DailyLapse
Christian Pedersen Photo & Video iPhoneiPadiPod touch
DailyLapse is a free Photo & Video app for iPhone and iPad by Christian Pedersen. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated June 8, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 10 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jun 8
- 2026 · v1.1.3
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About DailyLapse
The year goes by faster every time. DailyLapse captures one second of it, every day, so nothing gets lost. Tap once. Record one second. In a year, you have a movie. That is the whole idea — and it works because it asks almost nothing of you. One second is easy enough to do every single day. At the end of the year, the app stitches all 365 clips into a single MP4 with date overlays, ready to watch in under two minutes. The kind of two minutes that makes your chest hurt in the best way. WHAT DAILYLAPSE DOES - One-tap capture: tap the record button and the app records exactly one second, then stops. No timer-watching, no editing. - Year-end stitch: tap Render Year and every clip becomes a single movie with the date burned into each second. Export directly to your Photos library. - Calendar view: a full month grid with thumbnails of every day you recorded. Blank days sit quietly — no guilt streaks, no gamification. - Replace any day: recorded something better? Swap the clip. The app keeps only the one you choose. - Lock Screen widgets: small and medium widgets show your running day count and whether you recorded today — the only nudge you need. - Daily reminder: one optional notification at your chosen time, nothing more. - Complete privacy: camera stays on-device, clips live in local storage, nothing leaves your phone. No account. No analytics SDKs. No cloud sync. PERFECT FOR People who want to look back at a year and actually see it — parents, travelers, anyone in a season of life they know will matter later. Also for the person who tried a journaling app and gave up after three days. One second is not a journal. It is a reflex. PRICING $4.99 once. Every feature — capture, stitch, widgets, reminders — included in the purchase price. No ads. Pay once, keep forever. This is how apps used to be sold, and it is how this one is sold. DailyLapse is a paid-once iPhone app that records one second of video every day and stitches them into a year-long movie — all on your device, all yours. Download it before today becomes yesterday. — Subscription & Terms — DailyLapse Premium is an auto-renewing monthly subscription ($2.99/month, after a 7-day free trial) or a one-time Lifetime purchase ($19.99). Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The monthly subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Use: https://kirbyfze.github.io/dailylapse-legal/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://kirbyfze.github.io/dailylapse-legal/privacy-policy.html
What’s new
Version 1.1.3 · Updated June 8, 2026
Cleaner experience, improved privacy, and performance updates. Thank you for using DailyLapse.
App privacy
The developer, Christian Pedersen, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers: Device ID
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Coarse Location
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Advertising Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data, Crash Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics, App Functionality
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