Presets are here! You can now save your edits as custom looks and reuse them anytime. This update also includes three custom looks to get you started. Previously: Introducing Edit mode! Your #1 requested feature is now live. You can use CoreCam to edit any photo or video on your phone. Edit mode uses the same camera modes and settings you already know. Pick a camera, adjust the bias slider, and dial in your preferred effects. On top of that, edit mode also includes standard adjustments like exposure, temperature, saturation, and more. You can enter edit mode by tapping the SD card icon in the upper left of the viewport, or via the new Share Sheet action in the Photos app. Prefer editing over shooting? You can set CoreCam to launch in edit mode by default. Happy editing!

Bugfix: The shutter feedback is more noticeable. NEW: Edit mode! Your #1 requested feature is now live. You can use CoreCam to edit any photo or video on your phone. Edit mode uses the same camera modes and settings you already know. Pick a camera, adjust the bias slider, and dial in your preferred effects. On top of that, edit mode also includes standard adjustments like exposure, temperature, saturation, and more. You can enter edit mode by tapping the SD card icon in the upper left of the viewport, or via the new Share Sheet action in the Photos app. Prefer editing over shooting? You can set CoreCam to launch in edit mode by default. Happy editing!

NEW: Edit mode! Your #1 requested feature is now live. You can use CoreCam to edit any photo or video on your phone. Edit mode uses the same camera modes and settings you already know. Pick a camera, adjust the bias slider, and dial in your preferred effects. On top of that, edit mode also includes standard adjustments like exposure, temperature, saturation, and more. You can enter edit mode by tapping the SD card icon in the upper left of the viewport, or via the new Share Sheet action in the Photos app. Prefer editing over shooting? You can set CoreCam to launch in edit mode by default. Happy editing!

Bugfixes and performance improvements in preparation for the next major update.

This update fixes the recall of persisted settings for the Lockscreen version of CoreCam (Yes, you can put CoreCam on your Lockscreen too!). Previous major update: NEW: Introducing [seele] camera! [seele] is an homage to the soul of early 2000s digicams and camera phones, the Cyber-shot and RAZR era. It has two different characters you can dial in using the main bias slider. In positive bias, seele produces a strong bloom that drifts into cyan hues. Highlights become overexposed, while shadows stay dark. This mode is ideal for artificial lights and night scenes. In negative bias you'll get strong chroma noise and compression artefacts. As the simulation falls apart and reveals its digital core, you'll see fixed pattern noise and false colour appear. This mode is perfect for busy city scenes, flash portraits, and even nature photography. BAYER (seeles's special effects mode) seele comes with a faithful simulation of a Bayer colour filter array and a fast demosaic reconstruction. When enabled via the star icon, high-detail regions begin to break: moiré, false colour, and zippery edges will appear. TIPS: - Try seele with low exposure: tap a bright area in your viewfinder. The amount of light hitting the sensor changes how strong the bloom becomes - Combine negative bias with the lo-res mode (set low) for a more realistic noise texture - When using seele in negative bias mode, make sure to set video quality to "high", else the encoder will eat up your noise texture!

This update fixes a rare bug that could cause the volume of video recordings to spike suddenly. Previous update: NEW: Introducing [seele] camera! [seele] is an homage to the soul of early 2000s digicams and camera phones, the Cyber-shot and RAZR era. It has two different characters you can dial in using the main bias slider. In positive bias, seele produces a strong bloom that drifts into cyan hues. Highlights become overexposed, while shadows stay dark. This mode is ideal for artificial lights and night scenes. In negative bias you'll get strong chroma noise and compression artefacts. As the simulation falls apart and reveals its digital core, you'll see fixed pattern noise and false colour appear. This mode is perfect for busy city scenes, flash portraits, and even nature photography. BAYER (seeles's special effects mode) seele comes with a faithful simulation of a Bayer colour filter array and a fast demosaic reconstruction. When enabled via the star icon, high-detail regions begin to break: moiré, false colour, and zippery edges will appear. TIPS: - Try seele with low exposure: tap a bright area in your viewfinder. The amount of light hitting the sensor changes how strong the bloom becomes - Combine negative bias with the lo-res mode (set low) for a more realistic noise texture - When using seele in negative bias mode, make sure to set video quality to "high", else the encoder will eat up your noise texture!

