VideoBro / Storage & the free plan
Free to start. 2 GB, and the whole product.
Space is the only thing a plan changes. Everything else is the same for everyone. Here's what counts, and what stays.
VideoBro measures space in plain gigabytes (1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes), the way your phone's storage screen does.
The free plan
Not a demo, not a trial. The real product, with a shelf that holds 2 GB, about an hour of footage.
Making tapes, inviting people, trimming, developing into a film, the Tape Cabinet with its shelves and Face ID, sharing by link, watching on the web: all of it is in the free plan. When the 2 GB is used up, VideoBro simply stops taking new footage until you make room. Nothing you've already made is touched. Exactly how much footage that is depends on what your iPhone camera is set to, and the video storage calculator works it out setting by setting.
Paid plans are coming. They'll do one thing: give you a bigger shelf. We'll publish the details when they're ready, and the app will tell you the same day. There's no trial to expire and nothing to unlock in the meantime.
What counts toward your space
One rule, per tape: it counts either the footage or the film, never both.
A tape you're still working on
Counts the footage on it: every clip, whoever shot it. Trim a clip and the original still counts until the tape is developed, because the original is what your trim is applied to.
A developed tape
Counts only its finished film. Once the tape is developed and closed, the raw clips stop counting even though they're kept around in case you want to keep editing. A film is normally smaller than the clips that made it, so developing usually shrinks your usage.
A tape you've reopened with Continue Editing
Back to counting its footage, because it's an Active Tape again. Develop Changes and it goes back to counting the film.
Never counted
Previews, thumbnails, cover frames, and older versions of a film you've re-developed. Those are VideoBro's overhead, not yours.
Shared tapes: who pays for what
The person who started the tape holds the space for it. Simple on purpose.
Everything on your tape counts against your 2 GB, including the clips your friends add. Joining someone else's tape uses none of yours.
So a week away with seven other people filming into your tape is your shelf doing the work. Keep an eye on the meter, or develop as you go: a developed tape only counts its film. If your shelf fills up, your crew can't add clips either until you make room; the app tells them "The owner of this tape is out of room."
When a tape is developed, everyone on it gets the film in their own Cabinet. That film sits on the owner's shelf. The crew's copies are free. The one exception: if the owner later clears the film and you'd kept your copy, your copy moves onto your own shelf, because now you're the only one keeping it.
When the shelf is full, nothing is deleted.
This is the rule the whole storage model is built around, so it gets its own box. VideoBro never deletes anything of yours because you ran out of room. It just stops taking more.
The app says exactly that when it happens: "You've filled your 2 GB shelf. Nothing has been deleted."
- Blocked until you make room: adding new clips to your tapes, and developing.
- Still works: watching, sharing links, saving films to your Camera Roll, everything in the Cabinet.
- To make room: delete clips or a whole tape you're still working on, or remove a film from your Cabinet.
Four different things people mix up
Each one has its own rule. None of them touches a finished film your crew still holds.
1. Cleanup after Develop
After you develop a tape, its raw clips stay so you can keep editing. Once the tape has gone 30 quiet days (nothing added, removed or trimmed, and no re-develop), VideoBro clears the raw clips behind the film, and the working tape they sat on, to save space. Touch the tape and the 30 days start over.
The finished film is never touched by this. We email you and everyone on the tape about 10 days and again about 3 days before. No email sent, no cleanup. Clips that aren't inside a finished film are never cleared. Same rule on every plan.
2. Being over your space
Nothing is deleted. New footage and developing wait until you make room. See the box above.
3. A paid plan ending
There are no paid plans yet, but the rule is already written down because it matters: if a paid subscription ends, your whole library stays intact for 12 months. We email you when it starts, at six months, three months, one month and one week. Re-subscribe at any point in that year and everything stays exactly as it was.
After the year, your account is trimmed to what fits the free 2 GB: newest finished films first, then newest tapes. A film anyone else on the tape still holds is never removed. A tape you share is protected as long as anyone on it has a paid plan, and your crew is emailed several times before anything on a shared tape changes. You can save any film to your Camera Roll at any point before then.
4. Deleting your account
Delete Account is in your Profile. Nothing happens for 30 days; signing back in during that time cancels it completely, and we email you when you ask and again one week before it's permanent.
After 30 days, your account, the tapes you own with all their raw clips, and any film nobody else still holds are permanently removed. A finished film your crew has in their Cabinets stays with them: it's their copy too. If you're a collaborator on someone else's tape, only your own clips and your membership are removed; their tape stays.
The full rules, in legal language, are in the Privacy Policy and Terms. This page is the plain-English version and never contradicts them.
What VideoBro is built to keep
The finished film. Everything else is scaffolding.
Raw clips are working material. They exist so the film can be made and, for a while afterwards, changed. The film is the thing: it's what lands in every crew member's Cabinet, what a link plays, what stays after the clips are cleared, what survives someone leaving the tape or deleting their account.
We won't tell you it's kept "forever", because nobody can honestly promise that about anything on the internet, and our Terms are clear that VideoBro is not a backup service. What we will tell you is every rule that could ever move a film, and it's the list above. For anything irreplaceable, Download to Camera Roll is one tap in the Cabinet.
Storage questions
What do I get for free?
2 GB of space, and the whole product: several tapes at once, up to 8 people on each, trimming, developing, the Tape Cabinet, sharing by link, and the web Cabinet. There is no trial and nothing to unlock. Space is the only thing a paid plan will ever change.
Is there a paid plan?
Not yet. Paid plans with more room are coming, and we'll publish the details when they're ready. They will change one thing: how much space you have. Every product rule stays the same on every plan.
Does joining a friend's tape use my space?
No. Everything on a tape counts against the space of the person who started it, including clips other people add. Joining someone else's tape uses none of yours, and the film you receive from it doesn't either.
What happens when my 2 GB is full?
Nothing is deleted, ever, because you hit the cap. New footage just stops being accepted until you make room, and so does developing. Make room by deleting clips or a tape you're still working on, or removing a film from your Cabinet. The app tells you plainly: 'Nothing has been deleted.'
Does developing use more space?
Usually less. A tape counts either its footage (while you're working on it) or its finished film (once it's developed and closed), never both. A finished film is normally smaller than the clips that went into it, so developing tends to free up room.
What gets cleaned up after I develop a tape?
The raw clips behind the film, and only after 30 quiet days. After you develop, the clips stay so you can keep editing. Once the tape has gone 30 days with nothing added, removed or trimmed, VideoBro clears the raw clips to save space. Your finished film is never touched by this. We email you and your crew about 10 days and 3 days beforehand.
What happens if I delete my account?
Nothing for 30 days. Signing back in during that time cancels the deletion completely. After 30 days your account, the tapes you own with their raw clips, and any film nobody else still holds are permanently removed. A finished film your crew has in their Cabinets stays with them, because it's their copy too.