Comparison

RetroCam vs FOMO Cam

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

Head to head
About

RetroCam

Apply authentic vintage film effects to your photos with realistic light leaks, grain, and scratches. This app lets you recreate the analog photography style of the 80s with a variety of carefully crafted filters and editing tools.

Highlights
  • Authentic retro film effects
  • Light leaks, scratches, and dust textures
  • 80s analog photography imitation
  • Customizable highlights, shadows, tints, fade, saturation, vignette
  • Glitch tool (Pro feature)
  • Share to social media
Features
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You’ve seen them all over social media - faux film photos with random light leaks, and a grainy vintage look. If you want give your photos that authentic retro effect, all you have to do is download Retrocam. With Retrocam, you can imitate analog photography of the 80’s effortlessly. Load your photo into the app, choose a filter, apply light leaks, scratches or dust textures and you’re done! With Retrocam’s vintage filters are carefully crafted to recreate the retro feel in the most realistic manner and will make even the most mundane photo will look artistic and well-composed. Reproduce the style of classic cameras and vintage film by tinkering with highlights, shadows, tints, fade, saturation, and vignette, coupled with light leaks for a retro feel. Retrocam is designed to do what only film can do in just a few taps. Simple, but powerful. Easily convert your photos into masterpieces and share them on social media. Download Retrocam now and bring the artistic flair of film to your pictures. We currently offer one auto-renewing subscription option: Retrocam Pro : 3 days of free trial followed by $19.99 per year. By subscribing you get access to the Glitch tool and unlock all the light leaks, textures and filters. Users who are not subscribed will get only 10 elements from each category. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable For Terms and Conditions and privacy terms, please check: http://retrocamapp.com/terms.html http://retrocamapp.com/privacy.html

About

FOMO Cam

Capture photos with an authentic vintage film aesthetic. This app meticulously recreates the color, texture, and noise of old film rolls, offering analog presets for curves, grains, dust, light leaks, and dates. Enhance your images with a nostalgic, retro feel.

Highlights
  • Authentic film roll restoration
  • Analog presets
  • Color, texture, and noise replication
  • Grain, dust, and light leak effects
  • Date stamp overlay
Features
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FOMO camera, your casual photographer. With FOMO, you’ll make photographs that look and sound like real film rolls pulled out of storage 20 years ago. Based on the film proofs, we 100% restore the color, texture and noise of the film. After taking a picture, we can analog presets - including curves, grains, dust, light leak, date. FOMO Vip Subscription options: Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be the same amount unless otherwise notified. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active period. Any unused portion of a free trail period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to that publication. Terms of Use: http://fomoterms.github.io Privacy: http://fomopricacy.github.io

Screenshots

RetroCam4 screens
FOMO Cam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RetroCam at 68% against FOMO Cam's 15%. RetroCam also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). FOMO Cam's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RetroCam sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year and FOMO Cam sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RetroCam ships an update every 3 weeks, FOMO Cam every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RetroCam versus FOMO Cam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetroCamFOMO Cam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (14K ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.5% of reviews — better14.8% of reviews
Number of ratings14K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB93 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBrainCake Inc.Yili Network Technology (Dalian) Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

RetroCam

All ratings13,891 ratings
Positive91.1%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews930 reviews
Positive67.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative28.3%

FOMO Cam

Written reviews88 reviews
Positive14.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative72.7%

Bugs and requests

RetroCam

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Themes/filters not loading
  • App crashing or freezing
  • Subscription issues (charging during trial, unable to cancel)

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free filter and effect options
  • Ability to save custom filter/effect combinations
  • Rotate/resize option for frames
  • Remove watermark for paid users

FOMO Cam

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RetroCam

Subscriptions1
  • RetroCam Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
4 purchases

FOMO Cam

Subscriptions3
  • Fomo Pro (1 Week)$2.997 Days
  • Fomo Pro (1 Month)$4.991 Month
  • Fomo Pro (1 Year)$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Fomo Pro (Permanent)$49.99

Questions

Is RetroCam free?
RetroCam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FOMO Cam free?
FOMO Cam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RetroCam or FOMO Cam have ads?
Neither RetroCam nor FOMO Cam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RetroCam or FOMO Cam?
RetroCam ships an update every 3 weeks, and FOMO Cam every 5 months. Most recently, RetroCam was updated on September 24, 2026 and FOMO Cam on September 10, 2026.

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