Disposable camera look
Flash on, warm color, heavy grain. Gold Snap shoots like the yellow cardboard camera you took to every birthday party.
A vintage camera app, not a photo editor
Pick a film roll and shoot. Grain, light leaks and an orange date stamp land on every photo by themselves, and no two shots come out the same.
Download on theApp Store
Free download · No sign-up · iPhone & iPad
How the vintage camera works
- Pick a roll. Swipe under the viewfinder to choose a film, from a Kodak-style disposable to a 90s camcorder. You see the look live before you shoot.
- Shoot. Flash, self-timer and front camera are one tap away. The photo is developed as it saves.
- Keep it. Grain and light leaks change on every frame, so each shot is a one-off. It goes straight to your Photos app, finished.
13 film rolls, from disposables to 2000s digicams
Each roll is modeled on a real camera or film. Home Video, Gold Snap and Red Darkroom come with the free download.
Home Video Free
Low sharpness, color bleed
Inspired by a Sony Handycam Hi8
Gold Snap Free
Warm tones, grain, flash pop
Inspired by a Kodak disposable
Red Darkroom Free
Deep reds, infrared glow
Inspired by darkroom safelights
Instant Fade Pro
Washed whites, vignetting
Inspired by a Polaroid OneStep
Date '99 Pro
Soft contrast, orange timestamp
Inspired by a Fuji Quartz Date
Early Digital Pro
Cool tones, compression artifacts
Inspired by a Casio Exilim
2004 Pro
Early camera phone artifacting
Inspired by 2000s flip phones
Night Vision Pro
Surveillance cam, low light
Inspired by CCTV footage
MJU Soft Pro
Clean, muted, everyday film
Inspired by an Olympus Stylus
35 Lux Pro
Sharp center, soft edges
Inspired by a Contax T2
Classic SLR Pro
Balanced color, natural grain
Inspired by a Canon AE-1
Lo-Fi Pop Pro
Saturated colors, dark corners
Inspired by a Lomo LC-A
Plastic Lens Pro
Heavy vignette, blur
Inspired by a Holga 120
Disposable, digicam and camcorder looks on iPhone
2000s digicam look
Cool whites, hard flash and a little JPEG crunch. Early Digital and 2004 cover the silver compact and the flip-phone camera.
Camcorder home video look
Home Video softens the picture and lets color bleed past the edges, like a frame paused on a Hi8 tape from 1997.
Orange date stamp
Every roll can print the date in the corner in orange dot-matrix digits. Leave it on 1999 or pick any year from 1980 to 2030.
No sliders to fiddle with
Most vintage photo apps are editors. You take a normal photo, then work on it. Last Summer does the work while you shoot, the way a film camera did.
Filter apps ask you to
- Scroll through 100+ filters
- Drag grain and exposure sliders
- Save presets and redo every photo
With Last Summer you
- Choose a roll once
- Press the shutter
- Get a finished photo that no one else has
Inside the app
Questions about Last Summer
What app makes photos look like a disposable camera?
Last Summer's Gold Snap roll is built for it: warm color, heavy grain and a strong flash, with light leaks that land on some shots and not others. Turn the flash on, get within a couple of meters of your subject and take one shot. Gold Snap is one of the three rolls included with the free download.
What camera app puts an orange date stamp on photos?
Last Summer prints an orange date in the bottom corner of every photo, in the dot-matrix style of 90s point-and-shoots. It reads 1999 by default, and you can switch it to any year from 1980 to 2030 or turn it off in settings.
How do I make my iPhone camera look like the 2000s?
Shoot with flash through a camera that copies an early digital sensor. In Last Summer, the Early Digital roll gives you the cool tones and compression of a 2000s compact, and the 2004 roll looks like a flip-phone camera. The iPhone's own camera removes exactly those flaws, which is why editing rarely gets you all the way there.
Can I get the film look without editing my photos?
Yes. Last Summer applies grain, softer highlights and film color while you shoot, so photos land in your camera roll already finished. Classic SLR and 35 Lux are the closest to scanned 35mm film. There are no sliders to adjust afterward.
How do I get the flash photo aesthetic on iPhone?
Force the flash on, stand close and shoot in a dim room or at night. The iPhone camera prefers Night mode and rarely fires its flash, so use an app with a flash toggle. In Last Summer, tap the lightning bolt above the shutter and it fires on every shot.
Is Last Summer a good Huji Cam alternative?
If you like how Huji works but want more than one look, yes. Last Summer is also a point-and-shoot camera with random light leaks and a date stamp, and it has 13 film rolls, including camcorder, disposable, digicam and instant film styles. Huji is the better pick if you only want its single free look.
Is Last Summer free?
The download is free and comes with three film rolls: Home Video, Gold Snap and Red Darkroom. Last Summer Pro unlocks the other ten rolls, every light leak and photo imports for $4.99 a week or $24.99 a year, which works out to about 48 cents a week. You can cancel anytime in your Apple ID subscription settings.
Does it work on photos I already took?
Yes, with Pro. Import a photo from your library, pick a roll and it develops the picture with the same grain, light leaks and date stamp as a new shot. The free version works with the camera only.
Do I need an account to use Last Summer?
No. There is no sign-up, email or password. Open the app and start shooting, and your photos save to the Photos app on your iPhone.
Does Last Summer record video?
No, it takes photos only. The Home Video roll gives stills the soft, color-bleeding look of a paused 90s camcorder tape. Last Summer runs on iPhone and iPad with iOS 15.1 or later; there is no Android version yet.
Shoot this summer like it's already a memory
Three film rolls are free, and there is nothing to sign up for.
Download on theApp Store
Free download · No sign-up · iPhone & iPad