Whimsy Cam: Retro Film Camera
Instant Camera, CCD & Stickers
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Version 1.0: load film into the instant cameras for mono, expired and light-leak looks and colored borders, write on your prints, and bind your photos into a book.
Ten retro cameras in your pocket. Each one has its own body, buttons that feel real, and its own look. Press the shutter and a print slides out of the camera and slowly develops in front of you.
What you shoot grows into a journal by itself: a baby going from newborn to running around, every 100 days together, every year since your pet came home, all on one timeline.
INSTANT CAMERAS
• POP-55: classic portrait prints that develop in 30 seconds. A few good shakes bring them up sooner
• FOLD-58: a folding body, square prints and dreamy soft light
• WIDE-88: wide prints that fit everyone in
• PULL-33: peel-apart film. Wait for it to develop, then peel it open yourself
• Load a film: Classic, Mono, Expired or Glow looks, and Pink, Sky, Mint, Noir, Rainbow or Gingham borders
• Decorate a print: write on the border by hand, type in a handwriting font, add stickers, or change the border after the shot
FILM, CCD AND DV
• FILM-1: an ISO 400 disposable with grain, light leaks and a date stamp
• CCD-S: an early 4MP point-and-shoot with that 2000s digital look
• DV-04: a 2004 MiniDV camcorder with the REC display, timecode and tape playback
STICKER CAMERAS
• Snap a cat, a toy or a snack. The subject is cut out automatically and peels right off the viewfinder
• Ten finishes, from white edge, holo and comic to postage stamp and embroidery, switchable anytime (some are Pro)
• Live Photos and videos become animated stickers too (Pro)
• Add a caption to make a meme: outline, label, bubble or tape styles, lots of fonts and colors. Drag, pinch and rotate
• Copy it and paste straight into a chat
JOURNAL
• Everything you shoot files itself by date into a journal: a month calendar, a line a day and home screen widgets
• Library: every photo and sticker on one page by month; pick several to share, favorite or add to a memory book at once
• Memory Books for a baby, a partner, a pet or a trip: one stop per day on the timeline, labeled "3 months" or "Day 100 together", with room for a line each day
• Albums: bind photos into a book you can page through, with full-page photos or instant-print pages and your choice of cover color
• Export a timeline as one long image, with Growth Ruler and Milestone Cards themes (Pro)
• Collages of your shots, stickers, handwriting and washi tape, one page ready to share
• Milestones: a baby's first month or 100th day, 100 days together, made into a page in one tap (Pro)
AND MORE
• 0.5× to 5× zoom on the back camera, so a far-off cat still comes out sharp
• Run old photos and videos from your library through any camera
• Save any shot to Photos or share it
• Subtle haptics for buttons, the shutter, prints and peeling stickers
WHIMSY CAM PRO
An optional in-app purchase: lifetime, or a yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial.
• Unlimited shots on the POP-55, FOLD-58 and PULL-33 instant cameras (3 free a day without Pro)
• All ten sticker finishes, animated stickers and whole meme sets
• Every collage sticker and paper, milestone pages and timeline themes
• iCloud sync, into your own iCloud, so a new phone has everything
• New cameras unlock as they arrive
Seven cameras, every film, the journal, memory books, albums, timelines, widgets and exporting everything stay free. Whatever you made with Pro stays yours to view and save, even if you stop subscribing.
PRIVACY
No sign-up, no ads. Your photos and videos are processed and stored on your phone and never sent to the developer. Turn on iCloud sync (Pro) and they're also kept in your own iCloud account, which the developer can't see.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://jacklv-coder.github.io/whimsy-cam-site/en/privacy.html
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Whimsy Cam 1.0:
• Film for the instant cameras: Classic, Mono, Expired and Glow looks, plus Pink, Sky, Mint, Noir, Rainbow and Gingham borders, previewed in the viewfinder
• Decorate prints: write on the border by hand, type in a handwriting font, add stickers, or change the border after the shot
• Collections are now Memory Books: one stop per day on the timeline, that day's photos in a pile, and a line for each day
• New Albums: bind photos into a book you can page through, with full-page photos or instant-print pages and your choice of cover color
• Faster developing: prints come up in about 30 seconds, sooner with a few good shakes
• 0.5× to 5× zoom on the back camera, and sticker cut-outs follow the framing box
• Camera controls in one row, for a bigger viewfinder
The developer, jintao LV, 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
- jintao LV
- Size
- 32.7 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 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 4 more
- English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Whimsy Cam Pro Yearly $5.99
- Whimsy Cam Pro Lifetime $14.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Jintao Lv
