Hypocam

Name: Hypocam
Rating: 4.6 (403 reviews)
Author: pierre gougelet

By: pierre gougelet

Photo & Video

Features & Capabilities

Hypocam is the ultimate black and white camera. Shoot with live-view controls to master monochrome photography, edit with exclusive tools designed for BW, and share your BW creations to the community.

Stay inspired with a built-in news feed of top BW photos, and enhance your edits with the latest presets and tools to elevate every shot. Founded in 2013, Hypocam empowers your storytelling and helps every moment become memorable.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Photography

By:

pierre gougelet

Rating:

4.60

(403)

Version:

2.1.2 Last updated: 2021-07-15

Version code:

843105799

Creation date:

2016-03-07

Compatible devices:

Size:

39.86MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-06

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 86,287 ▼ 124

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Developed by:

pierre gougelet

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hypocam/id1077991979

Website:

http://www.hypocam.com

User Reviews

The app excels at black-and-white photography with film-like tones, grain, and a rich set of previewable filters, all wrapped in a distinctive, artistic UI that feels tactile and fun. Reviewers repeatedly cite missing core camera controls and lens options, framing/preview crop issues on some devices, and library/sharing glitches after updates. Despite these gaps, it remains highly praised for its mood, texture, and creative workflow.

Pros

Stellar black-and-white rendering with authentic tones and film-like grain.
Rich pre-shot options like color filters and film-grain textures you can preview before shooting.
Distinctive artistic UI and tactile, retro camera feel.
User-friendly interface that still offers creative pro features.
Overall fun to use and inspiring for photographers.

Cons

Missing essential camera controls (volume shutter, video mode, exposure/focus control, timer, zoom, and multi-lens access).
No option to switch lenses on many devices.
Framing/preview issues: cropped view and full-screen overlay on some iPhones, making it hard to see the full frame.
Library/import issues after updates: trouble accessing camera roll or editing photos from the album.
Occasional instability and sharing/upload problems (e.g., Instagram upload errors or feature regressions).

Recent reviews

The B&W rendering is amazing. All I want to use and would be happy to pay a few $ for is the camera. But on my iPhone 14pro the framing fills the entire screen and I barely can see the shutter button. The please update!

by Sc*****, 2023-11-14

I can not easily express how much I love this app. It reignited my dying love for digital photography and is the best thing on my iPhone. This is not the most fully featured or easiest to use camera app. It lacks many commonly expected features—e.g. volume shutter, video, color, independent exposure and focus control, zoom / access to the second and third lenses, a timer. It is idiosyncratic in its design and has a definite learning curve. For me, none of this detracts from it. For starters, it makes taking really beautiful b/w photos fun and easy. Beyond that, it is wonderful in unquantifiable ways. It has a distinct character the way a well crafted physical object like an old fixed lens film camera might have. It has amazing features like being able to test out color filters and film grain textures before even taking the shot. It has a great design aesthetic. It has limitations and those limitations make it beautiful. So many of our digital experiences these days have the frictionless un-designed sameness of an airport. I suppose that’s fine and good for a ride share app or an e-commerce site where you just want to achieve an end with minimal effort, but photography is an inherently romantic and artistic act. We deserve not only to create beautiful images but to do so in beautiful ways with beautiful tools. Hypocam achieves this. (To be clear, I welcome new features and updates, and trust that if and when they come, it will be with respect for what is already great about the app)

by ay*****, 2023-05-24

There is a lot to like about this app. I like the filter and noise options. But there is one basic thing that needs to be fixed. When taking a picture the whole screen is filled. This means that the vertical part of what the camera captures is accurate, but you don’t see everything the camera captures horizontally. That is, I’m seeing a 16x10 image, but camera captures 4x3.