vCastSender vs Creative Cast
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
vCastSender
Stream live recordings, share your screen, photos, videos, and annotations wirelessly to ViewSonic Interactive Flat Panels and other devices. Facilitates seamless wireless presentations and collaborative work, eliminating the need for cables.
- Wireless screen sharing
- Live recording streaming
- Direct annotation
- Photo and video sharing
- Camera feed sharing
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ViewBoard® Cast by ViewSonic ViewBoard® Cast is designed for wireless presentations and wireless collaboration – say goodbye to wires for good! Using the vCastSender iOS app, will allow you to not only stream live recordings and annotate directly onto ViewSonic Interactive Flat Panels, but also share your screen, photos, videos, annotations, and camera to different ViewSonic Interactive Flat Panels and other devices. Let the collaborations begin!
Creative Cast
Easily connect your iOS device to Optoma displays for screen mirroring, file sharing, and live camera broadcasting. Share documents, images, and videos wirelessly in real-time.
- Screen mirroring
- File sharing (PDF, JPEG, PNG)
- Live camera broadcasting
- Support for multiple devices
- Wireless connection to Optoma displays
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Creative Cast makes it possible to connect IOS devices to Optoma displays (projectors, interactive flat panels and LED displays). Once connected you will be able to mirror your screen, share images, documents and videos, along with live broadcasting via your camera. Functionality Multiple devices - Supports multiple devices for easy content sharing Screen-mirroring - Share your screen on an Optoma display (with supported apps) File sharing - Easily share documents (PDF) and images (JPEG and PNG) to connected displays Wireless camera - Share images in real-time via the camera on your base device Getting started Use the steps below to establish a connection between your device and Optoma displays 1. Launch the Creative Cast App on your iOS device and Optoma display 2. Creative Cast will display all connectable devices on the same network 3. Select the display you want to connect to 4. Navigate the home screen to select the required features and functions Visit the Optoma website for information on supported models www.optoma.com
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Verdict
vCastSender and Creative Cast both sit at 2.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Creative Cast's written reviews are positive against 15% of vCastSender's. Creative Cast also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). vCastSender's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.4 for vCastSender against 2.5 for Creative Cast. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: vCastSender has 33 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 15% of vCastSender's written reviews are positive against 71% of Creative Cast's.
vCastSender ships an update every 5 months, Creative Cast every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | vCastSender | Creative Cast |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (33 ratings) | 2.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.8% of reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ViewSonic_International | Optoma Corporation |
Customer experience
vCastSender
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In-app purchases
vCastSender
No in-app purchases
Creative Cast
No in-app purchases
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