Comparison

NDICam vs NDI Capture

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 Capture

Easily share your iPhone screen to your network with this application. It allows seamless integration with NDI-enabled software and hardware, offering a simple push-button experience for screen sharing.

Highlights
  • Screen sharing from iPhone
  • NDI integration
  • Push-button sharing
  • Personalize sender name
  • Define NDI Grouping
  • Select transport protocol
Features
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Screen-sharing your iPhone to your network has never been easier! NDI Capture is the official app that enables you to share your iPhone screen with any NDI-enabled software or hardware, with the push of a button. New features with v1.8: - Modernized UI for a cleaner look New features with v1.7: - Personalize sender name for added privacy - Define NDI Grouping and preferred transport protocol

Screenshots

NDICam3 screens
NDI Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NDICam at 3.9 against NDI Capture's 2.7. NDICam also leads on review sentiment (37% vs 28%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). NDI Capture's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and ratings volume (47 vs 14). On price, 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 Capture $9.99 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 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 47 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of NDICam's written reviews are positive against 28% of NDI Capture's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NDICam ships an update every 4 months, NDI Capture every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
NDICam versus NDI Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNDICamNDI Capture
Price$9.99$9.99
Rating3.9 (14 ratings) — better2.7 (47 ratings)
Positive reviews37.3% of reviews — better27.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1447 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB6 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 Capture

All ratings46 ratings
Positive37.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative54.3%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive27.7%
Neutral9.2%
Negative63.1%

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 Capture

From 47 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smooth NDI streaming
  • 👍 Easy to use for some
  • ⏱️ Low latency for some
  • 💡 Innovative screen mirroring
  • 🌟 Good for live streaming

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent disconnections
  • 🐛 Crashes after updates
  • ❌ Not working on iPad
  • ❌ Poor resolution on iPad
  • ❌ Audio not transmitted

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 Capture

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Frequent disconnections after recent updates
  • App crashes shortly after starting
  • Invalid broadcast session error
  • Black screen on iPhone 14
  • Source not recognized by OBS
Show 9 more
  • Lag and stuttering issues
  • Broadcast drops out after a few minutes
  • Resolution issues on iPad
  • Last few changes on screen not sent in landscape
  • App stops every 2-3 minutes
  • Connection drops constantly after update
  • App closes transmission constantly after update
  • Cannot find NDI source from laptop
  • NDI HX only, not decodable by NDI SDK on Linux

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add audio transmission
  • Improve iPad resolution
  • Add bitrate/FPS settings
  • Option to disable audio
  • Native iPad support
Show 3 more
  • Allow selection of active apps to share
  • Support landscape mode on iPhone
  • Add 720p resolution option

In-app purchases

None

NDICam

No in-app purchases

None

NDI Capture

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NDICam free?
NDICam costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is NDI Capture free?
NDI Capture costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NDICam or NDI Capture?
NDICam is rated higher. NDICam averages 3.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while NDI Capture averages 2.7 from 47 ratings.
Do NDICam or NDI Capture have ads?
Neither NDICam nor NDI Capture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NDICam or NDI Capture?
NDICam ships an update every 4 months, and NDI Capture every 3 months. Most recently, NDICam was updated on October 22, 2026 and NDI Capture on October 29, 2026.

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