Film
Look · CCD Digicam
Cool shadows, lifted highlights, the colour of a 2004 pocket camera.
Shoot it now.
Keep it like film.
MatteCam is a free retro film camera for iPhone. Date stamp, grain and light leaks, right in the viewfinder. No login. Your photos stay on your phone.
Coming soon on the App Store
Free. No account needed.
Same scene. Three ways.
Date
Date stamp
The orange date in the corner, the way the old cameras printed it.
Leak
Light leak
A warm glow across the frame, like a back door opened a crack.
Every photo on this page was made with MatteCam.
From shutter to roll
Camera
See the look live before you shoot.
Your Roll
Every shot keeps its original next to the film version.
Before / after
Drag to compare the original with the film.
The plain facts
- Free to download and use.
- No login, no account.
- Photos are processed on your phone and saved to a MatteCam album in Photos.
- Community looks are free.
- Look packs are optional one-time purchases — no subscription.
Look packs
The community looks are free and always will be. When you want more, look packs are a small one-time purchase each. We make them ourselves, with help from AI tools, before they ever reach the app — nothing from your camera roll is used. Bought a pack? Restore it on any iPhone signed in to the same Apple ID.
Coming soon on the App Store