VideoBro — Point six phones at the same weekend. Get back one film.
Everyone records into one shared tape, straight from their own phone. When it’s full, hit develop, and every clip comes back stitched into one finished film. Nobody has to be the editor.
Free on iOS · Try it as a guest, no account needed
OBX · June ’26
Dad’s 60th
Maddie graduates
Lake weekend
How a tape gets made
Five steps, start to keepsake. Everyone’s in it, and no one spends Sunday night editing.
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Start a tape
Create it, name it. A tape fills like a cassette: clips stack in order until it’s full.
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Invite the crew
Send the link — Messages, AirDrop, wherever. Whoever opens it films into the same tape.
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Everyone films into it
Each person records straight into the tape from their own phone, or pulls from the camera roll. Every clip is credited to whoever shot it, and uploads catch up in the background if you’re offline.
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Develop it
When the tape’s full, anyone hits develop. Everything everyone shot comes back as one film, in order, trims kept. The payoff, not the paywall.
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Keep it forever
The film lands in your Cabinet: watch it full-screen, sort films into folders, download, or send a link anyone can open in a browser — app or no app.
A film, not a feed.
The camera roll is where group footage goes to die — a dozen half-dark clips stranded on a dozen phones, and a group chat where “someone should make a video” goes unanswered forever.
VideoBro is where it actually gets made. Not posted — made. The hard part was never the editing. It was collecting everyone’s clips in one place. A tape does that by default, and develop does the cut.
- Invite-only, always. No feed, no followers, no public grid. Share links are unlisted — only the people you send them to can watch.
- It ends in a film, not a pile. Shared albums collect clips nobody ever stitches. Here, the film is the whole point.
- Everyone can watch. Friends without the app — Android, laptop, grandma — open the film on a plain web page.
What it costs
Free is the real thing, not a demo. Pro just sells headroom.
- Developing filmsUnlimited
- TapesUnlimited
- Footage1 hour
- Crew5 per tape
- 1080p, no watermarkIncluded
- Everything in FreeIncluded
- Footage50 hours
- Crew10 per tape
- Tape lengthUp to 2 hours
Developing is never paywalled. And not included on any plan: feeds, followers, a For You page, or comments from strangers.
Fair questions
Do I need an account to try VideoBro?
No. You can record clips, build tapes, and edit fully as a guest — everything lives privately on your phone. A free account only comes up when it unlocks something new: inviting friends, sharing, or developing a tape. And when you do sign up, every guest tape and clip moves over automatically — names, order, and edits intact.
Do my friends need the app to join in?
To film into a shared tape, yes — contributing takes the iOS app and a free account, and invites are one tap (Sign in with Apple included). But to watch? Anyone you send a film link to can watch it right in their browser. App or no app, account or no account.
Is it iPhone only?
The app is iOS-only for now. Friends on Android or a computer can still watch any developed film through a link in their browser — they just can’t film into the tape.
What does “developing” a tape mean?
It’s the payoff. Developing stitches every clip in the tape — everyone’s, in order, trims included — into one polished, finished film. It’s free and unlimited on every tier, including the free one. Finished films live in your Cabinet, ready to watch, download, and share.
What’s the Cabinet?
The shelf where your developed films live, separate from in-progress tapes. Sort films into folders, lock private ones behind Face ID or a passcode, pick a thumbnail, download films to your phone, or share any film by link.
What does it cost?
Free gets you the real thing: unlimited tapes, an hour of footage to fill them, a crew of 5, and unlimited developed films. Pro — $7.99 a month or $69.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial for first-time subscribers — raises the ceiling to 50 hours of footage, crews of 10, and tapes up to two hours long.
Who can see our tape and our film?
Only your crew. Tapes are invite-only, and share links are unlisted — visible only to the people you send them to. There’s no feed, no discovery, no public anything.