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- Getting Started
What Videflo is, and what a Tape is
The one idea behind the whole app: a Tape is a single memory that keeps growing.
- Getting Started
Creating your first Tape
Name it, choose how it will be filmed, and start recording, with a few optional extras if you want them.
- Recording
Adding to a Tape you already have
How Continue Recording works, and why it's the heart of the whole app.
- Shared Tapes
Shared Tapes: one memory, filmed by everyone
Inviting people to a Tape, joining one, adding your own recordings, and what the owner controls.
- Videflo Cloud & Storage
Videflo Cloud: how backup works
What gets backed up, when, the cloud mark on a Tape's card, and the two switches that control it.
- Subscription
Restoring a purchase
Getting your subscription back after reinstalling or setting up a new phone.
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12 topics covering every part of Videflo, from your very first Tape to what happens when you move to a new phone.
Getting Started
What Videflo is, how to install it, and how to make your very first Tape.
6 articlesRecording
Using the camera, adding to a Tape, and what happens when you're interrupted.
6 articlesTapes & Library
Naming, tidying, pinning, and finding the Tapes you've made.
4 articlesCollections
Grouping Tapes that belong together, like folders for years.
1 articlePlayback
Watching a Tape back, moving through it, and the date stamp on screen.
3 articlesExporting
Saving a Tape, or one recording, to Photos as an ordinary video.
2 articlesShared Tapes
Inviting family to a Tape, adding to someone else's, Friends & Family, and notifications.
3 articlesVideflo Cloud & Storage
How backup works, freeing space on your phone, and moving to a new one.
3 articlesSubscription
The plan, storage capacities, restoring a purchase, and cancelling, all through Apple.
3 articlesPrivacy & Security
Your account, where your recordings live, who can see them, and what Videflo never does.
1 articleApp & Settings
Every screen in Settings explained, plus updates and getting in touch.
3 articlesTroubleshooting
When something isn't working, start here.
6 articles
Questions
Frequently asked
The short answers. Each one links to the article that covers it properly.
What exactly is a Tape?
A Tape is one memory that can keep growing. Rather than ending up with dozens of separate clips, you make a Tape for an occasion, such as a holiday, a birthday, or a child's first year, and add recordings to it whenever the moment happens.
Press play and the whole Tape runs from beginning to end as one continuous video, in the order things happened.
Read the full articleDo I need to create an account?
Yes, and it takes one tap: Videflo uses Sign in with Apple. There's no Videflo password. Your account is what protects your Tapes in Videflo Cloud, brings them to a new phone, and lets you share a Tape with family.
Read the full articleWhere are my recordings stored?
On your phone first, inside Videflo's own library, and once each upload finishes, in Videflo Cloud as well. Your original files on the phone are never changed, and a Tape is seen by nobody but you unless you invite them to it.
Read the full articleDoes Videflo back up my videos to the cloud?
Yes, automatically. Every recording is copied to Videflo Cloud in the background, so a Tape survives a lost or replaced phone. A recording is protected once its upload has finished; until then it exists only on your phone.
Read the full articleHow do I add more footage to a Tape I already made?
Open the Tape's menu by pressing and holding its picture, then choose Continue Recording. The new footage joins the end of that Tape automatically.
Videflo will ask you to hold the phone the same way the Tape was started, so playback stays seamless.
Read the full articleCan I share a Tape with my family?
Yes. Press and hold the Tape and choose Invite to Tape. Pick people from Friends & Family, search by @username, or send a link by text. Everyone who joins can watch the whole Tape and add their own recordings to it.
Read the full articleHow do I get a Tape out of the app?
Open the Tape, tap the ⋯ menu and choose Export Tape. Videflo turns the whole Tape into one video and saves it straight to your Photos library, where you can share it like any other video.
Read the full articleWhy can't I change a Tape's orientation or quality?
Both are fixed when the Tape is created, because everything inside a Tape plays back as one continuous video. Mixing them would mean the picture flipping or changing part way through.
If you need different settings, make a new Tape. Your existing ones are unaffected.
Read the full articleCan I edit my videos in Videflo?
No. There's no trimming, no filters, no transitions, and no timeline. A Tape is kept exactly as it was recorded. You can delete a recording you don't want, and you can export a Tape to Photos and edit the copy there.
Read the full articleWhat happens if I delete the app?
Deleting Videflo removes the recordings on that phone. Everything already in Videflo Cloud stays safe and comes back when you reinstall and sign in; a recording that hadn't finished uploading is lost with the phone.
Deleting the app also doesn't cancel a subscription. That lives in your Apple Account and has to be cancelled there.
Read the full articleHow much does Videflo cost?
One monthly subscription, $9.99 a month in the United States and shown in your own currency on the App Store, with 50 GB of Videflo Cloud included. 100 GB and 250 GB are available as upgrades.
Read the full articleHow do I cancel my subscription?
Subscriptions are billed and managed by Apple. On your iPhone, open the Settings app, tap your name at the top, then Subscriptions, and select Videflo.
Cancelling stops the next renewal; you keep access until the end of the period you've already paid for. Nothing is deleted when you cancel, and Videflo doesn't currently remove content from Videflo Cloud because a subscription has ended.
Read the full articleI've paid but Videflo is asking me to subscribe again.
Tap Restore Purchases on the subscription screen and let it finish, making sure the phone is signed in to the Apple Account that bought the subscription.
If nothing is found, check the subscription is still active in Settings → your name → Subscriptions.
Read the full articleIs there a free trial?
Videflo doesn't offer a free trial today. The subscription screen always shows the real price in your own currency before you commit to anything.
Read the full articleWhy does Videflo need camera and microphone access?
It's a camcorder: the camera records the picture and the microphone records the sound that goes with it. Without microphone access your recordings would be silent.
Both are used only while you're on the recording screen, and you can change your answer at any time in the iPhone's Settings app.
Read the full articleIs Videflo available on Android or iPad?
No. Videflo is an iPhone app and requires iOS 18 or later. There's no iPad, Mac, or Android version.
Read the full articleSomething isn't working. What should I try first?
Force-close Videflo and reopen it, then restart your phone. Check free storage and turn off Low Power Mode.
Please don't delete and reinstall the app as a first step, because a recording that hadn't finished uploading would go with it. Check your Tapes say Backed Up, and email us before doing anything drastic.
Read the full articleStill stuck? A person will read it.
Videflois made by a very small team, and every message is answered by someone who works on the app. Tell us your phone model, your iOS version, and what you were doing. It helps more than you’d think.