Kodist: Film Camera

Kodist is a point-and-shoot camera app that produces lifelike film photographs.

◎ No AI enhancements

Kodist eschews all AI enhancements by processing data directly from the sensor:

- Your shots are never too evenly lit

- There’s no excessive sharpening, aggressive denoising, or artificial smudging

- No weird, frowned-upon HDR artifacts along edges

- Natural, pleasant-looking film grain produced by physics, not algorithms

◎ Film photography profiles

Your shots are rendered with your choice of professional film color profiles. They deliver natural, balanced colors that make your photos stand out in a sea of phone photos.

◎ Photos in 1 step

Point and shoot, and that’s it: your photo is saved to your iOS Photo Library, and the camera gets out of your way. You can review your last photo and adjust for a different exposure or focus.

◎ Tap and swipe for focus/exposure

Tap the viewfinder to focus and expose on a point of interest. Tap and hold to lock it in.

After you tap to focus/expose:

- Swipe up/down to adjust exposure

- Swipe left/right to manually focus — a focus peaking overlay helps you identify the area in focus

◎ Packed Technologies

Your experience is not an afterthought in Kodist. It’s packed with quiet, quality-of-life technologies:

- 10-bit HEIF: Your photos are saved in a modern, rich, space-efficient format.

- Skin tone mapping: Your photos are subtly adjusted to preserve skin tones across different lighting — without ruining the film look.

- Extended Dynamic Range (EDR, often called HDR): Details are preserved in highlights, making your photos look true to life — all without the in-your-face brightness.

- Geo-tagging: Your photos are placed on a map and searchable in your Photo Library.

- Automatic image orientation: Photos are automatically oriented to how you hold the camera.

- EXIF info preserved: Camera metadata is faithfully preserved for your future reference.

- Hardware buttons: Use the volume up/down buttons to take a photo, or use the camera button on a supported device.

- Start the camera from the Lock Screen: Add Kodist to your Lock Screen, or set it to launch with the camera button on a supported device.

◎ Software you own

Kodist includes 1 film effect you can use for free. A single, one-time purchase unlocks all other film effects — simple for you, honest from us.