BitCam

Name: BitCam
Rating: 4.6 (72 reviews)
Author: Héliographe, Inc

By: Héliographe, Inc

vintage one-bit photography

Features & Capabilities

A blast from the past! BitCam lets you capture true 1-bit photos—pure black or white pixels with no grayscale. The interface is delightfully old-fashioned, featuring chunky buttons and mechanical sounds that hark back to vintage Macintosh days.

Experiment with three pixel resolutions and an 8-color mode to keep the aesthetic while adding a dash of modern play. BitCam outputs clean PNG files, perfect for printing, digital collages, or art projects. In memory of Bill Atkinson, the inventor behind the dithering method this app uses to render its photos.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Photography Art Design

By:

Héliographe, Inc

Rating:

4.60

(72)

Version:

1.0.6 Last updated: 2025-10-14

Version code:

878906138

Creation date:

2016-06-09

Compatible devices:

Size:

4.01MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-06

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 169,791 ▼ 253

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Developed by:

Héliographe, Inc

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bitcam/id1114990619

Website:

https://bitcam.app

User Reviews

Honestly, I love old tech and low res graphics. And this reminds me of that. I used it for portraits mainly, but sometimes I can use it for aesthetic or to play around when I’m bored. Only problem is that color cost money. And they don’t have a zoom feature also. And if they add zoom then PLEASE DON’T make it cost something, as it’s ridiculous, especially paying for color is ridiculous. But overall, great app!

by Ol*****, 2026-02-10

After working great for many years and retroactively scanning photos I took with my SLR into 8-bit glory, the app kept asking me to install color graphics in the Photos edit mode. Color works fine when taking pictures still, just not for altering existing photos. I can still save black & white scans from the edit widget.

by Th*****, 2025-10-12

I don’t think I can put into words the little tickle in my heart I get when I see the color photos taken with this app. It’s not a filter. You can zoom in and see all the chunky little bits of color making up the image and that alone is worth 10x the price I paid.