Halcyon Camera
Real film. Real grain.
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Twelve legendary film stocks with authentic grain, halation, and color science. Pro manual controls, ProRes video. Your photos stay on your device
Halcyon brings the soul of film to your iPhone.
Twelve hand-crafted film stocks — Kodak Portra 400, Cinestill 800T, Velvia 50, Tri-X 400 and more — each with the temperature, tone curve, grain, and halation of the real thing. Apply them live, before you take the shot, and what you see is exactly what you get.
REAL PRO CONTROLS, ONE-HANDED.
Full manual ISO, shutter, focus, white balance, and exposure. Tap to focus. Long-press for AE/AF lock. Pinch to zoom. Volume buttons fire the shutter. Lens switcher for ultrawide, wide, telephoto. Histogram, waveform, focus peaking, zebras, false color, horizon level — when you need them, hidden when you don't.
BUILT-IN PRO OVERLAYS
• Histogram — real-time RGB
• Waveform — luminance monitor
• Focus peaking — see what's sharp
• Zebras — highlight clipping alert
• False color — exposure map
• Horizon level — stop crooked photos
• Rule-of-thirds grid
• Cinematic frame modes — square, 3:2, 16:9, half-frame
• Live ISO / shutter chips
VIDEO WITH FILM SIMULATION.
Record HEVC or ProRes 422 HQ with the film baked in. Cinematic 24fps, 4K, live audio.
EVERYTHING IS YOURS.
WYSIWYG: every effect — film, grain, halation — is baked into the saved photo. ProRAW is preserved as alternate. Create custom film recipes with a 14-slider editor. Save them, share them, refine them.
YOUR PHOTOS STAY ON YOUR DEVICE.
No analytics. No data collection. No network requests. Nothing leaves your iPhone.
Made with care for everyone who misses film.
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Halcyon 3.1 — polish + fresh marketing.
• New App Store screenshots showcasing v3.0's AI Film Scout, blend mode, and pro overlays
• Small performance tweaks
• Localization refinements across 12 languages
3.0 highlights, in case you missed them:
• AI Film Scout — Vision-based scene recognition auto-suggests the right film
• Pinch-to-zoom + long-press before/after
• Filter blending — mix any two films at any ratio
• Time-lapse (1/2/5/10s intervals)
• Apple Watch remote shutter
• Home Screen + Lock Screen widgets
• iCloud sync for custom recipes
• iPhone 16+ Camera Control button support
Made with care for everyone who misses film.
The developer, Birkan Aksoy, 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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Information
- Seller
- Birkan Aksoy
- Size
- 3.9 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 11 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Birkan Aksoy