Your everyday, as a retro game screen.
DotReco turns the camera into pixel art in real time and lays a game-style HUD — name, level, HP and a message — over the shot. Tap A for a photo, hold it for a video. What you see on screen is exactly what gets saved.
Three steps to your first pixel shot
Pick a mode
8-Bit Red, Pocket Green or 16-Bit Super. The preview changes instantly.
Set up your HUD
Enter a player name and pick a message, or type your own.
Press A
Tap for a photo, hold to record. It goes straight to your photo library.
A camera that plays like a game
Pixel art in real time
Every camera frame is turned into chunky dots on the GPU with Metal, at up to 60 fps. What you frame is already pixel art — no filter to apply afterwards.
Three retro modes
8-Bit Red for bold dots in 24 colours with crisp black outlines. Pocket Green for four shades of green. 16-Bit Super for finer dots and richer colour. Switch with one tap.
A game HUD on your footage
Your player name, level and HP bar sit in the top-left corner, and a message of your choice runs along the bottom. The centre stays clear for your subject. Tap the preview to cycle FULL, MINIMAL and OFF.
Level up while you record
While a video is recording, your level climbs every 10 seconds and a blinking LEVEL UP! appears. Set the starting level, HP and message in Settings.
What you see is what you save
The HUD is drawn into the same frame as the dots, so photos and videos look exactly like the preview. Tap the A button for a PNG photo, hold it to record a video with sound.
Nothing leaves the phone
DotReco has no networking code, no analytics and no tracking SDKs. Everything is processed on your iPhone and saved only to your own photo library.
Technical Specifications
Press A to start.
Point, pick a mode, and press A. Your day becomes a stage.