Black Camera - Video Recording
Black screen video & photos
$2.99
Version 2.0 is a complete rebuild. The screen now goes truly black while you record, with a chime and a small red dot so you always know it is running. Face ID gallery.
Black Camera records video and takes photos without lighting up the room or drawing eyes to your phone. Tap record and the screen goes truly black: the display dims to its minimum and the viewfinder is covered, while the camera keeps recording in full quality.
VERSION 2.0 IS A FRESH START
The old Black Mode was not black enough, and you told us so. 2.0 was rebuilt from the ground up: a fully black screen, controls you can use without looking, and a clear signal that recording is running.
MADE FOR
• Concerts, theatre and comedy shows where a glowing phone bothers everyone
• Night shooting, campfires and city lights
• Lectures and talks you want to film without distracting the room
• A sleeping baby or pet you do not want to wake
• Any moment you would rather be present than stare at a screen
HOW IT WORKS
• Tap the round button, long-press anywhere, or press a volume button to start and stop
• Double-tap anywhere to switch Black Mode on or off at any time
• Pinch to zoom, even while the screen is black
• Haptic taps confirm every action, so you never need to look
YOU ALWAYS KNOW IT IS RECORDING
Black Camera plays the system start and stop chimes and shows a small red dot for the whole recording, in Black Mode too. You can turn off the sounds or the dot, never both, and the iPhone camera indicator stays visible at all times. Recording only ever starts when you ask for it.
PRIVATE GALLERY
Keep your photos and videos inside the app instead of Photos, protected by Face ID or your passcode. Share them or copy them to Photos whenever you like. Or save straight to your Photos library. Your choice, in Settings.
MORE
• Front and back camera, flash and torch
• High, medium and low quality
• Optional location tagging, off by default
• Works on iPhone and iPad
PRIVACY
Black Camera collects no data. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no third-party code. Nothing leaves your device.
A NOTE ON "BLACK"
iOS does not let any app switch the display off while recording. Black Camera dims the screen as far as iOS allows and covers the viewfinder with a pure black view. On OLED iPhones that means the pixels are off. On older LCD iPhones a faint backlight glow can remain in a completely dark room.
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lack Camera 2.0 is a complete rebuild.
• Black Mode is now truly black: the display dims to its minimum and the viewfinder is fully covered
• Start and stop with a long-press anywhere or with the volume buttons, no need to look at the screen
• Double-tap anywhere to switch Black Mode on or off
• A start chime, a stop chime and a small red dot tell you recording is running
• New private gallery protected by Face ID, with share, copy to Photos and delete
• New Settings: where captures are saved, Black Mode on record, location tagging
• Saving to Photos now asks only for "Add Photos" access instead of your whole library
• Clear messages if a photo or video could not be saved
• Modern iOS support on iPhone and iPad, and many fixes
If the old version let you down, please give 2.0 a try and tell us what you think.
The developer, Mohammad Masri, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Mohammad Masri
- Size
- 2.6 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Classification
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2027 MM
