- Small bug fixes and improvements.
- Bug fixes for the front camera on new devices.
- This version removes home screen widgets. Continuing to support widgets requires maintenance and time that we'd rather spend on better effects and editing tools. If you really enjoyed West widgets, let us know and we'll consider adding them in a future release. - Small bug fixes and improvements.
- Bug fix for new installs.
- Redesigned root layout. - Redesigned editor. - New effects: Posterize, Chromatic Aberration, Color Shift, Mirror, Invert, & Channel Mixer. - Light effect now has black point, white point, white input maximum, and black input maximum controls. - Tap a slider title in the editor to present a "Reset to default" menu. - Long-press the presets button in the camera to quickly return to your default preset. - Enable / disable "Natural capture" and change photo resolution from the capture extra options button. - Faster video preview. - Setting for changing if the app opens to the camera or the gallery. - Bug fixes and small improvements.
- New presets / layers mode toggle in editor. - Updated export experience. - Import progress sheet with warnings if something goes wrong. - Home Screen quick action for launching the camera. - App Shortcuts for launching the camera. - Accessory widgets for launching to the camera. - Quick review (long press camera to preview last photo captured) has been reworked to be faster and have better quality. - Performance improvements. - Small bug fixes & improvements.
- Performance improvements.
- Video playback and editing is much more responsive. - Vignette, bloom, and blur effects are included without West Pro. - Two additional presets are now included without West Pro. - Other improvements and bug fixes.
- Shadow and highlight sliders within the "Light" filter. - Other bug fixes & improvements.
- Sharable image that has your photo and capture info in a beautiful layout. - Optional evening golden hour notifications. - Camera support for iPad. - Copy & paste layers in the editor. - Capture sound plays at lower volume & does not play if connected to speaker or headphones. Settings switch to turn on or off interface sounds. - Better export sheet states and styling. - Other bug fixes, improvements, and changes.
- Intensity slider for the "Color" layer. - New `E001` preset. - Bug fix: Widgets would sometimes crash. - Bug fix: Sometimes images would not appear immediately when opening the editor. - Other small changes and bug fixes.
- Media metadata sheet. - Fisheye filter allows distortion in the opposite direction. - Editing is faster and has better performance. - Slight changes to the halation filter. - Other bug fixes and improvements.
- Small bug fix.
- View and post feedback / feature requests within West. - Better camera permissions handling and UI. - Haptic feedback for selecting items when in edit mode in the gallery. - Fixed sharing photos directly to WhatsApp. - Other small changes & improvements
- Introducing Presets: use one of the pre-installed presets or create your own to quickly apply edits. - Redesigned camera with support for browsing and previewing presets live before capturing. - Option to display a grid over the camera preview. - New tab bar design. - New "Pixel" filter that applies a pixel art style. The old "Pixel" filter has been renamed to "Scan Line". - New "Midtones" mode for "Texture" that applies grain primarily to the midtones. - Added new control to adjust the scale of "Texture". - The "Texture" amount control is now a slider to allow for more precise control. - "Texture" updates at 24 FPS when applied to videos. - The base scale of "Texture" applied to videos now matches photos. - Small changes to how "Texture" is applied. - West Pro is no longer required to adjust the amount or scale of “Texture”. - The "Light" layer kind no longer requires West Pro. - When some types of layers are selected (like "Texture"), media will zoom to fill the available space so details can be seen. - Images re-render when the image view changes size. - Smaller minimum blur radius with the "Blur" filter. - Improvements to the "Stretch" filter animation when applied to videos. - Added a "Remove All Layers" button in the editor for a quick reset. - Performance improvements for the gallery and editor. - Improved camera preview performance. - Improved camera capture performance. Faster consecutive captures. - Capture button updates to show when you can capture another photo. - New options in settings to control how much processing occurs when capturing a photo. - Image thumbnails take up less storage space. - Translations for many more languages. - Various other small changes and bug fixes.
Small bug fixes and improvements.
- More controls for Pixel, Fisheye, & Distortion Blur. - Faster editing and exporting. - Bug fix: Exporting large images with some filter combinations would fail. - Bug fix: iPhone 17 front facing camera aspect ratio buttons would rotate when the device rotates which would make the symbols misleading. - Effect sliders now allow for more precise control. - Other small changes & improvements.
