VHS 3000: Retro Camcorder Cam
Chris Wakefield Photo & Video iPhoneiPadiPod touch
VHS 3000: Retro Camcorder Cam is a paid Photo & Video app for iPhone and iPad by Chris Wakefield. Rated 5.0/5 from 1 ratings. Requires iOS 17.6.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 1 ratings
- Price
- 4.99 USD
- on the App Store
- Size
- 9 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Aug 11
- 2026 · v1.1
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About VHS 3000: Retro Camcorder Cam
Turn your iPhone into a 1980s camcorder. VHS 3000 records real videos that look — and sound — like they were shot on tape, played back on a worn VCR, and pulled out of a shoebox thirty years later. This is not a sticker slapped over your footage. VHS 3000 simulates the actual analog signal path: color bleed, tape snow, tracking errors, head-switch tearing, interlacing, wobble and hiss are generated scanline by scanline, exactly the way real tape decks mangled the picture. SHOOT LIKE IT'S 1988 • Live viewfinder shows the exact tape look while you film — what you see is what you get • Burned-in date and time stamps in the classic camcorder OSD font • Custom tape titles — type anything and drag it anywhere on screen • Slow power zoom rocker, torch and selfie cam, just like the real thing • Four tape looks: VHS 1988, Home Video, Night Tape and B&W DUB YOUR OLD FOOTAGE • Import any video from your library and run it through the same tape pipeline • Dubs keep their original recording date for the stamp — a clip from 2019 gets stamped 2019 • Perfect for making modern footage match the family archive REAL TAPE BEHAVIOUR • Random Tape Wear mode gently drifts picture quality as you record, like a real worn cassette • Or take control: dial in fuzz, snow, dropouts, sharpness, jitter and tracking yourself • Tape-style audio: thin, hissy and warbly, like it came off a linear track PAY ONCE, KEEP FOREVER No subscriptions. No ads. No watermarks. Buy it once and every feature is yours for good. Videos save straight to your Photos library in classic 4:3, ready to share.
What’s new
Version 1.1 · Updated August 11, 2026
• 4 cassettes to load, fill and swap • Eject saves the whole tape to Photos as one video • Watch a tape back on a CRT before you save it • Real zoom motor whirr recorded onto the track • Tape hiss is now a slider • Much faster launch
App privacy
The developer, Chris Wakefield, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.