Parents filming youth sports
Capture a child’s goal, save, hit, routine, finish, or great play without keeping a game-length video full of downtime and missed attempts.
Instant replay for iPhone
Sport Recorder
Save the play after it happens.
Turn on Auto Rec, clip your iPhone to a tripod, and keep a Bluetooth remote in your pocket. One press after the play saves the last 15, 30, or 60 seconds — and the camera flash blinks to tell you it worked.
View in the App StoreiPhone · iOS 18.2 or later
Features
Catch it, confirm it, keep it
React after the big play with Auto Rec, drive the whole thing from a Bluetooth remote across the court, and keep only the clips worth revisiting.
Save what just happened
Enable Auto Rec before the play and choose 15, 30, or 60 seconds. After the goal, spike, save, finish, or great moment, tap the shutter to keep the recent action.
Press it from across the court
Pair any Bluetooth camera shutter remote in iOS Settings, switch it on in Sport Recorder, and put the phone down. Start, stop, or save the recent Auto Rec clip without touching the screen. Single Press is the default; Double Press is there if you want it.
Know it worked, instantly
Turn on Flash Confirmation and the camera light answers you from the far side of the court: one flash started recording, three flashes saved a clip, two flashes mean nothing happened.
Record the full take
Standard Record handles complete drills, rallies, and longer sequences with familiar start-and-stop recording, from the screen or from the remote.
Delete misses fast
If the play was not a keeper, delete the new clip from the post-save tagging screen and get ready for the next moment.
Organize keepers in Photos
Create up to five custom tags for players, teams, moments, or review categories. Choosing a tag adds the clip to a matching album in Apple Photos.
On the tripod
Watch the game with your own eyes.
Clip your iPhone to a tripod at the end of the bench. Turn on Auto Rec. Put the remote in your pocket and go back to being a fan instead of a camera operator.
Set it and step away
Phone on the tripod, Auto Rec running, remote in your pocket. That is the last time you touch the screen all match.
Actually watch the play
No squinting through a viewfinder. No holding your arm up for two hours. You see the spike, the save, the finish — live, with your own eyes.
Press after it happens
The rally ends. You press the button in your hand. The last 30 seconds are already saved, and the camera light blinks three times to confirm it.
Never leave your seat
No sprinting back to the phone. No scrubbing through an hour of footage on the drive home. Before the next serve goes up, the highlight is already in Photos.
One field tester banked more than 20 highlights this way in a single padel match, without picking the phone up once.
From the court
20+ highlights. One match. Zero walks back to the phone.
The single-click mode with the flash confirmation is exactly what I needed. Sometimes I was pretty far from the phone — more than 10 meters — so seeing the flash was super helpful to know it worked.
Before this release shipped, an independent tester took it onto a padel court for a full match with an off-the-shelf Bluetooth shutter remote. Both buttons worked on the first try. They set it to single press with flash confirmation, put the phone on a tripod, and played — triggering saves from more than ten meters away and reading the camera flash each time to know the clip had landed. Auto Rec ran the whole match. More than twenty highlights went into Photos, every save succeeded, and the iOS volume overlay never once appeared over the shot. Their verdict: it is basically a courtside instant-replay system you can carry in your pocket.
- 20+
- highlights saved in a single match
- 10 m+
- working distance, confirmed by the flash
- 0
- failed saves across the session
Made for game day
Sport Recorder keeps the camera interface focused and dependable in portrait or landscape, with device-aware zoom, audio when microphone access is available, remote control from your pocket, and a workflow built to get you ready for the next play quickly.
- Clear, distraction-free camera interface
- Bluetooth shutter remote with optional camera-flash confirmation
- Portrait and landscape recording
- Device-aware zoom controls
- 15, 30, and 60-second Auto Rec choices
- Color-coded custom tags
- Audio recording when microphone access is available
- No account and no developer data collection
Why Sport Recorder
A faster sports camera workflow for moments you cannot predict
Goals, saves, spikes, finishes, and great plays do not wait for you to press Record. Sport Recorder is an iPhone sports video recorder for parents, coaches, and athletes who need to capture the action, discard the miss, and get ready for the next play — from the screen or from a Bluetooth shutter remote in your pocket.
Auto Rec solves the timing problem. Enable it before the action, choose a 15, 30, or 60-second window, and keep Sport Recorder open and active. When the moment happens, tap afterward to save the recent video instead of recording the entire game and trimming it later.
