CoreCam Downloads & RevenueCoreCam · App Store
CoreCam is #66 in Photo & Video Paid in United States and charting in 5 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperNIKLAS KLEEMANN
CategoryPhoto & Video
Price2.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.6 (8)
Version2.4.1
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)1k+ worldwide
✏️New screenshots✏️New screenshots📈Entered the top 100📈Charting in a new country📦Updated to version 2.4.1📦Updated to version 2.4🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 33 events
- ✏️CoreCam: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · GB, DE
- ✏️CoreCam: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · BR
- 📈CoreCam entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · JP
- 📈CoreCam charting in a new countryJapan
- ✏️CoreCam: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · IN, CA
- ✏️CoreCam: app got smaller23 MB → 17 MB (-27%)
- ✏️CoreCam: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · US
- 📦CoreCam updated to version 2.4.1Introducing Double Exposure!
Take two shots and CoreCam blends them into one frame. After the first shot, the viewfinder shows the live composite, so you can place the second exposure exactly where you want it. Pick screen for bright, additive overlays or hard light for contrasty blends.
Also included in this update:
- Double exposure in edit mode, with advanced controls
- An improved gallery experience
- Fixed an issue with video audio quality
- Fixed frame export and EXIF data… more - 📈CoreCam entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · NL
- 📈CoreCam charting in a new countryNetherlands
- 📈CoreCam entered the top 10Top Paid · Photo & Video · CA
- 📈CoreCam new best rank in the overall chart: #52Top Paid · All Apps · IN
- 📈CoreCam entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Photo & Video · BR · Top Paid · Photo & Video · CN
- 📈CoreCam charting in a new countryBrazil
- 📦CoreCam updated to version 2.4Introducing Double Exposure!
Take two shots and CoreCam blends them into one frame. After the first shot, the viewfinder shows the live composite, so you can place the second exposure exactly where you want it. Pick screen for bright, additive overlays or hard light for dense, contrasty blends.
Also included in this update:
- Double exposure in edit mode: blend any photo with a second one from your library, with five blend modes
- An improved gallery experience
- Fixed an issue with video audio quality
- Fixed frame export and EXIF data… more - 📈CoreCam entered the top 10Top Paid · Photo & Video · IN
- 📈CoreCam charting in a new countryChina
- 📈CoreCam entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Photo & Video · KR · Top Paid · Photo & Video · RU
- 📈CoreCam charting in a new country in 2 chartsSouth Korea · Russia
- 📈CoreCam entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · IT
- 📈CoreCam charting in a new countryItaly
- 📈CoreCam entered the top 100Top Paid · Photo & Video · PH
- 📈CoreCam charting in a new countryPhilippines
- 📈CoreCam entered the top 10Top Paid · Photo & Video · AE
- 📈CoreCam new best rank in the overall chart: #60Top Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈CoreCam entered the top 100Top Paid · All Apps · AE
- 📈CoreCam entered the top 10Top Paid · Photo & Video · MX
- 📈CoreCam new best rank in the overall chart: #95Top Paid · All Apps · IN
- 📈CoreCam entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Photo & Video · CA · Top Paid · All Apps · IN
- 📦CoreCam updated to version 2.3.8This update optimizes CoreCam for iOS 27 and prepares it for its next major update, coming soon.
Also included:
- Long-press the app icon to quickly launch into Photo, Video, or Edit mode. - 🆕CoreCam first spotted by AppInsider#92 in Top Paid · Photo & Video · Germany
- 📦CoreCam version 2.3.7No release notes
- 🆕CoreCam released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.6 ★
8 ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#66
Photo & Video PaidMeasured
CoreCam on the App Store
App details
App ID
6739510993
Publisher
NIKLAS KLEEMANN
On the store since
Jan 2025
1 year on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 18+
iPhone XS and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
17 MB
CoreCam downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where CoreCam's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Photo & VideoPaid | #66 |
| Germany | Photo & VideoPaid | #39 |
 United Kingdom | Photo & VideoPaid | #72 |
 Brazil | Photo & VideoPaid | #45 |
 Japan | Photo & VideoPaid | #159 |
Apps near CoreCam on the chart
Photo & Video Paid, around #66.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.6 ★
8 ratings
Measured
Ratings
8
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
under 1
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.8★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
20/100
faster than 0% of Photo & Video apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about CoreCam
From the 5 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users highly praise the app's authentic lo-fi aesthetic and ease of use for capturing retro-style photos. However, complaints focus on missing post-capture feedback indicators, lack of gallery editing features, and a bug preventing flash usage at non-1x zoom levels.
Mostly positive (100% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Features & content: “The camera freezes completely if I try to use it on any other zoom level besides 1x”
About CoreCam
CoreCam is a love letter to the look and feel of photos taken with digital cameras from the early 2000s.
It’s built around a computational model of early digicam optical and electronic properties, and its graphics engine runs in real time as you frame your shot. Every camera you select via the camera switcher is modeled after a specific digicam model and vibe.
