Could be good
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Alexfislegend –
2021-05-26
Version 4.2.3
Still no ability to easily pull photos in from Google Photos. It’s useless without this feature for me.
Updating
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Description
1 Second Everyday is a video diary that makes it easy to take your day-to-day moments and create a meaningful movie of your life. It’s a home for all your notable memories, not just the Insta-worthy. Get started with 1SE today!
2x winner of the “Best Use of a Mobile Camera” WEBBY Award.
Featured by Apple, BBC, TED, CNN, Fast Company and more!
"For over 6 years, I've been recording 1 second every day, so I'll never forget another day ever again. This project has had such a positive impact on my life. This lead to the development of 1 Second Everyday; which makes it easy for anyone to do this too. Being able to relive every single day has provided me with a treasured perspective on life. It holds me accountable for making each day notable. When I turn 40, I'll have a 1-hour compilation that encapsulates my 30s. If I live to see 80 years of age, I'll have a 5-hour video that summarizes 50 years of my life."
- Cesar Kuriyama, 1SE Founder
Why 1SE is awesome:
- AD FREE: 1SE is free to use without ads!
- AUTO-FILL: Don't know where to start? Auto-fill your days with ease!
- ROTATE & FILL THE FRAME: Pesky vertical videos? Begone! Lopsided videos ruining your mash? No more! You can rotate and fill the frame to your heart's content.
- UNLIMITED MASHING: Make 1SE videos of any custom length. Monthly, seasonal, or the past 5 years. You're in control.
- 2 KINDS OF PROJECTS: Start out with two different styles of projects, ‘Freestyle’ for events or trips and ‘Journal’ for a classic day to day video diary.
- NOTES: Take note of your day and leave a private message for yourself.
- REMINDERS: Set up friendly creative reminders, so you never forget a day!
- PRIVACY: Your seconds are never shared with anyone unless you decide to do it.
Our core app is free to use but if you want to help support our growing team while gaining access to more features try 1SE Pro!
1SE PRO FEATURES:
- Collaboration: Invite your friends to collaborate on videos and remember your life together.
- Unlimited backup: Secure your life’s most precious memories and never lose them again!
- Unlimited projects: Create as many Freestyle or Journal projects as you want.
- Multiple snippets a day: Up to two separate snippets in a day.
- Longer snippets: Capture up to 10 seconds per snippet!
- Add music: Gain access to royalty-free songs and add some music to your mashes!
- Brightness: Edit the shadows and exposure with our updated snippet selector.
- Remove 1SE Branding: Remove the date and logo at the end of your videos.
Pro & Subscription FAQ: https://help.1se.co/pro-faq
Privacy Policy: https://1se.co/privacy/
Terms of Use: https://1se.co/terms-service
We love your feedback and appreciate your reviews. Reach out to us at support@1secondeveryday.com
Follow 1SE on:
- Instagram: @1SecondEveryday
- Twitter: @1SecondEveryday
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1SecondEveryday
What's New in Version 4.2.3
Hang on because this is an epic release! Are you ready? *takes a deep breath*
*NEW*
- HDR support is here! If your device can record in HDR your videos will be in glorious HDR in the app. (Note that if you switch to a different phone it may not be able to properly display HDR videos)
- We’ve added a mirror option so you can make your selfie snippets look exactly how you like it! You can now flip your snippets horizontally if that’s your kind of thing.
- If you use your phone in light mode then you might be excited to hear that we now have light and dark modes! By default it switches based on your system’s setting and if you want to override that you can choose to always have it in light or dark mode.
- Now you can edit photos just like you edit videos, with brightness, rotation, and cropping to fit the frame!
- We added context menus all over the place so you can tap and hold on days and snippets to quickly do things like auto-fill a single day or copy a snippet to other projects.
- We freshened up the font and positioning of dates and captions on your videos.
- There’s one more thing that you might find if you dig around a bit...
*FIXED*
- We squashed a bug that was causing some people to get stuck while mashing.
- Freestyle Collab mashes now obey the laws of causality, and the videos will always play in the correct order.
- If you switch away from 1SE and back again, the app should now be waiting for you, just as you left it. Instead of, you know, crashing in the background.
We would love to hear any and all feedback. Look for Contact Support and Request a Feature in the settings screen in the app to send your questions, ideas, or words of encouragement. Happy to help.
We live and die by reviews - your reviews. If we've provided a great experience and helped you live a better life, please give us a 5-star review and let others know how awesome 1SE is!
Find us pretty much anywhere on social: @1SecondEveryday. Say hi or tag us in your awesome mashes!
Seller
Name
1 Second Everyday, Inc.
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
4.2.3
Size
155.8 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated: 4+
Compatibility
iOS 13.0 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English
App Store: Customer Ratings
All Versions
4.8 (35,498 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
Terrible- It doesn’t save
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Jessica Smith 17 –
2021-05-25
Version 4.2.3
I used one second a day for almost a year including documenting when I had my baby. My phone randomly crashed when updating (it wasn’t even old- an iPhone 10. So when I got my new phone, I downloaded the app again, logged in, and EVERYTHING was gone! I couldn’t believe it. I called and they said yep, it only saves to your device. For a “best” app they should either warn you or have your photos saved.
Disappointing pricing model
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rubytuestay –
2021-05-24
Version 4.2.3
They used to have a monthly pay option that no longer appears available. I can’t justify spending $50 all at once (though I’d happily spend even a little more over the course of the year if I could just pay monthly). Instead I’m looking for alternative apps. Boo!
Snippets
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Coyoteinvalido –
2021-05-24
Version 4.2.3
I have this problem with being able to add anything from my photo library to time line or projects. When will this be fixed, I was wondering. This is of no use to me if this is not fixed. And if it is not fixed then I believe that my money should be refunded.
Keeps Crashing
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katiepieya –
2021-05-21
Version 4.2.3
It used to work fine. Now, almost every time I try to upload a video, the app crashes. The screen freezes and sometimes closes out completely. But a lot of the time, the screen freezes and it won’t let me turn my phone off or go to the home page. It’s weird though because if I take a video right now and upload it for today it works fine. But if I want to add a video for last week, it crashes. I think this is a problem with the recent update....
I proposed to my wife
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Steven, Alabama –
2021-05-19
Version 4.2.3
At the three month mark, I knew that I was going to marry her. That night, when I came home, I wrote the words I wanted to tell her. I planned on the day, 7 months in advance, and I made a 1SE video. I used one word per day to express what I wrote down and I handed her the phone on the night that I proposed. It was perfect and it gave us something that we’ll be able to show our grandkids one day. I’m grateful for the ability to have been able to do it. We’re still happily married and I wouldn’t have changed a thing. Take short clips with your loved ones. You’ll be glad you did.
Annoying
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lesliechase25 –
2021-05-18
Version 4.2.3
Annoying that I paid for this app long before it was free and a subscription service.. so now I have to pay again for a pro version? Stupid.
Use to be so good
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ggdisheheodb –
2021-05-17
Version 4.2.3
What the heck? I’ve had this app for 6 years and I used it to make a 1second every day video for every year except 2020. I open it up last month to start to compile what will be my 2021 video and this new update has destroyed the app. I have to close and re open the app once or twice per upload. That means I took about an hour and half chunk of my time to create months January-April. Because with every days upload it froze, close app, reopen, try again , freeze, close, reopen, uploaded!
