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GOOD THOUGHTS. YOUR VOICE.

A voice-following teleprompter and video studio for iPhone.

Write what you want to say and read it at the lens. The script moves as you speak and waits when you pause. Stumble on a line and you redo that sentence, not the whole take. Then one tap cuts the silences and adds captions, ready to edit, reshape and post from the same iPhone.

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Needs iOS 26.5 or later and a paid plan. Voice-following works in the speech languages your iPhone supports.

Lightshot recorder: the script line “A good thought” under the front camera, the next word lit, with pace, style and record controls
Lightshot review screen after a take, with the Punch caption style, Cut gaps, Clean audio, Generate captions, Edit video and Auto edit
Lightshot video editor: a captioned portrait video above a frame timeline, with Cut, Captions, Text, Stickers, Audio and Filters tools
Lightshot caption styles panel with one, two or three line choices and a grid of style previews under the video
Lightshot Scripts tab listing five short scripts, each with its word count, running time and delivery style
Lightshot Settings: prompter layout, text size, countdown and Colour legend settings, then starting pace, starting style and Follow my voice
Lightshot script editor: a 28-word script with delivery styles, a pace slider at 145 words a minute and words colored to lift, land or pause

Room for another go

Redo the sentence.
Keep the thought.

Keep the opening you like. Go back to the sentence that needs another go, then carry on in the same take.

Lightshot recorder with the current script word near the front camera and the record button below
The recorder, before you pause.

  1. Pause the take

    Tap record. The clock stops and the script holds its place. Take a breath before deciding what to replace.

  2. Return to the sentence

    Choose Redo the last sentence. The recording is cut back and the script returns to that sentence.

  3. Say it again

    Check the lit word, then tap record to continue. Finish when you’re ready and Lightshot joins the parts into one take.

A sentence redo keeps the earlier words in this part and replaces the latest sentence.

If the sentence began in an earlier part, redo removes the whole last part instead.

Explore sentence retakes

From script to
finished video.

Prepare the words, read them at the lens and shape the take. The whole workflow is on your iPhone.

01Prepare

Start with words you would say.

Paste your words, import a document or start from a template. Lift, land and breathe cues help you mark the delivery you have in mind. Explore scripts and tone cues.

  • Imports up to 50,000 characters, line breaks kept
  • Word count and running time at your pace
  • Four delivery styles, with a pace you can adjust
  • Rehearse without recording
Mark with Apple Intelligence and Draft it for me need an iPhone with Apple Intelligence turned on. The automatic marks work on every iPhone.
Lightshot script editor showing the Natural, Energetic, Calm and Authority styles, a pace slider and a script marked with lift, land and pause cues
Lightshot IN FOCUS

Lift, land and breathe, marked on the words.

02Record

Read at the lens.

Your words sit just below the front camera. Voice-follow learns your pace and waits when you pause. You can also choose a fixed scrolling speed.

Use a second iPhone as your prompter, or narrate a screen recording with your face in a bubble. Control the open recorder from your paired Apple Watch.

  • Voice-following, or auto pace from 60 to 240 words a minute
  • Redo the last sentence without restarting
  • Portrait or landscape, 1080p or 4K
Voice-following uses Apple’s on-device speech recognition in the languages your iPhone supports; Settings › Help and support lists them. 4K and 60 fps depend on the front camera.
Lightshot recorder: one line of script under the front camera with the next word lit, a tone color legend, pace 145 WPM and the record button
Lightshot IN FOCUS

Your pace. Your pauses. Your point of view.

03Edit

Make the take your video.

Tap Auto edit for silence cuts and captions. Then adjust the cut, add music or a voice-over, and choose the shape for your video.

  • One-tap silence cuts and captions
  • 34 looks and 17 adjustment sliders
  • A blurred, colored or picture background behind you
Removing filler words is an English-only beta, off by default. Demo takes keep every second of the screen recording, so their silences aren’t cut.
Lightshot video editor with the caption “A good thought” on the video, a frame timeline with a caption track, and the editing toolbar
Lightshot IN FOCUS

Keep the insight. Finish the video.

A real recording

One take.
Before and after.

