- Introducing Presets: use one of the pre-installed presets or create your own to quickly apply edits. - Redesigned camera with support for browsing and previewing presets live before capturing. - Option to display a grid over the camera preview. - New tab bar design. - New "Pixel" filter that applies a pixel art style. The old "Pixel" filter has been renamed to "Scan Line". - New "Midtones" mode for "Texture" that applies grain primarily to the midtones. - Added new control to adjust the scale of "Texture". - The "Texture" amount control is now a slider to allow for more precise control. - "Texture" updates at 24 FPS when applied to videos. - The base scale of "Texture" applied to videos now matches photos. - Small changes to how "Texture" is applied. - West Pro is no longer required to adjust the amount or scale of “Texture”. - The "Light" layer kind no longer requires West Pro. - When some types of layers are selected (like "Texture"), media will zoom to fill the available space so details can be seen. - Images re-render when the image view changes size. - Smaller minimum blur radius with the "Blur" filter. - Improvements to the "Stretch" filter animation when applied to videos. - Added a "Remove All Layers" button in the editor for a quick reset. - Performance improvements for the gallery and editor. - Improved camera preview performance. - Improved camera capture performance. Faster consecutive captures. - Capture button updates to show when you can capture another photo. - New options in settings to control how much processing occurs when capturing a photo. - Image thumbnails take up less storage space. - Translations for many more languages. - Various other small changes and bug fixes.

Small bug fixes and improvements.

- More controls for Pixel, Fisheye, & Distortion Blur. - Faster editing and exporting. - Bug fix: Exporting large images with some filter combinations would fail. - Bug fix: iPhone 17 front facing camera aspect ratio buttons would rotate when the device rotates which would make the symbols misleading. - Effect sliders now allow for more precise control. - Other small changes & improvements.

- New West 4000 color preset! - New vignette effect! - Exporting videos now includes all of the original metadata (lens information, etc.). - Add West Pro yearly subscription option. - Bug fix: Sometimes the front facing camera preview was zoomed in slightly. - Bug fix: Distortion blur now has improved quality. - Example images in the West Pro upgrade screen are randomly shuffled now.

- New "Unsharp Mask" filter to get the oversharpened effect that camcorders and some other older cameras have. - Faster time to launch. - Bug fix: exporting a video that doesn't have audio would result in a crash. - Bug fix: "Distortion Blur" filter would have some artifacts when exporting. - Small performance improvements. - Small interface changes. - Small bug fixes.

- Bug fix: Crash occurring during the app onboarding on iOS 18. - Bug fix: Texture icon not showing during app onboarding on iOS 18.

- Possible bug fix: Sometimes a crash would occur when presenting the editor. - Possible bug fix: Sometimes a crash would occur during the onboarding. - Bug fix: Layer kind picker now resets back to "Empty" when adding a new layer when the layer kind picker is already presented. - Bug fix: Fixed a layout issue visible when presenting and dismissing the layer kind picker. - When selecting a selected layer it will now always unselect it. It would previously navigate to the controls for that layer if you had just chosen a kind for the layer. - Other bug fixes & improvements.

- Importing from your photo library no longer requires West Pro. - Updated onboarding. - Updated West Pro upgrade screen. - Other small changes and improvements.

- Bug fix: Sometimes older devices would crash when attempting to setup cameras.

- Layer editor now has a slightly different design that is easier to use. - Pixel filter can now shift in the opposite direction. - Bug fix: Sometimes older devices would crash when attempting to setup cameras. - Bug fix: Sometimes tapping an item in the gallery would present the wrong item in the editor.

- Bug fix: Crash would occur at the end of onboarding on iPad.

- Bug fix: "Grid Gallery" widget would sometimes have an incorrect layout. - Bug fix: When "Natural Capture" was on, it would incorrectly affect what zoom levels were available in video mode. - Other small bug fixes and improvements.

- iPad support! - West Pro monthly subscription now includes a 1 week free trial. - "Grid Gallery" widget can now be extra small and extra large. - "Gallery" widget can now be extra large. - Upgrade to West Pro directly from West settings. - Other small bug fixes and improvements.

