E240 turns your iPhone into a camcorder from the 90s. Not a filter slapped on top of a clean video. The real thing: tracking noise, colour bleed, tape wobble, a timestamp in the corner, and audio that sounds like it came off a cassette.
You pick a tape, you hit record, and what comes out looks like it's been sitting in a shoebox since 1996.
THE TAPES
Seven cassettes, from a worn-out family tape to a crisp fresh-from-the-shop one, plus a night vision mode for dark rooms. Two of them run on a real NTSC signal simulation, so the noise behaves like actual analog video instead of a static overlay. Swipe across the viewfinder to switch.
HOLD TO EAT THE TAPE
Press and hold the screen while recording and the VCR starts chewing the tape. The picture tears, rolls, and loses colour. The sound warps with it. Let go and it snaps back. Every hold plays out differently.
THE TV
There's an old TV and a VCR built into the app. Press NEXT and it digs through your photo library, cuts a short memory tape from your own clips, and plays it on the tube with the dates you actually shot them burned in. Rewind, fast-forward with proper tearing, or hit NEXT again for a fresh one. It's oddly emotional the first time.
Like one? Eject it onto the shelf, give it a name, come back to it whenever. Not quite right? Open the edit bench, cut and reorder the clips, swap the cassette, then export the whole thing to your Photos.
THE SMALL STUFF
Timestamp with the real date and time, in the proper camcorder font. Or set your own date, if you're feeling nostalgic.
Sound gets the same treatment as the picture: hiss, hum, muffled highs.
Shoot portrait or turn the phone sideways for the old 4:3 frame.
Photos too, not just video.
Already have footage? Import it and run it through any tape.
Everything you shoot saves straight to your Photos and to the in-app library.
E240 PRO
PRO unlocks unlimited recording and full editing and export for imported videos and photos. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings.
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I’ve made a review about this two years ago. And I can see a massive improvement! More options for styles, changing the date to something custom, and other features too. Only one thing to add on, the price. Paying $5 per week is a little excessive, maybe if it was $10 or $15 a month then maybe I would consider. But all in all, I have zero complaints, I love it! It’s really gives me that nostalgia for VHS and or 2000s feelings.
Developer Response
this problem with flipping videos is now solved! sorry about that and I appreciate your kind review!
Pretty great and beautiful retro icon
EscapedArea51
I’ve always used RarevisionVHS and I’ve tried a few others. RarevisionVHS has a lot going for it but it hasn’t been updated in 2yrs. E240 looks like a good runner up- all the basics are there, the video filters, tracking glitch at the bottom of the screen, time stamps- I like the app and it’s a great start!! I’d like to see more. For example, there is no landscape mode. And RarevisionVHS adds more noise to the video filter. Additionally, unlike RarevisionVHS, there’s no header labels for cassette type or tracking glitch controls. E240 has an on/off control for the glitch. The onscreen REC font is too modern and I’d like to see the triangle play icon in the final video file. It’s small bits but ithis app has a lot of potential! Keep up the great work and maintain the retro vhs/vcr aesthetics!!
Developer Response
Appreciate your kind review, new updates on the way!
I paid already Why am I paying again?
nationalfreak
I’ve had this app for literal years. I paid for the pro version and I can no longer restore my purchase. I now have to pay $20! I do not remember how much I originally purchased this for, but it is absolutely ridiculous that I have been using this app for so long for so many have talked about it and giving it high praise. But now I either have to do a monthly subscription or pay $20 for a lifetime one, but who knows if last a lifetime because I thought I already paid for this! This is ridiculous, and I would like to restore my old purchase, please I do not want to pay another or another monthly subscription!
Developer Response
Hello! I am really sorry for this technical difficulty :( This probelm should be fixed now in the new 2.0.1 update with the "restore purchase" button. If it still won't restore, please, don't hesitate to contact us at e240app@protonmail.com and we will help you to restore everything!
Excellent Work! But I need a developer to fix this HUGE bug.
Captain Dami
The app is great with HQ but, when I import videos to the the text I added and the date that is there and the video is just collapsed and reversed in view, Can you please fix this? Because I wasted 5 dollars on HQ and the only thing I need is a good import of my videos.
Developer Response
Finally fixed in 2.0! sorry for the issue
Bug fixes
Version 3.0.3
The developer, Maxim Kartuzov, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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