A short explanation about a website redesign, recorded and edited in Lightshot. Play the original, then the finished version. Compare the pauses, the picture and the captions. Turn on sound to hear the difference.

Before

Original recording · 44.7 seconds
Open original video MP4 · 14 MB

After

Edited in Lightshot · 39.0 seconds
Open edited video MP4 · 13 MB

Less quiet time. More of the message.

This example brings together silence cuts, background-noise cleaning, styled captions and picture adjustments. Clean audio and silence cutting are separate tools. Review the joins and caption words before you share.

Watch with sound, at your pace.

Both clips keep their supplied soundtracks. Use the player controls to pause, seek or go full screen. The shorter duration describes this take; results depend on your recording.

See how silence cutting works
Read the words shown in the edited video

Text and optional player captions follow the edited video’s on-screen words. Caption timing on the original is approximate. Visual description: a speaker talks to the camera against a blue wall. The edited version adds highlighted captions and changes the picture’s color and brightness.

You could spend your redesign budget on a homepage your next client never sees.

Someone searching for a motoring solicitor might land straight on that service page. They're worried about their licence. They need to know whether you handle their situation and how to reach you.

That thinking shaped our Scarsdale Solicitors rebuild. Clear routes through the firm services.

So where would you spend first? I'll check where potential clients arrive and what's stopping them enquiring. Before approving a new homepage, open your busiest service page on your phone. Can you find those answers without hunting?

Your words.
Your kind of captions.

Captions start with what you said. Correct the words, choose from 111 styles and make the details your own. See the caption tools.

A woman in a sunlit studio, used here to preview caption styles
Good thoughts
travel far.
Find your feel
Make some room

An illustration of caption styling, not a screen from the app. Lightshot has 111 styles to choose from and customize.

111

caption styles.
Each one yours to adjust.

01

Check every word

Generate captions after the take with on-device speech recognition, then correct any line with Edit all.

02

Choose one to three lines

Set the words per caption, size, highlight, outline and shadow, then save the result as a style of your own.

03

Translate the captions

Translate English captions into a language Apple’s Translation framework supports. The timing stays and your voice stays in English.

Speech recognition and translation work in the languages your iPhone supports, and some language files download the first time. Translation changes the captions, not the audio.

Made to stay
in your hands.

Editing happens on the phone

Captions, silence cuts, looks and exports are rendered on your iPhone. Every plan includes every tool, with no editing credits to buy.

Your takes stay on your iPhone

Scripts, takes and edits are stored on your iPhone. A video goes to Lightshot’s server only when you post or schedule it, and it’s deleted as soon as every network has finished with it.

Read the privacy policy

Parts are saved as you record

Recording parts are saved as you go. A call or leaving the app pauses the take; after an interrupted session, Lightshot can recover the saved parts on the next launch.

How take recovery works

Made for iPhone with iOS 26.5 or later. Apple Intelligence tools need a supported iPhone, and 4K or 60 fps recording depends on the front camera.

What would you
like to make?

Start with a guide for the video you have in mind. You can also explore every feature or compare Lightshot with other apps before choosing.

A first introductionLet people meet the person behind the work.Make a coach intro A product worth explainingPut your own voice behind the launch.Plan a founder video A script ready to sayFind room for the words. And the pauses.Try the script timer

The thought behind Lightshot

Good thoughts,
in your own voice.

The founder knew the feeling: something worth sharing, and a prompter that moved at a pace of its own. Lightshot grew from wanting room to speak, pause and try a sentence again.

The founder describes the Igbo meaning of Lightshot as good thoughts, wisdom and knowledge. A lesson, an explanation or a skill, passed on.

Read the story behind Lightshot

A week of ideas.
Or a year of sharing.

Every plan includes the tools to record, finish and share your ideas. Choose weekly, monthly or yearly billing.

From a thought
to a video worth sharing.

The same features in all three plans.

  • Voice-following teleprompter, auto pace and rehearsal
  • Pause, redo the last sentence or delete the last part mid-take
  • One-tap auto edit: silence cuts and captions on your iPhone
  • 111 caption styles, one to three lines, caption translation
  • Video editor with looks, backgrounds, music, voice-over and brand kit
  • Demo takes and a second iPhone as your prompter
  • Apple Watch remote, Bluetooth remotes and foot pedals
  • Exports up to 4K, or 8K where your iPhone supports it, no watermark
  • Posting and scheduling to the networks you connect
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Lightshot subscription

Every feature included.

