Stillsmith

Stillsmith Pull the exact frame out of any video.

Mark frames while the video plays. Every mark is taken at the playhead’s exact time, then written to Photos at the video’s own resolution.

Install Stillsmith Read the source

iOS 17+ · iPhone and iPad · unsigned build

Stillsmith's home screen: the app title above a Choose Video button, with the developer credit at the bottom.

The app’s transport, here to try. Drag to a moment, then press Mark.

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Three screens, nothing hidden.

Captured from the current build on an iPhone.

  1. The first-run tour: a title, a short explanation, and a Continue button.

    01 First run. Four screens, then it gets out of the way.

  2. The home screen with no videos yet: an empty state, a Choose Video button and the developer credit.

    02 Home. Pick a video, or hand one over from another app.

  3. Settings: a grouped form with haptics, album saving, tutorial and version rows.

    03 Settings. Album, haptics, the tour again, and the version.

What it keeps

Everything the app does is below. There is no account, no subscription and no server.

Full resolution
Every frame is written at the video’s own resolution. Nothing is scaled down or re-encoded.
Frame-accurate
Marks are taken at the playhead’s exact time, with zero tolerance either side.
Cancelable
Stop a long extraction at any point. The frames already written stay saved.
Album control
Save into a custom album, created the first time it is needed. Without full photo access, frames go to the library instead.
Every entrance
Videos arrive from the photo picker, the share sheet, Files or AirDrop. When a build cannot take a shared video, the extension says so and offers Files.
Accessible by default
Dynamic Type at every size, VoiceOver labels and hints, 44 pt hit targets, and Reduce Motion honoured.
Local only
No network calls, no analytics, no accounts. Frames go from the video to your photo library.

Install it your way.

Stillsmith is unsigned software. Any tool that can sign an IPA will run it — on the device, or from a Mac.

Feather, AltStore, SideStore

Add the source, then install and sign with the certificate on your device. One source works in all three; it is an AltStore-style feed.

https://stillsmith.is-my.app/sources

Sideloadly, or any IPA installer

Download the newest unsigned build and let the tool sign it from your Mac or PC.

https://github.com/CasperOng/Stillsmith/releases/download/latest/Stillsmith-unsigned.ipa

Xcode

Clone the repository, open Stillsmith.xcodeproj, and run it on your device. The build steps are in the readme.

github.com/CasperOng/Stillsmith

Needs iOS 17 or later, on iPhone or iPad. Frames are saved to Photos.

Designed, built and maintained by Casper Ong in Hong Kong.

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Developed by Casper Ong. The app and this page were built with GitHub Copilot and Claude.