Clair vs SwitchCam

Clair is a camera app designed for dual-perspective capture. It lets you capture two different views in the same frame: the main view records the world in front of you, while a floating window shows another moment happening at the same time. Whether you’re traveling, taking selfies, watching a performance, exploring a new place, or capturing everyday fun, Clair helps every story be seen from more than one angle. You can freely choose the front or rear camera as the main view, and place the other camera inside a movable floating window. The main view and floating window can also be switched, giving you more freedom to compose every shot. Clair also supports portrait cutout in the floating window. When enabled, the subject is kept while the background becomes transparent, allowing the person to blend naturally into the main view. It’s perfect for playful perspective shots and creative compositions. For shooting, Clair supports photos, videos, and Live Photos, with exposure adjustment, video resolution and frame rate options, grid lines, a level, and volume-button shutter control. After shooting, your work can be saved to the system Photos app or kept only inside Clair. When you need separate materials for editing, Clair can also save the Picture-in-Picture result, the main view, and the floating window view at the same time.

One sentence: switch between the front and rear cameras while you record — something the built-in Camera app cannot do. ■ Why we built it With the built-in iPhone Camera app, once you press Record you can no longer switch between the front and rear cameras. To switch, you have to stop, change cameras, and start a new clip. SwitchCam solves that: switch whenever you like, and it is still one single video file. ■ How switching works · While recording, tap Switch and the picture moves to the other camera right away · Both cameras work at the same time (in 1080p), so the switch is nearly seamless (a measured gap of 2–21 ms on real devices) · The front and rear cameras are matched to the same resolution and frame rate first, so nothing jumps after a switch · Audio never drops: the microphone is captured independently of the camera session, so your voice stays continuous ■ Quality and specs · Three settings — 1080p / 2K / 4K — one tap to change, frame rate fixed at 30 · 2K is captured at 4K and scaled down to 2560×1440, so the framing matches 4K exactly (it is not upscaled 1080p) · 1080p runs both cameras at once for nearly seamless switching; 2K and 4K put image quality first ■ The interface (just three buttons) · Three buttons at the bottom: Photos / Record / Switch — one tap on Photos opens the system Photos app · The picture cuts straight over with no stutter and no black frame, and the audio stays a single continuous track from start to finish · Tap to focus, pinch to zoom (up to 10x) · While recording, a red dot and a timer stay on screen, so you always know you are rolling ■ Privacy · No data collected: no server, no account, no ads, no third-party analytics · Finished videos are saved straight to your own Photos library, with no copy left behind in the app ■ Good to know · The first launch asks for Camera, Microphone, and Photos (add-only) access · Running both cameras at once uses more battery, so plug in for long recordings