Kodist: Film Camera
Beautiful photos in 1 step
Only for iPhone
Free · In-App Purchases
Experience film photography before AI can lay its hands on your shots! With Kodist, you can make beautiful photos that actually look different.
Kodist is a point-and-shoot camera that produce lifelike film photography shots.
◎ No AI Enhancements
Kodist avoids all AI enhancements by processing data directly from the sensors:
- Your shots are never too evenly lit
- There's no excessive sharpening, aggressive denoising, and artificial smudging
- No weird, frowned-upon HDR artifacts on object edges
- Natural and pleasant-looking grains produces by physics, not by an algorithm
◎ Film Photography Profiles
Your shots are rendered with your choice of a professional film photography colour profile. They produce natural and balance colours that makes your shots stand out in the sea of phone photographs.
◎ Photos in 1 Step
Point and shoot, and that's it: your photo is saved to your iOS Photo Library, and the camera gets out of your way.
◎ Minimal App, Packed Technologies
Kodist is minimally featured, but user experience is not an afterthought.
- 10-bit HEIF support saves your photos in a rich, space-efficient format
- Geotagging makes your photos searchable on maps in your Photo Library
- Automatic image orientation allows your to take photos however you hold the phone
- Photos are saved to iOS Photo Library with full EXIF info. There's no separate in-app album
◎ Free (for now)
There are no pay-to-unlock features (yet!) and you can keep having fun for free. Tips are welcome and we may have something for you in the future ;)
more Tap-to-focus is smarter in this update: your focus point now stays as long as you keep the camera on the scene — even if you recompose right after tapping — and clears once you point away. AE/AF Lock still holds until you tap again.
2026.6 1 Sept
Hi there! This update contains some improvements to the photos you make with Kodist.
◎ Manual focus
After tapping to focus, swipe left or right to adjust focus. Zebra lines are overlaid to show where you are focused. We hope you like having manual focus power while preserving Kodist's lightweight camera experience.
◎ Technical improvements
* Your photos are now oriented more accurately and reliably, especially when switching quickly between portrait and landscape.
* Photo orientations are locked in when you press the capture button. In other words, the orientation won't change if you move the device after taking the photo.
* Photo timestamps are locked to the moment you pressed the shutter.
* When taking a photo of a person, the colours now subtly correct to the skin tone.
* Kodist now launches 50% faster — from 0.87s to 0.41s on an iPhone 15 Pro. Not a huge change, but we like it ;)
Thank you and hope you'll enjoy the update.
2026.5 8 Jul
Hi there! This update brings Kodist to more people in their language, including Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean. We also updated the English variant for Australia.
Also, we re-branded some of the film emulations in the app, and made their parody names and background stories more on point in each localisation. And we fixed some UI elements that weren’t properly localised.
Last but not least, you can now open Kodist with Siri with a localised natural phrase, such as “Open Kodist”.
This update also fixed some issues with the app:
* EV adjustments wouldn’t work for the front-facing camera. Fixed.
* Film selection would reset to default after launching the camera from the Lock Screen. Fixed.
* At certain zoom levels, the image might have a hairline black strip on an edge. Fixed.
Thank you and hope you’ll enjoy the update.
2026.3 12 Jun
Fixes an issue preventing membership restoration for early supporters.
2026.2 2 Apr
Kodist is now officially a freemium app: you can use one film for free, and unlock the rest with a single one-off purchase.
If you’ve tipped us before, for any amount, you’ll unlock all films straight away.
Also improved or fixed in this update:
* The app is now available in French, German, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese. This is in addition to English and Simplified Chinese that Kodist has already supported.
* The app is now localised for English variants in the US, the UK, and Canada.
* The film effect and aspect ratio menu may have jittered and become untappable. Fixed, and this also resolves an issue where the app could heat your device more quickly than desired.
Enjoy the update!
2026.1 1 Apr
◎ New in this version
We’ve refreshed the “Kuma Gold 200” film effect with a new, more versatile look. It should now perform better in a wider range of lighting conditions, so you can enjoy using it even more.
◎ Fixed in this version
The front camera viewfinder was showing a mirrored preview. This has now been fixed.
Hope you enjoy this update. Cheers!
0.19 4 Feb
This version has some minor adjustments to the app:
- The viewfinder’s glass effect was distracting with its interactivity. We removed the interactivity as a result.
- The film effect “Blush Boudoir” now includes a -⅔ EV adjustment to give it a better, more balanced default look.
Thank you, and happy new year!
0.18 27 Jan
This update includes more refinements around Liquid Glass, and it fixes a few issues with the app.
0.17 10/11/2025
This update adds support for iOS 26 and its Liquid Glass UI. It also supports the new zoom levels for the telephoto lens on iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max.
0.16 18/09/2025
This update contains a few bug fixes:
* Shutter count would not update in a timely manner for photos taken with the Lock Screen widget. Fixed.
* It takes an abnormally long time to capture, process and save the 1st photo taken with the Lock Screen widget. Improved.
0.15 04/09/2025
This update contains a few bug fixes:
* Shutter count would not correctly increment. Related, taking a photo might not properly advance you in the 7-day challenge. Fixed.
