Mobile (iOS & Android)
Native Capturly apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android bring the same local-first recording engine to your pocket — record on location, host a session from your phone, or join one someone else started.
Availability: Android is live on Google Play . The iOS app is in App Store review and hasn’t published yet — watch the download page .
What you can do
- Record solo — capture audio and video locally on the device at full quality, even offline.
- Host a session — start a multi-participant session from your phone and share the invite link. Requires a plan that includes remote guests.
- Join a session — open an invite link, complete the ready check, and record your own local track while the host coordinates. Your recording uploads to the host when the session ends.
- Join a Studio as a guest — enter a host’s persistent Studio room from your phone.
- Browse your library — play back, rename, and manage takes, including ones saved from other devices.
Running a Studio as its host stays on the desktop and web apps. Everything else — solo, hosting a standard session, joining — works on mobile.
Joining from a phone
Mobile needs the full invite link, not the bare 6-character room code. If a guest tells you the code isn’t working on their phone, send them the link instead. Desktop and web accept either.
Quality
Mobile records H.264/HEVC video and WAV audio locally.
| Property | iOS | Android |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | 48 kHz WAV on built-in mics; 96 kHz with a capable external interface | Recorded locally at the session rate |
| Video | Up to 4K, hardware-encoded | Up to 4K, hardware-encoded |
| Capture | Native AVAssetWriter | Native recorder |
On iPhone and iPad, the built-in microphones are capped at 48 kHz by the hardware on every plan. Plug in a capable external audio interface and the session can run at 96 kHz.
Rotating the phone before a take produces a true landscape recording; upright recording produces vertical video. Orientation locks for the duration of a take.
Cloud backup on iOS (Beta)
iOS includes an optional Live Cloud Backup (Beta) that streams a copy to your cloud library while you record, so an interrupted session is still recoverable. It’s off by default — enable it in Settings. When it’s off, the recording uploads after you stop, as usual.
Buying a plan on mobile
Plans can be purchased in-app through the App Store or Google Play, or on capturly.app . Purchases apply to your Capturly account either way, so a plan bought on the web unlocks the mobile app and vice versa.
The 14-day free trial is only available when you subscribe on capturly.app — store purchases start billing immediately. See Licensing.
Requirements
| Platform | Minimum |
|---|---|
| iOS / iPadOS | 16.4 or later (iPhone 8 or newer) |
| Android | 8.0 (Oreo) or later |
Camera and microphone permissions are required.