PanTiltZoom vs OBS Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PanTiltZoom
This app provides intuitive control for PTZ cameras, allowing users to adjust settings like exposure and color with variable speed touch controls. It supports fast switching between up to eight cameras and saving custom recall positions with snapshots.
- Variable speed touch controls
- Exposure and color settings
- Fast camera switching
- Save up to 16 recall positions
- Customizable saved positions with snapshots
- Supports VISCA Over IP (TCP/UDP)
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Take control of your PTZ camera with PanTiltZoom, the ultimate camera control app. PanTiltZoom gives you easy access to your settings like exposure and color, and a smooth and intuitive camera operating experience using variable speed touch controls. With fast camera switching, PanTiltZoom can control up to eight cameras and save up to 16 recall positions per camera. You can customize your saved positions using automatic snapshots of your scene or custom images. Because you control the pan, tilt, and zoom speeds, recalling saved positions can be lightning-fast or slow and smooth for single camera productions. Designed to work seamlessly with PTZOptics™ cameras, PanTiltZoom now supports a broad range of network PTZ camera brands like Sony™, Lumens™, BirdDog™, Marshall™, Minrray™, and many more that support VISCA Over IP commands using both TCP and UDP protocols. Upgrade your camera operating experience with PanTiltZoom. Download now and take control of your PTZ camera like never before!
OBS Controller
Control your OBS Studio scenes and audio directly from your mobile device. This app allows you to switch scenes, manage audio sources, and control stream outputs with ease. It offers features like hiding unwanted scenes and delaying commands for synchronization.
- Mobile OBS scene switching
- Control stream/recording output
- Mute audio sources
- Hide unwanted scenes
- Configure command delays
- Show/hide scene elements
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Simple is better. This app is focused on having a simple mobile scene switcher in OBS. In OBS v28 and later it should work out of the box. For earlier versions, it requires the obs-websocket plugin to be installed. You can download it here: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-websocket-remote-control-obs-studio-from-websockets.466/ - Hide scenes that you don't want to accidentally switch to - Control your stream, recording or virtual camera output - Show/hide individual scene elements - Mute audio sources - Configure a delay for the commands in case you want to sync scene switches with camera delays
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PanTiltZoom at 67% against OBS Controller's 23%. PanTiltZoom also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). OBS Controller's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $9.99) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On ratings volume, 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
PanTiltZoom costs $9.99 and OBS Controller $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OBS Controller holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 52 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of PanTiltZoom's written reviews are positive against 23% of OBS Controller's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PanTiltZoom ships an update every 6 weeks, OBS Controller every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.
| Parameter | PanTiltZoom | OBS Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (41 ratings) | 4.2 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 23.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Worldwide Missionary Outreach | Fallen Starlight AB |
Customer experience
PanTiltZoom
OBS Controller
In-app purchases
PanTiltZoom
No in-app purchases
OBS Controller
No in-app purchases
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