BlackOut vs Doble Cam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlackOut
This app allows discreet photo and video recording from a dark, private capture screen. Media is stored locally until you choose to export or share, with optional premium features for video recording available as a one-time purchase.
- Silent photo capture
- Discreet video recording
- Local media storage
- Premium video features (one-time purchase)
- Custom cover screens
- Biometric gallery protection
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A quieter screen. More ways to capture. BlackOut is a camera for iPhone and iPad with a dark capture screen and a private in-app gallery. Take photos, record video, capture a burst, or slow down the action—then choose what you keep, share, or export. BROWSE WHILE RECORDING Read, search, and visit websites without leaving your recording. Enable Browser While Recording in Settings, choose Video or Slow Motion, and use the browser menu to start recording or stop and save. Your webpage stays open when the video is saved to BlackOut's gallery. Choose DuckDuckGo or Google, save bookmarks, and turn on browser auto-dimming if you prefer. Browsing uses a temporary session; bookmarks stay on your device. Websites and search providers handle browsing requests under their own privacy policies. Web audio and video pause during recording. FOUR WAYS TO CAPTURE • Photo: take individual photos with a simple tap. • Video: record with a black screen or your own cover image, with an optional live preview. • Burst: choose the number of photos and the pause between them. • Slow Motion: record at a supported high frame rate and save slow-motion video. A GALLERY THAT FEELS RIGHT • Browse a clean grid and pinch to adjust thumbnail size. • Filter All, Photos, or Videos and sort your library. • Pinch, pan, and double-tap to explore a photo. • Swipe across items in Select mode to select or deselect a range. • Share, save to Photos, or delete multiple items together. • See useful details such as dimensions, duration, and file size. YOUR MEDIA, YOUR CHOICE Captures stay in BlackOut's private gallery and do not appear in Photos unless you export them. Add Face ID or Touch ID protection on supported devices. No BlackOut account is required. SET UP YOUR WAY Keep your current brightness or enable Auto-Dim Capture Screen; browser dimming is controlled separately. Photo is selected on first use, and your chosen capture mode is remembered. Open directly in the camera, with a separate opt-in setting to begin recording automatically. Use a Lock Screen or Home Screen widget for quick access. Customize the cover image, preview, recording feedback, volume-button controls, swipe lock, and what happens after recording stops. Choose from the cameras, lenses, standard resolutions, and frame rates your device supports. Set an optional auto-stop timer or keep No limit for recording without an app-imposed duration cap. FREE PHOTOS. ONE-TIME PREMIUM. Basic photo capture and the gallery are free. One lifetime in-app purchase unlocks video, burst, slow motion, the recording browser, and advanced capture and privacy controls. No subscription. Existing Premium owners keep access; Restore Purchase is available in the app. Recording requires BlackOut to be active in the foreground. Widgets open the app; recording begins after any required device unlock. Apple's camera and microphone privacy indicators remain visible. Features depend on your device and selected camera. Slow-motion clips have no audio. Storage, battery, temperature, and system interruptions can limit recording. Respect others' privacy and follow local recording laws. Support: contact@blackoutcamera.app
Doble Cam
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Record with your iPhone's rear and front cameras at the same time: what's in front of you and your face, in the same take. Nothing to edit together afterwards, no watermarks and no time limit. Every recording saves three videos: • The combined one: rear on top and selfie below, put together on your iPhone as you record • The rear camera video • The front camera video WHAT IT'S FOR • Reactions: what's happening and how you react, in the same video • Vlogs and travel: the view and you telling the story, without recording twice • In the car, with your iPhone on a mount: the road and the inside of the car at once • Interviews and conversations: both people in a single video YOUR GALLERY, PRIVATE Videos are kept in a gallery inside the app: they don't show up in the Photos app, and the app never uploads them anywhere. From there you can watch each recording (combined, rear or front), save the combined video to Photos to keep it, or delete it. So your iPhone doesn't fill up without you noticing, recordings are deleted from the app's gallery automatically after 7 days, or 14 or 30 if you choose so in Settings. Anything you saved to Photos stays there. No sign-up, no accounts. In English, Spanish (Spain) or Latin American Spanish: pick it in Settings. REQUIREMENTS Recording with both cameras at once requires an iPhone XS, XR or later (A12 Bionic chip or newer). FREE AND NO BANNER The app is free and records with no time limit and no watermarks. The free version shows Google AdMob ads: a banner at the bottom (never while you record); a full-screen ad while your videos are being saved when each recording ends, announced beforehand and at most one every 90 seconds; and, now and then, a full-screen app-open ad (1 in every 5 times you open the app, never on the day you install it). We ask for your permission before personalizing them. No Banner (one-time payment, no subscription; the price is shown in the app before you confirm): removes the banner ad. The full-screen ads — while your videos are saved after recording and when you open the app — stay. It unlocks nothing else: everything else is already free. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://cdpoma.github.io/doble-cam-pro/support.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BlackOut at none against Doble Cam's shown. BlackOut also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). Doble Cam's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. BlackOut sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Doble Cam sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BlackOut ships an update every 3 days, Doble Cam every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlackOut | Doble Cam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kei Konuma | Gabriel Mico |
In-app purchases
BlackOut
- BlackOut Premium$9.99
Doble Cam
- No Banner$1.99
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