VHS Camcorder

VHS Camcorder$3.22

Rated 4.37/5 (686) —  Free Android application by Rarevision

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About VHS Camcorder

It's 1984, and you've got a camcorder! It'll look that way when you record and send old, messed up-looking videos to friends. They'll swear you built a time machine: "OMG, how'd you shoot that?"

Reviewed by WIRED, TechCrunch, Mashable, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Popular Mechanics, The Independent, Macworld, and many, many others!

With VHS Camcorder, you'll make home movies that look and sound like 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, mess 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' amazing!

Here's Why You Need It:

• Four words: Best. Throwback. Videos. Ever.
• Create videos of your kids that look like the ones from your childhood
• Impress the new girl by using our app to convince her you built a time machine
• The only app you should ever consider to capture your 80s and 90s-themed parties
• Make your kids' incredibly boring school plays actually watchable

And Also Because of This:

• Realism: the ORIGINAL and BEST app for simulating old videotape recordings
• Change the on-screen date so people think you're way younger--or older--than you really are
• Create custom F*L*A*S*H*I*N*G titles for the ultimate in on-screen cheese
• Phony zoom lens feature dramatically enhances the cheese factor
• Mess up the picture during recording using your finger or by shaking your device
• Don't think we forgot to make things sound bad--we didn't
• 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. ***

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How to Download / Install

Download and install VHS Camcorder version 1.2.7 on your Android device!
Downloaded 10,000+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.rarevision.vhscamcorder, download VHS Camcorder.apk

All Application Badges

Paid
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Android
4.4+
Bug
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For everyone
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App History & Updates

What's Changed
• Fixed wacky camera problem on Nexus 5X
• Fixed video freezing problem that was causing trouble with a few devices
Version update VHS Camcorder was updated to version 1.2.7
More downloads  VHS Camcorder reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Price update  Price changed from $3.17 to $3.22.

What are users saying about VHS Camcorder

Y70%
by Y####:

I love this app. There is a lot of realism in the quality and color of the video. I would really like to set the date to anything before 1984 for fun reasons like I used to do with my camcorder, and would also like an option to flip the entire app 180° because I have to hold my phone in a strange way. 5 stars if at least one of these options is added, keep up the good work!

D70%
by D####:

I love this app as I'm obsessed with old cameras and the like. I will try it out more over the next few weeks and update my review. I only gave the app 4 stars because it lacks the ability to change the frame rate like on the iPhone something that really is a big deal as phones have high frame rates and with a high frame rate the video doesn't look fully retro seeing as this is on iPhone I implore you please add this feature!

C70%
by C####:

I love this app! However I was quite bummed when I found there was no way to add the vhs filter to a video in my gallery. Add a button that lets you import videos and I will love you forever!

G70%
by G####:

This effect is absolutely ace and worth the money. Just please add a feature allowing me to add thia effect to already existing vids! Thanks :)

P70%
by P####:

As with most of the people here, I was wowed by the vhs visual effect but the buzzing sound is so loud that I can hardly hear myself. Allow for a sound adjustment option on the noise and I'd be happy to give this 5 stars.

M70%
by M####:

Update: Audio error on zenfone2.. It's a great application.. But the audio glitched after 20s.. hope to see the new update with the perfect audio sync.. I'm using Asus Zenfone 2..

Y70%
by Y####:

I absolutely love it. But I will give it 5 stars once these features are added: the ability to adjust the volume of the noise distortion, change position and format of timestamp on screen, and a PAUSE BUTTON. <--- I believe the pause button is the most important one because pausing until another scene was one of the most common aspects of old VHS tapes.

W70%
by W####:

1. Being Able to turn off the sound distortion is a feature that NEEDS to be added. 2. Being able to put this effect on previously recorded videos would be great too

F70%
by F####:

The videos I've seen other people post for the app look really well done, not sure why one isn't included on the store page, however it wouldn't install on my phone with no reason given. I'm not rooted and at Android 4.4.2 so it should work fine.

Y70%
by Y####:

Video capture is lagging, will freeze up phone. After the video is saved to my gallery the file is corrupted and glitched, you can't see anything that was in the video. I don't understand why an app that requires purchase is actually worse than the free rip offs.

Y70%
by Y####:

Nice app overall, lacks more customization options mostly. Would like to shoot video above 720p and have more control over the effects it already has. Please keep adding more content for video customization and, maybe, a photo mode could be possible?

Y70%
by Y####:

An auto mess up feature would be cool. Make it so that the image and/or sound can mess up at random intervals.

Y70%
by Y####:

Only thing missing is the ability to add the vhs effect to previously recorded videos. If that happens it will get 5 stars.

Y70%
by Y####:

Love the app but when I take a selfie picture it comes out as corrupted in my gallery :( Other than that amazing app!

