A vlog camera app that films you and the view at the same time
Most vlogging on a phone is a long sequence of camera flips. DualCapture keeps both iPhone cameras running, so your commentary and the thing you are talking about end up in the same shot.
Flipping the camera costs you the moment
Every phone vlogger has done this. You talk to the front camera, you flip to the back to show what you mean, and by the time the preview settles the dog has stopped doing the thing. Then you flip back and say "well, you missed it".
A dual camera app removes the flip. Both lenses record together, so the audio never breaks and there is no black frame dropped into the middle of a sentence. Nothing has to be described after the fact, because it is on screen while you talk.
It also fixes the quieter problem: continuity. Your face and the scene were captured by the same phone in the same light at the same second, so the two halves of the frame look like they belong together. Cut a selfie clip against a separately shot B-roll clip and you can usually tell.
Layouts that suit a vlog
Six layouts, in two families. Split screen puts the cameras side by side or stacks them, and the divider is draggable, so a talking-head section can take the top two thirds and drop to a third when the view gets interesting. Picture-in-picture floats you in a corner over a full-frame back camera.
For travel and food, PiP in a bottom corner is the obvious pick. The scene stays whole and your face is small but present. For a walk-and-talk where you are the subject, invert it: stack the split and give yourself the bigger half.
The swap button on the divider trades the two feeds mid-recording, which is handy when the interesting side changes partway through a take.
Settings worth changing before a trip
Frame rate sits at 24, 30 or 60 fps. Go to 60 if you plan to slow anything down, otherwise 30 keeps files smaller and your battery alive longer.
Stabilization is a toggle in Settings and it applies to the back lens. Leave it on for walking shots. It crops in slightly, which is the trade you make for not seeing every footstep.
There is a grid for horizons and a self-timer for setting the phone down before you walk into frame. Back camera zoom runs from .5x to 3x and changes while recording. The widest setting is what makes a cramped hotel room or a narrow street look like somewhere worth going.
Editing is easier with the originals
Every recording saves five files straight to Photos. A vertical merge and a horizontal merge, plus the raw front clip and the raw back clip on their own.
That last part is what saves a vlog edit. Your best line was delivered while the back camera pointed at the ground? Use the front clip alone and drop your own footage underneath. Want a vertical cut for Reels and a wide cut for YouTube from the same take? Both merges are already sitting in your library. No watermark, no length limit on a recording.
What you need
DualCapture runs on iOS 18 or later, on an iPhone with multi-camera support, which in practice means iPhone 15 or newer. It is free to download. Premium covers 4K, all six layouts and unlimited exports, as a weekly, monthly or yearly subscription, or one lifetime purchase.
If you own an iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max or an iPhone Air running iOS 26, Apple built a Dual Capture mode into the stock Camera app. It is free, it works well, and for a quick clip it is fewer taps than opening anything else. What it gives you is one picture-in-picture layout and one merged file, with no separate front or back clips. Those limits are why a dedicated app still earns a slot on a vlogger's phone.
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Can an iPhone record the front and back cameras at once?
Yes, on hardware that supports multi-camera capture, which for DualCapture means iPhone 15 or newer on iOS 18 or later. Both lenses run in one session and the result is written as one video, plus the individual clips.
Is this good for travel vlogging specifically?
It suits it well. The view stays on screen while you talk over it, which is the shot that otherwise costs you two takes and an edit.
Can I change the layout while recording?
You can swap which camera is on which side without stopping. Changing between split screen and picture-in-picture is something to do before you hit record.
What resolution does it record?
Up to 4K at 60 fps, with 24 and 30 fps also available. Higher settings need premium.
Does it record audio from both cameras?
Audio is recorded in stereo from the phone's microphones, not separately per lens, and the same track runs under every file the take produces.
Will my vlogs have a watermark?
No. Exports are clean and there is no limit on recording length.
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