- New West 4000 color preset! - New vignette effect! - Exporting videos now includes all of the original metadata (lens information, etc.). - Add West Pro yearly subscription option. - Bug fix: Sometimes the front facing camera preview was zoomed in slightly. - Bug fix: Distortion blur now has improved quality. - Example images in the West Pro upgrade screen are randomly shuffled now.
- New "Unsharp Mask" filter to get the oversharpened effect that camcorders and some other older cameras have. - Faster time to launch. - Bug fix: exporting a video that doesn't have audio would result in a crash. - Bug fix: "Distortion Blur" filter would have some artifacts when exporting. - Small performance improvements. - Small interface changes. - Small bug fixes.
- Bug fix: Crash occurring during the app onboarding on iOS 18. - Bug fix: Texture icon not showing during app onboarding on iOS 18.
- Possible bug fix: Sometimes a crash would occur when presenting the editor. - Possible bug fix: Sometimes a crash would occur during the onboarding. - Bug fix: Layer kind picker now resets back to "Empty" when adding a new layer when the layer kind picker is already presented. - Bug fix: Fixed a layout issue visible when presenting and dismissing the layer kind picker. - When selecting a selected layer it will now always unselect it. It would previously navigate to the controls for that layer if you had just chosen a kind for the layer. - Other bug fixes & improvements.
- Importing from your photo library no longer requires West Pro. - Updated onboarding. - Updated West Pro upgrade screen. - Other small changes and improvements.
- Bug fix: Sometimes older devices would crash when attempting to setup cameras.
- Layer editor now has a slightly different design that is easier to use. - Pixel filter can now shift in the opposite direction. - Bug fix: Sometimes older devices would crash when attempting to setup cameras. - Bug fix: Sometimes tapping an item in the gallery would present the wrong item in the editor.
- Bug fix: Crash would occur at the end of onboarding on iPad.
- Bug fix: "Grid Gallery" widget would sometimes have an incorrect layout. - Bug fix: When "Natural Capture" was on, it would incorrectly affect what zoom levels were available in video mode. - Other small bug fixes and improvements.
- iPad support! - West Pro monthly subscription now includes a 1 week free trial. - "Grid Gallery" widget can now be extra small and extra large. - "Gallery" widget can now be extra large. - Upgrade to West Pro directly from West settings. - Other small bug fixes and improvements.
- Introducing Natural Capture! When enabled, images are minimally processed. Among other benefits, this preserves the sensor’s natural grain and avoids the “watercolor” effect sometimes visible due to noise reduction. - New Halation filter! Simulates how light interacts with real film. - New button to randomize texture and grain. - Performance improvements. - Bug fix: Tap to focus/expose focused and exposed the wrong location. - Design: Added background behind video duration. - Haptic when tapping last photo button. - Other small changes & bug fixes.
- iPhone 17 lineup support and bug fixes. - Performance improvements. - Bug fix: Tap to expose / focus didn't fully work during while recording a video. - Bug fix: Sometimes West would crash when changing the capture mode if a camera was not yet setup. - Bug fix: Sometimes West would crash when attempting to reload an item in the gallery. - Bug fix: 24MP images now have metadata (location, date, lens information, etc.) attached. - Bug fix: Solarize filter controls used an icon that is not available on older iOS versions. - Design: Lens / zoom level buttons are now circular. - Other small changes.
- New Solarize filter. - 24MP support for some devices. - Icons for buttons in West settings. - West watermark hides instantly after upgrading to West Pro rather than requiring the image to be re-edited. - Bug fix: Using the 2x camera in video mode would have the wrong resolution. - Bug fix: If "Preview Texture" & "Preview Color" were turned on, they we're applied in the wrong order. - Design: Increase the corner radius of the image controls container and its subviews. - Design: Add very thin border to layer cells. - If importing an image or video with an unsupported file type, the alert will mention the file type that could not be imported. - Localized some errors. - Other small bug fixes & improvements.
