Flipcorder

What makes it different

Flipcorder turns your iPhone into a 1991 camcorder. You film little moments through the day, each one a flip of 20 seconds by default, and they all land on that day's dated tape. There is no editing and nothing is removed, so tonight you can save one raw film of the day.

Open the lens cap and press the glowing power key, and the viewfinder warms up like an old TV; flip, and the big red key stops by itself at 20 seconds with a quiet countdown. It is the first app indie developer Matt Brewer has put on the App Store under his own name in about a decade, and it reached #3 in Top Paid Photo & Video on the US App Store in its first weekend. Flipcorder costs $4.99.