For those unfamiliar with this photography technique it consists of taking a sequence of frames at set intervals to record changes that take place slowly over time. When the frames are shown at normal speed, or in quick succession, the action seems much faster.
The results are quit amazing, a great example would be this price awarded video.
In this roundup we’ve collected six excellent free time lapse apps for Android to get you started on your next photography project.
While these apps might not match to results of an professional DSLR camera, the portability of the any Android phone (and it’s camera) is an advantage, you can easely take it with you just about anywhere.
1. Lapse It
Capture stunning Time Lapse videos with this full featured award-winning app.
Lapse It is an award-winning full featured app for capturing amazing time lapse clips with your Android camera, simple, fast and intuitive.
2. TimeLapse!
TimeLapse! turns your android device into a time lapse video camera.
Now you can share your wonderful time lapse video easily, send to friend, upload to Youtube with a few taps! Unlike some other time lapse applications, we allow you to capture at any rate with no limit on resolution! But be careful on the large memory space and battery consumption.
3. Time-Lapse – Lite
Create your own Time-Lapse movies! Capture passing clouds or a scenic drive! This app continuously shoots photos and assembles them together as a .mov video file that may be uploaded to YouTube or played back in VLC Media Player.
4. Timelapse Free
This app is a basic tool capable of capturing time lapse clips, adjusting setting parameters as needed. You can also use it to test a spot and avoid carrying your DSLR camera all the time!
5. rrTimeLapse
App for taking time lapse photography, designed to be able to work in the background.
It supports resolution selection, start/stop timer or continuous shooting, amount of lapse time and auto focus selection.
6. Tina Time-lapse
Capture images at an interval at any resolution your camera supports.
Video tutorial on how to convert the captured images into a playable time-lapse video.
This is something I made with my android phone. No apps, just on ICS.
http://bit.ly/JrkHKX
In fact there is a build in Timelapse function in the default Camera app. However these are much better than that. I personally prefer Lapse It!
I have found another good timelapse android app. Growingup, simple and efficient
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cah.growingup.lite
There is an app that does both time-lapse and slow motion video recording on your Android device. It is called Controlled Capture. Both slow motion and time-lapse movies made from this app can be shared with others via email, google+, facebook, etc. It has many features not list in the above apps. More information is here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ControlledCapture.Free