If you’ve spent any time scrolling through social media over the past few years, there is a good chance you’ve come across Derrick Downey Jr. The digital creator racked up millions of views by befriending and chronicling the daily lives of his local neighborhood squirrels.
Now, Downey recently launched DualShot Recorder, a brand-new mobile app designed to solve one of the most frustrating pain points for modern digital creators. The internet is clearly loving it: in less than 24 hours following its release, the app skyrocketed to the number one spot among paid apps on the Apple App Store, and it even got a surprise, unofficial commercial from KevOnStage just because he loved it so much.
In today’s multi-platform world, creators are constantly being pulled in two different directions. Platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts demand vertical (9:16) video, while traditional YouTube and streaming formats still rely on horizontal (16:9) video.
Historically, creators have been forced to either set up two different cameras, film the exact same scene twice, or awkwardly crop a horizontal video into a vertical frame, which often ruins the composition in post-production.
Enter DualShot Recorder. Developed under Downey’s DDJR Productions banner, the app allows iPhone users to seamlessly record both portrait and landscape videos at the exact same time. With a single tap of the record button, the app utilizes the iPhone’s dual rear cameras (typically the wide and ultra-wide lenses) to capture two perfectly synchronized, natively framed files.
Instead of dealing with clunky editing workflows or losing image quality through reframing, creators instantly get two distinct files saved directly to their phone’s Photos library, ready to be uploaded to their respective platforms.
Beyond the convenience, DualShot Recorder is winning over users with its pro-grade features and consumer-friendly pricing. The app supports 4K and 1080p resolution at 24, 30, or 60 frames per second. It also features a handy real-time storage estimator so creators know exactly how much space they have left mid-take.
Perhaps the most refreshing aspect of Downey’s app is its business and privacy model. In an era plagued by expensive monthly subscriptions and data harvesting, DualShot Recorder is a simple, one-time lifetime purchase of $6.99. It also boasts a strict privacy-first policy: no accounts are required, no ads are shown, and no user data is collected or transmitted to external servers. Everything is processed locally right on your device.
Currently, DualShot Recorder is optimized for the iPhone XS or newer in order to take advantage of Apple’s multi-camera hardware. However, non-Apple users won’t be left out for long. Downey has confirmed that an Android version is already in the works and coming soon.
Photo Credit: Instagram/DerrickDowneyJr