This update includes several bug fixes, improving CoreCams’ UX and the new camera mode’s look in bright light Previous update: NEW: Introducing [seele] camera! [seele] is an homage to the soul of early 2000s digicams and camera phones, the Cyber-shot and RAZR era. It has two different characters you can dial in using the main bias slider. In positive bias, seele produces a strong bloom that drifts into cyan hues. Highlights become overexposed, while shadows stay dark. This mode is ideal for artificial lights and night scenes. In negative bias you'll get strong chroma noise and compression artefacts. As the simulation falls apart and reveals its digital core, you'll see fixed pattern noise and false colour appear. This mode is perfect for busy city scenes, flash portraits, and even nature photography. BAYER (seeles's special effects mode) seele comes with a faithful simulation of a Bayer colour filter array and a fast demosaic reconstruction. When enabled via the star icon, high-detail regions begin to break: moiré, false colour, and zippery edges will appear. TIPS: - Try seele with low exposure: tap a bright area in your viewfinder. The amount of light hitting the sensor changes how strong the bloom becomes - Combine negative bias with the lo-res mode (set low) for a more realistic noise texture - When using seele in negative bias mode, make sure to set video quality to "high", else the encoder will eat up your noise texture!

NEW: Introducing [seele] camera! [seele] is an homage to the soul of early 2000s digicams and camera phones, the Cyber-shot and RAZR era. It has two different characters you can dial in using the main bias slider. In positive bias, seele produces a strong bloom that drifts into cyan hues. Highlights become overexposed, while shadows stay dark. This mode is ideal for artificial lights and night scenes. In negative bias, you'll get strong chroma noise and compression artefacts. As the simulation falls apart and reveals its digital core, you'll see fixed pattern noise and false colour appear. This mode is perfect for busy city scenes, flash portraits, and even nature photography. BAYER (new special effects mode) seele comes with a faithful simulation of a Bayer colour filter array and a fast demosaic reconstruction. When enabled via the star icon, high-detail regions begin to break: moiré, false colour, and zippered edges will appear. TIPS: - Try seele with low exposure: tap a bright area in your viewfinder. The amount of light hitting the sensor changes how strong the bloom becomes - Combine negative bias with the lo-res mode (set low) for a more realistic noise texture - When using seele in negative bias mode, make sure to set video quality to "high", else the encoder will eat up your noise texture!

This update fixes a bug that caused the torch to freeze the camera preview when using different lenses. Thank you for your support!

CoreCam can now remember your exposure settings across startups; which means 2 taps less for low-exposure lovers. PS: Next major update is in progress!

NEW: lo-res mode The new lores mode allows you to virtually downscale CoreCam’s image sensor to any size between 0.3 MP, VGA 640, and 144p webcam levels. It works with all cameras, including video and selfie mode. CoreCam remains a one-time purchase. Thank you for supporting independent iOS development!

NEW: Video Stabilization. Choose from three stabilization modes for steadier shots; or keep it off for full flip phone realism.

CoreCam has been updated for iOS 26. You'll see new Liquid Glass–based interactions where they make sense. Performance on older devices has also been improved.

This update resolves issues relating to the lockscreen mode of CoreCam. Previous version: Introducing CoreCam 2.0 with Video Mode. VIDEO MODE Switch to video mode with a single tap and capture footage with your virtual digicam. CoreCam is the only app that also adapts your recording's audio profile to simulate the authentic microphone quality of the y2k era. Video mode is included as a free update; no In-App Purchase needed. LENS SWITCHING CoreCam 2.0 features a completely rebuilt camera backend that significantly improves performance and reduces battery consumption. If your iPhone has multiple lenses, you can now switch between them. The zoom functionality is also crisper and sharper than before.

Introducing CoreCam 2.0 with Video Mode. VIDEO MODE Switch to video mode with a single tap and capture footage with your virtual digicam. CoreCam is the only app that also adapts your recording's audio profile to simulate the authentic microphone quality of the y2k era. Video mode is included as a free update; no In-App Purchase needed. LENS SWITCHING CoreCam 2.0 features a completely rebuilt camera backend that significantly improves performance and reduces battery consumption. If your iPhone has multiple lenses, you can now switch between them. The zoom functionality is also crisper and sharper than before.

