Precorder: Video Camera for Unforgettable Moments App Reviews

Video quality is not as good as built in camera app on my ipod touch. Also, it records in a squarer aspect ratio than the wide format ratio the built in camera app uses. Great idea but worthless aspect ratio especially if you watch on a 16x9 or greater screen (which is most people!!!!)

No update since April? Love this app but sometime freeze and need some update.

I have a 19 month old. This is the ideal way of capturing some of the crazy things she does. Ive had no issues with it freezing or working incorrectly on my iPhone 4.

An update would be nice to fix all the bugs! Dont buy until they fix it for the iPhone 4s - you dont want to lose the video you catch

Love this app. So easy and have already captured incredible shots that are priceless. So much easier to share beautiful video clips with precorder.

The flash option hides when switching back from camera view to personal view. This needs to be updated. A larger, potentially screen sized, record button is needed. For my purposes I rush to my phone in a tripod to quickly record and sometimes I miss.

This is such a great idea that when I first heard of it I had to download it. I used it for awhile and then I went through a period of not recording anything. When I finally tried to use it again it would crash and go back to the home screen. I contacted tech support and they promptly got back to me. They worked with me for about a week and I finally had a working app again. So if you never want to miss a special moment in video and want to feel secure that youll have support then try this app. For the more frugal users out there I will remind you that the free version only allows you 3 seconds of prerecording but there is a 10 sec and 60 sec version for in app purchase.

As SA-XD said in his review, if you have a pop up notification appear (system ones especially which you cannot turn off, like the low battery warning) your video is just… GONE. Thats really a bad design in the engineering there. If youre recording something that you really want to save, use the built in camera app and just let it run if youre anticipating something. Trim the video later, on the phone which is built in, use an app, or do it at your desktop. Simply put, this needs to have a SAVE TO APP feature built in that automatically saves it in case of popups. Dont risk losing your memories like SA-XD did. For me, I lost some video, but nothing as important as his.

Due to issues that I have had with this program, I performed an "endurance" recording. First off I made should sure I had over 10GB free. I then told Precorder to record with a 10 second "pre". When the recording hit 50 minutes, the program threw a pop-up that said "maximum file size limit reached". Well that was odd, as I should still have plenty of memory (does iOS 5.1.1 have a file size limitation problem?) Once I acknowledged the pop-up. the recording had stopped, and NO VIDEO FILE WAS CREATED. Ok, thats not cool. If there was a file size limit, the program should have sensed that it was being reached and then saved the file at that point. So, does iOS 5.1.1 have a file size limit?

There are four apps out there that I have found so far that offer video pre-recording: Precorder (three versions), Camera Awesome, Mogo Video, and PastVid. They each offer different features, so see my reviews under each one separately if youre interested in precording. Precording is a technique where the app immediately begins capturing video when it is launched. It fills up a buffer, either user set or set by the app (typically 3-5 seconds) with video footage. When youre recording something and youre not sure when the "highlight event" is going to happen, this pre-recording really helps. Simply point your camera and wait. The moment the event begins, tap the record button. Now, normally you would lose the first second or two, but with pre-recording, the recording actually starts BEFORE you tap the button. This way you dont lose anything. Unlike some of the other precorder apps, precording is really what this app is all about. The three versions only differ in the amount of time the video is buffered, and for most uses, three seconds is plenty, so start with the free version to get familiar with the concept. Precorder continues to buffer your video no matter which way your camera is turned, landscape or portrait. If you decide to change the orientation at the last moment, you can, but the recording, once you tap the button, will be locked in to that perspective. Precorded information from the other perspective will appear sideways in your final saved version. This is unlike the other precorders that simply dump the buffer and start buffering all over again when you turn the iPhone. As long as you have a way of editing your clips, it really doesnt matter. I upgraded to the 10 second buffer version, but even at that, I usually keep the precording set at five seconds. Three would be fine, but its a little tight. None of the precorder apps offer zoom yet, so I make that request of this developer as well: Please, add video zoom! Thanks for a fun little app. Looking forward to updates.

Good app but the video quality is horrendous. Also, focus doesnt appear to lock on correctly when you tap the screen. Could just be the image quality that makes it appear not to work.

3 problems: 1) sometimes clips are not saved at all 2) sometimes there is a looong delay before the clip appears in your camera roll 3) the video clips never show up in the app when you tap the lower left button - just the word "loading" and an eternal loading symbol. Please fix.

I love the app.It is amazing.I just think that you should be able to delete the videos from the app without getting rid of them on you camera roll.It takes up twice the amount of space that way it is now.Fix that,then Ill give it five.

Great app just needs stabilization, which is a standard feature in most video apps now. Perk of not missing a shot is also having a good quality shot

Great app. Ive owned it for years. Was about to recommend it to someone else and I noticed that they have a "pro" version. All that the pro version does is add even more pre-recording buffer. It took them almost zero effort to make the pro version as compared to the normal version, they just want to charge you more JUST BECAUSE. Money grubbing jerks. Maybe you could add in-app purchases for seconds and then every time someone wants to use your app they could pay .99c a second. Or at least come out with the elite pro version thats $99 and you get two minutes. Not recommending app to others any longer.

We bought my (almost) 3 year old son a brand new kitchen and bbq play set today. I used prerecorder to capture the moment when he came in the room and first saw it for the first time (after I spent 2 hours assembling it.) His expression and reaction was priceless. I then got 10 minutes of him playing with it, hilarious and priceless moments. When we were almost finished filming, my phones "low battery" warning popped up. I clicked "dismiss" and noticed that the camera had stopped recording. It wasnt a big deal because I was pretty much finished anyway. It turned out that NONE of the 10 priceless minutes of me shooting saved because that warning popped up. This is absolutely ridiculous that this worthless app doesnt save any of the video until the end, the iphones built in camera app would never do this. Im furious right now because Ill never get those moments back and I cant surprise my son with his gift again. Do not use this app if youre planning on actually keeping the video you shoot, I would imagine that any interruption will cause it to lose the video youre shooting, a call, text message, push notification, alert etc. My phone still had 20% battery left so I know it wasnt because the phone ran out of battery life. If this app is ever going to be viable, they need to fix this fatal error. Update: 7-24-2014 This app no longer works, the videos dont even save anymore. I just missed my daughters first time jumping off the diving board because the video said it was recording but when I checked the camera roll there was nothing there. I tried it again with the same result. Total garbage.

It looks like this app hasnt been updated since 2013. It no longer works. Do not purchase!!!