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 — so there's no editing afterward and no sorting through hours of footage.

Every action is a gesture, so your eyes never leave the action. A patented raise-to-record gesture (US Patent 11,082,609 B2) starts filming when you raise your phone — no button — and after each clip a quick gesture keeps or deletes it on the spot. Your highlight reel builds itself in real time, as you film.

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HOW UPTAKES WORKS

🎯 RAISE TO RECORD
Lift your phone toward the action and recording starts automatically. No buttons, no menus — your eyes stay on the play, not the screen. You feel a quick buzz the moment it starts.

⏹️ LOWER TO STOP
Bring your phone back down and recording stops.

✅ KEEP OR DELETE — INSTANTLY
After every clip, a quick review screen appears with a countdown. Keep the take or delete it with a swipe (or a shake). The keepers ARE your highlight reel — no post-game editing, no sorting through hours of footage.

🔁 TWO MODES (Instant Editing Mode)
Auto-Save (the default): every take is kept unless you swipe to delete — for a full performance, a recital, or a whole game.
Auto-Delete: every take clears itself unless you keep it — for sideline filming and long sessions where you record liberally and commit only to the moments worth keeping. Un-kept takes never reach your photo library, so you record without storage anxiety.

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BUILT FOR FAST, UNPREDICTABLE ACTION

You can't predict when the moment will happen — and once you miss it, it's gone. UpTakes lets you stay ready without holding your phone up the whole time:

⚽ Youth sports — soccer, basketball, baseball, football, softball, volleyball, hockey, track
🏟️ Pro games as a fan — the foul ball, the home run in your section
🛹 Action sports — skating, biking, surfing
🦌 Hunting, fishing, wildlife
🎭 Recitals, graduations, concerts, weddings, parties, pets

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PROFESSIONAL CAPTURE QUALITY

🎥 Up to 4K HDR on supported devices — your phone's full native quality, no downscaling
🔁 Cinematic stabilization, plus smooth zoom with speed control
📱 Portrait or landscape — toggle in Settings, and your choice persists across launches
🔒 Videos save straight to your phone's gallery — nothing uploads to a server, ever

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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. You lift your phone toward the action and it starts automatically, then stops when you lower it — and 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 and no sorting through hours of footage. Your highlights are ready to share before the game's even over.

Q: Where are my videos saved? Is there cloud storage?
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.

Q: How does the free trial work?
A: 30 days free with full access, plus 3 game days. Then $9.99/year (about $0.83/month) or $1.99/month. Cancel anytime through Google Play.

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UpTakes Sports Video Camera — built by Uptakes Video LLC, founded by a sports dad to solve his own sideline filming problem. US Patent 11,082,609 B2.

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