say cheese.
it’s already film.

A film camera for iPhone and Android. Real grain and red halation, baked in the moment you press the shutter.

  • iPhone · Coming soonApp Store
  • Android · Coming soonGoogle Play

Free. No account. Your photos stay on your phone.

Sample image in the Cheddar look
trycheese ▸ 400 ▸ 01A · Sample
cheddar
free at
launch

Sample images made for the app’s look picker, not shot on trycheese.

  • cheddar
  • gouda
  • brie
  • mozz
  • fresh
  • blue
  • aged
  • smoked
  • swiss
  • surprise

Most phone cameras chase perfect. trycheese chases character: grain you can feel, highlights that bloom red, colour that looks like it came off a roll of film.

No over-sharpening, no plastic skin, no editing marathon afterwards. Point, shoot, and the photo comes out finished.

Looks, baked in.

Every look is tuned like a film stock: colour, grain, red halation and a soft highlight roll-off. Pick one before you shoot, then turn two dials, grain and tone, to taste.

  • Sample image in the Cheddar look
    Cheddar

    Warm, golden colour negative

    Grain 400 · Natural

  • Sample image in the Gouda look
    Gouda

    Rich amber, cine print

    Grain 400 · Rich

  • Sample image in the Brie look
    Brie

    Soft pastel, low contrast

    Grain 200 · Soft

  • Sample image in the Mozz look
    Mozz

    Airy, bright and clean

    Grain 100 · Soft

  • Sample image in the Fresh look
    Fresh

    Crisp colour slide

    Grain 100 · Punchy

  • Sample image in the Blue look
    Blue

    Cool night, strong halation

    Grain 800 · Rich

  • Sample image in the Aged look
    Aged

    Faded, expired film

    Grain 800 · Faded

  • Sample image in the Smoked look
    Smoked

    Hard black and white

    Grain 1600 · Crushed

  • Sample image in the Swiss look
    Swiss

    Soft black and white

    Grain 400 · Soft

  • Sample image in the Surprise look
    Surprise

    A different look for every shot

    Grain 400 · Natural

Sample images made for the app’s look picker. Looks may still change before launch.

No live preview. On purpose.

  1. No preview

    The viewfinder shows the scene, not the look, so you watch the moment instead of the screen.

  2. Just a camera

    No importing old photos, no editing suite. Every trycheese photo was taken with trycheese.

  3. The reveal

    Press the shutter and your photo develops for a beat, then it's revealed: grain, halation, colour.

what you see
Sample scene as the viewfinder shows it, flat and undeveloped
The scene, as it is
what you get
The same sample scene developed with grain, halation and filmic colour
A beat later, on film

Sample image

From cheese to camera.

Five screens and you’re shooting. Each one takes a colour from the brand: cheese, the film negative’s blue, Gouda and Smoked.

  1. Welcome screen on cheese yellow: the trycheese wordmark, a tilted sample print with a cheddar sticker and the line say cheese, it's already film.

    01Welcome

  2. Looks screen on the negative blue: three sample photos tagged Gouda, Blue and Smoked above Looks, baked in.

    02Looks

  3. In the moment screen on Gouda: what you see beside what you get, above No live preview, on purpose.

    03In the moment

  4. Dial in screen on the negative blue: a Cheddar look card with Grain and Tone dials set to 400 and Natural.

    04Dial in

  5. Permissions screen on Smoked grey with camera and photo saving both allowed and a yellow Start shooting button.

    05Two quick yeses

Onboarding screens from an early iPhone build. Photos inside them are samples.

looks
10Each tuned like a film stock
grain, at most
3200From a clean 100 to a gritty 3200, on one dial
tones
6From Faded to Crushed
platforms
2iPhone and Android, together

A real camera, minus the fuss.

Sample image in the Blue look
Sample · Blue

Grain you can feel.

Bright lights bloom with red halation, the glow film gives a streetlight. Shadows stay soft; highlights roll off instead of clipping.

Lenses, EV, aspect ratios

Switch lenses, nudge exposure in thirds, frame in 3:2 or 4:3.

Portrait mode

Soft, filmic background blur that falls off like a real lens, with the look applied on top.

Double exposure

Two shots, one frame. Blend them into something you couldn’t have planned.

Recipes you can share

Build your own look from warmth, grain, halation and tone, then pass it on as a code or QR. Friends dial it in, offline.

Free and private

No account, no subscription. Your photos stay on your phone until you share them.

iPhone and Android. Same film.

Same looks, same grain, same controls on both. trycheese launches on the App Store and Google Play together.

  • iPhone · Coming soonApp Store
  • Android · Coming soonGoogle Play
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Sample image in the Mozz look
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