Now in beta on TestFlight

Your phone is the camera. Backlot is the set.

Film in your bedroom at 2pm. Ship a clip that looks like a Santorini terrace at golden hour. Backlot swaps the world behind you, grades it like cinema, and lets you tap anything in the frame to change it.

Free to download. You pay only when you render: 1 credit equals $1 of render compute, and the app shows the exact cost before every render.

Backlot app showing a rendered scene

Same person, same take

Filmed at home. Rendered in Santorini.

Original clip filmed in a bedroom
Before Bedroom, 2pm
Same clip with the background swapped to a Santorini terrace
After Santorini terrace, golden hour

Your face, your motion, your take. Only the world behind you changes, relit to match.

How it works

Three taps to a new world.

Backlot import screen

1. Bring your clip

Camera roll or film now. 4 seconds to 3 minutes, vertical or horizontal.

Backlot location picker with 37 scenes

2. Pick your world

37 locations with a preview of exactly what you will get. Tap anything in your frame to change it.

Backlot render screen with credit cost

3. Render and share

See the exact credit cost first. Pick your quality. Share straight to Instagram, TikTok, or X.

Locations

37 worlds, each with a preview.

Every location shows you a generated visual of exactly what your clip will look like before you spend a single credit. No prompt engineering, no guessing.

Santorini Terrace
Santorini Terrace
Neon Tokyo Alley
Neon Tokyo Alley
Rooftop Blue Hour
Rooftop, Blue Hour
Podcast Studio
Podcast Studio
Desert Highway
Desert Highway
Luxury Loft
Luxury Loft
Night Drive Neon
Night Drive, Neon
Tropical Beach
Tropical Beach

Plus 29 more: offices, cars, studios, and indoor scenes.

Pricing

Credits, not guesswork.

1 credit equals $1 of render compute. A 15-second preview costs about 2 credits, a finished 720p scene about 5. The app shows the exact cost before every render.

Starter

$9.99/mo

4 credits monthly

  • All 37 locations
  • Cinematic grades
  • Clips up to 30s
Get Starter

Studio

$59.99/mo

25 credits monthly

  • Everything in Pro
  • Videos up to 3 minutes
  • Chaptered rendering
Get Studio

Monthly credits reset each month and do not roll over. Top-up packs (5 for $14.99, 15 for $39.99, 40 for $99.99) never expire. All purchases go through the App Store. Prices in USD.

Questions

Quick answers.

What kind of videos work best?

Talk-to-camera clips get the most dramatic transformations, because the scene behind you does all the work. Any video works: talking head, vlog, first person.

Does my footage leave my phone?

Your footage never leaves your device except while a render is running. The clip is uploaded over HTTPS, rendered, then deleted.

How do I cancel?

Subscriptions are managed by Apple. Open Settings on your iPhone, tap your name, then Subscriptions, and cancel Backlot from there.

More questions, answered on the support page

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Currently in private beta on TestFlight.