Instant
A white-border print that develops on screen, with a handwritten caption you write. Classic square or wide.
New from Void Research · iPhone
One camera. Six ways to see.
ByteBox Camera shoots square and wide instant film with handwritten captions, live ASCII, 8-bit and 16-bit pixel art (with a full-color Handheld mode), storybook illustrations and pixel avatars in any size from 16 to 1024. Then you edit it pixel by pixel.
iPhone, also runs on iPad, iOS 16.4 or later
The lenses
Six ways to see.
ASCII
A live ASCII viewfinder. Share it as an image, or as real text you can paste and edit.
8-bit / 16-bit
Retro pixel art in two palettes, from chunky to detailed. Plus 8-bit's Handheld mode: 128×112 in Original (green), grayscale or full color, with 11 frames to choose from.
Cel
Turn your photos into storybook illustrations, like a page from a mid-century children's book.
Icon
Turn your selfie into a pixel avatar, any size from 16 to 1024. Made for Discord, X, Slack and gaming profiles.
Import + edit + remix
Your camera roll, re-rendered.
Pick any photo you already have. ByteBox turns it into editable pixel art, ready for the pixel editor. Remix your photos: paste pixel art into any shot. Put your face on the monitor or your dog in the painting.
Pixel editor
Every pixel is yours.
Fix a stray pixel, recolor a sky, sign your work. The built-in pixel editor works on every pixel lens and on imported photos, and it can paste pixel art from one photo into another.
Share two ways
Hi-res or true-to-pixel.
| Mode | What you get |
|---|---|
| Modern | Smooth, high-resolution exports that look sharp in any feed. |
| Native | True-to-pixel images and real ASCII text, exactly as rendered. |
Send to Messages, save to Photos or Files, or hand off to any app in the share sheet.
Free to shoot. $4.99 once.
Shoot with every lens, edit and import for free. A one-time $4.99 unlock through Apple adds sharing and export in Modern and Native, to Photos or Files. No subscription. Price may vary by region.
No account. No ads. No tracking. Your pictures stay on your phone and never go to us.
From the lab
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