Comparison

Clean OSC vs ZIGCAM

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

Head to head
About

Clean OSC

Create custom user interfaces with various controls like buttons, sliders, and toggles. Organize elements into groups and tabs. Send and receive Open Sound Control (OSC) messages via UDP or TCP, with support for Siri Shortcuts.

Highlights
  • Customizable UI elements (buttons, sliders, toggles)
  • Organize UI into groups, tabs, and panels
  • Send and receive OSC messages
  • UDP and TCP support
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
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Build a custom user interface with buttons, toggles, sliders, pickers, lists, text fields and steppers. Organize items together in nested groups, tabs and panels. Send and receive messages with OSC via UDP or TCP. Send OSC with Siri Shortcuts. Projects are synced via iCloud. Import and export projects. OSC is the Open Sound Control protocol.

About

ZIGCAM

This app transforms your iPad or iPhone into a device that transmits real-time depth and camera data using NDI. It integrates seamlessly with development environments like Unreal Engine and broadcast applications such as OBS, allowing you to utilize LiDAR depth data and ARKit information in your preferred PC applications.

Highlights
  • Real-time NDI data transmission
  • Emulates iPad/iPhone as data source
  • Utilizes LiDAR depth data
  • Supports ARKit data
  • Integrates with TouchDesigner and Unreal Engine
  • Secure and simple operation
Features
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ZIGCAM is an application for building virtual production prototypes and new visual production workflows. Using NDI and NDI metadata, it emulates the iPad and iPhone as devices capable of transmitting depth data and camera data in real time. Because it uses NDI, it can be used out-of-the-box with various development environments such as TouchDesigner and Unreal Engine, as well as broadcast applications such as OBS. With Tablet or Smartphone, you can use LiDAR's highly accurate depth data along with camera images in your favorite PC application. This application is also very simple and secure. This application will allow you to receive the following information to your PC or other device for as long as you want, but will stop all communication the moment you press the "Sending!" button in the application. ・Camera Data ・True Depth (Face Tracking) ・Smoothed Depth (LiDAR) ・Estimated Depth ・Various other ARKit data ZIGCAM provides real-time Face Tracking functionality using the TrueDepth API, but we do not collect, use, disclose, share, or retain any of this data.

Screenshots

Clean OSC3 screens
ZIGCAM2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ZIGCAM at Free against Clean OSC's $4.99. ZIGCAM also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Clean OSC's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). 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

ZIGCAM is free to download; Clean OSC costs $4.99 up front. ZIGCAM sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clean OSC asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ZIGCAM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Clean OSC's written reviews are positive against 50% of ZIGCAM's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clean OSC ships an update every 3 months, ZIGCAM fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Clean OSC versus ZIGCAM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClean OSCZIGCAM
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.014.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnton HeestandTech Director's Association

Customer experience

Clean OSC

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

ZIGCAM

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Clean OSC

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ZIGCAM

One-time1
  • Release All Features$7.99

Questions

Is Clean OSC free?
Clean OSC costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ZIGCAM free?
ZIGCAM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Clean OSC or ZIGCAM?
ZIGCAM is rated higher. Clean OSC averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while ZIGCAM averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Clean OSC or ZIGCAM have ads?
Neither Clean OSC nor ZIGCAM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clean OSC or ZIGCAM?
Clean OSC ships an update every 3 months, and ZIGCAM fortnightly. Most recently, Clean OSC was updated on September 22, 2026 and ZIGCAM on September 21, 2026.

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