Float Cam vs recaday
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Float Cam
Record videos and take photos while using other apps. This floating camera allows you to multitask, displaying a movable camera window over your screen for notes, web browsing, or scripts.
- Floating camera window
- Background recording
- Picture-in-picture view
- Built-in web browser
- Document viewer
- Front/back camera switch
- Photo capture
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Float Cam - Background camera is a smart floating camera app that lets you record videos and take pictures while using your phone. Unlike the standard system camera, Float Cam allows multitasking — you can keep a floating camera window on screen while reading notes, browsing the web, or checking your script within the app. MAIN FEATURES: • Floating camera window: Move, resize, and position the floating camera anywhere on your screen. • Background camera recording: Record videos while keeping other content visible. • See your notes while recording: Ideal for creators, vloggers, students, or anyone reading a script. • Built-in web browser: Open any website while recording yourself. • Open images, PDFs, or documents: Display reference materials, lyrics, or presentations during video recording. • Switch front or back camera: Use either the selfie camera or rear camera easily. • Capture photos anytime: Take photos directly from the floating camera bubble. • Simple, intuitive, and powerful UI. - PERFECT FOR: • Content creators, vloggers, and YouTubers who want to record themselves while reading notes or a teleprompter. • Musicians and singers who want to see lyrics or chords while recording video performances. • Students and teachers who record study videos, tutorials, or online lessons while referencing their materials. • Coaches, trainers, and speakers who want to see their key points while recording motivational or training videos. • Business users who record video messages, product demos, or presentations with reference documents visible. - WHY FLOAT CAM? Traditional cameras block your screen while recording. Float Cam - Background camera gives you freedom. The floating camera view stays on top, so you can record video and use your phone at the same time. With the in-app browser, document viewer, and notes editor, you can open: • Websites, YouTube, or Google Docs • Images, PDFs, or DOCX files • Personal notes or scripts Float Cam is not just a camera — it's a complete multitasking video recording tool. Whether you're filming a tutorial, singing your favorite song, presenting your project, or rehearsing a speech, Float Cam helps you stay focused and efficient. - More reasons to love Float Cam Float Cam combines everything you need in one floating camera app — a picture-in-picture camera, background video recorder, and teleprompter-style note viewer. Whether you want to record video while using other apps, take photos while multitasking, or overlay a floating selfie camera while browsing, Float Cam does it all. It's perfect as a floating camera for YouTube, musicians, teachers, and vloggers who want a camera with notes, lyrics, or PDF viewer always visible on screen. - Download Float Cam - Background camera now and experience the freedom of recording videos while multitasking. Stay creative, productive, and focused — all in one floating camera app. By using this app, you agree to Apple's standard End User License Agreement (EULA), available here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
recaday
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Record short moments through the day and turn them into one vlog. The time you shot each clip is burned into the video, so looking back you can see exactly when in the day you were. ■ Record - Records only while you hold the button - Self-timer (3 / 5 / 10 / 15 seconds). Set a length and it stops on its own - Zoom from 0.5x to 8x. Up to 3 minutes per clip - Front and rear camera - Record without sound if you want - Portrait or landscape ■ Time burned in The moment you shot is written into the video. Six typefaces for the time, two for captions. ■ Edit - Filters - shown as thumbnails of your own footage, so you can decide before you tap - Typeface - changes how the time looks - Cut - trim each clip from either end, or split it in the middle - Caption - add a line - Text - put words anywhere on the frame, in the text and outline colours you like ■ Export Your clips are joined in order and saved to your device as one video. Share it from any app you already use. A short ad plays before saving. ■ Also - No account needed - Your footage stays on your device - Available in Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai and Hindi A day is surprisingly hard to recall later. A few short clips, and the whole day stays with you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: recaday at 5.0 against Float Cam's 3.0. recaday also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). Float Cam's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Float Cam sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. recaday asks for nothing beyond the download.
recaday holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Float Cam ships an update every 2 weeks, recaday daily. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Float Cam | recaday |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Try the Colors s. r. o. | Kento Sawaya |
Customer experience
Float Cam
recaday
In-app purchases
Float Cam
- Float Cam Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Float Cam Premium3 Days trial$9.997 Days
- Float Cam Premium$29.99
recaday
No in-app purchases
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