# Drive Diary: Dashcam — Turn your phone into a dashcam

> Turn your phone into a dashcam (iPhone/iPad app by Kanata Tanaka.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drive-diary-dashcam/id6795430281 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kanata Tanaka](https://appshunter.io/developer/6788635780)
- Category: Photo & Video, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, European Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China) and 5 more
- Released: 2026-08-13
- Data updated: 2026-10-01
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drive-diary-dashcam/id6795430281/reviews.md

## What is Drive Diary?

Your phone. Your dashcam.
No installation, no wiring, no complicated setup. Just open the app and tap to record.
Drive Diary makes it easy to record your drives on iPhone and iPad.

Video is recorded only while Drive Diary is in the foreground. Recording is not available in the background or with the screen off.

FEATURES

• Stabilization
Reduces shake from driving for easier-to-watch footage.

• Auto Night Mode
Detects low light and automatically adjusts exposure to make nighttime footage easier to see.

• Save footage from before you tap
Forgot to tap record? Save footage from up to a few minutes earlier, captured while the app was in the foreground.

• Automatic segment saving
Choose 5-, 10-, or 15-minute segments. Recordings are split automatically into manageable files that are easy to review.

• Automatic storage management
When your chosen retention period or maximum storage capacity is exceeded, older recordings are deleted automatically. Let the app handle recording management.

• Resume after switching apps
If you briefly switch to another app, recording resumes in the same file when you return to the foreground. No video is captured while you are away from the app.

• Date, time, and speed overlays
Date and time are stamped onto your recordings automatically. Pro also lets you display driving speed from GPS.

• 20 color themes
Personalize the record button and status bar with your choice of theme.

DRIVE DIARY PRO — ONE-TIME IN-APP PURCHASE

• Dual front/rear camera recording using your device's front and rear cameras
• 1080p Full HD recording
• Frame rate selection (15/20/24/30fps)
• Customize bitrate and quality
• GPS speed overlay display
• Automatically protect recordings on collision detection
• Manually protect recordings to keep them from auto-deletion

Purchase once to use Pro on all devices signed in with the same Apple ID.

PRIVACY

All recordings are stored only on your device and are never sent to external servers.
Privacy policy and support: https://kokuurei.github.io/drivcam-app/

SUPPORTED DEVICES

iPhone and iPad. On iPad, review your drives on a larger screen, with landscape support and dual camera recording (Pro).

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Drive Diary Pro | $7.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-09-29

Added 10 new languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Russian and Turkish.

### 1.1 — 2026-09-28

We refreshed the app icon and App Store screenshots. App features are unchanged.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-12

No release notes.

## More apps by Kanata Tanaka

- [はたけのレシピ](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id6788635778)

All apps by Kanata Tanaka: https://appshunter.io/developer/6788635780

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