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Record your iPad screen with your camera — what is different from iPhone

Everything that works on iPhone works on iPad, and the bigger screen changes what the right settings are. Here is what to do differently.

3 min read · Updated 2026-09-06

Landscape is the default

Most iPad work happens in landscape, and so should the recording. Lock Orientation to landscape before starting; a portrait lock on an iPad produces a tall, narrow recording of a landscape app.

More room for the camera

On a phone the bubble competes with content. On iPad there is space: make it larger, and place it where the app has margin. A bigger bubble reads better on a bigger recording.

The camera is on the long edge

Newer iPads put the front camera on the landscape edge, so you look at the camera naturally when the iPad is on a stand. Older ones have it on the short edge and you will appear to look sideways; angle the iPad or accept it.

Stage Manager and external displays

Recording captures the iPad's own screen. Windows on an external display are not in the recording; move what you are showing to the iPad itself. Stage Manager's window arrangements are captured as shown.

Resolution

iPad screens are large in pixels; native recordings are big files. 1080p is plenty for an iPad app demo unless the point is fine detail.

Record your iPad screen with your camera — what is different from iPhone