VHS cam vs Digicam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Digicam
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Digicam turns your iPhone into a 2000s pocket camera. Pick a look and see it live in the viewfinder, take the photo, and Digicam develops it on your iPhone with the grain, color and orange date stamp of an early-2000s digicam. The photo opens right away so you can check it, then it's saved to your library. 26 LOOKS • Pocket cameras: CCD 2004 (free), Hard Flash, Mall Pics, Night Out, Flip Phone, Camcorder, Old Phone 2014, Xenon Compact, Soft Focus 03, Webcam 2006 • Film: Disposable, Instant, Sunny 200, Slide 100, Expired, Cross Process, Portrait 400, Tungsten 800, City Neg, Green 400 • Effects and black and white: Light Leak, Toy Lens, Clear Day, Mono 400, Grit 400, Purple Shift Compare every look on the same photo in the look library, star your favorites, and find the ones you shot with last at the front. HOW IT WORKS • Live look preview in the viewfinder, with the front or back camera. • Switch lenses (0.5×, 1×, 2× and telephoto where your iPhone has them) or pinch to zoom. • Self-timer (3 or 10 seconds), flash on, off or auto, and a warm screen flash for selfies. • See each photo right after you take it; you can turn this off in Options. • Give photos already in your library any look. Picking a photo doesn't give Digicam access to your library. • Every photo is developed on your iPhone. No account, no uploads, no ads. DIGICAM PRO Digicam Pro unlocks all 26 looks, lets you turn the date stamp off and saves photos at full resolution. Free includes CCD 2004 with the date stamp, and you can preview every look live before you decide. Available weekly, yearly with a 3-day free trial, or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings. The Lifetime purchase is charged once and does not renew. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.evergoodsholdings.com/digicam/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Digicam at daily against VHS cam's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. VHS cam sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Digicam sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
VHS cam ships an update every 3 weeks, Digicam daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VHS cam | Digicam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (759 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 759 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maxim Kartuzov | Evergoods Holdings LLC |
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
Digicam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VHS cam
- E240 - Weekly$4.997 Days
- E240 PRO - Monthly$4.991 Month
- E240 PRO - Yearly$29.991 Year
- E240 PRO$14.99
- E240 - Lifetime$29.99
Digicam
- Digicam Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
- Digicam Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Digicam Pro Lifetime$29.99









