UpTakes is a sports video camera app with gesture-powered instant editing: raise to record, lower to stop, and keep or delete each clip instantly with another quick gesture — so there's no editing afterward and no sorting through hours of footage.
A patented raise-to-record gesture (US Patent 11,082,609 B2) starts recording when you raise your phone toward the action — no reaching for the record button, eyes on the action. After each clip a quick gesture keeps or deletes it on the spot: in auto-delete mode the outtakes clear themselves unless you keep them; in auto-save mode every take is kept unless you delete it. The record button is still there in Manual mode if you'd rather tap, and your keepers land at the top of your camera roll, ready to share the moment they happen.
Unlike post-game highlight editors and AI auto-tracking cameras, UpTakes helps you build your highlight reel in real time, as you film — you decide what's a keeper, in the moment, with no editing afterward and no waiting for someone else to send you the highlights.
HOW IT WORKS
Raise to record: lift your phone toward the action and recording starts automatically.
Lower to stop: bring the phone back down and the clip ends.
Review instantly: a still thumbnail by default, or Instant Replay loops the take you just shot — so a coach or parent can show an athlete the rep right there between plays (All-Access).
Cool Running: between takes the camera rests and the screen goes to standby, keeping your phone cool through a full game.
Timed Take: clips auto-stop at your preset length — montage-ready, no trimming (All-Access).
BUILT FOR FAST, UNPREDICTABLE ACTION
Youth sports (soccer, basketball, baseball, football, volleyball, lacrosse), pro games, action sports, hunting and wildlife, recitals and school events — any live moment you can't predict and can't get back.
QUALITY AND PRIVACY
Records in 4K or HD (1080p) at 24, 30, or 60 fps with stabilization; iPhone 12 and newer add HDR Dolby Vision, and Android records up to 4K on supported devices. Videos save directly to your phone's Photos — nothing uploads to a server.
PRICING
Free UpTakes Lite records portrait HD at 30 fps with the full raise-to-record gesture and keep-or-delete review, free forever. Every download starts with 30 days of complete All-Access; keeping it is $9.99/year or $1.99/month.
Q: What's the difference between UpTakes and the built-in camera app?
A: UpTakes records when you lift your phone and stops when you lower it — no reaching for a button — and asks after every clip whether to keep or delete it, so only the highlights come home.
Q: Is the gesture technology patented?
A: Yes — US Patent 11,082,609 B2, granted to Uptakes Video LLC.
Available on iOS and Android. UpTakes Sports Video Camera is made by Uptakes Video LLC, founded by Joseph Garff, a sports dad who built it to solve his own sideline filming problem.
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