I don’t understand why it’s so glitchy now. And it’s very frustrating. I often don’t even try to select a specific 1 second chunk of a video for the day because I know if I try to scroll over on the video it will freeze. Something that took an hour and half, a year or two years ago would have taken 10 minutes at most.
Please fix this app.
Still 3 stars because it was so good and is still a great idea.
The very best family diary
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Sexy pizza –
2021-05-17
Version 4.2.3
After you use this...it will be the only family album you will ever need. Pro subscription not required to make a great 1 second video....but I love all the extra features and I love supporting this company.
Developer consistently updates this app every couple weeks for...like a decade!!
Don’t trust your memories to anyone else
Family Sharing NOT working
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gooponaloop –
2021-05-15
Version 4.2.3
I’ve troubleshooted everything and family sharing is not working
Hi....
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a person who has a opinion –
2021-05-14
Version 4.2.3
Can anyone help me? I’m trying to figure out how to use it and I just can’t seem to find the button to use to play all my videos
:( in the help center it just says to click it but does not specifically say where. If anyone could help me that would be fantastic.
Useless!!!
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maycheyenne –
2021-05-11
Version 4.2.3
It does NOT let you select several videos or photos to add to your project. It only lets you select ONE! So you need to install another app to edit your video, THEN upload that video to this app! Which makes this app completely USELESS!
Cant upload to instagram
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Jenniwowens –
2021-04-30
Version 4.2.3
Wont upload. Will change review when this is fixed.
Money hungry app
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SaraW126 –
2021-04-29
Version 4.2.3
So frustrated I didn’t go with another video app. They take away features all the time unless you pay a whopping $50 fee. Can’t be billed monthly, have to pay in a lump sum. $50 is way too much for this. So annoyed and disappointed.
One of my favorite apps
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Airika8oh –
2021-04-26
Version 4.2.3
I love photography and video and collecting and keeping memories. I have tried other types of photo/video projects in the past, but I always end up losing steam, get behind, get overwhelmed, and eventually give up.
This app has changed that completely! I started my first 1SE project on January 1, 2020, with NO idea what the year had in store. The year felt long, sad, scary... but at the end of 2020, watching my 6 minute video of my memories and experiences through the year, really helped me appreciate the little things and remember the simple, good moments in the past year.
It’s so simple and easy to do. All you have to do is remember, and make a habit to take at least a photo or short snippet of video each day.
The app interface makes it SO quick and easy to add your clips, catch up if you get behind, and wrap your final video. I believe I have been so successful in making this work because the app is so seamless and easy to use.
So many family and friends have really enjoyed my 2020 video and are now making their own. I am continuing this year, and hope to do this for many more years to come! I’m also thinking about starting some other types of video projects using this app- it’s just so fun and easy.
I recommend this to everybody who wants to keep, collect, and share memories!
No such thing as a free trial
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I need help with this penalty –
2021-04-24
Version 4.2.3
Very expensive and can’t even try it to see if I like it. Don’t download
Not working after update
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Momomo122811 –
2021-04-23
Version 4.2.3
The music feature no longer works - if you try to add music the app just freezes and shuts down. Extremely frustrating as I pay for this feature. I’ve used/paid for this app daily for the past 8 months and there’s just constantly a new issue.
Turning into a bloatware
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Arloyola –
2021-04-23
Version 4.2.3
I love this app and have been using it since inception. Within the years more functions as been added and I welcome many like the 1.5 second and the new zoom effect for photos, but it’s getting too bloated with unnecessary options like additional timelines, video editor, advertisements for pro versions, cloud services, or unnecessary sound effects. All this goes piling up and it makes it more difficult for people to navigate and use. I never had to dig on the setting menu before trying to remove that annoying sound effect that sounds even when I have the volume all the way down on my phone. I have to constantly delete additional timelines that appear. I just want the simple old 1SE to add a 1 second of a video or photo every day. Nothing else.
Can’t use the music function
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klu4945 –
2021-04-19
Version 4.2.3
I am having trouble using the music function. It won’t let me click on the volume or add in any songs. Please help!
Very good, but updates have been “eh”
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2021-04-18
Version 4.2.3
I personally love this app, but it’s gotten slightly worse over the pat few updates. Recently, I haven’t been able to upload my photos, which is obviously annoying and they also would delete and I would have to re-enter them 1-2 more times before they stay.
Clearly not the worst problems, but they get annoying when I try to upload multiple at a time and they don’t stay.
Hope you guys can fix it!
Otherwise, this app is very fun and I would definitely recommend to someone looking for a photo journal :DD
UPDATED 4/15 Please fix!!!!!
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mahag2020 –
2021-04-15
Version 4.2.3
Update - APP HAS BEEN FIXED!!!! Thank you !!!!!
As a lot have stated, the update totally broke the app!!!! When I add photos and close out, the app isn’t saving anything. I was SUCH a fan of this app but now it’s useless. Please fix this !!!
Bad update
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Billie Eilish lever –
2021-04-14
Version 4.2.3
I got this app a long time ago and it was great I re-downloaded it just now and now it’s all fancy and you can’t add multiple day without paying for it and you can’t add some thing if you missed a day but you could before and it’s annoying af
I love this app
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Nightshade1387 –
2021-04-14
Version 4.2.3
Hey marketing people?—60 bucks a year is too much for what it essentially a glorified slideshow maker. That said, I LOVE this app and would like to support the creators...but not for 60 dollars a year, every year, forever. I would do a one-time payment of $60 to unlock it forever or a yearly subscription of $20. So, take my money?
$60 a year is unrealistic for most people. I am a teacher and cannot afford every single app suddenly wanting professional software prices. I am not a professional—just a consumer.
I intend to use this app forever. I started on the day my daughter was born. The fact that you can use live photos makes it super easy and I never miss a day.
This is will be so nice to have of my children as they grow.
What I really want is the volume slider on the paid version. Currently I am using a free video editor to adjust the volume (and adjusting exposure...I don’t need that from 1SE because the in-app editor isn’t as good as dedicated video editors...or even iPhone’s built in editor in photos)—but to quickly adjust the volume of a clip that has a sudden louder sound would be nice to have.
Please let me buy the app outright or make the subscription realistically affordable for those of us outside of Silicon Valley.
I would prefer a larger one-time payment as subscriptions stress me out, but I understand businesses can plan better with a subscription model, so adjust the price so we can pay you.
Maybe do a tier?—unlock all the features except backups for $20 a year, backups for a certain amount of GB for $40 a year, and unlimited backups for $60 a year.
stopped saving pictures
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tri5401 –
2021-04-13
Version 4.2.3
it was going well for a few months but now all of a sudden none of my pictures save so there’s huge gaps in the pictures.
What happened??
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TwoBoysWithAutism –
2021-04-12
Version 4.2.2
I love this app and have been using it for years. Now within the last week, it has stopped saving my daily entries. It’s not a big deal but it’s extremely annoying!
Terrible
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hdhsjscb –
2021-04-12
Version 4.2.2
I had been doing it since the beginning of 2020 and now that we’re in April it has “filled up” so now I can’t add any more Phots everyday unless I pay for it and it’s annoying
Such a pay off
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Govee Lover –
2021-04-12
Version 4.2.2
I have been using this app for over a year now. I started last January and was only going to do it for a year. I ended up starting over again this New Years because I love how it turned out. It’s so satisfying seeing something that you did / a memory made from every day. It’s literally a hobby of mine now I love putting them together over time. I highly recommend doing this
Missing Pieces
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afqt –
2021-04-11
Version 4.2.2
I really love this app and the idea of capturing my whole year in a matter of minutes is super exciting, but with two of the days it keeps deleting the photos/ videos i try to put there and I’m not sure why, but it is very frustrating having to put them back everyday, just for them to disappear again.
