Gildam turns a mounted iPhone into a dashcam that records while the app stays open on screen. Mark the moments you want to revisit, then find them again on a map alongside the video once you have arrived. Trim just the part you need and save it to Photos or share it.
Gildam is designed to keep your hands off the phone while driving. You set it up before you leave, and you review and edit after the drive is over.
Before you set off, mount your iPhone securely and start a drive. Gildam records through the rear camera for as long as the app stays on screen.
A mark is a bookmark pointing to that moment in the original video. We recommend marking only when stopped, or letting a passenger do it.
Drives recorded with location show the route and your marks on a map, with the video playing picture in picture. Tap a mark to jump straight to that moment.
Select the range you need and save it to Photos or share it. The original recording stays untouched.
iOS Simulator captures. Korean interface; maps and drives are test data.
This is what is being built right now, described as it is. Details may change before release.
For drives recorded with location, a full map shows the route, start and end points, and your marks while the video plays in a small picture-in-picture window. Expand the video and the map floats as the picture-in-picture instead, so you can still see where you were.
A range opens 30 seconds either side of the playhead; drag its handles to adjust. Saving to Photos keeps the original quality, with an optional date and time stamp. When sharing, choose original, 1080p, or 720p. Video is never upscaled.
Choose resolution and frame rate within what your iPhone supports. The default is 4K at 60 fps, and you can zoom or switch lenses mid-recording. Portrait or landscape mounting is set in Settings.
A mark does not cut or duplicate footage; it simply remembers a moment in the original. Even when the screen has dimmed, a double tap adds a mark without interrupting the recording.
With location access, Gildam saves the route and where each mark was made. Stretches without a location fix are never guessed or filled in, and recording and marking carry on without location.
After the delay you choose, the preview fades to a dark clock screen. A single tap brings it back, and recording carries on throughout.
While recording, Gildam shows the recording time remaining, and stops recording if free space drops below 2 GB so existing footage is protected. Automatic cleanup of older drives is off by default.
If the app quits unexpectedly, it is designed to recover the readable part of the recording on next launch, along with any marks inside it.
We would rather be clear up front about what is not supported.
Gildam is not yet on the App Store. It is currently in internal testing while recording, review, and range saving are refined. When a release date and format are decided, this page will be the first place to say so.
The software studio behind Gildam opened for business.
TestFlight builds have gone to an internal test group. This is not a public beta.
Long drives, heat, interruptions such as calls and notifications, and audio playback all need hands-on checks on a real device, separate from automated tests.
There is no release date yet.
JP LAB is a small software studio making iOS apps. Planning, design, and development of Gildam are all done in house.
Protect the original footage. Show missing location as missing. Never promise performance that has not been verified. These are the standards Gildam is built to.
No. Gildam records only while the app is on screen. If you switch apps or a call interrupts recording, the footage up to that point is saved and closed, and you need to resume recording yourself.
Before you set off, mount your iPhone securely where it does not block your view, check that the portrait or landscape orientation in Settings matches how it is mounted, and then start recording. The app does not follow device rotation, so a mismatch saves the video rotated.
Long recordings need plenty of free storage and power. Do not operate the app while driving; add marks only when stopped or with a passenger.
No. There is no collision detection or automatic incident saving. Recordings stay on your iPhone until you delete them, or until automatic cleanup removes them if you have turned that setting on.
No. Gildam is still in development, and depending on device condition, heat, storage, permissions, and mounting, recording may stop or miss the moment you wanted. It is not a substitute for a dedicated dashcam or any safety device, and safe driving remains the driver's responsibility.
Gildam cannot submit footage to authorities. Save or share the range you need, then attach it yourself following the instructions of the service you are using.
That cannot be guaranteed. Image quality depends heavily on the iPhone camera, lighting, distance, speed, and the condition of the windshield. Gildam does not read plates automatically either.
Yes. Recording and marking work without location; those drives simply open straight in the video player, without a map. If you deny microphone access, video is recorded without sound.
On your iPhone. There is no account and no cloud upload; saving to Photos and sharing happen only when you choose to.
There is no public download yet and no release date. Once there is, it will be announced on this page.
