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Witness: Black Screen Recorder is #157 in Photo & Video Free in France and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperOlmo Parenti
CategoryPhoto & Video
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 5.0 (1)
Version1.1.11
Age rating4+
First seen by us
13 Oct 2026
13 Oct 2026Installs (est.)500+ worldwide
Witness: Black Screen Recorder update history & changes
Last change · 11 events since 21 Aug 2026Full timeline ↓📦Now updating weekly📦Updated to version 1.1.11✏️New screenshots🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 11 events
- 📦Witness: Black Screen Recorder: now updating weekly4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Witness: Black Screen Recorder updated to version 1.1.11Équipe : filmez ensemble.
• Plusieurs téléphones filment la même manifestation, descente ou événement dans un dossier partagé.
• Invitez les autres avec un code ou un lien. Chaque téléphone continue d'envoyer vers son propre cloud, et le dossier de chaque enregistrement est partagé avec toute l'équipe.
• Les téléphones proches synchronisent leurs horloges, pour que chaque angle s'aligne.
• Exportez un seul montage multicam pour Final Cut, Premiere ou DaVinci Resolve.
• Touchez l'icône des personnes sur l'écran principal pour commencer. L'aide est désormais dans les Réglages.
Aussi : les enregistrements gardés uniquement sur votre iPhone n'occupent plus deux fois la place, et vous pouvez les envoyer plus tard en connectant un compte cloud.… more - ✏️Witness: Black Screen Recorder: new screenshots7 screenshots (was 7) · FR
- ✏️Witness: Black Screen Recorder: app got bigger7 MB → 9 MB (+27%)
- 📦Witness: Black Screen Recorder updated to version 1.1.10 (26)Cases: keep everything about one matter together. Recordings, photos, audio and files, each with its own proof, plus one report at the end.
• Add details and notes after recording, with simple checklists for encounters, accidents, property and work.
• File any past recording into a case at any time.
• Take verified photos, record audio only, or import files and screen recordings.
• Watch your recordings back right inside the app.
• Transcripts and search across all your cases (Pro).
• The on-screen time and location stamp is now free for everyone.
• Swipe right on the main screen to open Cases.
• Stabilization (Pro): choose Off, Standard, Cinematic or Extreme, for steady footage even while walking or running.
• Much more accurate transcripts on iOS 26, especially in languages other than English, done entirely on your iPhone.
• Choose whether the Action Button, widget and Siri start recording with a black screen or with the camera showing.
• Recording folders in your cloud now get their location even when recording starts the instant you press the Action Button.
• You can support Witness with a donation from Settings.… more - ✏️Witness: Black Screen Recorder: app got bigger5 MB → 7 MB (+47%)
- 📦Witness: Black Screen Recorder updated to version 1.1.8 (24)New in Witness Pro: record with both rear lenses at once. The 1× and 0.5× lenses film side by side as two separate videos, so you can choose the framing afterwards.
The Pro page now shows a short tour of everything Pro adds.
Fixed: with picture-in-picture or highlight export on, the extra video could fail to reach your cloud storage. It now uploads alongside your other recordings.
Also: the stop button is now red and easier to find after you triple-tap.… more - 📦Witness: Black Screen Recorder updated to version 1.1.7 (23)Prévenez une personne de confiance, avec votre position. Pendant un enregistrement, un nouveau bouton de localisation vous permet d'envoyer votre dernière position connue à vos contacts d'urgence par SMS et par e-mail. C'est vous qui touchez Envoyer, donc rien ne part sans vous.
Witness Pro :
• Export des temps forts : obtenez une version plus courte de votre vidéo, sans les temps morts silencieux, en plus de l'enregistrement complet.
• L'horodatage et le lieu visibles sur votre vidéo s'affichent désormais à l'endroit, bien rangés dans le coin. Ils étaient à l'envers et trop grands auparavant. Toutes nos excuses.
Aussi au programme :
• Si l'accès à l'appareil photo ou au micro était désactivé, « Démarrer l'enregistrement » vous mène directement aux Réglages pour l'activer.
• Vous pouvez ajouter un contact d'urgence avec un simple numéro de téléphone.
• Configuration pas à pas du bouton Action dans les Réglages.
• Beaucoup d'autres écrans sont désormais traduits.
• Correction de l'incrustation qui passait derrière la caméra principale après l'inversion des vues.… more - 🆕Witness: Black Screen Recorder first spotted by AppInsider#79 in Top Free · Photo & Video · France
- 📦Witness: Black Screen Recorder version 1.1.6Elapsed-recording timer in the viewfinder
Two new Pro features: visible timestamp/GPS burn-in, and picture-in-picture dual-camera export
Home-screen viewfinder toggle (off by default, resets every launch for safety) + main/selfie view swap while dual-camera filming
Fixed a z-order bug where swapping main view let the new main camera visually cover the picture-in-picture inset instead of sitting under it
Onboarding's welcome page now shows the app's own logo instead of a generic icon
Pro upsell prompt (in-app only, never a push notification) on launch 2 and 20, explicitly stating the free app stays fully free either way… more - 🆕Witness: Black Screen Recorder released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
5.0 ★
1 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#157
Photo & Video FreeMeasured
Witness: Black Screen Recorder on the App Store
App details
App ID
6800375426
Publisher
Olmo Parenti
On the store since
Aug 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 17.0+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Content rating
4+
Languages
5
EN FR DE IT ES
Size
9 MB
Witness: Black Screen Recorder downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| France | Photo & VideoFree | #157 |
Apps near Witness: Black Screen Recorder on the chart
Photo & Video Free, around #157.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
5.0 ★
1 ratings
Measured
Ratings
1
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
5.0★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
47/100
faster than 45% of Photo & Video apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
About Witness: Black Screen Recorder
They can take your phone. They can't take the video.
