CLUSTER FILTERS-VINTAGE-APPLIES · 13 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2012-07-21
Retro photo/video filter apps
This cluster consists of mobile apps that apply vintage, retro, and analog-style filters, effects, and overlays to photos and videos, including film simulations, VHS glitch, polaroid frames, and light leaks. Dated entries before the index start span from July 2012 to August 2025, with one or two entries appearing in many years but with gaps between them, indicating a slow but steady trickle rather than a dense pattern. The traction leaders by activity signal are YouCam Enhance: AI Photo&Video, FilmFlip, and WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor, all showing zero stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 1 ai-built · 5 hand-coded · 7 unlabelled
Operator · 2 hobby · 7 commercial · 2 open source · 2 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 13 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01Film-Camera-IOS1★19 days—hobbyNative iOS camera app that applies film-emulation LUTs and grain effects live in the viewfinder and saves photos with the same film look.
- 02FilmFlip0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceMobile app that photographs film negatives and converts them into normal photos with white balance, inversion, and exposure adjustments.
- 03HueTune0★25 days—ai-builthobbyPhoto app that applies vintage camera filters to pictures, suggests songs whose album art matches the image colors, and exports the cover and lyrics for social sharing.
- 04WayShot:Aesthetic Photo Editor0★1 molivecommercialPhoto editing and camera app that applies vintage digital camera styles and filters to create aesthetic retro-looking photos.
- 05Dazz Cam - Vintage Camera0★20 dayslivecommercialCamera app that recreates vintage film and retro video styles using sampled film stock and classic camera formats.
- 06KUNI Cam: Photo Video Editor.0★5 molivecommercialMobile app that applies vintage analog-style filters and manual editing tools to photos and videos for a nostalgic aesthetic.
- 07Lomograph - Retro Photo Editor0★2 yrabandonedlivecommercialMobile photo app that applies retro analog film filters, light leaks, and date stamps to transform digital photos into vintage-style images.
- 08pixLux - Video Editor0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedVideo editing app that applies color filters, vintage styles, camera frames, and special effects to personalize videos.
- 09XnRetro0★13 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourcePhoto editing app that applies vintage and instant-camera style color effects, light leaks, and frame borders to images.
- 10Chromic: Video Filters, Editor0★7 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialApp that adds Hollywood-style color filters and adjustments to videos with realtime preview.
- 11VHS Video Editor, Vintage Cam0★3 yrabandonedlivecommercialMobile app that applies retro VHS-style visual effects, filters, and stylized sounds to photos and videos for a vintage look.
- 12Glitch Video Photo 3D Effect.s0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedcommercialMobile app that adds vintage VHS-style glitch filters, color distortions, and stock video clips to personal videos.
- 13OGPB0★unknownliveApp that applies retro polaroid filters to selfies for a vintage camera experience.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.