CH3 Camcorder

A VHS camcorder. Seriously.

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases

iPhone

Your phone shoots 4K. This app shoots 360p. On purpose. Real-time VHS effects, authentic camcorder UI. Less pixels, more vibes. Feeling nostalgic? CH3 turns your phone into a 1990s camcorder. Everything runs in real-time. What you see in the viewfinder is what you record. No post-processing, no filters applied after the fact. THE CAMERA 4:3 aspect ratio. 24fps. Low resolution. Portrait orientation with a landscape crop, just like holding a real camcorder. The on-screen display is rendered inside the viewfinder, just like the real thing. THE EFFECTS 25 adjustable parameters that simulate every stage of the VHS signal chain: - Chromatic aberration, chroma smear, and chroma delay - Tracking distortion and head-switch noise - Scanlines, interlace combing, and scanline drift - Film grain, tape warp, and glitch - Bloom, vignette, soft focus, and luma ringing - Brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, and split-tone color grading - VHS timestamp burn-in and night vision - VHS audio processing: low-pass filter, wow/flutter, tape hiss, and saturation THE PRESETS Built-in presets to get you started. Pro users can create and share their own. Presets sync across devices via iCloud. THE TAPES All recordings are saved to an in-app tape library with VCR-style playback controls: play, pause, fast-forward, and rewind. Save tapes directly to your photo library or share them. PRIVACY Remember when apps didn't know your name, your location, and what you had for breakfast? Good times. No account. No sign-up. No analytics. No tracking. No ads. No data collection. No third-party SDKs. No internet required. The only permissions CH3 asks for are camera and microphone, because it's a camera. Your recordings never leave your device unless you share them yourself. That's it. UPGRADE TO PRO No subscriptions. No nonsense. One payment and it's yours forever. - Unlimited recording duration - No watermark - Full preset editor - Combine multiple tapes into one - Custom preset sharing - iCloud preset sync

  • 5.0
    out of 5
    3 Ratings

NEW FEATURES • Combine Tapes: Select 2+ tapes and merge them into one, ordered by date. Zero quality loss. Keep or erase the originals, your call. (Pro) • Share Tapes: Share multiple tapes at once straight from multi-select. No more one-at-a-time nonsense • Tape Library Help: Hit the ? button to see what everything does. We know the icons aren't labeled. That's aesthetic, not a bug • Output Quality: Choose between HIGH, MEDIUM, and LOW output quality in Settings. We default to HIGH because we respect your footage. But if you want smaller files, we won't stop you UI IMPROVEMENTS • Redesigned dialogs: Bigger text, better layout, side-by-side actions. They actually look like they belong in 2026 now • Smarter rename: Renaming an untitled tape no longer makes you backspace through "UNTITLED" like an animal • Cleaner Pro upgrade flow: Dialogs now tell you an action requires Pro instead of cramming "(Pro)" into the button like an afterthought BUG FIXES • Fixed a rare issue where playback would show the first frame but refuse to actually play. The video was fine, AVPlayer was just being philosophical about buffering a local file • Dome button now shows the correct icon during fast forward and rewind. If you were playing, it stays pause. Revolutionary stuff UNDER THE HOOD • Switched to HEVC encoding. Same vibes, smaller files. Your phone's been able to handle it since 2017, we just finally got around to it

The developer, Alan Kahn, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Not Collected

    The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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    Seller
    • Alan Kahn
    Size
    • 3.7 MB
    Category
    • Photo & Video
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
    Languages
    • English
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    • © 2026 Alan Kahn