Today’s camera on the left.The 2010 phone on the right.
iPhone
On the App Store as Throwback: Old Phone Camera until an update renames it.
For iPhone → the phone cameras of 2007 to 2019, with their real processing · No account, no ads
Pick a phone from 2007 to 2019. The classic camera takes each photo in RAW, then puts it through that phone’s processing: its photo size, lens view, sensor noise, sharpening, HDR and colour.
Every classic photo is developed the way the phone you picked did it. On iOS 18 or later, Expert mode adds today’s camera with any old phone’s look.
No account and nothing to sign up for. Your first 10 photos or videos are free.
Install Camstalgia from the App Store. For now, it’s listed there as Throwback: Old Phone Camera.
Open the phone list from the top of the camera and choose one of 14 phones, from 2007 to 2019. Choose Creative or Technical in the same list.
Each photo is developed the way that phone did it. It’s kept in the app’s roll and saved to your photo library.
Try every phone with your first 10 photos or videos.
iOS 15+ · No account · 10 free
A camera should not need an account, a server or your data.
Nothing to sign up for. Every photo is developed on your iPhone, and Camstalgia never uploads your photos.
No analytics, no ads and no third-party code. The App Store label says Data Not Collected.
Location is optional. It tags your photos on your iPhone, as phones did from 2008. Place names come from Apple’s map service.
It turns your iPhone’s camera into the camera of a phone from 2007 to 2019. Its classic camera takes each photo in RAW and puts it through that phone’s processing: photo size, lens view, sensor noise, noise reduction, sharpening, HDR and colour.
Technical follows each phone’s own processing, based on lab tests and reviews from the time, without exaggerating it. Creative turns each year’s look up so it’s unmistakable. Switch between them in the phone list.
The old phones had tiny sensors. Up to the 2016 phone, Camstalgia shoots through your iPhone’s ultra-wide camera if it has one, because that is the closer match. From the 2017 phone on, it uses the main camera. Photos from the 8 MP and 12 MP phones of 2011 to 2016 come out a little softer than the real phones’.
That’s the point. The early phones had tiny sensors, little processing and a narrow range, so whites burn out and dim rooms get grainy.
Today’s camera with the look of any old phone, on iOS 18 or later. You get your iPhone’s lenses, 4K video, HDR and 48 MP photos where your iPhone has them. Switch to Expert at the top of the phone list.
An option in the phone list. It makes you wait between shots as long as the old phones did. It’s off unless you turn it on.
Any iPhone with iOS 15 or later. Expert mode needs iOS 18 or later, and its lenses and video sizes depend on your iPhone. Camstalgia is made for iPhone. The app itself is in 32 languages.
Yes. No account, no ads, no tracking, no servers. Your photos are developed on your iPhone and never uploaded. Details in the Privacy Policy.
Camstalgia is the new name of Throwback. Until the update that renames it, the App Store lists it as Throwback: Old Phone Camera, and your Home Screen shows Throwback. It’s the same app.
Your first 10 photos or videos are free, with every phone. Then All Phones costs $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year in the US. Prices vary by country, and the App Store shows yours before you buy. There is no free trial, and you can cancel anytime in Settings.
Try every phone with your first 10 photos or videos. Then All Phones gives you every phone, unlimited photos and videos, and the app’s roll.
$4.99 a month or $29.99 a year in the US. Both renew until you cancel. No free trial. Prices vary by country, and the App Store shows yours before you buy.
Get Camstalgia, pick a phone and shoot. Your first 10 photos or videos are free.
iOS 15+ · No account, no ads
