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An iPhone film camera that always shoots RAW — with films you make yourself, and photos you can develop again any time.
Fact sheet
| Name | Chobial — Film Camera |
|---|---|
| Platform | iPhone (iOS 26), with an Apple Watch companion |
| Category | Photo & Video |
| Release | Coming soon to the App Store |
| Price | Free to shoot, develop, make and share films. A Pro unlock covers export; pricing announced at launch. |
| Website | chobial.app |
| Press contact | [email protected] |
About
Short (50 words)
Chobial is a film camera for iPhone that always shoots RAW. See your film live in the viewfinder, make films of your own with real film controls — grain, halation, curves — and develop any photo again with any film, any time. Shooting and developing are free; you pay only to export.
Long
Apple's film looks stop at HEIF — Photographic Styles aren't available when you shoot RAW. Chobial starts there. Every frame is captured as a RAW negative (Apple ProRAW on Pro iPhones, sensor RAW on the rest), and the film is applied live in the viewfinder, so you compose in the look instead of hoping for it.
Because nothing is baked in, any photo can be developed again with any film — including films made long after it was taken. Chobial ships with fifteen films, eleven colour and four black & white, and a film editor with the controls film actually has: tone and highlight rolloff, curves, an 8-band colour mixer, split toning, grain modelled on real stocks with shadow bias, halation and bloom — or any .cube LUT as a starting point.
Films can be shared as a small QR code that scans off a screen or a screenshot, or as a file. The editor adds automatic masks for subject, sky, background and people. There are full manual controls, a histogram and zebras, Camera Control and Lock Screen capture, Siri, an Apple Watch shutter, and iCloud sync for films and settings. No account, no tracking.
What's different
- You make the film with real film controls, not only a LUT import.
- Every photo stays re-developable with any film, including films made after it was taken.
- Everything is free until export — try it all on your own photographs before paying.
- A film fits in a QR code small enough to scan off a phone screen or a printed page.
- A darkroom for other cameras — imports Fujifilm, Sony, Canon, Nikon and other RAW files.
Icon & screenshots
Full-resolution screenshots (1206×2622) are in the zip. Click any image below for the web version.
App icon, 1024 px
Banner, 1200×630
Photo, Nostalgia film
Re-develop with any film
Film editor, grain
Film Code
Masks
Films
Library
Live film
Sample films
The same RAW negative developed with each built-in film. Films are Chobial's own and aren't affiliated with any film manufacturer.
| Film | Character |
|---|---|
| Standard | True-to-life colour with crisp, moderately hard tone |
| Soft | Gentle tone with bright colour, flattering on skin |
| Chrome | Muted documentary colour, firm shadows, cyan-leaning skies |
| Negative | Consumer negative: hard contrast, teal greens, deep reds, warm highlights |
| Nostalgia | Amber highlights and rich shadows, like 1970s colour prints |
| Portrait | Soft contrast, creamy skin and muted greens |
| Gold | Golden warmth, punchy yellows and olive greens |
| Saturated | Slide film for landscape: deep greens and skies |
| Natural | Faithful colour with an open, gentle highlight |
| Postcard | Dense slide colour: red survives, green does not |
| Expedition | Documentary slide: blues kept, greens held back |
| B&W | Fine-grained monochrome with deep blacks |
| B&W + Ye / R / G | Yellow, red and green filters |
Contact
For review copies, TestFlight access, interviews or full-resolution sample photographs, email [email protected].