A Bluetooth remote solves the distance problem. Pair any standard camera shutter remote in iOS Settings, turn it on in Sport Recorder, and the phone can stay clipped to a tripod for the whole match. One press starts a recording, your chosen gesture stops it or saves the recent Auto Rec clip, and an optional camera flash confirms the press from across the court.
Standard Record handles the moments you can plan: full drills, rallies, practice sequences, interviews, and longer takes. After either type of recording, the post-save screen lets you delete a miss or choose a custom tag that adds the keeper to a matching album in Apple Photos.
Sport Recorder at a glance
A concise product fact sheet for anyone comparing iPhone sports recording apps.
- Best for
- Sports highlights, coaching clips, drills, rallies, and unpredictable plays
- Device
- iPhone
- Requirement
- iOS 18.2 or later
- Recording modes
- Auto Rec and Standard Record
- Auto Rec window
- 15, 30, or 60 seconds, selected before the action
- Bluetooth remote
- Any standard camera shutter remote, paired in iOS Settings
- Remote gesture
- Single Press by default, or opt in to Double Press
- Press confirmation
- Optional camera flash: one start, three saved, two nothing happened
- Bluetooth permission
- None requested; the app never scans for devices
- Custom tags
- Up to five
- Clip organization
- Matching albums in Apple Photos
- Background recording
- No; the app must remain open and active
- Account
- Not required
- Developer data collection
- None
How to save a sports play after it happens
Auto Rec is designed for action that is difficult to predict. The setup happens before the play; the save happens after it.
Get ready before the action
Open Sport Recorder and enable Auto Rec before the play you want to capture.
Choose the recent-video window
Select 15, 30, or 60 seconds before the action begins.
Keep Sport Recorder active
Leave the app open and active. Auto Rec does not operate in the background.
Tap after the moment
After the goal, spike, save, finish, catch, block, or other highlight, tap to keep the recent video. A paired Bluetooth remote does the same thing without touching the screen.
Delete the miss or tag the keeper
Use the post-save screen to delete the new clip or choose one of up to five custom tags.
Use the clip in Apple Photos
A chosen tag adds the clip to a matching Photos album for sharing, editing, or later review.
How to set up a Bluetooth remote for Sport Recorder
Sport Recorder works with ordinary Bluetooth camera shutter remotes — the inexpensive kind sold for selfie sticks and tripods. Setup takes about a minute and needs no account and no Bluetooth permission.
Pair the remote in iOS Settings
Put the shutter remote into pairing mode and connect it in Settings › Bluetooth, the same way you would pair any accessory. Sport Recorder never scans for nearby devices and requests no Bluetooth permission.
Turn the remote on in the app
Open Sport Recorder › Settings › Bluetooth Remote and switch on Enable Remote. The Status row tells you whether a remote is attached and when it was last pressed.
Test your remote
Use Test Your Remote to count presses and measure the gap between them. It tells you whether your particular remote is fast enough for Double Press before you rely on it in a game.
Choose Single Press or Double Press
Single Press is the default: one press to save or stop, no dependence on click timing. Double Press guards against a stray press in your pocket. Starting a recording is always a single press either way.
Turn on Flash Confirmation
The camera light blinks once when recording starts, three times when a clip is saved, and twice when nothing happened — readable from more than ten meters away.
Set the phone down and play
Clip the iPhone to a tripod, start Auto Rec, and keep the remote in your pocket. While the remote is enabled, the iPhone's own volume buttons act as a shutter too.
Auto Rec or Standard Record?
Both modes save sports video to your iPhone, but they solve different recording problems.
CompareAuto RecStandard Record
Best useUnpredictable highlights and quick playsPlanned drills, rallies, and complete sequences
When capture runsAfter Auto Rec is enabled, while the app stays open and activeFrom the moment you tap Start until you tap Stop
What is savedThe most recent selected windowThe complete start-to-stop take
Clip duration15, 30, or 60 secondsAs long as you continue recording
What the remote doesSaves the recent clip with your chosen gesture; it cannot stop the Auto Rec bufferOne press starts the take, your chosen gesture stops it
After savingDelete the miss or add the keeper to a tagged Photos albumDelete the miss or add the keeper to a tagged Photos album
Who Sport Recorder is for
Sport Recorder is useful anywhere the important moment is brief, the timing is uncertain, and the next play is coming quickly.
