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Five best vintage photo apps

We're obsessed with the charm of vintage photos. Times may have changed, and film has become digital, but a slew of apps have evolved to give old-school appeal in just one click.

Photo app-ortunities

Hipstamatic

A cult fave, it offers a variety of retro results and the perfect gimmick: Hipstamatic changes the lens, flash and film with one swipe of your camera phone.

Perfect for: The Hipster—the app interface gives your modern technology the look and sounds of an analog plastic film camera circa 1980.

Cost: $2

Hipstamatic photo, mannequin

Vintage Scene

Perhaps most true to early-photography reproduction, Vintage Scene includes effects like distressed photo paper, giving an authentic and eerie quality to shots.

Perfect for: The Committed Antique Hunter—contemporary photos get a turn-of-the-century spin.

Cost: $2

Vintage Scene photo, mannequin

Instagram

Inspired by Polaroids, it delivers shots in the signature square frame and white border.

Perfect for: The Over-Sharer—with a built-in social media component it's easy to show the world those rose-tinted snaps. (Plus, get prints at printstagram.com.)

Cost: Free

Instagram photo, mannequin

Phototoaster

Going beyond amateur manipulation, users can adjust shots with basic, deluxe and supreme options and change the intensity with adjustment sliders.

Perfect for: The Wannabe Photographer—advanced options make the iPhoneographer feel like a pro.

Cost: $2

Phototoaster photo, mannequin

Vintique

This puppy offers the widest variety: a huge number of retro effects, including 49 antique-inspired frames and 32 vintage filters including "dim past" and "phantasm."

Perfect for: The Second-Hand Fan—it'll give your pics a kitschy frame Grandma would envy.

Cost: $1

Vintique photo, mannequin

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