AsciiCam

Open AsciiCam and the viewfinder is already made of characters: move the phone and the letters follow. Above the shutter, a strip shows your shot in each of the ten looks. Terminal 80 is phosphor green on black. Newsprint looks like a photo printed in a newspaper, and Braille packs eight dots into every character.

After a still you can change the character set, the density (40 to 220 columns), the color and the brightness without shooting again; the framing stays as the viewfinder showed it. In Video mode the shutter records up to 15 seconds, without sound, and you save the clip to Photos as a video or as a looping GIF.

The result is also text, to copy into a message or save as a .txt file, or a PNG up to 2,600 pixels on the long side. Photos from your library convert inside the app, or from Photos with Share, without opening it. Free, with no account. The app contains no network code.

What it does

• Live ASCII viewfinder
• Ten looks, each previewing your own scene
• Change the style after the shot
• Clips up to 15 seconds, saved as video or GIF
• Copyable text, .txt files and PNGs up to 2,600 pixels
• Convert from Photos with Share, without opening the app