# VHS Cam - Retro Camcorder FX — user reviews > 417 indexed App Store user reviews of VHS Cam by Ringtones LLC, rated 4.40/5 from 10,561 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vhs-cam-retro-camcorder-fx/id1091555594/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vhs-cam-retro-camcorder-fx/id1091555594.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 8,033 · 4★ 802 · 3★ 436 · 2★ 289 · 1★ 1,001 ## What do users think of VHS Cam? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Great VHS effects - 👍 Easy to use - 💡 Nostalgic feel - 🤩 Fun to make videos **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes frequently - 🔍 Date settings not working - 💰 Expensive subscription - 🤬 Deceptive free trial - 🤯 Forced ads and upsells **Commonly reported bugs** - Upside down photos and videos - Importing videos not working - Saving issues, videos disappearing - Settings menu crashes the app **Most requested features** - Ability to change date and time - More customization options - Improved video quality - Ability to import photos without subscription ## Newest reviews (14 of 417) ### 2/5 — It’s decent. *2026-08-22, version 2.0.9* Okay, so the effects are fine, it’s free to use, but I just can’t change the date. Can’t change the date or time, which kinda sucks. I also had some problems saving. Overall, it’s kinda janky and weird, but it’s okay. I don’t like how you have to pay to remove the watermark though. ### 3/5 — It’s pretty good! *2026-07-27, version 2.0.9* I’m able to make new stuff look old! ### 2/5 — Just bad *2026-03-07, version 2.0.9* It’s to much stuff to pay like why can’t you make it free honestly ### 2/5 — Stole £17.99 *2025-12-25, version 2.0.9* So the app told me to be able to use all the features you have to purchase full version and that there will be a 7 day trial before being debited. Proceeded to do 7 day trial and ended up being charged the full year. The worst thing is I just wanted to edit one video and i won’t be even using the app again so can’t even make moneys worth. ### 3/5 — Mid 🥱 *2025-08-03* It’s not amazing I don’t see why they need to charge money to use everything on the app Just let Creative people Make there videos me and my friend wanted to record a music video and We Couldn’t export it in any way ### 2/5 — you need to pay to import a photo?? *2025-04-26, version 2.0.9* doesn’t look too bad tho ### 3/5 — Could become 1 *2025-04-17, version 2.0.9* It could easily become the best if you could take as many photos as you want an they either get put into a in app or your photo library to view when your done photographing instead of a pop up save image prompt after every pic ### 1/5 — trash *2025-01-06* cant even edit the video you import forces you to deal with a overcropped footage ### 4/5 — Something needs to be fixed! *2025-01-03, version 2.0.9* Don't hear me wrong! This is a good app but it mostly does something where the sound of your voice gets out of line so that needs to be fixed but this is a good app! ### 1/5 — I give it 1 star because *2024-12-22, version 2.0.9* It takes to long to export ### 1/5 — I signed up for a free trial and they charged me $20 *2024-11-19, version 2.0.9* Scam ### 3/5 — Snowleopard *2024-08-23, version 2.0.9* The Date not working on mine ### 1/5 — STEALS YOUR MONEY *2024-08-20, version 2.0.9* DO NOT GET THIS APP!!!!! Wanted to try the free trial that it gives you for 7 days but instead it just took my money straight away. Even after paying £17.99 for an app I didn’t even want to pay for in the first place, I still don’t even have the privilege of using the app and it’s acting like I haven’t paid for the subscription (that I didn’t even want in the first place) so not only am I £17.99 down, I now also don’t even have the app that I paid for???? I am so confused and so furious that Apple would allow this to happen as I have read some other reviews and it seems that I am not the only person this has happened to. ### 1/5 — Bad *2024-08-06, version 2.0.9* It is the worst you can’t do anything because I just want money for a stupid trial I new album comes out ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — What’s wrong with the App? *2026-07-29, version 2.0.9* I just recently bought the year subscription. Now the whole app seemed to crash! The camera isn’t working when I flip the camera that isn’t working smh I am so disappointed and it’s no one I could talk too to fix the problem ### 1/5 — Not good *2026-06-13* I was only testing it and found it didn’t work properly. You have to export the video after each recording instead of it just saving to your photos/videos. It kept giving me “parsing error”. It sat at the screen saying “exporting” forever and never exported. When I clicked done, the “exporting” still showed up over top of the screen. ### 1/5 — Horrible UI totally non-functioning app *2026-03-31* Horrible UI totally non-functioning app. Can’t export the video ### 1/5 — Doesn’t save to photos *2026-02-09, version 2.0.9* I was tapping save and iPad cannot export JSON ### 1/5 — Pas possible d'éditer ou d'importer *2025-12-05* sur iOS 26 ça ne marche pas ### 1/5 — :( *2025-11-24* приложение стало намного хуже ### 1/5 — Not efficient, surprisingly simple flaws. *2025-09-16* Impossible to use when editing a pre-existing photo. Wouldn’t recommend if that is your intention. App would import photos and crop them in a strange way without allowing me to change them to the desired dimensions. ### 1/5 — Ads everywhere *2025-06-18, version 2.0.9* Why is the ad playing when I record?! ### 1/5 — Videos won’t download *2025-03-06, version 2.0.9* Whenever I finish recording a video (even if it’s like a 10 sec clip), it will give me a message saying there’s an error with the JSON file. And when I take a photo, it will save upside down. Plz fix this or I’m uninstalling… ### 1/5 — It doesn’t look real *2025-01-12* When I first opened it, I was excited until I saw the Date in the font looks a little bit off until I realised it’s off and it doesn’t look good. Would I prefer this? Maybe? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Cool app *2026-05-24* It’s so cool it makes me feel like I am in a different world ### 5/5 — Me at the hotel *2026-01-04, version 2.0.9* Me at the hotel ### 5/5 — It looks like the Little Einsteins VHS lost pilot *2025-12-03, version 2.0.9* This app looks so old it turns into an old camera so that’s why it’s so very cool and it turns your phone into a VHS ### 5/5 — This can help me make analog horror *2025-09-30, version 2.0.9* This is so cool. I love it. You can help me make analog horror!!! ### 5/5 — I love it *2025-08-31, version 2.0.9* It’s really good for videos ### 5/5 — I’m not a bot *2025-06-22, version 2.0.9* So I like this because it’s good and I recorded a 4 min video and save it and got an ad but I like this ### 5/5 — Perfeito *2024-06-28* Caraaaa! Esse é mto bom, dá pra gravar como VHS, e mt massa 5 estrelas pra essa belezura ### 5/5 — Awesome *2024-06-25, version 2.0.9* Bread ### 5/5 — нету помехов *2023-03-20* жалко что нет помехов. ### 5/5 — Loooooooveiiiiiit *2022-03-13, version 2.0.6* I l o v e I t --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-03.*