The sports camera app that builds your highlight reel as you film.
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.
Protected by US Patent 11,082,609 B2 · Available on iPhone and Android
How it works
Every action is a gesture, so your eyes never leave the action.
A patented raise-to-record gesture starts filming (lift to record, lower to stop), and after each clip a quick gesture keeps or deletes it on the spot. In auto-delete mode the outtakes clear themselves — the keepers ARE your reel.
Raise to record
Lift your phone toward the action and it starts recording automatically — no button to find, no looking at the screen. Lower it to stop. You feel a quick buzz the moment you're rolling — and because the screen only shows the live picture while you're recording, if you can see the action, you know you're capturing it.
Keep or delete, instantly
Right after each clip, a quick gesture keeps it or deletes it. That's the editing — done as you film, clip by clip, not after the game.
Your reel builds itself
The keepers land at the top of your camera roll, ready to share the moment they happen. No editing afterward. No sorting through hours of footage.
Features
Capture the highlights. Skip the footage.
Unlike post-game highlight editors and AI auto-tracking cameras, your highlight reel builds itself in real time — clips ready to share the moment they happen.
Patented raise-to-record
Raise the phone to record, lower it to stop. There's no record button to forget, and your eyes stay on the action, not the screen. Covered by US Patent 11,082,609 B2.
Instant editing
Keep or delete every clip the moment you shoot it. The editing happens inside the recording session, not after it — so there's nothing to sort through later.
Auto-delete mode
Record freely without storage anxiety. Un-kept takes clear themselves and never reach your photo library — only the clips you keep are saved.
Auto-save mode
The safe default for new users: every take is kept unless you swipe it away. Perfect for a full performance, a recital, or an entire game.
Share during the game
Your highlights save to the top of your camera roll, already trimmed — text them, post them, or drop them in the group chat before the final whistle.
4K & 60fps quality
Records in 4K or HD at up to 60fps for smooth slow-motion, with built-in stabilization — 4K HDR Dolby Vision on iPhone 12 and newer, up to 4K on Android. No downscaling.
The picture is the proof
Every other camera shows a live preview whether it's rolling or not — so you can never be sure. UpTakes shows you the full picture only while it's recording. See the action, and you're capturing it.
Timed Take
Fire off a burst of fixed-length clips — about 1.5 to 3 seconds each — that auto-stop and re-arm for the next one. Montage-ready takes, cut to length as you film, with no trimming.
Reel Builder
Pick your keeper clips and UpTakes combines them into one shareable highlight reel, saved straight to your camera roll. Your keepers, one video — no editor to learn.
Undo a delete
Removed the wrong clip? One tap brings it right back — the undo even survives a force-quit, so you never lose a highlight to a fat-finger.
Real reviews from real people
Rated 4.9 ★ by sports parents on the sideline.
From 39 ratings on the App Store.
"I usually record with the camera app and after the game go through watching clips and deleting what I don't need. This app takes all that away and leaves you with just what you want!"
"This is a lifesaver at my kid's sporting events… seriously a lifesaver! Capturing all the important moments is so much easier. I don't have to spend all that extra time scrolling through past footage."
"Tried it for the first time at a soccer game. Functionality is great… now it works great!"
Simple pricing
Free to start. Free to keep.
$9.99/year for All-Access
Every download starts with a 30-day All-Access free trial plus 3 game days — the full app. After that, UpTakes stays free forever as UpTakes Lite. Go All-Access anytime for $9.99/year (about $0.83 a month) or $1.99/month to unlock 4K, 60fps, landscape, Timed Take, and the highlight Reel Builder. No watermarks either way. Your videos stay on your phone; it's not cloud storage.
Questions
How is UpTakes different from just using my phone's camera?
With your phone's camera you record everything, then go home and comb through hours of footage to find the good plays. UpTakes fixes that — you keep or delete each clip right after you shoot it, so the only clips left are the highlights. And it starts recording from a gesture, not a button.
Never miss the play again.
Built by a sports dad to solve his own sideline filming problem. Free to download, and free to keep with UpTakes Lite.