The best vintage video apps for iPhone in 2026
Most retro camera apps are built for photos. Here are the ones that actually handle video — VHS, Super 8, digicam and film looks — and how to pick between them.
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Notes on vintage camera looks, shooting and editing video on an iPhone, and the machines that made old footage feel alive. Written by the person who builds 10SF.
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How to get the digicam look on iPhone — for video, not just photos
The nine things that actually make footage look like a 2003 point-and-shoot, how to shoot for them on an iPhone, and where filters get it wrong.
A field guide to vintage camera looks
Super 8, VHS, CCD digicam, single-use 35mm and more — what each format actually did to an image, the artifacts that give it away, and how to fake it.
The app
10SF is a vintage video camera, on-device library, and full editor for iPhone. Shoot with the look live, keep your videos organized, and finish them without an account or footage upload.