* Autofocus lock would be unlocked upon swiping up/down. Fixed.
* Photos taken from the Lock Screen widget might linger in the preview thumbnail in the main app, long after the intended 5-minute reset period. Fixed.
Thank you for your patience while we worked with Technical Support to resolve an issue that prevented us from pushing timely fixes.
0.14 31/08/2025
This update adds 2 films for your creative experiments:
- Asawaka: a vintage fade-colour film that pairs perfectly with still objects and quiet scenes. Unlocked by using iPhone 16 Pro/Pro Max Camera Control to launch Kodist, or by launching the camera from Lock Screen widgets. Requires iOS 18.
- Blush Boudoir: a modern colour film with a pink overtone. Unlocked by taking 100 photos in the app.
We updated “Your Films”:
* You can easily scroll to the film you want with a list that’s now much more compact.
* A dedicated page showcases the film’s story, the quest to complete to unlock the film, as well as many sample photos for your reference.
We improved the imaging process:
* The EDR tone mapping is adjusted to bring out more natural colours while preserving details in the highlight areas.
* You can disable EDR photos from the system status page entirely, if you so wish.
* Image processing is about 2x faster.
Hope you’ll enjoy this update.
0.13 29/08/2025
New:
- Zoom in and out with the lens you have available. Kodist will remember your selection.
- You can launch the camera without having to unlock your device first (available in iOS 18+).
- On iPhone 16 Pro/Pro Max, you can launch Kodist with your Camera button.
0.12 28/07/2025
New:
- After tapping to focus, you can swipe up and down to adjust exposure bias.
Updated:
- Photos are now stored with Adaptive HDR specs. When you share your HDR photos onto a platform that doesn't support HDR, they should still look good.
0.11 01/07/2025
Hi there! This update brings you imaging in High/Extended Dynamic Range (HDR/EDR). It makes your photos more lifelike, while still preserving the distinct no-AI, film photography colours and lighting.
That's literally it for this update. Enjoy!
0.10 30/06/2025
Hi there! This update to JUST Cam has a few goodies:
* A new, engineered luminance curve can preserve more details in highlight and shadow, but the no-AI-processing look remains untouched.
* For those of you who need more controls: you can adjust the exposure value (EV) before taking photos.
* The imaging pipeline is slightly improved for speed of processing (or largely improved, if your iPhone is a few years old).
Hope you'll enjoy this update!
0.9 20/06/2025
Hi there! This update to JUST Cam has a few goodies:
* A new, engineered luminance curve can preserve more details in highlight and shadow, but the no-AI-processing look remains untouched.
* For those of you who need more controls: you can adjust the exposure value (EV) before taking photos.
* The imaging pipeline is slightly improved for speed of processing (or largely improved, if your iPhone is a few years old).
Hope you'll enjoy this update!
0.8 19/06/2025
Season’s greetings! We’re updating JUST Cam with a few additions:
- New film effect “Lomography”, a nostalgic film style that simulates the peephole imaging process — unlocked after you take 25 photos.
- Tap to focus: You can tap on the viewfinder to focus (and adjust exposure) to a point of interest. Bonus point: the view finder is now much larger in size!
- Review your recent photo: When you take a photo, you can tap and hold on the lower-left corner to see the image — review colours, exposure, and focus — without leaving the app.
Hope you’ll enjoy this update! As always, feedback and suggestions are welcome.
0.7 30/12/2024
We improved the app and it now performs a bit better.
Also, you can now long-tap on the Film Effect button to quickly swap between your recently used film effects.
0.6 18/11/2024
UI improvements:
- We updated the styles of the status indicator light, as well as those of the settings button. They now match the UI better.
Fixed:
- The camera would sometimes not restart when you come back from Film Selectio, or when you wake the app from the background. Fixed.
- The app might have unintended behaviours if you rapidly tapped buttons a few times in a row. Fixed.
0.5 08/10/2024
UI improvements:
- We updated the styles of the status indicator light, as well as those of the settings button. They now match the UI better.
Fixed:
- The camera would sometimes not restart when you come back from Film Selectio, or when you wake the app from the background. Fixed.
- The app might have unintended behaviours if you rapidly tapped buttons a few times in a row. Fixed.
0.4 07/10/2024
New:
- Option to shoot with telephoto camera (if available)
- Option to shoot photo in preset aspect ratios such as 3:2 or square
- Updated app icon for the tinted styles in iOS 18
- Control Center and Lock Screen bottom-corner widgets that launch JUST Camera automatically
- Shortcuts action that launch JUST Camera, so that you can fit the launching into your own shortcuts
0.3 21/09/2024
New:
- Option to shoot with telephoto camera (if available)
- Option to shoot photo in preset aspect ratios such as 3:2 or square
- Updated app icon for the tinted styles in iOS 18
0.2 19/09/2024
Tap-to-focus is smarter in this update: your focus point now stays as long as you keep the camera on the scene — even if you recompose right after tapping — and clears once you point away. AE/AF Lock still holds until you tap again.
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