Features & Capabilities

Bring 80s/90s retro-computer and consoles look to your photos... Add sticker, text, crazy filters and frames to create the perfect nostalgic image you can share online!

Back in Time with Famicam 64: the Ultimate Gaming Camera!

With +50 LIVE Filters and Frames inspired by the look of the most iconic Computers and video games, Famicam 64 allows you to capture the most amazing 8-bit pictures ever.

...and it's not only a camera app... It's an entire 8bit Photo Editing Suite with a set of modules to enhance your photos including:

  1. DRAW: to pixel-sketch on your photo with different colors, effects, and retro brushes
  2. TEXT: to add captions with awesome 8-bit and retro fonts
  3. SPRITES: with +350 retro-inspired stickers
  4. FRAMES: to turn your photos into​ old game covers, vintage CRT screen or even a screenshot straight from Minecraft or PokĂ©mon!

If you grew up blowing into cartridges, or loading games from floppies (...or even through a tape recorder) and you're feeling nostalgic... or just love the fantastic pixelated aesthetics and colors of the era, this is the app you can't miss.

FEATURES:

  1. More than 50 non-destructive LIVE filters, with fully adjustable custom parameters, inspired by the most iconic retro computers, consoles, and video games... From "Tennis for Two" oscilloscope experiments and text-based adventures to the last home computers and handheld consoles (and much more!).
  2. Drawing module to pixel-sketch your photo with different colors, effects, retro brushes, color selector and picker.
  3. +350 8-bit Sprites, divided into categories (emoticons, monsters, weapons, objects, etc.) to enhance your image and create awesome retro-gaming visual stories to share with your friends.
  4. Awesome Custom Frames simulating retro game covers, magazines, floppy, cartridges or CRT screens.
  5. Pixelated and nostalgic fonts and styles to caption your moments
  6. iOS Native Share to instantly send your creation to any app you use (Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Tumblr and... Wherever else you like!)

Be proud of the origins of computing... Get Famicam 64 Today and re-start the 8bit revolution!

----==WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT US==---- “...Instagram gave us the notion that filters are cool, but Zuck's photo app nowhere near as cool as the Famicam64 app. ... Famicam 64 allows you to easily capture great looking 8-bit pictures.” -8bit Central

“The Famicam64 ultimately is a fun alternative to Instagram for the retro gamer, wanting to send pictures which reflect the era of gaming they love, with lots of built in winks and nods to classic gaming, and plenty of options which allow you to give all of your snaps a fun, geeky overlay. If you’re a gamer, what are you waiting for?”

  • Flickering Myth

“The Ultimate 8-bit Retro Camera...Forget about looking for the latest and greatest camera app for your smartphone, as you can now have a cool 8-bit retro camera suite with real-time effects, pixel art editor, ​and sprites!” -AUS RetroGamer


Famicam Pixel Guy by Kostic Milos “Pixel adventures”. Music by Marcelo Fernandez (http://www.marcelofernandezmusic.com). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Ruben Frosali
Rating:
4.00
(26)
Version:
3.0 Last updated: 2019-03-08
Version code:
830422585
Creation date:
2016-05-27
Compatible devices:
Size:
82.15MB
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Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-06-06
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Developed by:
Ruben Frosali
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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/famicam-64-8bit-retro-camera/id1109188591

User Reviews

Famicam 64 8BIT Retro Camera delivers strong retro aesthetics and rich editing features that evoke old-school hardware, with a polished UI. However, it lacks video capture, has frustrating portrait-only cropping that auto-crops square/landscape images, and misses common editing controls (undo, font resizing). These trade-offs attract nostalgia-loving users but leave room for improvements like video support, better aspect-ratio options, and a smoother editing workflow.
Pros
  • Excellent retro pixel-art filters that turn photos into high-quality 8-bit images.
  • Strong nostalgia factor with Game Boy/ZX Spectrum vibes.
  • Rich editing options including many filters, text, and stickers.
  • Nice user interface and overall ease of use.
Cons
  • No video recording option; users want video capture.
  • Portrait-only editing with limited aspect ratios; square/landscape photos are cropped.
  • Missing undo and limited text controls (font size and draggable text).
  • No automatic save to the gallery; sharing after capture is required.
Recent reviews
Brief and tasteful.
by Af*****, 2025-07-22

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by Hu*****, 2022-09-12

Please add support for letterbox and i paid for the removal of the watermark but the frames shows the name of the app😒 We need letterbox support and real dimensions of the console.
by KR*****, 2022-04-09
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