Show HN: I Made Loom for Mobile

[admtal]

An app to make demo vids

Of course I have a demo vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_fq0TzlsXI

This will be my last post to HN about this. I always like to try a few titles to see if any hit.

[BrokenCogs]

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

[admtal]

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

[mcsniff]

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.

[admtal]

Fair, thank you.

I’ll try to improve the design of that toolbar

[eduardogarza]

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]

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.

[pengaru]

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]

My first thought was of the adventure game Loom.

[Oras]

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!

[admtal]

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]

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.

[admtal]

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

[teddyh]

“Ask me about Loom”

[mdlxxv]

"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!"

[truetraveller]

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

[admtal]

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.

[seoguru]

looks amazing! any plans for an android version?

[admtal]

Yes! I purchased an Android device this week, and next week I’m going to start working on a port.

From what I’ve gathered, the Android version might be better due to lesser screen recording constraints

[oytis]

Disapponted it's not about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom_(video_game)

[kleiba]

And here I am, thinking I had a unique comment to write.

(I too was excited of that old classic being ported to mobile devices.)

[tsak]

That was my first thought as well.

[SirFatty]

Exactly what I was hoping... LucasFilm made some great games.

[pandemic_region]

You stole my comment sir.

[agiacalone]

Thankfully, it plays nicely on iOS and Android under ScummVM!

[nottorp]

Not this Loom right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom_(video_game)

[sodapopcan]

This is what I assumed and starting with the comments was very confusing.

[admtal]

Ha, I was not aware of that loom. I’ll have to check it out, thanks for sharing

[throwaway-aws9]

So all it took was 10 posts over 17 days to get to first page. Nice app btw.

[admtal]

Thanks, I hate that the winning title is “Loom for Mobile” but I get it

Maybe it will help SEO if people get stuck and search Loom Mobile

[jmathai]

Very cool! I do this today by connecting my phone to my laptop and recording via Loom. It's a bit janky for sure and the video is off because I looking down at my phone and not the webcam [1].

Does Loom really not offer this capability as an iOS app? I never checked but that's crazy if they don't. Regardless, I think this solves a problem for sure! Congrats on building and launching.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11yHdB-wmgs

[admtal]

Thank you, and yes, Loom does not offer it

There are tons of iOS screen recorders that record either the camera, or the screen, but none do both.

I also had a janky solution, which prompted me to build this