NEW: noclip camera
noclip is a VHS-era camcorder emulation, built around a real composite NTSC signal chain.
It gives your footage the unstable character of analog video: line jitter, color drift, and tape noise. It’s perfect for a wide range of moods, from liminal to nostalgic.
EDIT MODE
Edit any photo or video on your phone using the same camera modes and controls you already know from shooting.
Edit mode also includes standard adjustments like exposure, temperature, saturation, and more.
Just like early camera hardware, CoreCam offers a simple, point-and-shoot interface. Using the main slider above the shutter button, you can stir and influence the behavior of the digicam emulation engine, changing the look of your images. By design, CoreCam produces low-resolution images of ~1MP. Our philosophy is the opposite of pixel-peeping into 4K HDR footage: low fidelity, high emotion.
NO SUBSCRIPTION
- CoreCam is a one-time purchase. No hidden fees!
- Regular updates with new cameras and features
VIDEO MODE
Switch to video mode with a single tap and capture footage with your virtual digicam. CoreCam also adapts your recording's audio profile to simulate the authentic microphone quality of the early 2000s.
LORES MODE
Lores mode allows you to virtually downscale CoreCam’s image sensor to any size between 0.3 MP, VGA (640×480), and 144p webcam levels. It works with all cameras, including video and selfie mode.
SEELE CAM
[seele] is an homage to the soul of early 2000s digicams and camera phones, the Cyber-shot and RAZR era. It has two different characters you can dial in using the main bias slider.
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Each camera has a special effects mode that lets you push the digicam aesthetic to the limit:
- ccd+ (jpgX): degraded chroma grain, reduced detail, and real JPEG compression artifacts for dreamy Y2K shots
- seele (bayer): Bayer CFA + fast demosaic, where fine detail collapses into moiré, false color, and zippered edges
It’s built around a computational model of early digicam optical and electronic properties, and its graphics engine runs in real time as you frame your shot. Every camera you select via the camera switcher is modeled after a specific digicam model and vibe.
NEW: noclip camera
noclip is a VHS-era camcorder emulation, built around a real composite NTSC signal chain.
It gives your footage the unstable character of analog video: line jitter, color drift, and tape noise. It’s perfect for a wide range of moods, from liminal to nostalgic.
EDIT MODE
Edit any photo or video on your phone using the same camera modes and controls you already know from shooting.
Edit mode also includes standard adjustments like exposure, temperature, saturation, and more.
Just like early camera hardware, CoreCam offers a simple, point-and-shoot interface. Using the main slider above the shutter button, you can stir and influence the behavior of the digicam emulation engine, changing the look of your images. By design, CoreCam produces low-resolution images of ~1MP. Our philosophy is the opposite of pixel-peeping into 4K HDR footage: low fidelity, high emotion.
NO SUBSCRIPTION
- CoreCam is a one-time purchase. No hidden fees!
- Regular updates with new cameras and features
VIDEO MODE
Switch to video mode with a single tap and capture footage with your virtual digicam. CoreCam also adapts your recording's audio profile to simulate the authentic microphone quality of the early 2000s.
LORES MODE
Lores mode allows you to virtually downscale CoreCam’s image sensor to any size between 0.3 MP, VGA (640×480), and 144p webcam levels. It works with all cameras, including video and selfie mode.
SEELE CAM
[seele] is an homage to the soul of early 2000s digicams and camera phones, the Cyber-shot and RAZR era. It has two different characters you can dial in using the main bias slider.
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Each camera has a special effects mode that lets you push the digicam aesthetic to the limit:
- ccd+ (jpgX): degraded chroma grain, reduced detail, and real JPEG compression artifacts for dreamy Y2K shots
- seele (bayer): Bayer CFA + fast demosaic, where fine detail collapses into moiré, false color, and zippered edges
Latest updates
2.4.1
Introducing Double Exposure!
Take two shots and CoreCam blends them into one frame. After the first shot, the viewfinder shows the live composite, so you can place the second exposure exactly where you want it. Pick screen for bright, additive overlays or hard light for contrasty blends.
Also included in this update:
- Double exposure in edit mode, with advanced controls
- An improved gallery experience
- Fixed an issue with video audio quality
- Fixed frame export and EXIF data
2.4
Introducing Double Exposure!
Take two shots and CoreCam blends them into one frame. After the first shot, the viewfinder shows the live composite, so you can place the second exposure exactly where you want it. Pick screen for bright, additive overlays or hard light for dense, contrasty blends.
Also included in this update:
- Double exposure in edit mode: blend any photo with a second one from your library, with five blend modes
- An improved gallery experience
- Fixed an issue with video audio quality
- Fixed frame export and EXIF data
2.3.8
This update optimizes CoreCam for iOS 27 and prepares it for its next major update, coming soon.
Also included:
- Long-press the app icon to quickly launch into Photo, Video, or Edit mode.
Store changes
What CoreCam changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New screenshots
10 screenshots (was 10)
New screenshots
10 screenshots (was 10)
New screenshots 
10 screenshots (was 10)