Android

Background Video Recorder

Background Video Recorder has 2,370,091 installs (+4.7% a month, measured over 39 days), rated 4.5 from 11,190 ratings, #3,475 of 246,337 in Tools.

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Installs
2,370,091
+25,788 (+1.1%) this week
Rating
4.5
11,190 ratings
+69 ratings (+0.6%) this week
Rank on Android
#35,572
of 2,973,704
down 1,215 since 2026-11-01
Version
1.1.25
Last updated 2026-10-12

Description

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Application to record video in the background using a widget, quick settings button at the notification panel or floating window which appears on the top of all other applications.

Privacy:
All your recorded videos will be saved only on your local device. We never make backup copies of your videos (the application doesn't have and doesn't connect to the servers)

Features:
- Background video recording - you can continue recording when the application is minimized and use other applications at the same time that do not use the camera.
- Timestamp (datetime overlay) directly on your records (optional), also you can set custom additional subtitle.
- Loop Recording - auto deletion of old video files when there is not enough space for new videos (you can set max space usage for all videos).
- Widgets - start recording directly from the home screen without launching the application.
- Schedule recording with a timer
- Separate launcher icon to start recording without launching the application.
- Floating window with recording control buttons on top of all applications.
- Automatic orientation (landscape and portrait) for video recording in background.
- Automatic change of day or night video mode.
- Recording to the internal memory of the phone or to an external SD card at any folder you select.
- Video files blocking function from overwriting during loop recording.
- Camera selection - you can use any camera for recording (rear/front), but only some devices allow you to select a camera with a wide angle lens.
- Share/upload a selected video to other applications.
- Photo creation function.
- Video screen that allows you to select a video to watch using any video playback the application, the option to delete selected videos manually.

Is Background Video Recorder safe?

StoreTally doesn't rate safety. Here's what the store and our tracking show:

  • Listed on Google Play.
  • Made by Helge Apps; developer website listed: helgeapps.github.io. Details →
  • On Google Play since 2023-11-24. Last updated 2026-10-12.
  • Rated 4.5 from 11,190 ratings. Details →

Reviews The reviews Google Play shows first (its most relevant), from the US store, in any language.

From 11,139 ratings.

Growth change in installs

Per Growth Growth % Actual change Measured over
day Not enough history yet
week +25,788 +1.1% +27,091 7.4 days
month +103,985 +4.7% +134,404 38.8 days
year Not enough history yet
How these figures are measured

Change in installs, scaled to each window from the real gap between crawls. A window needs a full period of history before it reports anything.

Installs2,370,091
2026-10-01 · 2,235,687 2026-11-09
Ratings11,190
2026-10-01 · 10,776 2026-11-09
New ratings per month+234 so far
Oct 2026 from 2026-10-01: +180 Nov 2026 so far: +234
Oct 1 Nov so far
Average rating4.5
2026-10-01 · 4.6 2026-11-09

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