UpTakes Sports Video Camera

Uptakes Video Camera

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About this app

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.

Every action in UpTakes is a gesture, so your eyes never leave the action. A patented raise-to-record gesture (US Patent 11,082,609 B2) 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.

How UpTakes works:
• Raise to record — point your phone's camera at the action and recording starts automatically.
• Lower to stop — point your phone's camera at the ground and recording stops automatically.
• Keep or delete — after every clip a quick review appears. Keep the take or delete it with a swipe (or a shake). The keepers ARE your highlight reel.
• Two modes: Auto-Save (the default) keeps every take unless you delete it. Auto-Delete clears every take unless you keep it — un-kept takes never reach your photo library, so you record freely without storage anxiety.
• Deleted the wrong clip? One tap brings it back.
• Reel Builder — pick your keeper clips and UpTakes combines them into one shareable highlight reel, saved to your camera roll.
• Timed Take — records fixed-length clips that auto-stop at a preset (about 1.5–3 seconds) and re-arm for the next take — a montage-ready burst with no trimming.

Capture quality:
• Records in 4K or HD (1080p) at 24, 30, or 60 fps — 60 fps gives you smooth slow-mo for fast action.
• Built-in video stabilization smooths out handheld, from-the-stands shake.
• Pinch to zoom, or tap a preset and it glides there with smooth, cinematic speed control — a push-in, not a jarring jump.
• Auto-trim shaves the phone-lowering motion off the end of every clip.
• Records in both portrait (for TikTok, Shorts, Reels) and landscape.
• Videos save straight to your phone's gallery — nothing uploads to a server, ever.

Built for fast, unpredictable action: youth sports — soccer, basketball, baseball, football, softball, volleyball, hockey, track — plus pro games as a fan and action sports. Built for sports, UpTakes works for any live moment worth keeping: concerts and recitals, weddings, hunting and birdwatching, kids and pets.

Frequently asked questions

Q: How is UpTakes different from my phone's camera?
A: With your phone's camera you record everything, then 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 records from a gesture, not a button: raise your phone toward the action and your eyes never leave it.

Q: What if I forget to hit record — or think I'm recording when I'm not?
A: There's no record button to forget. Lift your phone toward the action and it starts recording automatically, then stops when you lower it — a quick buzz tells you you're rolling without looking down.

Q: Do I have to edit the highlights afterward?
A: No. You build the reel as you film — keep or delete each clip on the spot — so there's no post-game editing. Your highlights are ready to share before the game's even over.

Q: Is UpTakes free?
A: Yes — UpTakes Lite is free forever: the patented raise-to-record gesture, keep-or-delete review, manual record, flash, and zoom, recording in portrait HD at 24 fps. Go All-Access to unlock 4K, 60 fps, landscape, Timed Take, Reel Builder, custom gesture tuning, and zoom-speed control.

Q: Where are my videos saved?
A: Your videos save straight to your phone's gallery. There's no cloud, and UpTakes never holds your footage on a server — your family's videos stay private and in your control.

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. US Patent 11,082,609 B2.

Ratings and reviews

Great app for quick video captures. At a game and don't wanna keep opening and closing your camera. Just lift till done.

nice app here

Great app

What’s new

Raise to record, lower to stop, keep or delete each clip instantly — your highlight reel builds itself as you film.

New in 3.2.0:
• UpTakes Lite — after your free trial, UpTakes now stays free forever
• Reel Builder — combine your keeper clips into one shareable highlight reel
• Timed Take — montage-ready clips that auto-stop at a preset length
• Slide-to-zoom plus six zoom glide speeds
• Cleaner Settings and a smoother preview