NDI Camera vs Stream Camera for NDI HX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Professional live-streaming camera
- Low-latency video and audio
- Seamless integration with popular platforms
- Add new camera angles
- Mobile source for live production
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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!
Stream Camera for NDI HX
Transform your iPhone into a high-resolution video source for live broadcasting. Supports up to 4K video with low latency, ideal for NDI-based production workflows. Offers advanced camera controls and multiple compression options.
- Up to 4K video resolution
- Up to 60 fps frame rate
- Microphone audio with mute
- H.264 and H.265 compression
- Full NDI and NDI HX2 support
- Camera switching
- Pinch to zoom and focus control
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Stream Camera for NDI HX allows you to use your iPhone as a video source for your video broadcasting setup. The video is transmitted at up to 4K resolution with fast frame rates. NDI (Network Device Interface) is an IP video protocol that is used for live video streaming and production. It features low latency, making it particularly useful for live productions. This app can be used in an NDI ecosystem of cameras and other devices. The latest NDI 5 standard is supported. Full NDI and NDI HX2 are supported. Features: Video up to 4K Frame rate up to 60 fps Microphone Audio with mute H.264 and H.265 compression for HX2 Full NDI support Camera switching with support for rear wide, front wide, ultra wide, and telephoto cameras Pinch to zoom Zoom and focus control from monitor
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Stream Camera for NDI HX at $4.99 against NDI Camera's $19.99. Stream Camera for NDI HX also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). NDI Camera's advantage is review sentiment (38% vs 0%) and ratings volume (187 vs 8). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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
NDI Camera costs $19.99 and Stream Camera for NDI HX $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stream Camera for NDI HX holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NDI Camera has 187 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of NDI Camera's written reviews are positive against 0% of Stream Camera for NDI HX's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
NDI Camera ships an update every 2 months, Stream Camera for NDI HX every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NDI Camera | Stream Camera for NDI HX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.1 (187 ratings) | 3.3 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 187 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #106 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vi(z)rt, Inc | Thomas Backes |
Customer experience
NDI Camera
Stream Camera for NDI HX
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
Stream Camera for NDI HX
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NDI Camera
No in-app purchases
Stream Camera for NDI HX
No in-app purchases
Questions
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