Comparison

Rarevision VHS vs Pointfield Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Rarevision VHS

Create authentic retro videos with a vintage VHS camcorder look. Add custom titles, glitch effects, and change the on-screen date to make your footage appear from the past. Perfect for throwback content and creative projects.

Highlights
  • Authentic VHS video simulation
  • Custom animated titles
  • On-screen date manipulation
  • Glitch effects
  • Fake zoom feature
  • Retro audio simulation
  • Import and edit existing videos
Features
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Used by Kendall Jenner, Snoop Dogg, BTS, Ariana Grande, Khloe Kardashian, Wiz Khalifa, Victoria Beckham, Die Antwoord and featured on SNL (S41E01) and in countless TV shows and music videos! Covered by WIRED, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Popular Mechanics, The Independent, Macworld, TMZ, TechCrunch, Mashable and many others! App of the Day for Friday, Dec 22, 2017 It's 1984, and you've got a VHS camcorder! It'll look that way when you record and send old, messed up-looking retro videos to friends. They'll swear you built a time machine: "OMG, how'd you shoot that?" With Rarevision VHS, you'll make videos that look and sound like real retro video tapes pulled out of storage after 30 years. You can change the on-screen date to trick your friends, create custom animated titles, glitch up the picture by shaking your device and use the fake zoom to emphasize those truly embarrassing moments! "That's freakin' amazing!" -Everyone Here's Why You Need It: • Four words: Best. Throwback. Videos. Ever. • Create VHS-style retro videos of your kids that look like the ones from your childhood • The only VHS cam app you should ever consider to capture your 80s and 90s-themed parties • Shoot your own "found footage" movie and become a big Hollywood director like those other guys • Make your kids' incredibly boring school plays actually rad • Impress the new girl by using our app to convince her you built a time machine • Pretend like you lived through the rad 1980s using our app! What Rarevision VHS Can Do: • Realism: the ORIGINAL and BEST VHS cam app for simulating the glitches of old videotape recordings • Import videos and give them the VHS look • Make your own signature look using the old-school picture adjustment menu • Create your own animated titles for the ultimate in on-screen awesomeness • Change the on-screen date so people think you're way younger (or older) than you really are • Glitch the picture during recording using your finger or by shaking your device • Fake zoom feature dramatically enhances the cheese factor • Don't think we forgot to make things sound retro terrible. We didn't. • Up to 60p recording for a more accurate VHS video look (depends on device capability) • Widescreen recording option (but would you REALLY want to use it?) Follow Rarevision: http://instagram.com/rarevision http://x.com/rarevision http://facebook.com/rarevisionvhs Rarevision is a US-based company. Copyright © 2015-2025 Rarevision LLC. All rights reserved.

About

Pointfield Mobile

Features
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Turns your camera, a video or a photo into a field of glowing particles you move with your fingers. Pointfield Mobile redraws the live image as up to about 260,000 particles. Each particle takes the colour of the image beneath it. Fine detail drops out; shape, light and colour stay. It works best with simple subjects and strong contrast: a face against a bright window, a silhouette, bold colours. A short tutorial opens when you start the app and shows each gesture on the live image. Open it again any time from the Tutorial button. Gestures - Swipe: swirls the particles. A fast swipe throws them. - Hold a finger still: the particles gather to it. - Tap: a wave spreads from the tap. - Draw a circle: a vortex. Keep circling: the whole field orbits. - Hold, then drag: paints the particles along your finger. - Two-finger tap: explosion. Two-finger slide: wind. Two fingers drawing a circle: tornado. - Three-finger tap: implosion. Three-finger hold: drain. Three fingers down or up: fall or rise. - Tilt the phone: the particles pour downhill. - Shake: resets the field. Reset is also a button. Record a clip with the Record button and save or share it. Recordings have no sound. Sources: the front or back camera, the included sample video, or a supported video or photo from your library. Works in portrait and landscape. The Controls panel has brightness, point size and density, and how the particles move. All processing happens on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded.

Screenshots

Rarevision VHS4 screens
Pointfield Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pointfield Mobile at Free against Rarevision VHS's $5.99. Pointfield Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). Rarevision VHS's advantage is chart position (#7 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On 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

Pointfield Mobile is free to download; Rarevision VHS costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rarevision VHS ships an update every 5 weeks, Pointfield Mobile every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Rarevision VHS versus Pointfield Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRarevision VHSPointfield Mobile
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (6.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#7 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRarevisionciamac parhizi

Bugs and requests

Rarevision VHS

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when trying to import certain videos
  • Landscape mode issues on newer iPhones
  • Recorded videos sometimes have audio/video sync issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more VHS-style glitches and interference effects
  • Allow changing time in addition to date
  • Implement a video editing timeline/workspace
  • Option to save videos directly to the app
  • Ability to import photos and apply VHS filter

Pointfield Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Rarevision VHS

No in-app purchases

None

Pointfield Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rarevision VHS free?
Rarevision VHS costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pointfield Mobile free?
Pointfield Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rarevision VHS or Pointfield Mobile have ads?
Neither Rarevision VHS nor Pointfield Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rarevision VHS or Pointfield Mobile?
Rarevision VHS ships an update every 5 weeks, and Pointfield Mobile every 4 days. Most recently, Rarevision VHS was updated on November 1, 2026 and Pointfield Mobile on October 31, 2026.

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