Stream For OBS vs OBS Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stream For OBS
Transform your iPhone into a high-quality camera for OBS Studio. Stream content with a clean, full-screen view by hiding unnecessary interface elements. Ideal for live streamers seeking a professional setup.
- Use iPhone camera as OBS video source
- USB connection only
- Hides UI elements for clean feed
- Switch between front/rear cameras
- Full-screen video output
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This application works with OBS Studio via USB connection only. You can use full matrix picture from iPhone device camera. You can switch front/rear camera. For hide/show switch button, tap once on the screen. When you connect your iPhone to the OBS Studio application, you can see iPhone as external video camera. Just add video source to the scene and choose your iphone as source of video. Start StreamOBS application and you will see full screen video from the iPhone camera device. In most of other cases, you need crop picture, cause capture cameras screen has a lot of info, such as "record button" / "flash button " / "switch camera button" / "tracking square for face" and other... As a fact, you need crop image to receive video inside OBS Studio. So, you will see only part of you video at last... This application hides all unneeded elements from the screen, and you can capture video from the full whole matrix. Stream you video to youtube, twitch and other platforms with OBS Studio and your iPhone as a main camera device. User Agreement: https://serve.center/streamobs/agreement Policy: https://serve.center/streamobs/policy Sample use with OBS on MacOSX: https://youtu.be/5L1m5U4S894?t=104 Works with USB connection only on MacOSX You can rotate screen from Portrait to Landscape mode uses transform function of OBS.
OBS Controller
Control your OBS Studio scenes and audio directly from your mobile device. This app allows you to switch scenes, manage audio sources, and control stream outputs with ease. It offers features like hiding unwanted scenes and delaying commands for synchronization.
- Mobile OBS scene switching
- Control stream/recording output
- Mute audio sources
- Hide unwanted scenes
- Configure command delays
- Show/hide scene elements
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Simple is better. This app is focused on having a simple mobile scene switcher in OBS. In OBS v28 and later it should work out of the box. For earlier versions, it requires the obs-websocket plugin to be installed. You can download it here: https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-websocket-remote-control-obs-studio-from-websockets.466/ - Hide scenes that you don't want to accidentally switch to - Control your stream, recording or virtual camera output - Show/hide individual scene elements - Mute audio sources - Configure a delay for the commands in case you want to sync scene switches with camera delays
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OBS Controller at 4.2 against Stream For OBS's 2.3. OBS Controller also leads on ratings volume (52 vs 3). Stream For OBS's advantage is review sentiment (46% vs 23%) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On update cadence, 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
Stream For OBS costs $0.99 and OBS Controller $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OBS Controller holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OBS Controller has 52 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 46% of Stream For OBS's written reviews are positive against 23% of OBS Controller's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Stream For OBS ships an update every 5 months, OBS Controller every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stream For OBS | OBS Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.2 (52 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews — better | 23.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 52 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | chepil | Fallen Starlight AB |
Customer experience
Stream For OBS
OBS Controller
In-app purchases
Stream For OBS
No in-app purchases
OBS Controller
No in-app purchases
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