Comparison

Live Webcam vs Orbiter

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

Head to head
About

Live Webcam

Explore over 70,000 live webcams globally, categorized for easy access. View live streams and recorded videos, and see cameras on a map relative to your location. It also includes a built-in browser for related Wikipedia pages.

Highlights
  • Access 70,000+ global webcams
  • Categorized viewing (Popular, HD, Live, Nearby)
  • Map view of webcams
  • Location-based webcam listings
  • Live stream and recorded video playback
  • Built-in browser for Wikipedia
Features
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This application allows you to access over 70,000 webcams worldwide. The live webcam has four sorted categories: Popular, HD, Live, and Nearby. Clicking on the camera will take you to the detail screen for playing recorded videos and live streams if available. - Shows webcams on the map - List of webcams next to your current position - Live image if available - Built-in player for interval shooting day/month/year - Built-in browser for the Wikipedia web page, if available

About

Orbiter

Explore Earth from space with real-time satellite imagery and data overlays. Visualize atmospheric conditions, environmental changes, and human impact with interactive maps and augmented reality.

Highlights
  • Real-time satellite images
  • Time-lapse data overlays
  • Compare landscape changes
  • Visualize environmental data
  • Augmented reality globe projection
  • Explore seasonal trends
Features
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See planet Earth as never before. Using current and past data from satellites, Orbiter presents beautiful unfiltered satellite images and time-lapse overlays of Earth data. See invisible phenomena like atmospheric pollution, ozone, sea temperature, and more. • RECENT SATELLITE IMAGES collected from the ESA’s Sentinel-2 satellites • COMPARE IMAGES with an A/B slider to see how landscapes change over time • VISUALIZE DATA including air pollution, vegetation, soil moisture, temperature, sea ice, snow, and more • EXPLORE TRENDS in satellite-collected data, and see how an area changes throughout the seasons • ANALYZE NATURAL AND HUMAN-MADE PATTERNS as reflected in Earth data. See how human activity affects air pollution, view before-and-after comparisons of major construction projects and see the effects of disasters such as the Beirut explosion of August 2020. • AUGMENTED REALITY lets you project the globe as if it were in your room. Hold your phone and move around the see the world from all sides. Orbiter is built atop a new data engine called OPIE (Orbiter Planetary Intelligence Engine.) This server-side system collects raw numeric data from satellites and converts them into human-friendly formats. Orbiter’s data visualizations represent a new way of perceiving satellite-collected Earth data. Whereas this data traditionally had to be viewed using slow, technical tools, Orbiter presents it in the form of beautiful colored animated overlays wrapped around a globe. Orbiter’s mission is to unlock the massive public investment in the field of Earth observation. The ESA and NASA have spent billions of dollars developing and launching their Earth observation programs. Until now, the data they collect has been used primarily within the domain of professional researchers. Orbiter makes the data accessible to everyone through a visual interface that encourages exploration and discovery. The Orbiter app is built with Apple's Metal graphics API for maximum performance. Satellite data acquired from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus programme API. iOS exclusive.

Screenshots

Live Webcam4 screens
Orbiter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Orbiter at every 10 days against Live Webcam's every 2 months. Orbiter also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (60% vs 43%). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Orbiter holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orbiter has 57 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Live Webcam's written reviews are positive against 60% of Orbiter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Webcam ships an update every 2 months, Orbiter every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Live Webcam versus Orbiter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive WebcamOrbiter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (11 ratings)4.6 (57 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1157 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOsipyan SergeyRayner Software LLC

Customer experience

Live Webcam

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%

Orbiter

All ratings57 ratings
Positive87.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

Live Webcam

No in-app purchases

None

Orbiter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Live Webcam free?
Live Webcam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Orbiter free?
Orbiter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Live Webcam or Orbiter?
Orbiter is rated higher. Live Webcam averages 4.3 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Orbiter averages 4.6 from 57 ratings.
Do Live Webcam or Orbiter have ads?
Neither Live Webcam nor Orbiter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Live Webcam or Orbiter?
Live Webcam ships an update every 2 months, and Orbiter every 10 days. Most recently, Live Webcam was updated on June 1, 2026 and Orbiter on September 9, 2026.

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