NDI Camera vs USB Camera to NDI
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!
USB Camera to NDI
This app allows you to monitor and convert UVC cameras to NDI streams in real-time. It supports various NDI formats, offers simultaneous recording to Photos, and can extend camera capabilities using HDMI adapters.
- Monitor UVC cameras for free
- Switch between multiple UVC cameras
- Real-time NDI conversion
- Supports FULL NDI, NDI HX H.264, NDI HX HEVC
- Record to Photos simultaneously
- NDI tally status indicator
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- Monitoring any UVC camera for free - Switch in multiple UVC cameras - Audio UV meters included - Record to Photos simultaneously - Converts UVC camera to NDI in real-time, supports FULL NDI, NDI HX H.264, NDI HX HEVC - NDI tally status indicator - Use HDMI -> USB adapter to extend more traditional cameras, no longer need an expensive HDMI-NDI converter any more - Use a USB-C adapter with HDMI output for external full-screen monitoring - Use Apple TV, Google TV Stick or Amazon Fire TV Stick for wireless AirPlay monitoring
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: USB Camera to NDI at Free against NDI Camera's $19.99. USB Camera to NDI also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.1). NDI Camera's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (38% vs 25%). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
USB Camera to NDI is free to download; NDI Camera costs $19.99 up front. USB Camera to NDI sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. NDI Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.
USB Camera to NDI holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 187 and 102 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of NDI Camera's written reviews are positive against 25% of USB Camera to NDI'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, USB Camera to NDI every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NDI Camera | USB Camera to NDI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.1 (187 ratings) | 3.9 (102 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.2% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 187 — better | 102 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #155 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vi(z)rt, Inc | TopDirector Corporation |
Customer experience
NDI Camera
USB Camera to NDI
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
USB Camera to NDI
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NDI Camera
No in-app purchases
USB Camera to NDI
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Enable NDI Sending$4.99
- Enable Recording and Snapshot$9.99
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- HDMI, ScreenMirroring, AirPlay$9.99
Questions
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