Background Camera Recorder

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About this app

🎥 Background Camera Recorder — record without holding your phone

Start recording, then switch to any other app, take a call, or lock your screen. The camera keeps capturing. One tap turns your phone into a dashcam, a security camera, or a hands-free recorder.

✨ KEY FEATURES

🎬 True background recording
• Keeps recording when you leave the app
• Runs as a foreground service with a permanent notification, so you always know when it is active
• Works with the screen off

📷 Front and back camera
• Record with either camera
• Set your default so it is ready every time

🎞️ 480p, 720p or Full HD 1080p
• Pick the balance of quality and storage you want
• Change it per recording or per schedule

⏸️ Pause and resume
• Pause without ending the recording
• Resume into the same file — no scattered clips

🔋 Smart auto-stop
• Stop after 30 minutes, 1, 2 or 4 hours
• Stop at 500 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB or 5 GB
• Stop when the battery falls to 20%, 15%, 10% or 5%

🕒 Scheduled recording
• Set a daily start and stop time
• Ideal for overnight security or a fixed commute
• Choose the camera and resolution for the schedule

🗂️ Built-in gallery
• Every clip with thumbnail, length, size, resolution and camera
• Play it back without leaving the app
• Select several at once to share or delete

🧹 Auto-cleanup
• Delete recordings older than 7, 30 or 90 days
• Or cap total storage at 1 GB, 5 GB or 10 GB
• Run a cleanup by hand whenever you want

🌍 18 languages
• English, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese

🎯 PERFECT FOR
• Dashcam recording on your commute
• Home and office security monitoring
• Documenting an incident hands-free
• Long unattended recording on a schedule

📋 REQUIREMENTS
• Android 12 or higher
• Camera and microphone permissions
• Notification permission, so background recording is always visible

💎 PREMIUM ACCESS
Start with a free trial. Every feature is unlocked from your first recording — nothing is held back.
After the trial, keep it monthly or yearly, or buy lifetime access once. Cancel anytime in Google Play.
Background Camera Recorder is a premium app: a subscription or a lifetime purchase is needed to use it once the trial ends.

Install it, start your trial, and record with the app closed.
Record video in the background while you use other apps. Dashcam & security.
Updated on
Aug 27, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
    Learn more about how developers declare sharing
  • This app may collect these data types
    App activity, App info and performance and Device or other IDs
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • Data can’t be deleted