Capture — An App That Does One Thing Well
/I can't tell you how often I miss shooting a video of my boy doing something great because I have to do the following:
- Unlock my iPhone.
- Find the Camera app.
- Wait for the Camera app to load.
- Toggle the switch from still photo to video.
- Tap record.
The above process can take anywhere from 5 to 30 seconds, which, by the time I am ready to record, I have missed the moment.
Apple is hoping to alleviate some of this by adding a camera button to the lock screen in iOS 5, but that still seems like it will be best suited for quick access to taking still photos (which is also welcome).
Enter Capture, a great little app that does one thing, and does it very well. Tap Capture's icon on the home screen, and it instantly begins recording video as it launches. Simply press the home button to stop recording, and the video is saved to your camera roll.
Capture is 99 cents well spent if you are also frustrated with the slow performance of the built-in camera app.
Marco Arment pretty much speaks for me on that front:
By the way, it's embarrassing that Camera is so slow to launch and be ready to capture videos or photos that apps like this are necessary.
I guess that is a good reason to have a third-party developer community.
Make sure to pick up Capture for 99 cents over at the App Store.