- Redesigned filter composer that allows for multiple effects, effect controls, and reordering effects to produce unique results. - Updated design for iOS 26. - Option to capture in 48MP on select devices. - New "Light" effect to control exposure and contrast. - Option for grayscale grain. - Faster image editing. - Support for importing .dng (RAW) images. - Scrolling in the gallery is much smoother. - Audio and music from other apps will now continue playing when capturing a video. - Toggle in settings that allows some features to be disabled when Low Power Mode is on. - Without West Pro, you can now try all of the effects, controls, and layering features with a watermark. - Updated design for editor presentation and dismissal. - Possible fix for camera preview not displaying on some devices. - Bug fix: some images edited in previous versions of West would not display in the gallery without being re-edited. - Many small bug fixes and improvements.
- New "Distortion Blur" effect! - Option for the camera preview to have film grain and texture applied. - Improved fisheye effect. - Bug fix: "Auto Save to Library" preference would always be turned on if photo library access was granted. - Other small changes and improvements!
- Bug fix: Permissions view is now presented when needed (ex: switching to video mode requires microphone access). - Bug fix: Avoid crash that would sometimes occur when presenting / dismissing a photo or video. - Bug fix: Sometimes toggling between photo and video mode would crash.
- Bug fix: Monthly subscription wouldn't unlock pro features. - Bug fix: A few buttons were not localized properly.
- Introducing West Video! Capture 24fps 1440p video with all the same filters and effects that can be applied to photos. - Grain and dust have a new look! These are now generated on device and are truely random every photo / video frame. - West 3000 now has red tinted shadows. - Improved light leak filter. - Alternate app icons are now included. - Redesigned capture view. - Improved export experience. - Performance improvements. - Onboarding setup for new installations. - Tap to focus / auto expose no longer requires West Pro. - Color filters are slightly tweaked. - Added translations for Traditional Chinese, Finnish, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, & Vietnamese. - Bug fix for camera preview not loading. - Other bug fixes and small improvements. Thank you for using West!
- Small bug fixes.
- Bug fix: The "Leak" and "Fisheye" effects would export incorrectly.
- Photos edit faster than before! - Bug fix: Attempting to export large images (that were imported into West) with an "Effect" applied would result in a crash.
- Bug fix: Rare cases where some camera preview internals would cause a crash. - Bug fix: Holding the camera live view to enter "quick preview mode" and then flipping the camera would sometimes prevent exiting "quick preview mode".
- Fixed an issue where capturing a photo would sometimes crash the app. - Other small bug fixes.
Bug fixes and improvements!
- Some cameras / zoom levels weren't available on some devices. This should be fixed! - Fixed an issue where images couldn't be shared through WhatsApp. - Fixed a hitch that occurred after capturing an image. - Capture multiple images faster. - Interface updates and bug fixes. - Images with an extra tall or wide aspect ratio now displays correctly. - Grid gallery widget now shows an ordered set of photos. Tapping the widget will open to the first image in the grid. - Audio from other apps won't be paused if the capture sound is played. - Added French, Arabic, Hindi, and Chinese translations.
- Much needed maintenance and bug fixes. - New "Grid Gallery" widget.
- Bug Fixes
- View & restore recently deleted images for 30 days - Added Spanish translation - Small design changes - Bug Fixes
- Bug Fixes
- Location saved with photos - Leak & Pixel effect improvements - Option to hide “West” logo on the camera screen - Small bug fixes
- Updated West “Texture” - New “Camera Launcher” widget quickly opens the camera & displays how many photos have been taken - Tapping the “Gallery” widget goes to the selected photo in app - Small bug fixes, design changes, & performance improvements
- New pro options: auto save to library, default filter - Photos are saved to library with original date, lens information, etc. - Small bug fixes, design changes, & performance improvements
- Layout fixes for smaller devices - Bug fixes
- New & updated effects: light leak, blur, fisheye, threshold, bloom, neon - Design updates - Bug fixes & report a bug feature
* Updated Light leak effect * Images are now shared in order * Small interface updates
* Light leaks, bloom, and a slight blur can be added through the new “effects” tab. * Home screen widgets showing random photos from your West library. * Capture button animates when taking a photo. * Bug fixes & performance improvements.
Updated lens selection and introduced a dedicated flip camera button. Fixed an issue that would sometimes rotate an image on import. Fixed a few other bugs and made some general improvements.
West v2 is totally new! A new interface, new filters, and so much more. Follow @westcameraapp for more updates.
- Minor improvements & bug fixes - Updated welcome guide
- Bug Fixes