Show HN: I Made Loom for Mobile

The beauty of Loom is that once you have it installed, either Desktop or Chrome, its one button - record a video, auto-generates the link, and you can immediately send off. I used it a ton, both as a software eng and with designers to better communicate back and forth things in my environment that would be wordy or hard to communicate.

I would imagine that if I worked on mobile apps instead of web ones, the benefit of a tool like this would be if I could click a button and have the same experience from my laptop/computer.

When I worked on a mobile app for a startup earlier this year, I'd use the Screen Recording, and then send it to myself through Whatsapp, then on my Mac send it off to the person I was targeting.

If I could use the app, record a video, and then have that auto-generate the URL and then have that immediately available on your platform so I can see that URL on my computer after refreshing, that would be quite handy.

admtal · 2 months ago

Thank you for the feedback, I agree instant shareable link is huge selling point on Loom.

I’ll try to look into maybe like, a Vimeo/youtube integration for a quick solve.

BrokenCogs · 2 months ago

Loom just reminds me of the cringey-est blog post I have ever read.

I hadn't heard about loom until I read the founder's post about how difficult it was being rich and successful.

Hope you're not looking to hike through Hawaiian forests or not become an NPC at Big Co

I’m not planning on it, but to be completely honest I don’t want to rule it out

mcsniff · 2 months ago

This is cool and would make a great tool for lots of creators, solo / small business people, etc.

If I can make a suggestion, work on the design. At the very least, the emojis don't work for describing what they are trying to, IMO.

Fair, thank you.

I’ll try to improve the design of that toolbar

eduardogarza · 2 months ago

pengaru · 2 months ago

For those who were confused like myself - this has absolutely nothing to do with the demoscene described here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene

pyrophane · 2 months ago

My first thought was of the adventure game Loom.

LeoPanthera · 2 months ago

You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilms™ Brian Moriarty™? Why it's an extraordinary adventure with an interface of magic, stunning high-resolution, 3D landscapes, sophisticated score and musical effects. Not to mention the detailed animation and special effects, elegant point 'n' click control of characters, objects, and magic spells. Beat the rush! Go out and buy Loom™ today!

Oras · 2 months ago

Really cool demo, well done on creating such a nice app.

Feedback, watching your YouTube video, it is clear that the self thumbnail is covering a large part of the screen. I noticed you can enlarge/reduce the size, but it will still covering part of the screen considering mobile dims are a lot smaller than desktop.

It would be nice to 80/20 ratio where 80 is for the mobile and 20 for your selfie camera and logo/title/description of what you’re demoing.

All the best!

This is a great idea, thank you

I did add some title/annotation functionality after making that demo

But your right, there should be a way to avoid screen cover

leovander · 2 months ago

That was a sleek demo, good job! Only thing that I could nitpick is if you polished your floating toolbars to look a bit more Apple-y, this feels like something Apple is going to be sending you an acquihire for.

Thank you - you’re right, I should Liquid Glassify that app asap

teddyh · 2 months ago

“Ask me about Loom”

mdlxxv · 2 months ago

"You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilm's™ Brian Moriarty™? Why, it's an extraordinary adventure with an interface of magic, stunning, high-resolution, 3D landscapes, sophisticated score and musical effects. Not to mention the detailed animation and special effects, elegant point 'n' click control of characters, objects, and magic spells. Beat the rush! Go out and buy Loom™ today!"

forbiddenvoid · 2 months ago

I will not hide my disappointment that this headline was not, in fact, referring to the classic adventure game.

truetraveller · 2 months ago

Can this record just native apps (i.e. non websites)?

Unfortunately not

iOS guardrails make that pretty much impossible

I had to accepts some tradeoffs to get this specific collection of features, Face Cam, touches, etc…

I’ve heard Android might allow more, and I’ll be looking into an Android port soon.

evv · 2 months ago

Looks like it is possible if you do a normal iOS screen recording, then use your app to add the Face Cam and touches on top.