Comparison

VHS cam vs Flashback VR Clipping

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

VHS cam

Capture videos and photos with a realistic retro VHS filter. This app simulates the principles of old VHS cameras, allowing you to change date stamps and apply the effect to existing media. Relive nostalgic moments or create new memories with an authentic vintage aesthetic.

Highlights
  • Realistic VHS filter
  • Customizable date stamp
  • Apply to photos and videos
  • Unlimited recording time
  • Simulates real VHS principles
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E240 turns your iPhone into a camcorder from the 90s. Not a filter slapped on top of a clean video. The real thing: tracking noise, colour bleed, tape wobble, a timestamp in the corner, and audio that sounds like it came off a cassette. You pick a tape, you hit record, and what comes out looks like it's been sitting in a shoebox since 1996. THE TAPES Seven cassettes, from a worn-out family tape to a crisp fresh-from-the-shop one, plus a night vision mode for dark rooms. Two of them run on a real NTSC signal simulation, so the noise behaves like actual analog video instead of a static overlay. Swipe across the viewfinder to switch. HOLD TO EAT THE TAPE Press and hold the screen while recording and the VCR starts chewing the tape. The picture tears, rolls, and loses colour. The sound warps with it. Let go and it snaps back. Every hold plays out differently. THE TV There's an old TV and a VCR built into the app. Press NEXT and it digs through your photo library, cuts a short memory tape from your own clips, and plays it on the tube with the dates you actually shot them burned in. Rewind, fast-forward with proper tearing, or hit NEXT again for a fresh one. It's oddly emotional the first time. Like one? Eject it onto the shelf, give it a name, come back to it whenever. Not quite right? Open the edit bench, cut and reorder the clips, swap the cassette, then export the whole thing to your Photos. THE SMALL STUFF Timestamp with the real date and time, in the proper camcorder font. Or set your own date, if you're feeling nostalgic. Sound gets the same treatment as the picture: hiss, hum, muffled highs. Shoot portrait or turn the phone sideways for the old 4:3 frame. Photos too, not just video. Already have footage? Import it and run it through any tape. Everything you shoot saves straight to your Photos and to the in-app library. E240 PRO PRO unlocks unlimited recording and full editing and export for imported videos and photos. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://e240.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://e240.app/terms-of-use

About

Flashback VR Clipping

Easily capture high-quality video clips from your VR headset using voice commands. This companion app syncs with your headset to record moments without tedious manual searching. Edit, delete, or save your clips directly on your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Voice-activated clip recording
  • High-quality video capture
  • Syncs with Meta Quest headset
  • Mobile editing and management
  • Local clip storage
  • No personal data collection
Features
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Do you enjoy high fps and resolution clips but dread the tedious process of searching through hours of footage to find a moment? Seemingly, clipping software for standalone Meta Quest has eliminated the process of searching for moments, but in practice, the results are limited by an inability to capture clips at the higher quality recording settings offered by Meta recording or extensions such as Ocular Migraine. Flashback VR Clipping is a mobile companion app to the Meta Quest app Flashback Clipping which syncs to your headset and–with your voice–allows you to capture clips’ whose quality surpasses that which was previously obtainable. Captured clips sync to your mobile device, and in Flashback can be edited, deleted, or saved. Such clips are stored locally, and Flashback collects no personal data. To use Flashback, the Meta Quest app must also be installed—they work in tandem. They do not entirely function by themselves, but together they offer an extremely useful service. Search “Flashback Clipping” on the Meta Quest Store for the other component to this product.

Screenshots

VHS cam4 screens
Flashback VR Clipping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flashback VR Clipping at none against VHS cam's 4. Flashback VR Clipping also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). VHS cam's advantage is ratings volume (745 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. VHS cam sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Flashback VR Clipping asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flashback VR Clipping holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VHS cam has 745 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VHS cam ships an update every 3 weeks, Flashback VR Clipping every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
VHS cam versus Flashback VR Clipping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVHS camFlashback VR Clipping
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (745 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings745 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaxim KartuzovGABRIEL ALEXANDER DODGE

Customer experience

VHS cam

All ratings745 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral6.4%
Negative20.9%

Flashback VR Clipping

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

VHS cam

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Camera flips and upside down videos
  • Restored purchase doesn't work
  • Crashes when trying to restore purchase
  • Reversed dates
  • Videos not saved to library
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  • Timestamp is reversed
  • Crashes on opening
  • Imported videos are upside down and reversed
  • Flipping and reversing videos
  • Keeps crashing

Requested features

10 requests
  • More VHS effects and customization
  • Ability to edit out date and time
  • Landscape mode
  • 4:3 aspect ratio
  • More grain and noise
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  • Glitch controls and header labels
  • Ability to save videos to library
  • Ability to change date and time for free
  • Horizontal orientation
  • Additional effects and filters

Flashback VR Clipping

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

VHS cam

Subscriptions2
  • E240 - Weekly$4.997 Days
  • E240 PRO - Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time2
  • E240 PRO$14.99
  • E240 - Lifetime$29.99
None

Flashback VR Clipping

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VHS cam free?
VHS cam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flashback VR Clipping free?
Flashback VR Clipping is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VHS cam or Flashback VR Clipping?
Flashback VR Clipping is rated higher. VHS cam averages 4.6 out of 5 from 745 ratings, while Flashback VR Clipping averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do VHS cam or Flashback VR Clipping have ads?
Neither VHS cam nor Flashback VR Clipping shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VHS cam or Flashback VR Clipping?
VHS cam ships an update every 3 weeks, and Flashback VR Clipping every 3 days. Most recently, VHS cam was updated on October 13, 2026 and Flashback VR Clipping on October 1, 2026.

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