Comparison

NDI Camera vs StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs

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

Head to head
About

NDI Camera

Transform your smartphone into a professional live-streaming camera. Easily send high-quality, low-latency video and audio to popular platforms like Zoom and MS Teams. Enhance your broadcasts with new camera angles and perspectives.

Highlights
  • Professional live-streaming camera
  • Low-latency video and audio
  • Seamless integration with popular platforms
  • Add new camera angles
  • Mobile source for live production
Features
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The easiest live-streaming camera you will ever use! Turn your phone into a professional live-streaming NDI camera and start streaming high-quality, low-latency video and audio with the touch of a button. NDI Camera is the official NDI app that makes your phone seamlessly capable of sending video into popular platforms like MS Teams, Skype, Zoom, and many more. For professionals, it's the ideal tool to bring mobile phones as a source into your live production system. More flexibility and additional perspectives: introduce new camera angles and add vantage points to your coverage to bring completely new dimensions to your live broadcasts, webcasts, and presentations. Note: Requires support for NDI 4 or newer. Download NDI Camera and start streaming from your phone to your network today!

About

StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a wireless 4K webcam for streaming software like OBS and Streamlabs. Easily connect over Wi-Fi without cables or extra software, offering high-quality video for your streams.

Highlights
  • Wireless 4K webcam for streaming
  • Connects via Wi-Fi
  • No cables or extra software needed
  • Works with OBS Studio and Streamlabs
  • Control stream from Apple Watch
  • Adjustable camera settings
  • Supports multiple camera angles
Features
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Turn your iPhone or iPad into a wireless 4K webcam for OBS, Streamlabs and any streaming app. Add one link as a Browser Source and go live over Wi-Fi: no cables, drivers or extra software. Livestreaming on Twitch or YouTube and ready for the face reveal? Looking for a webcam, but they're all either expensive or just terrible quality? Since you have an iPhone, why not simply use its amazing camera? With StreamCam, you can! Open the app, copy the link, paste it into OBS and you're live. No extra hardware, no drivers, and it doesn't even need to be plugged in. STREAMING - Your picture reaches your stream in the blink of an eye, right over your Wi-Fi - Works with OBS Studio, Streamlabs and anything that takes a browser source, on Mac, Windows and Linux - Keep an eye on your bitrate live while you stream - Have another iPhone or iPad lying around? Use it too for an extra camera angle CAMERA - Flip between your front and back cameras whenever you like - Let white balance, exposure and focus take care of themselves, or set them yourself - Hold it in landscape or portrait, the picture follows along APPLE WATCH - Start and stop your stream right from your wrist - See how your stream is doing and how long you've been live - Feel a tap when something goes wrong, and keep an eye on it from your watch face STREAMCAM PRO - Go all the way up to 4K and 120 fps (free streams in 720p at 30 fps) - Full picture quality, for when every detail counts - Fine-tune the encoder: H.264 or HEVC, keyframes, rate control AND ALSO - No watermarks and no time limits, even on the free version - No ads, no accounts: open the app and start streaming - Looks great in both Light and Dark Mode, on iPhone and iPad TERMS OF USE https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

NDI Camera4 screens
StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs at Free against NDI Camera's $19.99. StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). NDI Camera's advantage is review sentiment (38% vs 0%) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads and device support 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

StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs is free to download; NDI Camera costs $19.99 up front. StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. NDI Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NDI Camera ships an update every 2 months, StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
NDI Camera versus StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNDI CameraStreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating3.1 (187 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings187 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
Best chart rank#31 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVi(z)rt, IncDorian Grolaux

Customer experience

NDI Camera

All ratings187 ratings
Positive43.3%
Neutral18.7%
Negative38.0%
Written reviews301 reviews
Positive38.2%
Neutral17.3%
Negative44.5%

StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

NDI Camera

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes on iPhone 17
  • Freezing and loss of video feed
  • Incompatibility with latest iOS versions
  • Horizontal mirroring of video
  • Inability to detect device on Mac

Requested features

5 requests
  • Support for multiple camera lenses
  • Ability to select frame rate
  • More camera settings (white balance, ISO, etc.)
  • Remote control options
  • Portrait mode support

StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

NDI Camera

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs

Subscriptions2
  • StreamCam Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • StreamCam Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • StreamCam Pro - Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is NDI Camera free?
NDI Camera costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs free?
StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NDI Camera or StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs have ads?
Neither NDI Camera nor StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NDI Camera or StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs?
NDI Camera ships an update every 2 months, and StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs every 3 weeks. Most recently, NDI Camera was updated on November 7, 2026 and StreamCam for OBS & StreamLabs on November 3, 2026.

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