Comparison

Technical Camera vs Screen Capture for NDI®

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

Head to head
About

Technical Camera

This app offers advanced controls for still photography, allowing users to customize image quality, color space, and geotagging per album. It features unique tools like a framing preview, highlight/shadow alerts, and manual exposure settings for precise image capture.

Highlights
  • Album-specific image quality and settings
  • Selectable image sizes including RAW
  • Framing Previsor for telephoto simulation
  • Highlight and shadow alerts
  • Manual ISO, shutter speed, and focus
  • Color managed capture to display
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The ultimate still photo app for the conscious image maker - works equally well for serious photography as for organized visual note taking. With a handful of unique features you'll not find anywhere else. Photos are saved to individual albums created with a specific purpose in mind. Such as different photo shoots or projects, visual shopping lists, recipes from the grandmother's cookbook, things for sale, monthly gas and electricity meter readings - the list is endless. These uses need different image qualities and sizes (you'll seldom make a large print of a meter reading, for example), so the app has: • Album specific image quality, color space (wide color capable devices only) and geotagging settings. • Selectable image quality with full, half, quarter, high color fidelity quarter HQ sizes and a super tiny 0.48 megapixel 800x600 JPG, as well as RAW and RAW+JPG on devices supporting RAW capture. The 800x600 JPG is up to 20 times smaller than a regular JPG, making it extremely gentle with your mobile plan's data allowance. • Color space can be set to Display P3, Adobe RGB or sRGB for JPG files and Adobe RGB or sRGB for RAW previews. • Home screen Quick Actions for selecting the last recently used three albums. Unique features include: • Framing Previsor for showing on the wide angle camera's image what the telephoto camera would see.* Also works with wide converters. • Highlight and shadow alerts. • Protective exposure metering. • Auto ISO with minimum, maximum and minimum shutter speed settings. • Real time distortion correction for wide angle converters via correction profiles, as well as a custom converter for other lenses.* • Selectable screen frame rate to balance between fluid experience and power saving, and to avoid flicker with lighting running on 50Hz mains frequency. • TIFF/EP compliant DNG files with support for wide color and full resolution embedded previews. * Utilizes the time-tested precise simulation and distortion correction engines of our Mark II Artist's Viewfinder app. Other notable features: • Manual control for ISO and shutter speed in 1/3 stop increments. • Manual focus with focus peaking. Selectable peaking color. • Exposure compensation up to +/-5 stops. • Exposure and focus lock. • Continuous and single AF modes. • Grid display with 2x2, 3x3 and 8x6 choices. • Luminance only Black & White mode. • Artist and copyright metadata. The copyright template supports tokens for the current year (so it's always up-to-date), artist name and the copyright symbol. • Four user-assignable Smart Function Keys to bring most-used functions to a single tap distance, with 7 functions to choose from. • Completely neutral viewing to avoid interfering with your color vision during composition. • Fully color managed, from capture to display, including color-correct display of wide color RAW images. Technical Camera only supports the back camera(s) in still photography mode. No videos or selfies. No fancy filters. The Framing Previsor requires a dual-camera device or a wide converter lens. The complete list of supported wide converter lenses can be found on the Tech Specs page: https://www.direstudio.com/technical-camera/tech-specs/ For more information we recommend to check out our Technical Camera How To's: https://www.direstudio.com/technical-camera/how-tos/

About

Screen Capture for NDI®

Broadcast your iOS device's screen in real-time over NDI® technology. Ideal for streamers, content creators, and professionals integrating mobile content into video workflows with minimal latency.

Highlights
  • Real-time NDI® screen broadcast
  • Customizable NDI® name and groups
  • Optimized performance for high-quality video
  • Intuitive user interface with status indicators
  • Seamless integration into professional video workflows
Features
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Screen Capture for NDI® is a powerful, professional-grade app that enables seamless broadcasting of your iOS device's screen over NDI® (Network Device Interface) technology. Perfect for content creators, streamers, and professionals in the broadcasting industry. With an elegant user interface and intuitive controls, Screen Capture NDI® lets you share your device's screen with any NDI-compatible receiver on the same network in real-time, with minimal latency. It's the ideal solution for integrating your iOS device into professional video workflows. Key Features: • Real-time screen capture and broadcast via NDI® • Customizable NDI® name and groups for easy organization in complex setups • Optimized performance for high-quality video with minimal CPU usage • Sleek, intuitive user interface with status indicators for broadcasting and connection Whether you're: • Broadcasting mobile gameplay to OBS, vMix, Wirecast, or other streaming software • Incorporating iOS content into professional video production environments • Sharing presentations wirelessly to an NDI-compatible display • Streaming app demonstrations for webinars or virtual meetings • Teaching or training with real-time screen sharing Screen Capture for NDI® provides a seamless, professional solution for all your iOS screen broadcasting needs. Just connect to the same network as your receiver, configure your NDI® settings, and start broadcasting your iOS device's screen with a single tap. This application is a product of XALTING, built on the industry-standard NDI® technology developed by Vizrt NDI AB. For additional technical support, visit xalting.com/support. Note: XALTING LLC is a third party developer and is in no way affiliated with Vizrt, Newtek, or any related parties.

Screenshots

Technical Camera4 screens
Screen Capture for NDI®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Technical Camera at 100% against Screen Capture for NDI®'s 50%. Screen Capture for NDI®'s advantage is price ($2.99 vs $19.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Technical Camera costs $19.99 and Screen Capture for NDI® $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Technical Camera ships an update every 4 months, Screen Capture for NDI® every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Technical Camera versus Screen Capture for NDI®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTechnical CameraScreen Capture for NDI®
Price$19.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.9 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIRE StudioXALTING LLC

Customer experience

Technical Camera

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Screen Capture for NDI®

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Technical Camera

No in-app purchases

None

Screen Capture for NDI®

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Technical Camera free?
Technical Camera costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Screen Capture for NDI® free?
Screen Capture for NDI® costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Technical Camera or Screen Capture for NDI® have ads?
Neither Technical Camera nor Screen Capture for NDI® shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Technical Camera or Screen Capture for NDI®?
Technical Camera ships an update every 4 months, and Screen Capture for NDI® every 3 months. Most recently, Technical Camera was updated on September 6, 2026 and Screen Capture for NDI® on September 29, 2026.

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