The camera made for tomorrow's nostalgia. Capture today's moments with the look and feel of home videos — so they already feel remembered.
The App Store is full of one-tap VHS filters — apply them, post once, forget. AfterTape isn't a filter you add later. It's a camera that shoots the memory already finished, and keeps it for you forever.
The look is rendered into the picture and the sound as you record — in the viewfinder, in real time. Nothing to apply afterward.
Every tape lives inside AfterTape — a warm archive of your moments that resurfaces on anniversaries, not a clip you lose in the camera roll.
Hiss, warble, band-limited audio — the era is baked into what you hear, not just what you see. Almost no one else does this.
No monthly fee, no ads, no watermark holding your memories hostage. Pay once and it's yours — the way owning a camera should feel.
No panels of sliders. No jargon. Just a camera that earns every part of itself.
Open it, pick a look, press the red button. The tactile MiniDV camcorder does the rest — point, shoot, keep it moving.
Real-time looks inspired by the home videos you already love — VHS birthdays, Hi8 vacations, MiniDV, early digicam. Grain, bloom, tracking, timestamp and all.
Your memories are saved beautifully and easy to share — a personal archive you'll actually come back to, years from now.
The whole experience is a camera, not a settings screen. Here's the entire flow.
Flip through the camera roster right on the console — Birthday, Vacation, MiniDV and more. The viewfinder changes live, so you frame the shot already knowing how the memory will feel.
Record. The vintage look and sound are captured into the file itself in real time — no rendering, no waiting. A firm tap and tone confirm you're rolling.
Tap the viewfinder to lock focus. Steady it, pick 4:3 / 16:9 / 1:1, flip to selfie, or arm the self-timer to get in the frame. Add tape noise or a rolling tracking glitch if you want more character.
Every tape lands in your Memories library — play it back, save it to Photos, or share it in seconds. Your whole reel, in one place.
Fourteen cameras — from VHS and MiniDV to faded film stocks and black-and-white — each with its own grain, color, and sound.
Soft mush, chroma bleed, head-switch flicker, warm cast. The camcorder in the closet.
Cleaner tape, saturated Kodak-vacation color, golden afternoons that never end.
Sharp 4:3, interlace edges, cool digital cast, running timecode. The turn of the century.
Strong signal, compressed highlights, that evening-news smear on the bright bits.
Desaturated, choppy frames, big timestamp. The uncanny charm of found footage.
Crunchy movie mode, blown highlights, jelly white-balance. Peak-MySpace energy.
Plus eight more moods — MALL MEMORY · TAPE NOIR · PRETTY IN PINK · DIGITAL WINTER · SUNGOLD · AGAVE · SLIDEDECK · FADED JEANS
AUG 11 2000 6:13:24 PMOrdinary evenings. The people at the party. The last day of something. AfterTape makes them look the way you'll remember them — and keeps them where you can find them again.
No subscription. No ads. No watermark. The way owning a camera should feel.
Free on the App Store · $9.99 unlocks everything. No subscription, ever.