Witness records with a black screen and uploads to your own cloud while you film, second by second. If your phone is grabbed, smashed or you're told to delete, the footage is already somewhere nobody else can touch.
For police stops, protests, arrests, or any moment you need proof.
RECORD WITHOUT DRAWING ATTENTION
• Black screen: the phone looks off while it records.
• Start in a second with the Action Button, a widget or Siri, without opening the app.
• Choose whether it starts with a black screen or with the camera showing.
UPLOADS WHILE YOU RECORD
• Video goes to your Google Drive, Dropbox or iCloud in pieces as you film.
• If the recording is cut off, everything already uploaded stays in your cloud.
• Your videos go straight from your phone to your account. We never see them.
EVIDENCE THAT HOLDS UP
• Date, time and location on every recording.
• Burn the time and place into the video, free.
• Every file carries a fingerprint that shows it hasn't been edited.
CASES
• Keep everything about one matter together: videos, photos, audio and files.
• Add what happened right after, with simple checklists for arrests, accidents, housing and work.
• Watch your recordings back inside the app.
• Export one report for your lawyer, your organisation or the press.
WITNESS PRO
• Stabilisation: off, standard, cinematic or extreme. Steady footage even when walking or running.
• Transcripts of everything said, searchable across all your cases, made on your phone.
• Higher quality and more lenses.
• Time and location stamp without the Witness tag.
Witness is independent and funded by donations and Pro. No ads. We don't sell your data.
Record. It uploads. It's safe.
Witness records with a black screen and uploads to your own cloud while you film, second by second. If your phone is grabbed, smashed or you're told to delete, the footage is already somewhere nobody else can touch.
For police stops, protests, arrests, or any moment you need proof.
RECORD WITHOUT DRAWING ATTENTION
• Black screen: the phone looks off while it records.
• Start in a second with the Action Button, a widget or Siri, without opening the app.
• Choose whether it starts with a black screen or with the camera showing.
UPLOADS WHILE YOU RECORD
• Video goes to your Google Drive, Dropbox or iCloud in pieces as you film.
• If the recording is cut off, everything already uploaded stays in your cloud.
• Your videos go straight from your phone to your account. We never see them.
EVIDENCE THAT HOLDS UP
• Date, time and location on every recording.
• Burn the time and place into the video, free.
• Every file carries a fingerprint that shows it hasn't been edited.
CASES
• Keep everything about one matter together: videos, photos, audio and files.
• Add what happened right after, with simple checklists for arrests, accidents, housing and work.
• Watch your recordings back inside the app.
• Export one report for your lawyer, your organisation or the press.
WITNESS PRO
• Stabilisation: off, standard, cinematic or extreme. Steady footage even when walking or running.
• Transcripts of everything said, searchable across all your cases, made on your phone.
• Higher quality and more lenses.
• Time and location stamp without the Witness tag.
Witness is independent and funded by donations and Pro. No ads. We don't sell your data.
Record. It uploads. It's safe.
Latest updates
1.1.11
Équipe : filmez ensemble.
• Plusieurs téléphones filment la même manifestation, descente ou événement dans un dossier partagé.
• Invitez les autres avec un code ou un lien. Chaque téléphone continue d'envoyer vers son propre cloud, et le dossier de chaque enregistrement est partagé avec toute l'équipe.
• Les téléphones proches synchronisent leurs horloges, pour que chaque angle s'aligne.
• Exportez un seul montage multicam pour Final Cut, Premiere ou DaVinci Resolve.
• Touchez l'icône des personnes sur l'écran principal pour commencer. L'aide est désormais dans les Réglages.
Aussi : les enregistrements gardés uniquement sur votre iPhone n'occupent plus deux fois la place, et vous pouvez les envoyer plus tard en connectant un compte cloud.
1.1.10 (26)
Cases: keep everything about one matter together. Recordings, photos, audio and files, each with its own proof, plus one report at the end.
• Add details and notes after recording, with simple checklists for encounters, accidents, property and work.
• File any past recording into a case at any time.
• Take verified photos, record audio only, or import files and screen recordings.
• Watch your recordings back right inside the app.
• Transcripts and search across all your cases (Pro).
• The on-screen time and location stamp is now free for everyone.
• Swipe right on the main screen to open Cases.
• Stabilization (Pro): choose Off, Standard, Cinematic or Extreme, for steady footage even while walking or running.
• Much more accurate transcripts on iOS 26, especially in languages other than English, done entirely on your iPhone.
• Choose whether the Action Button, widget and Siri start recording with a black screen or with the camera showing.
• Recording folders in your cloud now get their location even when recording starts the instant you press the Action Button.
• You can support Witness with a donation from Settings.
1.1.8 (24)
New in Witness Pro: record with both rear lenses at once. The 1× and 0.5× lenses film side by side as two separate videos, so you can choose the framing afterwards.
The Pro page now shows a short tour of everything Pro adds.
Fixed: with picture-in-picture or highlight export on, the extra video could fail to reach your cloud storage. It now uploads alongside your other recordings.
Also: the stop button is now red and easier to find after you triple-tap.
Store changes
What Witness: Black Screen Recorder changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New screenshots
7 screenshots (was 7)
App got bigger
7 MB → 9 MB (+27%)
App got bigger
5 MB → 7 MB (+47%)