diff --git a/desktop/app/src/server/devices/IOSDevice.tsx b/desktop/app/src/server/devices/IOSDevice.tsx
index 751e62617..8e3e2d996 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/server/devices/IOSDevice.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/server/devices/IOSDevice.tsx
@@ -213,8 +213,9 @@ export default class IOSDevice extends BaseDevice {
   }
 
   async startScreenCapture(destination: string) {
-    this.recordingProcess = exec(
-      `xcrun simctl io ${this.serial} recordVideo --codec=h264 --force ${destination}`,
+    this.recordingProcess = this.iOSBridge.recordVideo(
+      this.serial,
+      destination,
     );
     this.recordingLocation = destination;
   }
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/server/utils/IOSBridge.tsx b/desktop/app/src/server/utils/IOSBridge.tsx
index 8a37389dd..4067f8627 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/server/utils/IOSBridge.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/server/utils/IOSBridge.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ export interface IOSBridge {
   ) => child_process.ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams;
   screenshot: (serial: string) => Promise<Buffer>;
   navigate: (serial: string, location: string) => Promise<void>;
+  recordVideo: (
+    serial: string,
+    outputFile: string,
+  ) => child_process.ChildProcess;
 }
 
 async function isAvailable(idbPath: string): Promise<boolean> {
@@ -134,6 +138,24 @@ export async function idbNavigate(
   exec(`idb open --udid ${serial} "${location}"`);
 }
 
+export function xcrunRecordVideo(
+  serial: string,
+  outputFile: string,
+): child_process.ChildProcess {
+  console.log(`Starting screen record via xcrun to ${outputFile}.`);
+  return exec(
+    `xcrun simctl io ${serial} recordVideo --codec=h264 --force ${outputFile}`,
+  );
+}
+
+export function idbRecordVideo(
+  serial: string,
+  outputFile: string,
+): child_process.ChildProcess {
+  console.log(`Starting screen record via idb to ${outputFile}.`);
+  return exec(`idb record-video --udid ${serial} ${outputFile}`);
+}
+
 export async function makeIOSBridge(
   idbPath: string,
   isXcodeDetected: boolean,
@@ -145,6 +167,7 @@ export async function makeIOSBridge(
       startLogListener: idbStartLogListener.bind(null, idbPath),
       screenshot: idbScreenshot,
       navigate: idbNavigate,
+      recordVideo: idbRecordVideo,
     };
   }
 
@@ -154,6 +177,7 @@ export async function makeIOSBridge(
       startLogListener: xcrunStartLogListener,
       screenshot: xcrunScreenshot,
       navigate: xcrunNavigate,
+      recordVideo: xcrunRecordVideo,
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/desktop/app/src/server/utils/__tests__/IOSBridge.node.tsx b/desktop/app/src/server/utils/__tests__/IOSBridge.node.tsx
index f055fc671..25a3e9661 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/server/utils/__tests__/IOSBridge.node.tsx
+++ b/desktop/app/src/server/utils/__tests__/IOSBridge.node.tsx
@@ -134,3 +134,23 @@ test('uses idb to navigate when available', async () => {
 
   expect(exec).toHaveBeenCalledWith('idb open --udid deadbeef "fb://dummy"');
 });
+
+test('uses xcrun to record with no idb when xcode is detected', async () => {
+  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('', true);
+
+  ib.recordVideo('deadbeef', '/tmp/video.mp4');
+
+  expect(exec).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    'xcrun simctl io deadbeef recordVideo --codec=h264 --force /tmp/video.mp4',
+  );
+});
+
+test('uses idb to record when available', async () => {
+  const ib = await makeIOSBridge('/usr/local/bin/idb', true, async (_) => true);
+
+  ib.recordVideo('deadbeef', '/tmo/video.mp4');
+
+  expect(exec).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    'idb record-video --udid deadbeef /tmo/video.mp4',
+  );
+});