Not saving photos in timeline!!
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zoie🤍 –
2021-04-09
Version 4.2.2
I’ve been using this app for over a year and every since the last couple updates the app has started acting strange. A really annoying thing has been happening to me lately where it won’t save any pictures I try to add to my timeline. Videos work fine but pictures don’t. Another thing that happened about a month or so ago was the saturation on my video was turned up very high, but it seems to have went back to normal by now! Love this app and I hope this gets fixed soon!
I can't use the app without buying the subscription after using it for 4 months
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hsquareddd03 –
2021-04-09
Version 4.2.2
My pictures stopped saving after I left the app because I have to buy the subscription in order to keep using it which is very frustrating.
🤩
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13535353636 –
2021-04-09
Version 4.2.2
I. LOVE. THIS. APP.
I found the hidden part of the update and it’s amazing!!!!!
love the app, needs a fix
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Snowmanrock –
2021-04-09
Version 4.2.2
I absolutely LOVE this app and finding something to record or take a pic of everyday. However, the app is no longer letting me save photos. I can only save 96 snippets, which is a bummer. I hope there’s a fix for this because I love this app.
Bug
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ekoeh2002 –
2021-04-07
Version 4.2.2
My daily pictures won’t save and its making it so I can’t even use the app. Please fix!
I hate the update
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wuhilliam –
2021-04-07
Version 4.2.2
I love this app and have for a long time but the most recent update turned all of my videos so dark that I can barely see them.
Stopped saving
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Ben11919284784 –
2021-04-06
Version 4.2.2
After four months, the app would not save uploaded pictures anymore. I powered cycled, checked for app updates, nothing fixed the problem. As a last resort, I deleted the app, and reloaded it, which wiped out the entire year.
Was fun idea, really disappointing and bummed the last four months were wasted when I could have used a different app that didn’t stop working. App deleted.
New Update Issues
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Ammerekab –
2021-04-06
Version 4.2.2
With the new update, my photos won’t stay in my mash-up! I add them and then when I close out the app, they disappear. Help!!
No longer working!
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QueenBrooklynArendelle –
2021-04-05
Version 4.2.2
This is a great app! I love it and I’ve used it for years! BUT since the last update any photo entries and even some video entries just won’t save once I’ve closed the app!! Please fix this!
upsetting...
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Jenn 0821 –
2021-04-05
Version 4.2.2
I loved this app so much & decided to get back on it after a while of being off. Once i got on, my entire library and memories from a while ago were wiped out and no where to be found. I’m extremely upset and disappointed. I was excited to see my past videos i had saved, but they are nowhere to be found now.. truly disheartening to lose all those memories through an app that i had paid for.
Update ruined it
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jacob_jacobson –
2021-04-04
Version 4.2.2
I loved this app until their most recent update. Now none of my new photos are staying on my project. I hope they fix this soon because the app is pretty pointless if it doesn’t save your pictures, and I already put three months into this.
It’s a great app but something is wrong
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Kawaiisammy –
2021-04-04
Version 4.2.2
Hi I love the app and I’m always updated with it but since the new updated the app is weird because when I put a picture and then I close the app and open it again the picture is gone and I have to put it again could you guys fix that bug.
Thank you
Not working anymore
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Jamie3379 –
2021-04-03
Version 4.2.2
Mine isn’t saving entries anymore, I add like normal but if you exit & return they’re gone. Why?? Please fix this!
Love it!!! Only one concern!!!
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01_review_01 –
2021-04-03
Version 4.2.2
I love this app! It brings me so much joy! Just looking back on the little snippets of my everyday life makes me realize that I'm doing great! I love how like every month the video keeps getting better and better! This is a truly great app😁😁
My ONLY thing is that you have to be a pro to use the music on the app! I don’t want to pay that much money a year just for a couple things! So my only thing is that if you can take at least some of the music off pro and make it so that you don’t have to pay, and everyone can use, this app would be almost perfect!
Great new habit
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qrund –
2021-04-01
Version 4.2.2
I really enjoy using the 1SE app. It’s helped me keep a running record of my days and share these with friends and family.
The system is easy to use and robust. (The updates mention bug fixes but I have yet to find any bugs in my use of the app.)
I particularly like opening the app and seeing what days I need to add a snippet for. I’m usually very good about updating and enjoy looking thru photos and videos to fill in the gaps.
Great fun!
Update with bad filter
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LittleShannon99 –
2021-04-01
Version 4.2.2
I love this app I’ve been doing it for two years everyday to document memories however I would like fixed that when I upload videos to it, it appears darker than the original quality. The whole mashup becomes too dark. Thank you!
Favorite app ever
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LauraRoze –
2021-04-01
Version 4.2.2
Really. I tell everyone about it. I’ve used it for 3 and a half years and it just keeps getting better. Intuitive to use; great support. Just try it.
Great App
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Ahmedmuh –
2021-04-01
Version 4.2.2
Made my 2020 in 1SED and I would give it 5 stars if I can show my videos on Apple TV.
But for now the video is flipped sideways when showing in Screen Sharing with TV
Updates are horrible
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User20122012User –
2021-03-31
Version 4.2.2
The last 2 updates have destroyed the color and contrast of video clips. I certainly hope this is fixable, as I have 4 years of daily videos in this app.
Love This App But Need Some Changes
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hewygirl –
2021-03-31
Version 4.2.1
My favorite app, truly. I use it everyday, pay for it, etc. But whatever settings have changed that now blow out the settings on some of my videos and make the colors hyper over expose and make neon is so frustrating. Please fix 😩
Update made it worse
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LostieT –
2021-03-31
Version 4.2.1
The most recent update made things worse. Everything was fine and they could have done some improvements here and there with the features. But the dramatic change has made it more confusing to use and predominantly has caused the app to be unstable. It will just quit on you when you are collating your videos.
Some snippets dark?
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Jhunterk –
2021-03-30
Version 4.2.1
Why are some of my snippets so dark? It happens randomly and I can’t fix it. Please help!
New Update is Awful
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alexagrace18 –
2021-01-29
I’ve been using this app a for almost four years now. I love it!! Even with all the updates, I’ve never had any issues. However, this newest update makes the app almost completely unusable. So much more clicking and navigating to just upload a daily second. I have always just taken my second videos on my phone and save them to my camera roll, and then once or twice a month I would upload them to the app. With the new update, I can only upload one or two days worth of clips before the app crashes. This thing crashes CONSTANTLY. I haven’t come across an app that crashes this much and this regularly in years. And if it’s not crashing, it’s lagging. It makes the simplest tasks a huge overtaking. I feel like they completely over complicated things and now the app can barely keep up. It’s a real pain!!!
Bloated
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Rasim_Compton –
2021-01-11
I’ve been using this app since it was first released in 2013. I’ve seen it grow from a super buggy beta that crashed constantly that first year, to a relatively stable and decently designed app. This latest release has some great features, like the live-photo-to-video feature and being able to crop vertical videos to fit the horizontal frame.
Unfortunately, it’s gotten clunky. The save dialogue takes several seconds to save the clip, with no progress indicator. And every few seconds or so, it’ll just crash completely instead of saving. I’m a mobile app designer with hundreds of apps on my phone and none of them are anywhere near this crash-prone. I suspect building all the social sharing features (what? why?) have sapped their development resources from keeping the app running smoothly.