- Introducing Natural Capture! When enabled, images are minimally processed. Among other benefits, this preserves the sensor’s natural grain and avoids the “watercolor” effect sometimes visible due to noise reduction. - New Halation filter! Simulates how light interacts with real film. - New button to randomize texture and grain. - Performance improvements. - Bug fix: Tap to focus/expose focused and exposed the wrong location. - Design: Added background behind video duration. - Haptic when tapping last photo button. - Other small changes & bug fixes.

- iPhone 17 lineup support and bug fixes. - Performance improvements. - Bug fix: Tap to expose / focus didn't fully work during while recording a video. - Bug fix: Sometimes West would crash when changing the capture mode if a camera was not yet setup. - Bug fix: Sometimes West would crash when attempting to reload an item in the gallery. - Bug fix: 24MP images now have metadata (location, date, lens information, etc.) attached. - Bug fix: Solarize filter controls used an icon that is not available on older iOS versions. - Design: Lens / zoom level buttons are now circular. - Other small changes.

- New Solarize filter. - 24MP support for some devices. - Icons for buttons in West settings. - West watermark hides instantly after upgrading to West Pro rather than requiring the image to be re-edited. - Bug fix: Using the 2x camera in video mode would have the wrong resolution. - Bug fix: If "Preview Texture" & "Preview Color" were turned on, they we're applied in the wrong order. - Design: Increase the corner radius of the image controls container and its subviews. - Design: Add very thin border to layer cells. - If importing an image or video with an unsupported file type, the alert will mention the file type that could not be imported. - Localized some errors. - Other small bug fixes & improvements.

- Redesigned filter composer that allows for multiple effects, effect controls, and reordering effects to produce unique results. - Updated design for iOS 26. - Option to capture in 48MP on select devices. - New "Light" effect to control exposure and contrast. - Option for grayscale grain. - Faster image editing. - Support for importing .dng (RAW) images. - Scrolling in the gallery is much smoother. - Audio and music from other apps will now continue playing when capturing a video. - Toggle in settings that allows some features to be disabled when Low Power Mode is on. - Without West Pro, you can now try all of the effects, controls, and layering features with a watermark. - Updated design for editor presentation and dismissal. - Possible fix for camera preview not displaying on some devices. - Bug fix: some images edited in previous versions of West would not display in the gallery without being re-edited. - Many small bug fixes and improvements.

- New "Distortion Blur" effect! - Option for the camera preview to have film grain and texture applied. - Improved fisheye effect. - Bug fix: "Auto Save to Library" preference would always be turned on if photo library access was granted. - Other small changes and improvements!

- Bug fix: Permissions view is now presented when needed (ex: switching to video mode requires microphone access). - Bug fix: Avoid crash that would sometimes occur when presenting / dismissing a photo or video. - Bug fix: Sometimes toggling between photo and video mode would crash.

- Bug fix: Monthly subscription wouldn't unlock pro features. - Bug fix: A few buttons were not localized properly.

- Introducing West Video! Capture 24fps 1440p video with all the same filters and effects that can be applied to photos. - Grain and dust have a new look! These are now generated on device and are truely random every photo / video frame. - West 3000 now has red tinted shadows. - Improved light leak filter. - Alternate app icons are now included. - Redesigned capture view. - Improved export experience. - Performance improvements. - Onboarding setup for new installations. - Tap to focus / auto expose no longer requires West Pro. - Color filters are slightly tweaked. - Added translations for Traditional Chinese, Finnish, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, & Vietnamese. - Bug fix for camera preview not loading. - Other bug fixes and small improvements. Thank you for using West!

- Small bug fixes.

- Bug fix: The "Leak" and "Fisheye" effects would export incorrectly.

- Photos edit faster than before! - Bug fix: Attempting to export large images (that were imported into West) with an "Effect" applied would result in a crash.

- Bug fix: Rare cases where some camera preview internals would cause a crash. - Bug fix: Holding the camera live view to enter "quick preview mode" and then flipping the camera would sometimes prevent exiting "quick preview mode".