Photo and video
Your phone’s full capability, while the screen pretends to be something else.
The disguise is only half the product. Behind whichever mask is on screen, Eclipse is running a normal, fully configured camera — front or back, stills or video, one shot or a timed sequence, up to 4K at 60fps. None of the capture quality is behind the Pro tier.
Stills, video and Live Photo
Either camera, and three kinds of capture. Live Photo records a short motion clip either side of the still, which is often the difference between a usable frame and a blurred one when you cannot see what you are aiming at.
- Front or back camera, switchable per mode
- Photo, video, or Live Photo
- The whole screen is the shutter — tap anywhere
- Either volume button fires it too, without touching the screen
Burst and timed capture
Because you often cannot frame a shot you cannot see, Eclipse takes several and lets you pick afterwards. Three separate timings are configurable, and they compose: a delay before the first frame, a number of shots per tap, and a gap between them.
- Several shots from one tap
- An initial delay before the first frame, so the tap itself does not shake it
- An adjustable gap between shots in a burst
- A 0.5s debounce, so a fumbled double-tap does not fire twice
Resolution, frame rate and slow motion
Video runs at 720p, 1080p or 4K. Frame rate is not a fixed list: Eclipse reads the capture formats your iPhone actually reports and offers every rate it supports, picking the format with the highest rate available for what you asked for. Slow motion captures at 120 or 240fps and is retimed when the clip is saved, so what lands in the vault is already slowed. Whatever your phone can do, you get — and all of it is free.
- 720p, 1080p or 4K (3840×2160)
- Every frame rate your device reports as supported — 1080p at 30fps is only the default
- Slow motion captured at 120 or 240fps, retimed on save
- If a device cannot do the exact combination you asked for, the frame rate is kept and the resolution drops — 4K at 30fps is not slow motion
Specifics
- Resolutions
- 720p · 1080p · 4K (3840×2160)
- Frame rates
- Every rate your device supports — 30, 60, and 120/240 for slow motion
- Slow motion
- 120 or 240 fps, retimed on save
- Default
- 1080p at 30 fps
- Approx. 4K size
- ~60 Mbps, roughly 3× 1080p
- Price
- Free — not a Pro feature
Read from Models/CaptureQuality.swift and Constants/Constants.swift.
What it will not do
- Recording stops when the app leaves the foreground. iOS suspends camera access for every third-party app without exception — no app can record in the background, whatever it claims.
- 4K roughly triples file size for footage that is usually reviewed on the phone that shot it, which is why 1080p remains the default.
- On many iPhones the 240fps formats are binned and noticeably softer than 120fps.
Common questions
- Is 4K really free?
- Yes. Resolution, frame rate, slow motion and still quality are all free features in Eclipse. The Pro tier covers the advanced screen masks, unlimited vault storage, widget customisation and ad removal — not capture quality.
- Can I record 4K while the screen is black?
- Yes. The mask and the capture settings are independent: whichever screen disguise you choose, the camera behind it records at whatever quality you have configured.
- Why did my slow-motion clip record at a lower resolution?
- Because the frame rate is the point of slow motion. If your device cannot provide the resolution and the frame rate you asked for together, Eclipse keeps the frame rate and steps the resolution down rather than silently giving you 4K at 30fps, which would not be slow motion at all.
Try it yourself
Eclipse is free to download. The black screen mask, Face ID lock and slideshow stay free.
Download free on the App Store