I’m also irritated with the subscription model they’re pushing. Why would I pay a subscription for a product I only need to use once per year? I would much rather pay $20 once for a simple app that works, or $5/year at most.
Plus... a lot of the “features” like brightness adjustment and removing the 1SE logo from the end of compiled videos, aren’t really features if you can just as easily edit the video in the default photos app and trim off the branding from the end of the clip.
Cesar Kuriyama inspired me to start doing this in the first place and I really wanna support his app, but the payment options they’re pushing aren’t great.
Three years strong but....
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Flourscence –
2021-01-04
I’ve been using this app consistently since 2018 and I loved using it! But the latest UI update with the swiping right and left photo tabs leave me questioning whether or not I should look elsewhere for my annual project.
There are so many new tiny features that I find annoying, like the redesign of the add video pages and the multiple stages you have to go through to save the video to your timeline. The huge vertical thumbnails across the app! The fact that if you’re saving two videos, you have to scroll up to see them. What was wrong with leaving them side-by-side? The app worked better when it was simpler none of the extra bells and whistles.
I doubt the dev or UX team will see this, but if anyone does...please change it back. The simple theme before the redesign was fantastic, quick to learn AND use. This makes me not want to use your app anymore because you’ve made it a chore to use.
Very Good App, One Of My Favorites
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Martinxzkdg –
2020-12-23
Version 4.1.1
First, I love the app and use it almost every day. I've covered the last 5 years with one seconds and my friends and I love going back in time and looking at them. We rarely do that with, say, photos.
The app is great for video journaling and is, IMHO, the best way to cover events, trips, etc.
A few suggestions for improvements:
- Sorely, sorely, sorely needed: a way to duplicate projects. Sometimes you want a different cut of a freestyle 1SE, like if you covered a party or something (you might want a chronological cut and one that's mixed up, a longer one and a shorter one for social media, etc. etc. etc. ) This could make a nice subscription feature. (The option to add snippets to multiple projects has alleviated this problem a little, but sometimes you don’t know in advance if you’d like a different cut or how many)
- There should be a way to turn off the date, but turn on the captions. Sometimes I just don't want a date, but i do want a caption
- There should be a way to pick videos by album (on iPhone, for example), instead of from one big list of all videos on the phone.
- When ordering videos by date, it would be more useful if 1SE went by date-created instead of by date-added-to-the-phone or date-last-modified. Without that, adding videos from other sources to your phone totally screws up the dates
New update needs some fixes (updated)
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Browneyedmomof3 –
2020-12-08
Version 4.0.2
*UPDATE*- I contacted the support team about my issues and got quick responses. After a few back and forth emails to figure out exactly what is happening, they fixed the problem in their latest update and instantly emailed me to let me know. So I changed my review to 5 stars....for usability and also prompt problem solving.
I loved the app before to the point that I paid for some extra features (which I don’t do normally). The newest update is a little frustrating and some of my photos won’t line up correctly and things are cropped out. I still can’t figure out how to fix that. Hopefully they will correct this soon.
doesn’t work with higher resolution/fps videos
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48938564825782028557292058 –
2020-11-26
Version 4.0.1
I’ve been using this app since the beginning of 2020 and the recent updates have made it much better to use.
I have been taking short videos every day on my iPhone and once every few months spent an hour uploading them all to the app. Recently, I’ve gotten even more behind and it’s been about 6 months since I’ve uploaded videos. ***Somewhere during those 6 months, i changed my camera settings so that the resolution and frames per second were higher on my photos and videos. all my videos taken after that make the app crash when i try to upload them***
it’s a really great app, but it’s super disappointing that i might not be able to have a finished product because my phone/the app or whatever can’t handle higher quality videos. otherwise 10/10 would recommend. if this could get fixed i’d give a 5 star rating
Version 4 made me cancel my membership
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ZigZag801 –
2020-10-28
Version 4.0.1
Version 4 of 1SE has made the app unusable for me. Like others have mentioned in the latest reviews, there are now extra taps a user has to do to make a clip for the day. It’s just enough where it has become so annoying to use that I dread filling out my day. I dread it even more if I let a couple of days slip by.
Additionally, since the latest iOS update shared albums don’t work. Shared albums is where I have my clips for the day to put into the app. Now I just get errors whenever it happens. I’ve brought this up with support already and they said they are working on a fix but there have been no updates.
The amount of bugs and extra taps have made me no longer enjoy this app and I only plan to use it until my membership has expired as I have already paid. After using this app everyday for almost 3 years, It’s time for me to move on.
Life changing
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kmf1201 –
2020-10-18
Version 4.0
This app is amazing. It changes your outlook on your day-to-day life, where you’ll start seeing the value in even the most mundane parts of your day. Its the most genuine and real way to share your experiences with friends and family. Keeping up with my 1second videos every day helps me keep up with my life in real time and helps me think about what i love most about my day. The collab features are so fun, ive never been able to create genuine content of shared experiences like this with my friends before. The customer support team is excellent and the app design is beautiful and user friendly. This is an incredible company that runs its business on very admirable and progressive qualities and values. Not only is the product great, but you will be supporting a socially and technologically responsible business model that should be the standard for anyone in the business!
Horrible UI Update
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Cam Galla –
2020-10-17
Version 4.0
I’ve been using 1SE pro for almost a year an a half during which they’ve made many updates. In general, I feel the updated trend in the right direction, increasing functionality of the app improving user experience. This update however is incredibly frustrating. The app now opens to a screen that shows all your projects as cards that you need to swipe through. You then need to scroll through until you click on the on the project you want every time you open the app. This makes no sense as I typically will only be working on one project at a time. Previously, switching projects was as simple of tapping ‘My Timeline’ at the top of the screen and selecting from a drop down menu. Now, from a project page, it involves clicking in the top left of the screen and then scrolling though other projects each of which take up the full screen. This must also be done every time the app is opened. The full screen cards that show your projects give no control over the images or colors you can use. I’d much rather look at a grid of my previous week’s 1 second memories than a title page with a colored banner and the thumbnail of the first second in my project.
This UI update made icons to control clip settings larger which now makes it makes it necessary to scroll in order to access clip volume control.
I appreciate when 1SE is quick and functional to use without excessive scrolling and clicking. This update creates unnecessary steps.
I’ve used this app everyday for almost 3 years and don’t plan on stopping
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Chiq711 –
2020-07-20
Version 3.5.5
I heard about 1SE on a podcast in 2017 and was intrigued - I’ve always wanted to keep a journal but never had the stamina and would burn out quickly. 1SE makes a version this journaling of this possible!
I also use the “freestyle” mode to document concerts, vacations, and other unique experiences. My family loves getting those video “mashes”, because they say so much more than photos of the same events would. Watching my videos reminds me of the small, everyday details too that are just as special in their own way.
I got the pro subscription just recently, not necessarily because any of the additional features jumped at me, but because this product has been consistently useful, reliable, entertaining, and otherwise part of my life for a relatively long time - I’m quite proud to support this app and show it off as often as I can! That being said, my other main draw to the pro was to have unlimited backup of all my snippets - I’ve been going at this for a long enough time that I would be very sad to lose everything.
My one critique is that sometimes when the app mashes long videos, on the order of the last year of snippets or so, the audio will sometimes get out of sync with the video. This is a small bug that I’m sure can be or already has been addressed (just updated my app yesterday).
Keep up the good work, y’all!