Work on the next major update is in progress. In the meantime, enjoy reduced GPU and CPU usage thanks to a new rendering technique.

Preparations for the next major update and bug fixes.

Bugfixes and performance improvements while I lay the groundwork for the next major update that many of you have been waiting for.

Further performance improvements, and more sensible defaults for the special effects modes.

Fixed a performance issue and removed the redundant delete alert on the gallery page.

NEW: jpgX mode jpgX is a special effects mode for the ccd+ cam that makes images look like they've been captured by a cheap CCD camcorder. It applies coarse multi-colored noise, lowers the capture resolution, and introduces JPEG compression artefacts - all in real time. To use it while shooting with ccd+, tap the star icon at the left to activate the cam's special effects mode and change the intensity of the effect (hint: a range between 0.05 and 0.2 works well!). When active, the main bias slider also changes the appearance of this effect. CoreCam lets you move seamlessly from subtle to fully authentic digicam looks, and jpgX allows you to push the aesthetic further, creating dreamy, nostalgic images straight out of 2000s image boards.

This update fixes a bug that caused the light streaks in the new ccd+ camera to be too short. Introducing ccd+, a faithful digicam simulation mode for CoreCam. ccd+ is modeled after cameras with CCD sensors, which consist of an array of pixel wells ("bins") that collect incoming photons and convert them into electrical charges. CCD BLOOM When a pixel bin accumulates more charge than it can hold, the excess spills vertically due to the sensor’s vertical charge-transfer design. This overflow creates the vertical smearing and blooming effects around bright areas. CHROMA NOISE CCD sensors are known for producing vivid but noisy images in low light conditions. Chroma noise appears as colour speckles and is particularly noticeable in the blue channel due to lower sensitivity and reduced photon absorption efficiency at shorter wavelengths. NEW COLOR PROFILE Compared to the 2007 camera mode, colors in ccd+ remain more faithful and natural, though greens subtly shift toward cyan as you increase the bias setting. Shadows may appear slightly bluish due to luminance noise in the blue channel.

Introducing ccd+, a faithful digicam simulation mode for CoreCam. ccd+ is modeled after cameras with CCD sensors, which consist of an array of pixel wells ("bins") that collect incoming photons and convert them into electrical charges. CCD BLOOM When a pixel bin accumulates more charge than it can hold, the excess spills vertically due to the sensor’s vertical charge-transfer design. This overflow creates the vertical smearing and blooming effects around bright areas. CHROMA NOISE CCD sensors are known for producing vivid but noisy images in low light conditions. Chroma noise appears as colour speckles and is particularly noticeable in the blue channel due to lower sensitivity and reduced photon absorption efficiency at shorter wavelengths. NEW COLOR PROFILE Compared to the 2007 camera mode, colors in ccd+ remain more faithful and natural, though greens subtly shift toward cyan as you increase the bias setting. Shadows may appear slightly bluish due to luminance noise in the blue channel.

Introducing ccd+, a faithful digicam simulation mode for CoreCam. ccd+ is modeled after cameras with CCD sensors, which consist of an array of pixel wells ("bins") that collect incoming photons and convert them into electrical charges. CCD BLOOM 
When a pixel bin accumulates more charge than it can hold, the excess spills vertically due to the sensor’s vertical charge-transfer design. This overflow creates the vertical smearing and blooming effects around bright areas. CHROMA NOISE 
CCD sensors are known for producing vivid but noisy images in low light conditions. Chroma noise appears as colour speckles and is particularly noticeable in the blue channel due to lower sensitivity and reduced photon absorption efficiency at shorter wavelengths. NEW COLOR PROFILE Compared to the 2007 camera mode, colors in ccd+ remain more faithful and natural, though greens subtly shift toward cyan as you increase the bias setting. Shadows may appear slightly bluish due to luminance noise in the blue channel.

Sometimes being lo-fi is a feature, sometimes it's a bug - this time the color banding was unintentional. With this update, CoreCam now uses 16-bit textures, resulting in higher color fidelity.