About

About UpTakes

Uptakes Video LLC makes UpTakes, a sports video camera app with instant editing that runs entirely on gestures. A patented raise-to-record gesture (US Patent 11,082,609 B2) starts recording when you raise your phone — no button, eyes on the action — and 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, while in auto-save mode every take is kept unless you delete it. Your highlights land at the top of your camera roll, ready to share the moment they happen. Available on iOS and Android. Founded by Joseph Garff, a sports dad who built it to solve his own sideline filming problem.

Why we built it

Every sports parent knows the feeling: your kid scores, the crowd erupts, and you realize you either missed it or you'll spend the whole evening combing through hours of footage to find it. UpTakes was built to take that away. Lift your phone toward the action and it records; lower it and it stops. Keep or delete each clip the moment you shoot it. The keepers ARE your highlight reel — built in real time, as you film, with no editing afterward and no sorting through hours of footage.

The patent

The raise-to-record gesture at the heart of UpTakes is protected by US Patent 11,082,609 B2 — "User Device for Facilitating the Controlled Operation of a Camera," granted to Joseph Garff.

Get UpTakes

Free to try for 30 days plus 3 game days, then $9.99/year (about $0.83 a month) or $1.99/month.

Contact

Questions, feedback, or support: info@uptakes.app