Anyone recording from a tripod
Clip the iPhone to a tripod at the end of the bench, start Auto Rec, and keep a Bluetooth remote in your pocket. Press after the play, watch for the flash, and never walk back to the phone mid-match.
Coaches recording drills and review clips
Use Standard Record for complete drills or Auto Rec for individual plays, then tag keepers by player, team, moment, or review category in Photos albums.
Athletes building a highlight collection
Save the plays worth revisiting and keep them organized in Apple Photos, ready for editing, sharing, feedback, or a future highlight reel.
Padel, pickleball, and racket sports
Set the phone behind the court, keep the remote in hand between points, and bank the rallies that were worth keeping without stopping play.
Fast and unpredictable sports
Use the same workflow for volleyball spikes, soccer goals and saves, football catches, basketball shots and blocks, baseball or softball plays, hockey, lacrosse, gymnastics, track finishes, and more.
What Sport Recorder does—and does not do
Clear boundaries make it easier to decide whether Sport Recorder fits your recording workflow.
- Sport Recorder is an iPhone app and requires iOS 18.2 or later.
- Auto Rec must be enabled before the action you want to save.
- Auto Rec works only while Sport Recorder is open and active; it does not record in the background, and neither does the remote.
- The Bluetooth remote is paired by you in iOS Settings as an ordinary accessory; Sport Recorder does not scan for, connect to, or request permission for Bluetooth devices.
- The remote can start a recording, stop a recording, and save the recent Auto Rec clip. It cannot stop or disable the Auto Rec buffer.
- Flash Confirmation requires a device with a camera light and can be turned off.
- The app does not import or select existing clips and does not provide an in-app searchable clip library.
- Custom tags organize new clips into matching Apple Photos albums; they are not searchable keywords inside Sport Recorder.
- Deleting from the post-save screen applies to the newly saved clip; Sport Recorder is not a general Photos cleanup utility.
- Sport Recorder has no account, analytics SDK, advertising SDK, remote backend, or in-app purchase.
- Qube, LLC does not collect your video clips, custom tags, or app activity.
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Frequently asked questions
Before the next play
What is the difference between Auto Rec and Standard Record?
Auto Rec keeps recent video ready while the app is open, so you can tap after a play to save what just happened. Standard Record captures normally from the moment you start until you stop.
How much can Auto Rec save?
Choose 15, 30, or 60 seconds before the action. With Auto Rec already running, tap after the moment to save the recent video.
Does Sport Recorder work with a Bluetooth remote?
Yes. Pair any Bluetooth camera shutter remote in iOS Settings, then turn on Enable Remote in Sport Recorder. One press starts a recording; your chosen gesture stops a recording or saves the recent Auto Rec clip. While the remote is enabled, your iPhone's own volume buttons act as a shutter too, and the iOS volume overlay stays off the screen.
Which remote should I buy, and does it need a special permission?
Any standard Bluetooth camera shutter remote works — the inexpensive kind sold for selfie sticks and tripods, which pairs as an ordinary accessory. Sport Recorder never scans for nearby devices and asks for no Bluetooth permission; you pair the remote in iOS Settings like any other accessory. Settings also includes Test Your Remote, which counts your presses and tells you whether your particular remote is fast enough for Double Press before you rely on it.
Should I use Single Press or Double Press?
Single Press is the default because one press never depends on how fast you can click twice, and it works on every remote. Choose Double Press if you would rather a stray press in your pocket could not save a clip or end a take. Starting a recording is always a single press either way.
How do I know the press worked from across the court?
Turn on Flash Confirmation. The camera light blinks once when a recording starts, three times when a clip is saved, and twice if nothing happened. A field tester confirmed the flash is readable from more than ten meters away. It can be turned off, and it requires a device with a camera light.
Does Auto Rec work in the background?
No. Sport Recorder must remain open and Auto Rec must be enabled before the action you want to save. The Bluetooth remote works the same way: it drives the app while the app is open, not in the background.
What do custom tags do?
You can create up to five custom tags. Choosing one adds the saved clip to a matching album in Apple Photos, where you can use the tools already on your iPhone. You can also set a default tag that is applied automatically to clips saved with the remote.
Does Qube collect my clips or activity?
No. The App Store privacy label states that the developer does not collect data, and clips remain under your device and Photos-library controls. The Bluetooth remote adds no account, no new permission, and no data collection.
Where can I get Sport Recorder?
Sport Recorder: Instant Replay is available for iPhone on the App Store and requires iOS 18.2 or later.