Instant app review: bring back the magic of the Polaroid instant camera to your iPhone or iPad

Introduction

Instant: The Polaroid Instant Camera is one iPhone and iPad app that is definitely worth grabbing whether you are an avid photographer who uses their iOS device regularly to take pictures, or you just want to bring back the magic of the Polaroid instant camera.

This app works by applying an authentic Polaroid-like filter, borders, and write text on it to produce a classic Polaroid instant photo, just like the old times.

Costing the user only $1.99 for a quick download of 22.8 MB, the process of acquiring this app is pretty painless, so let's take a look at what it has in store for its users.

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Novel Yet Nostalgic

Instant: The Polaroid Instant Camera has been featured on various websites including BeautifulPixels.com. It was also showcased in the Apple iPad TV Advert called “Hollywood.”

This app mimics the workflow of a real classic Polaroid instant camera as mentioned above, but it's important to mention the extent to which the mimicking has been done. Visual and even sound elements of a classic Polaroid instant camera come with this app.

When you take a pictures using the in-app camera, you will be able to see a dark Polaroid film that would resemble an undeveloped picture. This will slide out from the top of the screen and the “exposure” will slowly be unveiled as it develops over the span of a few seconds.

I love that the developers have gone so far to make the user experience novel, yet nostalgic.

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Filters & Features

There are 30 vintage-style filters that come with Instant: The Polaroid Instant Camera out of which ten completely replicate the various classic Polaroid films. You can adjust the filters to your liking in strength, vignette, as well as emulsion artifacts, allowing you to achieve and even more realistic look.

Furthermore, the option to add text adds to the process, allowing you to also resize, rotate, and relocate your words in gesture-based commands. There are 10 handwritten fonts available to personalize your image perfectly.

To add the finishing touch, you can change the Polaroid border. Choose from a vibrant range of 26 colors and add effects such as fingerprints, stains, wrinkles, and crosshatches to your final product. You can then go on to share your masterpiece by saving it to your photo library or using the other sharing options included in this app including email, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, and many more.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

• Adjustable filter effects including intensity, vignette, emulsion and grain
• Ten handwriting fonts for adding text to your photo
• 26 color borders, adjustable crosshatch, stain, wrinkle and fingerprints effects
• Social media integration & sharing via Email, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Instagram and Sina Weibo

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

Final Words

I love how the developers have taken the basic features of photo and video apps and packaged them in Instant: The Polaroid Instant Camera to give the users something different from the usual iPhone and iPad photography apps.