$3.99/week · $9.99/month · $59.99/year

$59.99/year

$5.00/month equivalent, billed $59.99 yearly.

Save $59.89 compared with 12 monthly payments.

Subscribe to Lightshot

A paid subscription is required to use Lightshot.
Charged when you subscribe. No free trial.

Prices are US base prices in US dollars. You subscribe in the Lightshot iPhone app through the App Store, which shows your local price before you buy. Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Apple’s standard terms of use apply.

You create your Lightshot account with Sign in with Apple when you choose a plan in the app, and your subscription stays with it on every iPhone you sign in on. 4K, Enhance, speech and translation depend on compatible devices, supported languages and available models.

A closer look at pricing

BEFORE YOUR FIRST TAKE.

Common questions about Lightshot

More answers in Help
What is Lightshot?

Lightshot is a voice-following teleprompter and video studio for iPhone. You write or import a script, read it from a line under the front camera while it follows your voice, then cut the silences, add captions, edit and post or schedule the video from the same phone.

Where can I get Lightshot?

Lightshot is an iPhone app for iOS 26.5 or later. It is sold as a subscription through Apple’s App Store, and the Get Lightshot buttons on this site show whether the listing is live yet. There is no Android, iPad or web version.

Do I need an account and a subscription?

Yes. Lightshot is paid only, with no free plan and no trial. In the app you choose a weekly, monthly or yearly plan, create your Lightshot account with Sign in with Apple, then confirm the payment with Apple. Every plan includes every feature, and the App Store shows your local price before you confirm.

Which iPhones does Lightshot work on?

Any iPhone running iOS 26.5 or later. A few tools depend on the model: Mark with Apple Intelligence and Draft it for me need an iPhone with Apple Intelligence, 4K and 60 fps recording depend on the front camera, and voice-following works in the speech languages your iPhone supports.

Does the teleprompter follow my voice?

Yes, when Follow my voice is on, which it is by default. The script keeps moving at the pace it learns from you, corrects itself each time it recognizes a word from the script, and settles on the next unread word after a short silence. If you talk for three seconds without saying a script word, it holds at the next unread word until you’re back on the script. You can switch to auto pace, 60 to 240 words a minute, at any time.

Can I fix a mistake without starting the take again?

Yes. Tap record to pause, then tap redo: Lightshot cuts back to the start of the sentence you were reading and rewinds the script to it. Tap redo again to go back one more sentence, or delete everything since the last pause. When you finish, the parts are joined into one take.

Do my recordings stay on my iPhone?

Scripts, takes and edits are stored on your iPhone. A video goes to Lightshot’s server only when you post or schedule it, and it’s deleted once every network has finished with it, or 48 hours after the latest scheduled time at the most. Access to your social accounts is stored encrypted on the server and never sent to your phone.

Can I edit and translate my captions?

Yes. Generate captions after recording, correct any line, then translate them from English into a language Apple’s Translation framework supports. Translated captions keep their timing and appear as whole phrases, your voice stays in English, and you can restore the English captions at any time.

Can I talk over a screen recording?

Yes. Record your screen with iOS screen recording first, then choose that recording in Lightshot and read your script while it plays. Your camera appears as a bubble, a split screen or a cutout, and the screen and your camera can be color graded separately.

Where can I post from Lightshot?

Settings › Connected accounts lists the networks currently available. Direct integrations are built for Instagram Business or Creator accounts, Facebook Page Reels, your own LinkedIn feed, YouTube and TikTok. Each depends on platform approval and service setup. TikTok and YouTube uploads stay private until the required platform review is complete. Scheduling runs from 10 minutes to 30 days ahead; X and other apps use Share.

Can I control recording from Apple Watch?

Yes. The companion remote needs watchOS 26.0 or later and the paired iPhone nearby with a script’s recorder open. Record or pause, redo a sentence while paused, finish the take, hold the script or step backward and forward. The watch shows the script title and progress; the iPhone does the recording.