Relive film photography with 0 AI enhancements. Results? Crisp edges, genuine grain, and zero smudges. Point and shoot in one step.
Kodist is a point-and-shoot camera that produces lifelike film-style photographs.
◎ No AI enhancements
Kodist eschews all AI enhancements by processing data directly from the sensor:
- Your shots are never unnaturally evenly lit
- There’s no excessive sharpening, aggressive denoising, or artificial smudging
- No odd, frowned-upon HDR artefacts on object edges
- Natural, pleasing grain produced by physics, not algorithms
◎ Film photography profiles
Your shots are rendered with your choice of a professional film photography colour profile. They deliver natural, balanced colours 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 and space-efficient format.
- Skin tone mapping: Your photos are subtly adjusted to preserve skin tones in different lighting conditions — without ruining the film photography look.
- Extended Dynamic Range (EDR, often called HDR): Highlight detail is preserved, making your photos look true to life — all without 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: Metadata from the camera 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 supported devices.
- 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 has 1 film effect you can use for free. A single one-off purchase unlocks all other film effects — simple for you, honest of us.
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Hi there! This update contains some improvements to the photos you make with Kodist.
◎ Manual focus
After tapping to focus, swipe left or right to adjust focus. Zebra lines are overlaid to show where you are focused. We hope you like having manual focus power while preserving Kodist's lightweight camera experience.
◎ Technical improvements
* Your photos are now oriented more accurately and reliably, especially when switching quickly between portrait and landscape.
* Photo orientations are locked in when you press the capture button. In other words, the orientation won't change if you move the device after taking the photo.
* Photo timestamps are locked to the moment you pressed the shutter.
* When taking a photo of a person, the colours now subtly correct to the skin tone.
* Kodist now launches 50% faster — from 0.87s to 0.41s on an iPhone 15 Pro. Not a huge change, but we like it ;)
Thank you and hope you'll enjoy the update.
Version 2026.5
The developer, Sasquatch Studio Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
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Supported Features
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Differentiate Without Colour Alone
Sufficient Contrast
Reduced Motion
Information
Provider
Sasquatch Studio Inc.
Size
31.1 MB
Category
Photo & Video
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
Languages
English and 9 more
English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese