Comparison

AaronCam vs Retro Camera 1960

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

Head to head
About

AaronCam

This app transforms your iPhone into a vintage analog video camera, replicating the distinct visual effects of late 70s and early 80s technology. Capture footage with authentic light trails and unique damage streaks, all processed directly on your device for privacy.

Highlights
  • Simulates analog videotube camera physics
  • Recreates light trails
  • Adds purple damage streaks
  • On-device processing
  • Privacy-focused, no uploads
Features
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AaronCam turns your iPhone into a late 70's / early 80's analog videotube camera by faithfully modeling the physics of this old technology. Capture video with those gorgeous light trails and weird purple damage streaks you have seen on archival footage or may even remember from your childhood. The app runs its camera processing on device. Videos and audio are not uploaded to Aanalog servers.

About

Retro Camera 1960

Features
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Retro Camera 1960 turns your iPhone into a film camera from another era. Each film is built on color-accurate 3D LUTs — the same color science used in professional grading — combined with real film grain, halation, and vignette. Not a one-tap filter. Choose from over 20 film simulations spanning vivid slide film, faded negatives, and grainy high-speed black and white, each tuned to match the character of the stock that inspired it. FEATURES • Color-accurate 3D LUT film emulation, not a one-tap filter • 20+ film simulations (slide, negative, black & white, cinema) • Switch between wide, standard, and telephoto lenses • Retro 7-segment date stamp burned into every photo • GPS location embedded in EXIF (optional, can be turned off) • Save the unedited original alongside the filtered photo No settings to fuss over. Pick a film, press the shutter, and get a photo that feels like it was developed decades ago.

Screenshots

AaronCam3 screens
Retro Camera 19604 screens

Verdict

The call

AaronCam and Retro Camera 1960 are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AaronCam ships an update weekly, Retro Camera 1960 every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
AaronCam versus Retro Camera 1960: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAaronCamRetro Camera 1960
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAanalogNobuaki Kuwabara

In-app purchases

None

AaronCam

No in-app purchases

None

Retro Camera 1960

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AaronCam free?
AaronCam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Retro Camera 1960 free?
Retro Camera 1960 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AaronCam or Retro Camera 1960 have ads?
Neither AaronCam nor Retro Camera 1960 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AaronCam or Retro Camera 1960?
AaronCam ships an update weekly, and Retro Camera 1960 every 5 days. Most recently, AaronCam was updated on September 15, 2026 and Retro Camera 1960 on September 10, 2026.

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