Every clip, saved automatically
Every clip you shoot lands in your Photos on its own, right there in Recents. Missed a few earlier? Add older recordings in a tap. Prefer to keep it manual? Switch it off in Settings.
REC
JUL. 2 1994
Your iPhone. 1994.
Camcora is a camcorder app that films the way home video used to look and sound — VHS grain, wobbling tape, a glowing on-screen date. Every effect is baked in as you shoot.
100% ON-DEVICE
NO ACCOUNT
NO CLOUD
REC
SP
0:47:12
VHS-C · SP · CH1
▶ CAMCORA
JUL. 2 1994
PM 8:19
PM 8:19
◉ New in v1.6
Your clips, saved before you even think about it.
Version 1.6 makes saving automatic: every clip you shoot goes straight to your Photos. Add to that multi-take tapes, faster ways to start rolling, and a few quiet refinements.
Many takes, one tape
Record, stop, then record again onto the same tape — it all saves as one continuous video. Change the preset between takes, with an optional tape glitch at every cut.
Start rolling in a second
Jump straight into the viewfinder from Control Center, the Lock Screen, the Action Button or Camera Control.
The little things
Your last preset is remembered, transitions can be turned off, and Settings now shows how much space Camcora is using.
◉ New in v1.3
Dial it in. Then share it out.
Version 1.3 hands you the fine controls — tune every preset, own the timestamp, decide what shows on screen — and adds one-tap sharing straight to TikTok.
Fine-tune the presets
Make the look your own — dial the grain, the glitch and the colour of each preset up or down until it feels exactly right.
Your own date
Set any timestamp in the viewfinder and roll a clip back to 1997 — while the clock keeps ticking for real.
OSD, your way
Show or hide the date, the REC indicator and the battery — each one on its own.
Straight to TikTok
Send a finished clip to TikTok with a single tap.
◉ New in v1.2
Three more eras to disappear into.
Version 1.2 adds three new Pro presets, pushing Camcora past the tape era and into the first rough years of digital.
Found Footage
The tape that should have stayed buried. The signal drops, rolls and tears itself apart at random — pure late-night, found-in-the-attic dread.
VGA Cam 2004
The first digital snapshots of the mid-2000s: soft, blocky and faintly green, with light that never quite settles. Awkward in the best way.
Phone Cam 2003
Shot on the thing in your pocket in 2003 — tiny, chunky pixels, smeared motion and a low, stuttering framerate. Early mobile video, exactly as rough as you remember.
◉ On screen
See it roll.
Real screens from the app — the live viewfinder, the camera presets, the tape library and the export options.
◉ What it does
A real camcorder, faithfully faked.
What you see in the viewfinder is what you get. Camcora renders the retro look and sound while you record, so a clip is finished the moment you stop — no editing pass, no export filters bolted on afterwards.
Live VHS preview
The effect is shown in the viewfinder as you shoot and burned into the recording — true WYSIWYG, not a filter added later.
Eight camera presets
Each preset re-creates a specific era of consumer video — from tracking noise and colour bleed to blocky digital artifacts and lens character.
VHS 1987
VHS-C 1994
Hi8 1997
MiniDV 2001
Security Cam
Found Footage
VGA Cam 2004
Phone Cam 2003
Authentic OSD
The glowing on-screen date and time you remember — and you set it freely, so today can read “JUL. 2 1994” if you want it to.
Real analog sound
Genuine audio processing — tape hiss, automatic gain control pumping, and wow & flutter — not just a picture filter.
Shake-to-Glitch
Give your phone a shake mid-shot to trigger tracking dropouts and tape glitches, just like knocking an old deck.
Tape Library
Your recordings live on a virtual cassette shelf on your device — browse them the way you’d flick through a stack of tapes.
Import existing videos
Run footage you already have through Camcora’s presets and give old clips the same era-correct treatment.
Export for every feed
Save in 4:3, 16:9 or vertical 9:16 for TikTok and Reels, up to 4K resolution.
Nothing leaves your phone
All recording and processing happens on-device. No cloud, no accounts, no sign-up.
◉ Free & Pro
Start free. Go Pro when you’re hooked.
Try Camcora for nothing. Unlock the full kit with a one-time purchase or a monthly subscription — pricing is shown in the App.
Free
Everything you need to try the look.
- 2 camera presets
- Export up to 1080p
- Includes a Camcora watermark
- Up to 3 minutes per clip
Pro
Camcora Pro
One-time purchase or monthly subscription — pricing shown in the App.
- All eight camera presets
- Preset fine-tuning, custom date & OSD controls
- Export up to 4K
- No watermark on new recordings
- Import existing videos
- Unlimited recording length
- Multiple takes on one tape
◉ Privacy
Shot on your device. Stays on your device.
Camcora has no servers to upload to — because we don’t run any. Recording, audio and every effect are processed locally on your iPhone, and everything you shoot stays on your device — saved to your Photos and kept in the Tape Library. There’s no account, no cloud gallery, and no analytics or advertising SDKs in the app.
◉ Questions
FAQ
Does Camcora need an internet connection?
No. Recording and all effect processing run entirely on your device, so you can shoot fully offline. A connection is only involved when you buy Pro through the App Store or when you actively share a clip to another app.
Where do my videos end up?
They stay on your iPhone. Every clip is saved to your Photos automatically — you’ll find it in Recents — and it’s also kept in Camcora’s on-device Tape Library. You can switch automatic saving off in Settings, and either way there’s no Camcora cloud: nothing leaves your device unless you share it.
Can I change the date shown on screen?
Yes. The on-screen date and time are freely adjustable, so you can stamp a clip with any date you like — a birthday, a decade ago, or a fictional “JUL. 2 1994”.
Why is there a watermark in the free version?
The watermark keeps a genuinely useful free tier possible while supporting the app. Upgrading to Pro removes it from new recordings. Note that effects and the watermark are rendered permanently into a recording, so a watermark already baked into an existing clip can’t be taken back out.
How do I cancel a subscription?
Subscriptions are managed by Apple. Open Settings → your name → Subscriptions on your device to change or cancel, or to turn off auto-renewal. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription. The one-time lifetime purchase isn’t a subscription and doesn’t renew.
Which devices does Camcora run on?
Camcora is an iPhone app and requires iOS 18. It’s available from the Apple App Store; higher-resolution 4K export depends on what your specific device supports.
Can I use my clips on TikTok, Reels or commercially?
Yes. Clips you record are yours to use, including commercially. Camcora exports vertical 9:16 alongside 4:3 and 16:9, and offers optional one-tap sharing to TikTok and Instagram.
Roll tape.
Turn your iPhone into the camcorder from the shelf in your parents’ living room.