StarLapse How it works
In development · Coming to the App Store

Capture the stars
while you sleep.

Point your iPhone at the sky, choose when it should stop, and wake up with a beautiful timelapse. No ISO. No shutter speed. No tripod jargon. Just the night sky, turned into a memory.

See how it works →

Built entirely on native Apple frameworks · Enhanced by Apple Intelligence

Pointat the sky
Seta stop time
Sleepthrough the night
Wake upwith a video

The night sky is hard to capture. It shouldn't be.

You're traveling. The stars are unreal. You reach for your phone — and get a black rectangle. Pro camera apps drown you in settings: exposure, focus distance, RAW, stacking, intervals. StarLapse takes a different path. It asks a couple of simple questions and handles everything else automatically.

How it works

Four steps. Zero technical knowledge.

1

Prop it up

Lean your iPhone against a backpack, bottle, rock, or rail. The app confirms it's stable.

2

Choose a stop

In an hour, at sunrise, or when the battery runs low. StarLapse plans the rest.

3

Tap start

The screen dims and the app quietly captures frame after frame through the night.

4

Wake up to a video

A finished timelapse, ready to save or share — vertical, square, or landscape.

What's inside

Quietly clever, radically simple.

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Automatic night settings

Exposure, focus, and intervals are chosen for you and locked for the whole session. No menus, no guessing.

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Stop at sunrise

Start now and let it run. StarLapse stops itself just before dawn — the most magical capture there is.

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Readiness checks

Battery, storage, stability, and sky brightness are checked before you commit, with honest, friendly warnings.

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Beautiful exports

Get a smooth timelapse plus a best-still photo and a star-trail image — vertical, square, or landscape.

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Built for travel

Cabins, deserts, balconies, campsites. One-purpose, offline-friendly, and forgiving of imperfect setups.

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Honest results

This is your real night sky, captured over time — never a fake Milky Way pasted in by AI.

Apple Intelligence

An assistant for the night, not a gimmick.

On supported iPhones, just say what you want. Apple Intelligence turns plain language into a complete capture plan — then explains it in words anyone can understand. Everything runs on-device, and the app works fully without it.

  • Natural-language setup — "Capture the stars until sunrise, make it vertical."
  • Plain-English guidance — no ISO or shutter values, just what's happening and why.
  • Post-capture summaries — "Captured 1h 42m, removed 14 blurry frames, best part near 2:30 AM."
  • Smart names & export tips — "Stars over Atacama," cropped for the way the sky moved.
Privacy

Your night stays on your iPhone.

Captures and AI-assisted recommendations process on-device. Location is optional and used only to improve sunrise, moon, and sky suggestions. Nothing leaves your phone unless you choose to share it.

Under the hood

100% native Apple frameworks.

No third-party engines. Just Apple's own tools, the way iPhone photography is meant to feel.

SwiftUI AVFoundation Apple Intelligence Foundation Models Core Image Photos WeatherKit Core Location
Phase 0 prototype in progress

Be there on the first clear night.

StarLapse is still in development — coming to the App Store. Built entirely on native Apple frameworks and enhanced by Apple Intelligence.