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Used by Kendall Jenner, Snoop Dogg, BTS, Ariana Grande, Khloe Kardashian, Wiz Khalifa, Victoria Beckham, Die Antwoord and featured on SNL (S41E01) and in countless TV shows and music videos! Covered by WIRED, TechCrunch, Mashable, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Popular Mechanics, The Independent, Macworld, TMZ and many, many others! It's 1984, and you've got a VHS camcorder! It'll look that way when you record and send old, messed up-looking retro videos to friends. They'll swear you built a time machine: "OMG, how'd you shoot that?" With Rarevision VHS, you'll make home movies that look and sound like real retro video tapes pulled out of storage after 30 years. You can change the on-screen date to trick your friends, create flashing cheesy custom titles, glitch up the picture by shaking your device and use the zoom lens feature to emphasize those truly embarrassing moments! Trust us, we asked literally everyone and it's unanimous: this app is freakin' rad! Here's Why You Need It: • Four words: Best. Throwback. Videos. Ever. • Create VHS-style retro videos of your kids that look like the ones from your childhood • The only VHS cam app you should ever consider to capture your 80s and 90s-themed parties • Shoot your own "found footage" movie and become a big Hollywood director like those other guys • Make your kids' incredibly boring school plays actually rad • Impress the new girl by using our app to convince her you built a time machine • Pretend like you lived through the rad 1980s using our app! What Rarevision VHS Can Do: • Realism: the ORIGINAL and BEST VHS app for simulating the glitches of old videotape recordings • Import videos and give them the VHS look • Make your own signature look using the old-school picture adjustment menu • Create your own animated titles for the ultimate in on-screen awesomeness • Change the on-screen date so people think you're way younger (or older) than you really are • Glitch the picture during recording using your finger or by shaking your device • Fake zoom feature dramatically enhances the cheese factor • Don't think we forgot to make things sound retro terrible. We didn't. • Up to 60p recording for a more accurate VHS video look (depends on device capability) • Widescreen recording option (but would you REALLY want to use it?) *** PLEASE NOTE: THIS APP DOES NOT WORK ON ROOTED DEVICES WITH CUSTOM ROMS. If you don't know what "rooted" means, don't worry about this. *** Follow Rarevision: http://instagram.com/rarevision http://x.com/rarevision http://facebook.com/rarevisionvhs Rarevision is a US-based company. Copyright © 2015-2025 Rarevision LLC. All rights reserved.
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Genre
Photography
Rating
PEGI 3
Release
Feb 17, 2016
Last Update
We're always thinking of you with each new update! This release includes: • Removed those speckled white dot thingys from the Hi8 filter • Fixed incorrect storage warning • Fixed issue that could cause a crash when touching a clip in the clip viewer • Other fun and exciting bug fixes!
Reviews
Andrew McGranahan
I was legitimately shocked at how good this app really is. it looks like an actual era accurate camcorder and the 4.99 is 100% worth it too. tThe absolute only thing that I could see making it any better, would be to have 4 or so slots that you could set up and customize with different filter effects, and a way to lock the static flickering or adjust it more fluidly. like make it so that you can adjust the amount and it not go from none to just full on, make it able to be gradual! Great app!
A Google user
Great!!! Just add more life improvements... SUCH AS A CAMERA!!! ( Don't know how this wasn't included...) Also like date, play, rec, pause, and time should be able to have adjustable placement before the video so it can be moved closer to the edge for those phones with bigger screens... and there should be video effects after you have finished recording the video...by this I mean enhance the static or brighten the video... Great job and thanks for your work
A Google user
The definitive mobile solution for capturing the VHS camcorder aesthetic; completely blows the competition out of the water. This would be a 5-star app if there was an option to just take photos. (13/04/23) EDIT: I completely forgot I left this review, however I did soon figure out that it was a long press on the REC button to capture a single frame, although the developer was kind to clarify this in their reply to me. Here's to a long overdue (and well-deserved) 5-star rating!
A Google user
Really rad app. I shoot analogue video, real VHS, and this comes very close. The bottom film reel glitch on this though is a bit too much; real VHS doesn't have that many scratches. I wish you could add with a switch which layers were added to the video. Also, se analogie video switch things would be cool, like transitions and fades, distortions, picture in picture, etc. Please develop an analogue video mixer app!!! Would be awesome. Good work guys.
Brock
Overall it's good. But, there are a few buzz kills for me. 1- when I was a kid, I loved the freeze frame shutter effect. so while you are recording, you can take a photo in video,(not saved separately), see the shutter animation, then you will briefly see the image show until it fades away and the main recording continues. Sound can still be heard while the freeze frame is in effect. Also, when I play it back, I wish I could also somewhat hear the glitchy sounds, instead of seeing them.
Aesthetic Jordan
Been using since last year. This is the probably the best camcorder filter camera I get so far and I love the detail and everything. Though i feel like there's some stuff that I want to suggest if it's possible to have - Have an option to import video or saved the original video (no filter) while recording - Option to adjust quality (not too low and not too high) - More unique filters Overall, this is all I can say, I'm looking forward to see the future of this app
A Google user
Great so far. Got the paid version and unlike some users, I don't have any issues on S8. Satisfied with the purchase. I like how you can import videos. Also the features are pretty much like an 80-90s VHS camera so dont expect crazy filters or stickers or any thing like that. Basic zoom in/out, change the date, title bar.
A Google user
i love the app for sure. i cant get enough of the late 80s and early 90s feel it has. it would be nice to have more different effects on the app or give it even a more authentic retro feel. For example, maybe you can add the feature where some VHS tapes show the blue screen first and then makes the sound were its about to start playing ( this could be a feature to use after getting done recording). or ypu can add an edit option were we can edit the videos or even pictures we take. But good work.
Cosmijohn (Cosmijohn)
Almost perfect. Just one tiny problem. You can edit dates on imported and recorded videos. But if you have the date onscreen, the time will be with it too. Which isn't editable. It stays accurate to the time on your phone. So if you import an old video, say at night, you couldn't correctly spoof it unless you import your video at the time it would seem realistic. Other than that, it works perfectly
ex alpha
😤 The app is stuck in full screen mode and remains behind the system navigation buttons. It is the only app that I cannot remove from full screen mode. 😖
bre is not here
This app is perfect for making retro photos and videos. I use it way more than I use my normal camera. The filters are great, but making your own is even better! Can I suggest making a custom filter saving option? I think it would be easier to save them so you don't lose anything while switching from filter to filter. Other than that, this app is amazing!✨