Great app. Needs some adjustments and iPad functionality
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rivertaylor –
2020-07-19
Version 3.5.5
I love 1 second everyday, and I’ve been using it for the past few years. However, I don’t love the verticality of the newer UI, and I’ve noticed the text is far too big in the videos now. It used to auto-adjust to fit the length of the caption (i like to add locations of where I’m at, along with movie titles and/or episode titles if it’s a clip from a show) and now it just cuts the text off past a certain point. Mostly just a few gripes of what is otherwise a great app but if the text size was fixed it would greatly improve the user experience for me.
Also, would very much appreciate the addition of an iPad compatible app. I can use the mobile version which is fine, but I would like to be able to use the app on my iPad, which is my daily driver device.
Love!
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BlairReviews –
2020-05-02
Version 3.4.5
I never leave reviews but I have to for this app. It takes all of my video clips out of my phone and into something I actually want to watch. I’m kicking myself for having downloaded it years ago when my son was born and not keeping up with it. However, it’s VERY easy to go back. The paid version is completely worth it and I have used it month by month this year (2020, it’s May) and have even started to go back and fill in some videos from previous years. I LOVE it. I love documenting my kids and this app is everything I could want. I love the different projects feature and have one for each family member along with my continuous snippets for my timeline. I do wish I could access it on my computer, but since all my videos are on my phone anyways I really don’t mind that as much. I really love it though. I watch my little videos way more than I should probably admit. But that’s how much I love it.
This app helps me see the joy in everyday life!
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Ellison K –
2020-03-05
Version 3.4.3
It sounds like hyperbole, but this app literally changed my life. I had postpartum depression with my first baby, and every night I cried myself to sleep because of how hard it all was (he was terribly colicky and I felt like he just cried ALL DAY LONG). A friend told me about this app, and I started piecing together positive snippets from each day. When I’d watch the mashed video of multiple months, it helped me start seeing how much happiness my son was bringing to me and how the little things add up. I’ve been using the app for 3 years now, and I LIVE the updates. I was so worried because I had to switch to a new phone, and the backup and redone load process worked flawlessly.
The only thing I’d love to see added is the ability to move snippets around. For example, sometimes I’ve already cut a snippet just right, but then later I want to move it to a different date to make room for a different moment in that spot. I’ve hoped to see a “drag and slide over” option to move a snippet from one day to another. Is that possible to add to the next update?
Thank you so much for creating this app!
MY Favorite App Of All Time, hands down
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ccbugsy –
2020-02-26
Version 3.4.2
As a super busy mom, teacher and person who tries to live each day to the fullest, it is often so hard to not feel that everything is a complete blur. I am a past scrapbooker and avid photo taker, but where is there time for all of that? There isn’t! When I found OneSecondEveryday it was like MAGIC! I can DO this. And especially when I discovered that because of Live Photo on my iPhone, SOOO many of my still photos were already little mini video snippets!! In the three years that I’ve been storing my one seconds, my TEENAGE kids have already changed so much. In the blink of eye, but now I can play my snippets and see just how much I have to be grateful for. I see just how full my life is! Even in the ordinary and small, seemingly insignificant moments.
Thank you, one second creators, from the bottom of my heart for sharing this with the world!! You’ve definitely made it a better place. :)
Ceasar’s Email
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maggie castle rock –
2020-02-26
Version 3.4.2
Caesar, your email inspired me this morning and I’m taking a minute to tell you how special this app truly is. I’ve used the app since my son was 3; He is now almost 11 and I have managed to do a video from every birthday to his next. He literally wakes up on his birthday, every year, and says mom have you finished my 1 second video? I compile the entire year for him and he loves it. Everyone loves it, it’s a family tradition and I am so grateful for the intuitive updates you’ve made each and every year. This is the kind of time capsule my son will have his entire life (well at least till he goes to college lol). I go back and watch his 3rd year of life video or his 5th year of life video all the time. Thank you for creating a tool that is literally part of the fabric of my family and will last a lifetime. If my computer dies and I loose everything, my yearly 1 second videos will live on forever. Much love and admiration from Castle Rock, Colorado.
2020 Goals
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BÜRDŠ –
2020-02-22
Version 3.4.2
My New Years resolution was to use this app to make an entire video of 2020. I have seen this app in the past on the App Store, but could never justify paying for it. I believe it used to be $1.99 back then. I think looking back that was a pretty generous price for what this app offers. Even the non-premium version has plenty of useful features without having to upgrade. I love ❤️ the ability to add your Live Photo’s to your memories for each day out of the month for that added level of immersion. The auto-fill feature makes it completely effortless to add your memories for that particular day automatically, and it backs up and syncs with your iCloud Photo Library in the background which is super handy. In the 2 short months I’ve used this app to log 2020, it comes highly recommended. Don’t just take my word for it, try it yourself. You literally have nothing to lose now that it’s a free download.
First App Review Ever (This App is Worthy of One!)
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JohnA2223 –
2020-02-06
Version 3.4
This app is hands down the best app I ever discovered browsing the App Store in my 10+ years of owning a smart phone. The premium version is worth every penny. As a newer parent (my daughter is two now) and someone that does a lot of traveling, this app has made reminiscing on the past such a beautiful fluid experience. IF YOU HAVE A SMALL CHILD THIS APP IS A MUST HAVE!! The ability for you to make a meaningful and fun video of your child’s formative years is priceless. The music that is available for you to put over the pictures and short video clips makes the watching experience that much more sentimental and impactful. The option to add time stamps to each clip is another great feature, and way to further refresh your memory of a specific event, or even just a normal day in the life of you.
Download it right now and make your past and future life experiences more meaningful!
- Guy M.
Love looking back at my memories!
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Kylielekylie –
2020-02-02
Version 3.3.1
I’m relatively new to the app, and I don’t take many pictures on my camera roll. Most of the pictures in my video are from snapchats that I saved, downloaded to my camera, and then added to the video. I know several of my friends who use this app feel the same way as I do. If there were a way to make it easier to get the clip from Snapchat to 1Sec that would be great. I understand that they are different platforms but maybe look into that?
I’ve been using the app for a while now and sometimes when I try to rewatch a snippet it freezes/ glitches. This doesn’t happen when I watch the whole video but sometimes I want to look back at just one day. I would like it if this could be fixed.
Please change the caption font back!!
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My Name is Jessica –
2020-01-25
Version 3.3.1
I have been using this app since 2018 and always tell my friends about it. Like other reviewers, I am annoyed with the most recent update. There are many things that bother me, but one of the biggest is the caption font on videos. Originally, the font matched the date font (if I remember correctly) and now it is a non-italicized sans serif with an unnecessary amount of letter spacing. Because of the letter spacing, I can’t fit as much info in the caption. It’s also impossible to read on the video itself because there is no longer a shadow on the text. Quite frankly, it was an unnecessary change and has made the caption illegible. I have other qualms with this update that other reviewers have mentioned, but the caption font makes me cringe every time I see it. Please change it back or give users the option to change the font in settings.
Last update added a huge logo to my videos
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Hipeople:) –
2020-01-08
Version 3.3.1
I understand that they want to have credit for the content they produce, but the huge logo in the corner has made me not want to continue using the app. I told all of my friends who use the app to not update, and many of them saved their 2019 videos and stopped using the app on 2020 because they also do not want a video with a logo. I, and the rest of my friends, are decent enough to keep the logo that is inserted at the end of each video because it’s a great app and a concept that should be given credit where it’s due. However, $4 per month is not worth any of the other features they offer so I do not have any reason to upgrade. I really hope that this automatic logo will end so I can continue to enjoy the videos I make.
