Comparison

NDICam vs NDI Camera

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

NDICam

Transform your iOS device into a professional NDI camera for live broadcasting. Stream high-quality, low-latency video to professional vision mixers and IP video systems. Offers flexible control over camera settings and stream quality.

Highlights
  • Full NDI and NDI HX3 modes
  • High-quality, low-latency NDI streaming
  • Switch between front and rear cameras
  • Auto/Manual focus and exposure controls
  • Adjustable quality/performance levels
  • On-screen tally and flash talent tally
  • Portrait/Landscape rotation support
Features
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* Special Offer Price * NDICam is the original NDI iOS camera built by the world's leading NDI broadcast infrastructure developers - Sienna. Mature and feature rich, uniquely with both Full NDI and NDI HX3 modes. The NDI (Network Device Interface) protocol connects to professional vision mixers and other devices, and delivers a high quality, low latency connection. NDICam is compatible with All TriCasters, VMix, Wirecast and hundreds of other professional IP video systems, software and hardware, which support NDI. - Simple to use - nothing to configure on your iOS device - Switch between front and rear cameras during broadcast - Auto Focus, AF Lock and Tap to Focus - Auto Exposure, AE Lock and Tap to Expose - Illumination light on/off - Audio Mute Control - Manual Naming of NDI Stream source - 4 quality / performance levels to suit your device and network, plus NDI HX Option - Pinch to zoom (where zoom is supported) - Auto-lens mode for multi-lens cameras - On screen live / preview tally plus optional use of camera flash as talent tally (with red gel cover). - Option to prevent iOS device sleep - Select 25FPS or 29.97FPS standard rate. - Choice of Full NDI or NDI HX3 compression modes (HX2 at 2 to 20 mBit, plus HX3 Ultra) - Rotation support for Portrait or Landscape Video Modes. Front and Rear cameras can be selected at the touch of a button and NDICam features a 4 position quality vs frame rate slider to deliver optimum video suited to the quality of your wifi connection and your iPhone's processing performance. Depending on your iOS device, compression mode selected and Wifi network performance NDICam supports up to 1080 full HD resolution. Control of flashlight, touch to focus, focus lock, pinch to zoom and audio enable are also included. You can even use the phone's torch as a Tally Light, by covering it with a red gel. Note: Depending on the performance of your iOS device and your WIFI network, you may not see full frame rates when operating at maximum 1080 resolution with a full HD camera. Using HX3 mode will help if the bottleneck is your WIFI network. Note: NDI is a high bandwidth protocol designed for local area Gigabit networks. In order to see good results you will need a fast, uncontested wifi connection. If you see slow frame rates, try improving the wifi environment, with a better router, less interference, directional antenna or maybe switch to 5GHz if you are on 2.4GHz. . NB HX3 Ultra will use around 50mBits of bandwidth, so it's lower than full NDI, but still quite high. Use one of the lower bandwidth HX3 modes if your network connection is struggling. NDICam is also compatible with wired ethernet connections to iOS devices which can help deliver smooth video compared to a poor quality Wifi network. Good results have been seen with lightning to ethernet adaptors. You can specify an NDI discovery server in the application settings. Note that you will need to restart the app for any changes to take effect. Specifying a discovery server will disable the standard mDNS (Bonjour) advertisement for the NDI Cam source, so your iOS device must be able to reach the discovery server one the network. If you experience problems - delete the Discovery Server entry and restart the app. NB: NDI HX3 Ultra mode requires a recent NDI compatible receiver.

About

NDI Camera

Transform your smartphone into a professional live-streaming camera. Easily send high-quality, low-latency video and audio to popular platforms like Zoom and MS Teams. Enhance your broadcasts with new camera angles and perspectives.

Highlights
  • Professional live-streaming camera
  • Low-latency video and audio
  • Seamless integration with popular platforms
  • Add new camera angles
  • Mobile source for live production
Features
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The easiest live-streaming camera you will ever use! Turn your phone into a professional live-streaming NDI camera and start streaming high-quality, low-latency video and audio with the touch of a button. NDI Camera is the official NDI app that makes your phone seamlessly capable of sending video into popular platforms like MS Teams, Skype, Zoom, and many more. For professionals, it's the ideal tool to bring mobile phones as a source into your live production system. More flexibility and additional perspectives: introduce new camera angles and add vantage points to your coverage to bring completely new dimensions to your live broadcasts, webcasts, and presentations. Note: Requires support for NDI 4 or newer. Download NDI Camera and start streaming from your phone to your network today!

