# Lappaa: Functional Overview **Lappaa** is a high-fidelity native iOS recorder that wraps your voice or video in a visual — captions, a visualiser, a background — and outputs a platform-ready video. One take. No timeline. No multi-clip editing. No cloud upload. Done in under a minute. The workflow: record or import, set your look in the editor, trim the ends, export. Or save a template once and skip the editor entirely — every future recording picks up your look automatically, so the only step left is trimming. Either way, you go from first word to sent in under a minute. The result plays natively on Instagram Stories, Reels, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, iMessage, Signal, Telegram — anywhere that accepts a video file. Recipients can read the auto-captions with sound off. Everything — recording, transcription, AI generation, mastering — runs on-device. No account. No internet required. --- ## Key Features ### 1. High-Fidelity Recording Lappaa is built around a professional-grade audio engine first. The visual layer comes after — not the other way around. * **Pro Audio Engine:** 32-bit float internal processing for maximum dynamic range and clarity — the same resolution used in professional DAWs. * **Voice Isolation:** Advanced system-level processing eliminates background noise and echo so vocals stay crisp even in noisy environments. * **Live Visualization:** Real-time animations confirm audio input levels during recording across a range of visual styles. * **Input Modes:** Standard (High-Fidelity) or Voice Isolation (Speech Optimized). * **System Integration:** Start recording via Siri Shortcuts, Control Center widgets, or Lock Screen Live Activities. ### 2. The Visual Editor Turn a raw recording into a polished video without editing skills or editing time. * **Instant Transcription:** On-device speech recognition generates captions automatically — private, offline, no upload required. * **Dynamic Visualisers:** Audio data rendered into distinct visual styles — Neon pulses, animated sprite characters, retro CRT Phosphor lines — synced to playback. * **Magic Backgrounds:** On-device AI analyses the transcript and generates a matching background image. Unique to every clip. (Requires compatible hardware.) * **Custom Visuals:** Import photos or video from your library, or paste directly from the clipboard. Scale, rotate, and position freely on the canvas. * **Typography:** Font families (System, Rounded, Serif, Monospaced), weights, and alignment — all customisable. ### 3. Smart Exporting The technical side is handled automatically. * **Mastering (Pro):** Normalises loudness to standard targets (default -23 LUFS) so your voice sounds consistent across every platform. * **Universal Formats:** Layout reflows automatically for 9:16 (Stories/TikTok), 1:1 (Feed/chat previews), and 16:9 (YouTube/LinkedIn). * **Auto-Trim:** Detects and suggests trims to remove silence at the start and end. --- ## Who It's For Lappaa doesn't care what you do. It's for anyone who would rather say something than type it, and who wants the result to look like they meant it that way. ### Say it once. Look like you meant it. Record a 60-second update, a client note, a team announcement, a pitch. The visual — captions, a clean background, your font — makes it feel considered even when it took ninety seconds. Save a template for your look and the next recording is just: record, trim, send. ### Creators who want clips without the production overhead. Audiograms for Stories, teaser clips for Reels or TikTok, word-by-word captions, a visualiser synced to your audio. No desktop software. No session-by-session setup if you've saved a template. ### Musicians and producers. 32-bit float capture for demos and ideas. Import a finished master track, add a visualiser and loudness normalisation, export a 16:9 video for YouTube — from your phone, in one pass. ### The new voice message. A Lappaa is what a voice note becomes when the other person can read it on mute, see who sent it, and actually want to open it. Send it on WhatsApp, Signal, iMessage, Telegram — it plays like a video, reads like a caption, lands like a personal message. --- ## Saved Templates Set your visual look once — background, font, visualiser, caption style, aspect ratio — and save it as a template. Every future recording applies it automatically. After recording, the only decision is where to trim. Templates are optional. You can always record, adjust in the editor, and send with no template saved. But once you find a look, templates make the editor optional too. ## What It's Not Lappaa is not a multi-clip editor. There is no timeline of cuts, no colour grading, no multi-track audio. It is built for single takes — you say it once and the result looks intentional. If you need to assemble clips from multiple sources, CapCut, Instagram Edits, or a proper NLE are the right tools. If you need screen recording and camera overlays for walkthroughs and demos, Loom is built for that. Lappaa is what you reach for when you don't need any of that — when the content is your voice and the job is making it watchable. --- ## Feature Catalog ### Recorder Engine * **Visualiser Styles:** Waveform, Radial Bar, Radial Spikes, Neon, CRT Line, Spectrum, Retro Stack, Vector Round, Vector Square. * **Timer Styles:** Standard, Flip Clock, Nixie Tube, Digital LED, Minimal, Neon, Analog, Retro Terminal. * **Background Recording:** Continues capturing audio when the screen is locked or the app is backgrounded. ### Visual Editor Suite * **Visualiser Library:** * **Standard & Abstract:** Bars, Wave, Pulse Circle, Spectrum, Line, Dots, Orbit, Ripple, Helix, Mountain Layers, Neon. * **Retro & Geometric:** Radial Bars, Radial Spikes, CRT Trace, Retro Stack, Vector Round, Vector Square. * **Iconic Runners:** Iconic Tortoise, Iconic Fish. * **Sprite Characters:** Cat, Frog, Boy, Cane Man, Orange Cat, Chill, Dino, Dog, Fox, Girl, Red Hat, Stickman, Dancing Mouse. * **Canvas Control:** Pinch-to-zoom timeline (0.5x–50x), element resizing, full media manipulation, layout persistence per aspect ratio. * **Transcription Tools:** Import/Export SRT and raw audio, search & replace, split long captions, word-by-word or sentence captions, auto-fix orphan punctuation. ## Pro Features * **Media Import:** Import audio and video from other apps, or paste from the clipboard. * **Watermark Removal:** Export clean videos without branding. * **Loudness Adjustment:** Fine-tune mastering targets (LUFS) for specific platforms. --- ## FAQ **Q: Does it work without the internet?** A: Yes. Recording, editing, mastering, and AI transcription are fully offline. **Q: Which devices support AI background generation?** A: It requires Apple Intelligence — available on iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max and later, running iOS 26+. All other devices can use solid colours or import custom photos and video. **Q: Can I edit the captions?** A: Yes — edit directly, search and replace, or import your own .srt file to replace the auto-generated captions entirely. **Q: What languages are supported?** A: Lappaa uses Apple's on-device speech framework. Supported languages depend on your iOS settings and downloaded language packs. **Q: How is Lappaa different from CapCut, Instagram Edits, or Loom?** A: CapCut and Instagram Edits are multi-clip editors — they're excellent at assembling footage but require real editing time every session. Loom is screen-first, built for walkthroughs and screencasts. Lappaa is for single-take voice or video: record once, trim the ends, done. If you've saved a template, the editor is optional entirely. **Q: How do I manage storage?** A: The Storage Management suite shows the footprint of your drafts by category and supports bulk deletion and automated clean-up. --- ## Platform Support * **Devices:** Native iPhone and iPad support. Lock Screen widgets, Control Center widgets, and Live Activities for recording status. * **System Requirements:** iOS 26.0 or later. AI features require iPhone 15 Pro or newer, or M1 iPad or later. * **Privacy:** All processing — audio, transcription, AI generation, mastering — happens on-device using Apple's native frameworks. No data leaves your device.