In the meantime, I will be using iMovie to compile the rest of my second videos because it is just as simple and actually offers a lot more customizations. Plus, I can be sure that it will be safely backed up to my iCloud in the case that my phone breaks or is lost.
Love it
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ItsSoBei –
2019-12-09
Version 3.2
So this is a little pricey but what’s the price of life definitely priceless. I love this app I love the way it works I love the way it applies itself to platform there are some tweaks that need to be done through an app but it is definitely what it says it is it is a video diary. And also let you link into your Instagram card to keep things up-to-date today this is the second highest rating I have given an app as I’ve been reviewing several self-help apps, journaling apps ,Video diaries, and motivational apps this one is definitely put together beautifully as a video diary I really wish it would team up with Fabulous and Day One I think that be the most mad awesome Calabro but that’s just my opinion. I’m not a writer is always grandma is I love video recording even talk to text so for me this pops!
But all in all I love this app I can’t wait to use it with my Instagram is totally awesome and that is Ya buzz with the Bei!
My favorite app
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SneakingMagpie –
2019-12-08
Version 3.2
I absolutely adore this app- so much so that I paid for the pro version (I almost never do this for anything!) I love being able to watch my year go by and relive small moments that may otherwise have been forgotten. As for previous complaints, I haven’t had any issues with the functionality and find it completely user friendly- and I’m terrible with tech. Like the absolute worse. Maybe a previous update had some glitches but I haven’t experienced a single one and I’ve been using the app regularly since June now. I also love that the app works with Live Photos like a previous user mentioned. You can also now choose the orientation of the videos. I highly recommend it to all of my family and friends.
Favorite app on my phone
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california danser –
2019-08-23
Version 3.1.2
I’ve done 1SE everyday for almost three years. The first year i started one year before our wedding and set it to music and got a projection screen and debuted it to my then fiancé and all our friends the night before our wedding at our rehearsal dinner. The second year i got pregnant. Now I’m almost done with the third year featuring our six month old baby! It’s such a fun thing to have, all our friends know we do it and when we hang out ask if they’ll make it in the second of the day. It’s an amazing way to look back and remember all the amazing seconds big and small that make up life. It’s kept me off instagram and enjoying life. Many friends have said they don’t have time to do it, but I don’t add a second everyday, I usually go back a month later and pick seconds. So if you already take videos most days anyway it’s super easy to go back later and do. Highly recommend!
Unaffected by what others are complaining about
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kt800200 –
2019-08-20
Version 3.1.2
One of the coolest things about this app they don’t advertise is that the “Live Photo” capability of the iPhone finally comes in handy for something. Every one of those is about a second, so any photo you already have in your phone can become part of a video. It’s cool to see your day-to-day photos turned into live footage, I guess. Many of these reviews complain about a march update that took away features, which confuses me because I didn’t even notice and I’ve been a near-daily user since January. I broke my phone in April and was so bummed to lose the seconds I’d taken since then that I recently upgraded to monthly pro. If people are mad they get only one snippet a day, they can always spend the dollar a week it would cost to get more snippets or even use the freestyle capability. I do dislike the orientation of video since I rarely shoot horizontally but other than that, I enjoy this app completely and it’s one of the few I will pay for.
Updated 8/28: still vertical-only. Bummed to see it's still a vertical-only app
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librarygrrrl –
2019-07-28
Version 3.1.2
8/28 update: still not vertical and responses to other reviews indicate that it's "a lot of work" to make it a horizontal app again. Well, yeah. I'm sure it was a lot of effort to un-horizontal it in the first place. But given the number of long-time users who bailed on the app once you did that, I certainly hope you are putting in the effort.
Original: Didn't update in April when it went vertical-only because I'm middle-aged and my eyes can't focus on images that small. Sad to see that this July update hasn't addressed that issue. Many of my friends who normally post 1SE videos each month on Instagram haven't since that last update - I'm relieved that I didn't update and can still use it horizontally. Please for the love of my old eyes, allow this app to be vertical OR horizontal!
Other than this (deal-breaker) issue, I LOVE this app.
Great idea, horrible UX
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Note_Luver –
2019-07-18
Version 3.1
K.I.S.S. much? Listen, i have worked in software research and development for over 20 years in. every position from architect to engineer to product manager etc. so this is not a case of me being “non-technical“. However as much as I want to like this application I just cannot understand the workflow it makes zero sense to me I’m simply wanting to record 1+ seconds of video per day and have them mashed together so that I could then replay as hoc.
I “think“ this application allows that however I’ve yet to be able to understand how to achieve this. Assuming that is the intent of this application here’s a hint bring in a UX expert and create a next GEN version of this before someone (ahem) beat you to the punch. Seriously I can’t tell which is up and which is down in this app. I *tnink* I’ve recorded some clips during my trial but who knows. Unfortunately I think this application simply out fight itself and was focused on too many bells and whistle‘s and not actual workflow. To that end I seriously doubt I will be continuing my subscription but instead will simply mimic the idea and easily create my own application which will achieve what I am wanting once again to save a small clip each day and have them smashed together so that I could play back whenever I want.
Latest update crop proportion issue
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yoooozipi –
2019-06-29
Version 3.0.3
Great app overall. This is probably the only app that I am actually sticking with for more than a year now.
The latest update messed up the horizontal proportion though, so you’d always crop a bottom portion of the video without knowing how much it’ll crop out. This is consistent either you’re using the phone’s own camera or the one inside the app. I find this very buggy since I am very mindful of the composition when making clips.
Also the user interface used to be a lot more simple in the previous version, where you could launch the app and start taking your one second within one click, whereas now it’s annoying to have to click three buttons to start video recording. That precious one second to be recorded can flee in an instant — a bird, a moving train, a sound... Very critical to keep it simple so those moments are captured.
Will never please some people. At all
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Wolfed Up –
2019-06-08
Version 3.0.3
I've used this app for a year and a half now. Gives me a great way to simply scroll quickly back through the many memories during that time. Its a great little video diary. I personally have been very pleased with it during that time. I don't pay for the monthly subscription but have never felt that I needed to. It performs well on just the free version and gives me everything I need to create those memories. I can't understand why people want to beat on it. Yes, I do like the vertical format better. I think it's well developed and you'll be hard pressed to find anything that does the job as well, much less better. FOR FREE! I will say this, after a year and a half it will take up some memory on your phone. Cloud backups???? I'd pay for that.
Umm???
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girl with a love for seconds –
2019-06-06
Version 3.0.3
Ok so let me tell you: I LOVE this app. I use it everyday to take videos of my friends and can’t wait to see how it all turns out at the end of the year. All of my friends want to be in my one second each day, and they have fun deciding on what to do in the second that they have. But recently, something has been different. I’m unable to take a long video, and then chop it down into a second. Rather, the app takes a random portion of the video and puts it in, and it doesn’t let me choose the part of the video that I want. Maybe there’s a step I’m missing or a button I’m supposed to push? But I never had to do anything before and it would just let me do what I had to do to the video. If chopping the video has become a premium thing, I am more than disappointed. And so, even though I love this app and the idea behind it, I cannot give it a full 5 stars. Thank you for your time, hopefully this is a just a lil problem or I’m doing something wrong :)
Update 3.0 wasn’t necessarily
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Modge Podge –
2019-03-23
Version 3.0.1
I’ve been using this app for about a year now & have really loved it, but I am really disappointed with update 3.0. The vertical screen was unnecessary, and actually makes it much more difficult to edit videos. I appreciate the push for greater integration of the journal feature (and it’s really cool that it exists), but it feels like you’re kind of shoving down our throats.
