What is the best video recording app for iPhone?

Blackmagic Camera, S tier, ranked #1 of 22, rated 4.8 by 23,851 people.

Which video recording apps are free?

17 of 22 are free to download: Blackmagic Camera (S), ProMovie Recorder (S), Final Cut Camera (S), Snap Pro Camera: Manual DSLR (A) and more. 8 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.

Which video recording app has the best App Store rating?

Blackmagic Camera at 4.8 from 23,851 ratings.

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Best Video Recording Apps for iPhone (2026)

22 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Blackmagic Camera is the top-ranked of 22 video recording apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 23,851 ratings.

1
Blackmagic CameraS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 23,851 ratings · score 95
2
ProCam - Pro CameraS
$9.99 · ★ 4.6 · 35,339 ratings · score 94
3
ProMovie RecorderS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 20,729 ratings · score 94
4
Final Cut CameraS
Free · ★ 4.6 · 3,789 ratings · score 92
5
Snap Pro Camera: Manual DSLRA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 5,313 ratings · score 88

What belongs in this list

Record video with my iPhone camera using more control or a particular look than the default camera.

Not here: Screen recording alone; Audio recording alone; Dual-camera recording alone; Video editing alone; A filter pack applied to existing video alone

More lists: Best video recording apps free to download

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Blackmagic CameraS
Free · ★ 4.8 · 23,851 ratings · score 95 · best in class
2
ProCam - Pro CameraS
$9.99 · ★ 4.6 · 35,339 ratings · score 94 · best in class
3
ProMovie RecorderS
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 20,729 ratings · score 94 · best in class
4
Final Cut CameraS
Free · ★ 4.6 · 3,789 ratings · score 92 · best in class
5
Snap Pro Camera: Manual DSLRA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 5,313 ratings · score 88 · excellent
6
Filmic Pro-Video CameraA
Free + IAP · ★ 3.7 · 10,165 ratings · score 86 · excellent
7
xZoom Cam - PRO CameraB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 569 ratings · score 76 · good
8
Vintage Film Camera: Retro ArtB
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 4,427 ratings · score 76 · good
9
Moment Pro Camera IIB
$9.99 · ★ 4.5 · 495 ratings · score 74 · good
10
Mideo: Record Video With MusicB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 6,057 ratings · score 70 · good
11
ProMovie Recorder +C
$2.99 · ★ 4.7 · 2,977 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
12
DSLR CameraC
$2.99 · ★ 4.7 · 2,880 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
13
VideoCam+ Video RecorderC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 4,264 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
14
Spark Camera & Video EditorC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 12,481 ratings · score 65 · situational
15
DSLR Camera - Manual CameraC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 687 ratings · score 65 · situational
16
90s Retro And Cam Recorder AppC
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 17,814 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
17
VHS Cam - Retro Camcorder FXC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 10,557 ratings · score 62 · situational
18
PauseCam Video Recorder CameraD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 12,816 ratings · score 58 · weak
19
Rarevision VHS: Retro CamD
$5.99 · ★ 4.7 · 6,728 ratings · score 56 · weak · provisional
20
VHS Cam: Vintage Video FiltersD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 6,362 ratings · score 52 · weak
21
Focos LiveF
Free download · ★ 4.5 · 5,461 ratings · score 42 · avoid · provisional
22
VHS Cam & Vintage Camera + 8mmF
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,709 ratings · score 42 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best video recording app for iPhone?: Blackmagic Camera, S tier, ranked #1 of 22, rated 4.8 by 23,851 people.
Which video recording apps are free?: 17 of 22 are free to download: Blackmagic Camera (S), ProMovie Recorder (S), Final Cut Camera (S), Snap Pro Camera: Manual DSLR (A) and more. 8 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.
Which video recording app has the best App Store rating?: Blackmagic Camera at 4.8 from 23,851 ratings.
How many video recording apps reach S or A tier?: 6 of 22. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.