Y70%
by Y####:

Okay so here's the deal. I like the app but I'd really like the ability to lock the exposure, adjust things like saturation/contrast, oh and some more filters would be killer!

B70%
by B####:

I love the retro look to this app and it DOES take you back to the 80's--cheesy graphics and all! Please add more color effect options! Overall the perfect VHS video emulator I ever used (y)

K70%
by K####:

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.

Y70%
by Y####:

App works perfectly now! Thanks so much for listening, we need more devs like you!

Y70%
by Y####:

I found my old sony mavica and was too lazy to buy floppy disks so i looked a old camera simulator and this came up and i was like wow.

N70%
by N####:

Nexus 5x here, screen only captures a fourth of the screen while the rest is black. Waist of money... Don't download it

P70%
by P####:

Your gonna fall in love with it

Y70%
by Y####:

Everything about this app is beautiful, but the static sound in the background of recorded videos should be optional, as it makes the actual video audio very difficult to hear. Please add a toggle on/off option for this feature!

Y70%
by Y####:

I really love it, but it needs updates that this app could make it like real vhs camera. The frame rates, audio and it should look like the iPhone version.

Y70%
by Y####:

Updated again, it used to save vids, now it does not. The vids save, but it's black with the tracking effect and sound. No picture, date or titler. Please help

Y70%
by Y####:

Wow, Ethan! Great moves, keep it up, proud of you.

Y70%
by Y####:

App closes itself on launch if you are rooted or use a custom ROM. The developers choose to implement this in an update AFTER I bought the app.

Y70%
by Y####:

Great app, but can someone tell me why the picture freezes when I double tap it?

Y70%
by Y####:

Reminds me of my old camcorder I had when I was 10. It's awesome if you want to make old movies/music videos.

F70%
by F####:

I will change the rating once someone can assist me in saving recorded videos.

S70%
by S####:

Really digging this app. As someone who wants to record videos featuring music It would be great to be able to remove the audio noise so you have the vhs vibe without the hiss over whatever music I may be recording. A+ app though!

Y70%
by Y####:

I want to hear my board pop off the ground and the little skrt noise my board makes, the buzzing sound ads a good little detail but have an option to turn it off and record from the mic please. Close to perfection

C70%
by C####:

This app is really neat I got to say I love it. As mentioned in some of the other comments, an option to add this effect to videos previously recorded would be neat. Also I'd like to see a button to add static to the video. Kind of like when the video cuts out and cuts in to another scene for example. I think that would be neat.

Z70%
by Z####:

The only issue I've seen so far is that it doesn't handle orientation very well. I have to lock it in landscape, then relaunch the app. Also, it'd be nice to have an option to have the interference happen randomly rather than just on tilt, with a slider for frequency. Aside from that, I love it!

Y70%
by Y####:

This app is definitely the best VHS camera app, but I've got one suggestion. It would be nice if one had the option remove the white lines that appear at the bottom of the screen. Not all VHS footage had these lines, and I'd like to be able to control them with a switch or a slider.

Y70%
by Y####:

Works flawlessly, great effectd and easy ui. Low battery drain too! Edit: For some reason, not sure if a feature or a flaw, but autofocus and focus overall is set too far. Cannot focus into close objects. It tries to change the focus point but goes back after refocusing.

N70%
by N####:

A radical app that brings you back to the past. Changes the way you use your phone. This and the Adobe Clip is a match made in heaven. The problem is options. You pay $4 for a app that should have cost at least $1. It lacks so much content. I can't use Japanese characters in the titler. I would like a option to change saturation, contrast and color. A big problem a lot of reviewers are having, is the option to turn off noise distortion when record audio. This would be also a great feature. Please add this.

Y70%
by Y####:

This app is amazing! I really love the vibes of the videos that I film and the app is very easy to use. The only thing that I had a problem with - after a few days of using this app all of my videos appeared to be black and I didn't know what to do. I messaged the makers of the app and Thomas wanted to help and find out what was causing this to happen, but I just reinstalled the app and everything went fine. I usually never purchase apps because I'd rather buy some pizza (:D), but this app is worth it!

Y70%
by Y####:

I love this app. I totally fooled a few friends with the videos I took, thinking I'd dug up the footage from 1994 lol. Can you guys please add an option to change the file destination? I want to save the clips to my SD card instead of internal memory like I can do with my normal camera app. Please add this feature to the next upgrade.

H70%
by H####:

Nexus 6p user, really love the concept. But video cuts off during playback when changing from back to front facing camera and vice versa. The audio will continue but the video freezes.

Y70%
by Y####:

Ive had to simulate vhs recording degredation and achieving that look is not easy. This lil app has a lot going on under the hood in realtime to get the color phase shifts, distortions, et al and not bog down the phone.


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