I started off using leap second which I found to have a better interface & allowed me to add as many videos as I wanted per day (and they could be much longer than a second), but their app had a bug where my timeline was deleted more than once so I switched to 1SE.
1SE has been much more reliable, and I have never had a problem with it, but honestly I am strongly considering switching back after the update and push for subscription services that should really honestly have come with my $6 purchase of the app to begin with. The month by month format leap second offers is really nice & much more intuitive and easy than the side bar month scroll on 1SE, although really genuinely what you had before was much better than what you have now.
New Update - I want to delete the app.
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i want the old version! –
2019-03-09
Version 3
I used to be in love with 1SE. An amazing way to see your life one second a day! It had an amazing layout, very easy and dynamic to work with.. Unfortunately, I can’t say that anymore with the new update. The new update went vertical, which I really don’t enjoy. At all. It seems as if they are trying to cram everything into one little screen, when before everything had an amazing layout. I really don’t think I will ever get used to this new layout. One more thing, perhaps the most annoying thing, the DIFFICULTY and TIME needed to take to record a snippet of your day. Before the new update, there was a red recording button you could press right when you opened the app. Now, with the new update, it takes MUCH longer to record a snippet for that day.. What if you want to capture a moment that is only there for a second, but can’t because it takes 30 seconds to solely get to the camera??? I’m sorry, but they need to go back to the old version.
The app is also glitchy. I paid $6 for the app a couple of years ago, and now I feel as if I’m getting the free version, let alone there is now a “pro” version you can pay monthly/yearly for.
I’m going to be honest, I don’t enjoy using 1SE anymore. Frankly, not sure if I even will.
Horrible update
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Fhgvsdgilcdgjg –
2019-03-08
Version 3
First time I’ve ever written a review for an app. I bought this app around three years ago and used it faithfully for the past three years. Within the last few months, the developer has been pushing an aggressive subscription campaign that I feel hinders the app. As many people of Artie said another reviews this was a paid app in which many of us purchased. I do not appreciate this push towards a subscription-based model. Secondly, with the new update, mashing your one second videos has become a pain. The vertical alignment crams many of the features into a small space which makes it incredibly difficult to properly select your one second. An app that used to be very intuitive and allowed you to quickly journal the events for the day has become a laborious process. If changes are not made to the app within the year I plan to move on and find another video journaling app.
The new update is horrible
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Kapteva –
2019-03-07
Version 3
I used to love this app, I used it all the time and I was telling about it absolutely everyone. With the new update I actually don’t want to use it anymore.
I paid for the app $6 a coupe of years ago so I wasn’t using the free version. The change from horizontal (landscape) orientation to vertical (portrait) made it worse. It is difficult to see the snippets they are crammed. The editing portion of the screen changed - the ribbon where I pick the 1 sec sequences is not detailed and I can’t see or hear how the 1 second snippet will sound/look like. When I pick something, try to play it, it replays the whole video, not that part I chose. The ribbon is not intuitive to navigate (as it used to be) and it is hard to pick the snippets. I can’t pick custom dates to mash videos. It forces me to pick current year, everything. I used to show this app to everyone, I would pick a few custom dates and show them how it works and how great it is. I also can’t replay snippets from prior years (i didn’t save them). With this update actually I don’t enjoy it and I am going to look for a different app with a similar functionality. There is a very aggressive push to the subscription service, but I already paid for the app and actually all the best features were taken away. Find a different app. It has such a great reviews becuse of the older version, but since March 2019 it is crap.
Vertical version/latest update
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Loooooses –
2019-03-04
Version 3
I was really pleased with this app and its functionality, and then they had to go and “update” it. In the new version, there’s no longer an option to use the app in landscape (horizontal) mode. They went too far “fixing” the problem, that iOS users couldn’t rotate to vertical. Now it’s even crappier because you have to press about twice as many icons just to view clips and/or take them horizontally. The smart thing to do would’ve been to keep the simpler icons and just add the ability to rotate IF WANTED, not force everything to be one way or the other. It should be as easy as tapping one icon to open up the camera for recording; now users have to go through an entire process and figure out where everything is just to add snippets on the spot. It also doesn’t need the added social media component. People use this app to record seconds, and nothing else. They don’t want ads, or other people’s content, or anything else invading. The entire point of the app is to collect snippets and put them together, and share them on another platform if desired. I’ll likely stop using it if something doesn’t change.
Here one day, gone the next
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Tilly838 –
2019-03-02
Version 3
I had posted this a while back “I absolutely Love this app. I’ve been using the free one for a year now and have been taking videos every day. However, it seems that a lot of the features of the free app are being taken away. We no longer can do 1.5 seconds for a clip and we can now only have one video where as before we could have two for each day. I understand that the free app will need to have limitations compared to the pro, however it seems like pretty soon there’s not going to be anything left on the free app. And the jump to pro is quite big in regards to cost. I’m really bummed that the app has changed so much in literally two days as I had access to all these features Thursday.” Soon after this changes were made to the app and these features we accessible again without the pro and just he initial payment app. However, my phone just updated to the most recent iOS and with it, those few features went away, again I can only have one clip a day, no 1.5 second clips, and now I can’t even create multiple montages. Again, I understand that the free app will need to have limitations compared to the pro, however i’m really bummed that they brought these features back and then removed them again as well as a few more.
Favorite App, everyone should use it!
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Andrew Ols –
2019-03-02
Version 3
I first downloaded this in March of 2014 and ever since it has been by far my favorite app. It’s truly a great way to compile your memories - and in many ways it helps me to remember months and years gone by. Weeks and months that were previously forgettable I can now go back and view, remembering the smaller moments and the previously unmemorable days. The joy that comes with compiling a month of seconds is something I’ll never tire of. I recommend everyone use it.
I even created a second timeline just to track the first year of our little puppies life - and what a pleasure that has been to go back and watch, seeing him grow from a small cute pup to the good good doggo he is today!
Great App, Two Drawbacks
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kmbrlymarie01 –
2019-02-06
Version 2.2.8
I love this app so far! It serves as great a reminder to pause and reflect on the beautiful little moments in your life. My goal is to upload and write an entry each day in 2019.
There are only two things that I wish it could do: 1) use in Portrait (upright) setting vs only in Landscape (sideways). I have small hands and never type using both hands on the full keyboard on my iPhone XS. It’s very unnatural and clunky and I end up making a lot of typos that autocorrect doesn’t seem to catch. It makes for constant editing and means it takes much longer to write a quick entry than it should. It’s frustrating. 2) I would love the ability to set a simple notification to be sent at a specific time each day to remind you to upload a picture and jot down an entry. All in all, though, still a great app. Looking forward to seeing how it all turns out at the end of the year!
I love it, but....
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its_unlikely_i__know.u –
2019-01-22
Version 2.2.3
Don’t get me wrong, I love this app. I love the concept of having one clip from each day to look back on at the end of the year, and this app makes that very easy. You can simply record a clip in the app or insert your own clip and trim it. It allows for journaling and captions which is also great. The thing that bothers me about this app is that is it is a very simple concept, and when I got it it was $5.00, which seems a little much for such a thing. I got over it because it was worth the memories and the easy navigation. But now, after I have had the app for over a year, they are pushing for a Pro plan, where you have to pay more money? It threatens that you will lose all of your video clips and they won’t be backed up, and tries to push the upgrade to the Pro plan too often. It’s $30 to use basic features users of the app have been asking for for years now. It seems outrageous that they want that much so you can add music to your clips or make them longer. If I had know about this, I would’ve thought twice about getting the app.
