Features

The whole camcorder.

A live VHS viewfinder, a recorder, a converter and a lab for tuning the tape. Here is each part in detail.

The viewfinder

Live VHS, not a filter applied later

The picture is drawn by a GLSL shader on the GPU, modelled on how VHS signal breaks down. You compose the shot through the finished look.

  • Colour bleed, noise and softness
  • Tracking error and tracking speed, plus line wobble
  • A bottom (head-switch) band with its own switch and height
  • Dropouts, scanlines, vignette and resolution
  • Contrast, brightness, saturation, warmth and black & white
  • 4:3 (the default) or 16:9, from the quick tab
softness35
colour bleed50
tracking error40
dropouts40
scanlines50
Recording

Straight to your camera roll

Press the orange key and ViseoTape records H.264 video with AAC sound as an MP4 into DCIM/Camera, the same place as your phone's normal camera. Clips show up in your gallery without any export step.

  • 30 frames a second, 720 × 960 in 4:3 or 720 × 1280 in 16:9 (turned the other way in landscape)
  • The look is baked into the recording as you film
  • Saved through Android's media storage, no storage permission needed
  • The tape counter keeps running across recordings
  • Your videos never leave your phone unless you share them
videoH.264
audioAAC
saved toDCIM/Camera
frame rate30 fps
Audio

A microphone that sounds like a tape

The microphone runs through a tape filter, so the sound ages with the picture. Each part has its own slider in the audio tab.

  • Muffle and wow & flutter, on by default
  • A gentle tape hiss by default; hum, crackle and audio dropouts stay off until you raise them
  • Noise reduction, for the microphone only, to quieten the room between words
  • The same filter is applied when you convert an imported video
tape hiss30
muffle60
wow & flutter40
noise reduction50
Import

Give old footage a new old look

In settings, press import video and choose a clip with Android's own picker. ViseoTape converts it with the same shader and audio filter. Only the file you pick is opened.

  • The same look and settings as the live camera
  • The same tape audio filter on the converted clip
  • Start and end title cards are added if they are switched on
  • A progress bar with a percentage, and a cancel key
  • The converted copy is saved to your camera roll
sourceyour video
lookTape Lab
audiotape filter
saved toDCIM/Camera
Titles

Start and end title cards

Open and close your tape like a home movie. Each card has its own switch and its own settings, and a preview key plays it before you shoot.

  • Your own text, with a new line for a new row
  • Motion: flash, scroll, type or slide
  • Ground: picture, blue, black or static
  • Colour: orange, white, green, red or cyan
  • Length from 1.0 to 8.0 seconds
start cardMY HOME VIDEO
end cardTHE END
length3.0 s
Date stamp

The orange timestamp, on your terms

The on-screen display shows the date and time, REC or STBY, and the tape mode, the way a camcorder does. Each part can be switched off or moved.

  • The live clock, or your own custom date text
  • Stamp size, colour (orange, white, green, red or cyan) and left–right and up–down position
  • REC / STBY text
  • A mode label (SP, LP, EP, WN or NS) with its own position
dateOCT 23 2026 11:18:04
counter0:00:00
modeSP
Handling

Zoom, glitch, CUT and light

Small controls that make it feel like a machine in your hands.

  • Pinch to zoom, or use the zoom fader: it moves across your phone's lenses, then keeps going digitally
  • Touch the picture or shake the phone to tear the tape; the touch/shake glitch slider sets how hard
  • CUT blacks out the picture and drops the audio for a moment
  • A light key turns the torch on, on phones that have one
  • Quiet synthesised key, dial and switch sounds, with a sound / muted key
zoompinch / fader
glitchtouch / shake
cutblack + dropout
Title cards

Try a title card.

Type your text and pick the motion, ground, colour and length, the way the titles tab in the app does.

start card
motion
ground
colour
length 3.0 s

In the app, each card has its own switch, and cards play at the start and end of recordings and imported videos.

Tape Lab

34 settings, five tape modes, three presets of your own.

The app's settings sit in tabs: quick, titles, picture, tape, colour, display and audio. Turn the dial to SP, LP, EP, WORN or NEWS, then fine-tune. Hold a user key to save the whole look.

sptape speed

Tap the picture to glitch it; the app does the same on touch and when you shake the phone. This is a browser model of the app's look, with the tabs and settings that change the picture. The app renders the real thing on your phone's GPU.

Picture (6)
  • softness
  • scanlines
  • vignette
  • resolution
  • contrast
  • brightness
Tape (9)
  • noise
  • colour bleed
  • tracking error
  • tracking speed
  • line wobble
  • dropouts
  • bottom band
  • band height
  • touch/shake glitch
Colour (3)
  • saturation
  • warmth
  • black & white
Display (9)
  • date stamp, rec / stby text
  • stamp size, stamp colour
  • stamp left–right, up–down
  • custom date text
  • mode label, left–right, up–down
Audio (7)
  • tape hiss
  • muffle
  • wow & flutter
  • noise reduction
  • hum
  • crackle
  • audio dropouts
Quick and titles
  • 4:3 or 16:9
  • import video
  • reset, user 1–3 (tap loads, hold saves, edit renames)
  • start card and end card
FAQ

Questions, answered

No, it works offline: the camera, the VHS look, recording and importing all run on your phone. The only network use is a quick purchase and security check with Google Play when the app opens. If that check can't finish, the app keeps working. See the privacy policy for exactly what it sends.

Straight into your phone's camera roll (DCIM/Camera) as ordinary H.264 + AAC video files, so they show up in your gallery and share like any other clip. Your videos never leave your phone unless you share them yourself.

Yes. Open settings, press import video and pick a clip with Android's own picker. ViseoTape converts it with the same look and the same tape audio filter, shows a progress bar you can cancel, and saves the result to your camera roll. Your start and end title cards are added if you have switched them on.

No. ViseoTape is US$2.99, paid once, with no ads, no in-app purchases and no subscription. There is no account to create.

Camera and microphone, so it can film and record sound, plus network access for the purchase check described above. There is no location, contacts or storage permission. Videos you import are chosen with Android's own picker, and recordings are saved through Android's media storage.

Google Play then reports that your account no longer owns the app, and ViseoTape locks. Recordings you made stay on your phone. If the check just can't be completed (offline, for example), the app keeps working.

The whole app: the live VHS viewfinder, recording, import and convert, title cards, Tape Lab and its presets. There are no extra unlocks to buy.

Roll tape

US$2.99. Once. Yours.

No subscription, no ads, no account.