Screenshots

NDICam3 screens
NDI Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NDICam at $9.99 against NDI Camera's $19.99. NDICam also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). NDI Camera's advantage is ratings volume (187 vs 14) and chart position (#37 vs unranked). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

NDICam costs $9.99 and NDI Camera $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NDICam holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NDI Camera has 187 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 37% and 38% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NDICam ships an update every 4 months, NDI Camera every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
NDICam versus NDI Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNDICamNDI Camera
Price$9.99 — better$19.99
Rating3.9 (14 ratings) — better3.1 (187 ratings)
Positive reviews37.3% of reviews38.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14187 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank—#37 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMark GilbertVi(z)rt, Inc

Customer experience

NDICam

All ratings14 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral21.4%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive37.3%
Neutral10.8%
Negative51.8%

NDI Camera

All ratings187 ratings
Positive43.3%
Neutral18.7%
Negative38.0%
Written reviews301 reviews
Positive38.2%
Neutral17.3%
Negative44.5%

User reviews

NDICam

From 14 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Low latency streaming
  • 👍 Works with vmix
  • 👍 Works with OBS
  • 👍 Works with iPad
  • 👍 Works with iPhone

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Lens switching issues
  • 🐛 Rotation issues
  • 🐛 UI obstructed on iPhone
  • 🐛 Controls bunched at top
  • 🐛 Ambiguous NDI settings

NDI Camera

From 187 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great quality video
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Low latency
  • 👍 Works well with OBS
  • 👍 Useful for live streaming

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes after updates
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with new devices
  • 🔋 Overheating and battery drain
  • 🐛 Unstable video transmission
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns with open access

Bugs and requests

NDICam

Reported bugs

37 issues
  • Lens switching not working
  • Cannot rotate for widescreen
  • UI obstructed on iPhone
  • Controls bunched at top
  • Icons disappear off screen
Show 32 more
  • Scaling issues on iPhone 13 Pro Max
  • NDI HX3 slider is ambiguous
  • App turns off by itself
  • No audio
  • App freezes and is unusable
  • Catastrophic frame drops after a few minutes
  • NDI HX performance not as good as NewTek app
  • Audio interfaces don't work with the app
  • OBS desktop app crashes when adding NDI source
  • App crashes
  • App quits unexpectedly
  • Stream is choppy
  • Application would quit at various times
  • Not compatible with Newtek NDI Video monitor app
  • App freezes, pauses
  • Black screen
  • No image
  • Unstable
  • App doesn't work
  • Laggy video
  • Poor quality image
  • Terrible lagging issue
  • Choppy on dedicated 5G WiFi
  • Frame timing getting jumbled
  • Speed mode is super grainy
  • Mid quality is grainy/low res
  • Quality is extremely choppy with frame jitter
  • If phone put into standby, need to restart app
  • App doesn't work with PC
  • Cannot find NDI source with XSplit
  • High quality looks like 15fps
  • App crashes OBS

Requested features

24 requests
  • Ability to name NDI stream
  • Ability to lock landscape mode
  • Control zoom with Bluetooth gimbal
  • Better documentation
  • Screenshots for documentation
Show 19 more
  • Clarification on NDI vs NDI HX3 slider
  • More image controls
  • Select from all lenses
  • Simultaneously stream all camera angles
  • Add 30fps to settings
  • Add 50/60 FPS support
  • Switch to prevent automatic vertical mode switching
  • Resolution indicator
  • Ability to select lens
  • 4K option
  • 60fps option
  • Ability to select tele lens
  • Simultaneously stream 2 camera angles
  • Disable autofocus
  • Turn iPhone light on/off
  • Turn off sending audio
  • Select focus and exposure
  • Zoom functionality
  • More stable application

NDI Camera

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes on iPhone 17
  • Freezing and loss of video feed
  • Incompatibility with latest iOS versions
  • Horizontal mirroring of video
  • Inability to detect device on Mac

Requested features

5 requests
  • Support for multiple camera lenses
  • Ability to select frame rate
  • More camera settings (white balance, ISO, etc.)
  • Remote control options
  • Portrait mode support

In-app purchases

None

NDICam

No in-app purchases

None

NDI Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NDICam free?
NDICam costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is NDI Camera free?
NDI Camera costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NDICam or NDI Camera?
NDICam is rated higher. NDICam averages 3.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while NDI Camera averages 3.1 from 187 ratings.
Do NDICam or NDI Camera have ads?
Neither NDICam nor NDI Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NDICam or NDI Camera?
NDICam ships an update every 4 months, and NDI Camera every 2 months. Most recently, NDICam was updated on October 22, 2026 and NDI Camera on October 25, 2026.

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