Just another recurring bill. Probably the future to have everything be SaaS
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DC biker 123 –
2019-01-16
Version 2.2.3
The app itself is pretty good. I used it for an extended trip and now have a good video record of it. The problem I have is the Software as a Service (SaaS) model that this has turned into.
So you have to buy the app, and if you want the “advanced” features you have to pay $4 per month or $30 per year. The main feature they brag about is the unlimited backups. You can already back this up to iTunes. I pay $1 per month for 50Gb of extra storage. So that doesn’t really affect me much.
The other features are just one off changes that don’t cost money for the company post implementation. Volume control? Brightness adjustment? Remove branding? Allow for 3 second snips? These could all be rolled out as courtesy for those of us who paid the $5 for the app. Or they could price it into the upfront cost of the app.
I’ve seen the developers say they need to charge to keep a paid app free from ads. Not sure I follow that logic. Anyway, it’s probably just a sign of the times. We now see almost all software trying to turn into this ridiculous SaaS model. Hopefully people start to reject it and companies just price their products accordingly upfront.
Great concept, disappointing evolution
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CGraves89 –
2018-12-31
Version 2.2.1
My sister-in-law purchased this app when it was $5 on our Apple family-share plan, and we have been using it to compile compilations, montages, or whatever 1SE has been branding their videos/slideshows as. We’ve made multiple projects featuring each of our kids, different events, etc.
However, now with the most recent update and the rollout of “Pro Membership” these features that we originally paid for now are being held hostage behind their $4/month or $30/year premium membership fees. I can understand their fiscal need to offer membership usages, but revoking pre-existing features from customers who have already paid is an abhorrent practice and I will no longer be recommending this app to friends.
I’m still giving the app 3-stars because it’s good at what it does and I enjoyed it before they took away the features we paid for, but they have turned their back on their original paying customers. They should have created some kind of “grandfathered-in” program rather than revoking access. Now I’ll be searching for another similar app service.
Rebuying your already purchased content.
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Jpesse25 –
2018-12-23
Version 2.2.1
1 Second Everyday has been a really awesome part of my year. It’s allowed me to document my last months in high school, my relaxing and fun filled summer vacation, and the exciting new experiences I’ve had during my first semester of college.
When I bought the app (almost exactly a year ago), it was somewhere between 5-10 dollars... I don’t remember the price exactly. However, what I do remember was thinking to myself, “this will be a worthwhile investment.” Up until this point in time, this thought had been true. But with the release of 1se’s pro-subscription content, comes the restriction of loads of features that came readily available with the original purchase of the app.
You can no longer add two clips to a given day, or make a clip longer than 1 second. I know this complaint seems small, but it’s completely changed the way I experience this application that I already payed for. I still think this experience was worth the original investment, but I’m not going to pay more to use features that were already available to me. I’m just not going to use 1se again.
Best,
J
Best Decision
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_lisa__ –
2018-12-16
Version 2.1.5
I never ever write reviews, but this is the best app! I have tried for years to document my life in some way from journaling to trying to take a daily picture. However theres something so amazing about a quick second video of that day, and with that second you instantly are able to remember what you were doing on that day, and why it was so important that you recorded it. Many feel that a second is not enough time, but that’s kind of the beauty in the app your life consists of seemingly unimportant seconds but then when you look back at your year, all those sec that didn’t see important make up your life, and it is almost as if you gave yourself a gift of a beautiful video of your life.
The best app I’ve ever had
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Lifeanyone? –
2018-09-21
Version 2.1.1
I’ve been using one second every day for almost 3 years now. At this point I honestly can’t see myself not doing it. The experience of watching back your year is so cathartic and fantastic to relieve experiences and remember the contexts that I would recommend everyone to get this app.
From a technical standpoint it’s very easy to use and is very user-friendly, plus the staff who have created this app are very helpful and very good at connecting with their users over social media. They say the best camera is the one you have with you and with the prevalence of smart phones nowadays it’s never been easier to record a little slice of your life that you and your family will have to look back on whenever you’d like.
A good app with ridiculous subscription option
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Krazy Kris1 –
2018-09-07
Version 2.1
I bought this around the beginning of the year and have really enjoyed using it.
However, this new subscription model that came with the most recent update seems greedy and unnecessary.
The idea of keeping pretty basic features (brightness controls, 3 second snippets) gated behind a paywall is extremely frustrating. Partly because you have to pay for the app to begin with, but also because it is a monthly subscription.
These kinds of ways of monetizing customers borders on predatory. If it were a free app, it’d make a bit more sense, but asking customers to drop more money is honestly kind of ridiculous when the features being offered don’t justify the subscription model.
I will continue using the version I paid for, but now will be more wary of any further updates or apps this developer puts out.
I enjoy it but it definitely has drawbacks...
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PshhItsLauren –
2018-02-15
Version 2.0.7
Firstly, I don’t regret buying this app, but the “one second” every day concept is a bit...limited now. This app allows you to increase individual snippets to 1.5 seconds, and you can choose up to two per day. However, there have been many, MANY days when I wished I could add more, slightly longer snippets. At times, I’ve even added snippets from certain days to the WRONG day just so I could have that moment in the compilation, and the inability to remove the date stamp means I’m just lying to everyone. Ultimately, I just end up wishing I had complete control. I would have paid more for the app with the promise of a limitless snippet composer, honestly.
Secondly, I personally do not take issue with the location and font of the date stamp, but if I did, I would probably not use the app at all, and this review would be very very different. So please allow people more options there.
Lastly, any real video editing software is effectively nonexistent. Thank you for fixing the issues with orientation etc. that you have already, but honestly why can people not put their videos to music? Why can I not add any effects whatsoever within the app itself? It’s just...disappointing.
I love the idea behind this app, and the motivation of the person who created it, but...all that innovative creativity has really come to a standstill. I’d just like to see more.
Colors
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brynstef –
2018-02-12
Version 2.0.7
Having missed days in the calendar be the same color as days with video is very confusing. I used to be able to tell immediately if I had not taken a video for the day, when the box was grey. But now with all the days being the same color I find myself missing many days. My 3rd year is not getting off to a great start since I updated.
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In response to developer. I am not confused. I understand the concept of the film icon showing on days where there is media. What my complaint is about is that the new update is more subtle than the original app. All the days are the same color regardless if there is media for that day or not. Different colors was a good thing. Your pasted “help” response has nothing to do with my complaint.
Not sure if I like I...
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RonCarter618 –
2018-02-08
Version 2.0.7
I was using another one second app which was free but limited without upgrading to pro. I decided to download this app instead since it’s the original one second app and I like that you can work on separate projects, so I can keep my sons first year separate from our 2018, one of the features the other app lacked. However, I’m not feeling this app that much. First of all, landscape UI is annoying to work with. Second, yes you can rotate your video to portrait mode but the date remains in landscape and is big, bold, and takes over the clip. I understand that the date is kind of the point of the one second every day concept but if we can’t have the option to remove it, it would be nice to at least be able to move it to whichever corner we want and make it smaller so the focus is on the video and not the dates. Anyways, I will give this app another week just to see but I most likely will go back to the other app.