Both apps come from Borama and both capture the action, but they do two different jobs. Video Buffer Action Camera is a capture tool: it saves a clip of what just happened to a file, and that is all it does. Video Delay Instant Replay is a training feedback tool: it shows the action back on the screen seconds after it happens, with replays, slow motion, and split screen, and it records too. If you are coaching or training, Video Delay Instant Replay is usually the one you want. If you just want to save moments without filming everything, that is Video Buffer.
The one-question test
Ask yourself what happens right after the action: does someone walk to the screen to watch it, or does the clip go into a folder for later?
- Someone watches it now. An athlete finishes a rep and looks at the screen to see what the coach means. That is a delayed live feed and instant replay, which is Video Delay Instant Replay's whole design.
- It gets saved for later. A goal, a trick, a funny moment, an incident on the road. You want the file, not a viewing station. That is Video Buffer.
What Video Buffer does
Video Buffer keeps a rolling buffer of the last 2 to 100 seconds. When you tap record, the clip starts in the past, so nothing is missed and nothing is stored while you wait. It records in 4K or at 240 fps slow motion, does front and back cameras at once in Dual Camera mode, triggers from an Apple Watch or a volume button, and saves to Photos, Files, or iCloud Drive. There is no playback screen in the app, on purpose. It is the lean tool for catching moments.
What Video Delay Instant Replay does
Video Delay Instant Replay points at the action from a tripod and continuously shows the feed on a delay you choose. The athlete serves, walks two steps, and watches their own serve, with no one pressing record and no stopping practice. Around that core it adds the tools coaching sessions actually use:
- Instant replay with slow motion and frame-by-frame stepping.
- Capture that never stops. While one athlete's replay is open, the buffer keeps recording the next athlete's rep. The line keeps moving.
- Split screen, including a second iPhone or iPad as a synced second camera for two angles at once.
- External cameras: GoPro (Hero 10 and newer), USB-C/UVC, IP/RTSP, and NDI feeds. If you want your GoPro in the loop, this is the app that does it.
- External screen output over AirPlay or HDMI, so the review happens on a TV at the gym.
- Recording and MP4 export, up to 2K, with 240 fps slow motion at 1080p.
It is a subscription app, and you can try it free before subscribing, with no payment details and no auto-renewing trial to cancel. Multi-device licenses are available for clubs, schools, and teams directly from Borama.
Side by side
| Video Buffer | Video Delay Instant Replay | |
|---|---|---|
| The job | Save a clip of what just happened | Show the action back for live feedback |
| Watch it in the app | No, clips save to Photos or Files | Yes, delayed feed plus replay with slow motion and frame-by-frame |
| Cameras | iPhone cameras, front and back at once | Device cameras, a synced second iPhone/iPad, GoPro, USB, IP, NDI |
| Top quality | 4K, or 240 fps at up to 720p | Up to 2K, 240 fps slow motion at 1080p |
| Remote trigger | Apple Watch, volume button, tap anywhere | Hands-free by design, the delay does the work |
| Big screen | No | AirPlay and HDMI output |
| Made for | Parents, skaters, drivers, wildlife watchers, referees | Coaches, athletes, teams, clubs, PE classes |
Which one should you get?
Get Video Delay Instant Replay if training is the point. Coaching sessions, team practice, PE classes, solo technique work in the gym or on the range: the delayed screen plus instant replay is the tool built for that feedback loop, and it also records, so you do not give up saved clips by choosing it. This is the app we recommend to coaches first.
Get Video Buffer if capturing is the point. Your kid's games from the stands, dashcam duty, lightning, the skate session, the last 10 minutes of audio. It is the simplest way to own the moment as a file while your storage stays empty.
Plenty of coaches end up with both on the same iPad: Video Delay Instant Replay running practice, Video Buffer in the pocket for everything outside it.
Get the right tool
For training and coaching, start with Video Delay Instant Replay: delayed live feed, instant replay with slow motion, synced split screen, GoPro and external camera support, and TV output, with a free try before subscribing. For saving moments with a rolling buffer, grab Video Buffer Action Camera.
