Night Keeps vs Retro Cam 2000
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Night Keeps
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Night Keeps is a focused low-light camera for moments that should still feel like night. Capture dinners, small concerts, dates, rainy streets, and ambient light without turning every shadow into daylight. FIVE LOOKS, READY TO SHOOT Start with five restrained photo looks at no cost: • True Night keeps darkness natural and highlights controlled. • Ember protects warm restaurant and dinner light. • Velvet adds a softer, intimate portrait mood. • Neon Rain brings out neon glow and wet street color. • Silver creates a crisp monochrome noir finish. THE COMPLETE NIGHT COLLECTION Full Access is one optional, one-time in-app purchase. It unlocks 15 additional looks—including Midnight, Blue Hour, Streetlight, Aurora, Cinema, Analog, Noir, and Sepia—and removes ads permanently. There is no subscription. SHOOT OR BRING YOUR OWN PHOTO Take a new photo, switch cameras, or choose one image through Apple's system picker. Every look is rendered on your iPhone. Save a finished copy or use the system share sheet. PHOTOS STAY PRIVATE No account is required. Your photos are processed on your iPhone and are never sent to us or to the advertising service. The free version may show a banner and occasional full-screen ads according to your ad privacy choices. Core capture and editing remain available without an account. Night Keeps combines a film-inspired, analog sensibility with fast modern capture for dark scenes, concert color, vintage warmth, and rain-lit streets.
Retro Cam 2000
Emulate the look and feel of early 2000s digital cameras and camcorders. Choose from three distinct lenses, apply vintage effects like light leaks, and add dated photo stamps. All your creations are processed and stored locally on your device.
- Three distinct camera lenses (Digicam, DV Camcorder, Webcam)
- Y2K-era visual effects and scanlines
- Light-leak switch for added vintage feel
- Customizable date stamps on photos
- Local storage for all captured media
- Authentic sound effects from the year 2000
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Press the power button and a self-test types itself out, a logo and a progress bar go by, and a blue desktop fades in. Open the camera and a modem sings while a "Connecting to camera device" window fills up. After that, it is just a camera. ■ Three lenses · Digicam 640×480 — warm color, soft focus, an orange date burned into the corner · Camcorder DV — scanlines and color bleed, REC and a running timecode on screen · Webcam 320×240 — cool, grainy, low resolution ■ Also in the box · A light-leak switch for one more layer of that era · Photos save as JPEG, video saves as MP4 with sound · My Pictures, Trash and Settings, all in windows from back then · Shutter, film advance and every dialog chime, made to sound like the year 2000 · Stamp your photos with the year 2000 if you like ■ Your photos stay on your device No account, no sign-in, no tracking. Everything you shoot is processed and stored only on this device. ■ English · 한국어 · 日本語 · 繁體中文 © 2026 ConyLab
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Retro Cam 2000 at none against Night Keeps's 1. Retro Cam 2000 also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Night Keeps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Retro Cam 2000 asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Night Keeps | Retro Cam 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YongJae Kim | Yeonni Lee |
In-app purchases
Night Keeps
- Full Access$3.99
Retro Cam 2000
No in-app purchases









