it can hold up to 30 minutes of footage. You aren’t capturing videos in a traditional sense, as all of your footage stays to one tape – recorded 20 seconds at a time. It’s meant to help you capture small moments in an unedited sense. You just press the red record button and you’re set.
On iPhone Duo, you can take advantage of the larger inside display to get a preview of your footage, alongside its nostalgic-feeling UI. You don’t have to record your footage in an old style, though. While the app does offer VHS and Mini DV style videos, you can also record a high quality video, while getting to take advantage of the cassette style compiled video.
Flipcorder is available as a one-time $4.99 purchase on the App Store for iPhone models running iOS 26 and later. After that, it’s smooth sailing with no additional in-app purchases or ads.
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