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If you want more of 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.
Highlights
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 MiniDV style videos, you can also record a high quality video, while getting to take advantage of the cassette style compiled video.
Download the app
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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