Comparison

ZIGCAM vs iWaka

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

Head to head
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.

About

iWaka

View your programming metrics from WakaTime on your iPhone. Track daily and historical stats for projects, languages, and editors. See recent commits and time spent on tasks.

Highlights
  • View today's top projects, languages, and editors
  • Track current day and past date range stats
  • Detailed summary of task categories, editors, and languages
  • See time worked on separate projects
  • Check recent commits of linked projects
  • Supports light/dark mode
Features
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WakaTime is an open source platform with open source plugins for metrics about your programming. This 3rd party client app is to see your programming metrics on your iPhone. Currently this app supports to display * Today's top project, language and editor * Stats for current day and past date ranges * Detailed summary of task categories, editors and languages * All projects linked with WakaTime * Check recent commits of linked projects * See time worked on separate projects * View task categories, editors used and languages used for programming on a particular project * View primary details of profile * Supports light/dark mode * Send feedback There are more features and UI/UX improvements to come in future. A new tab is coming soon with Insights! Stay tuned with iWaka!

Screenshots

ZIGCAM2 screens
iWaka4 screens

Verdict

The call

ZIGCAM and iWaka both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of ZIGCAM's written reviews are positive against 0% of iWaka's. iWaka's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

Both are free to download. ZIGCAM sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iWaka asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ZIGCAM against 5.0 for iWaka. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of ZIGCAM's written reviews are positive against 0% of iWaka's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ZIGCAM ships an update fortnightly, iWaka every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ZIGCAM versus iWaka: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZIGCAMiWaka
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTech Director's AssociationPramodya Abeysinghe

Customer experience

ZIGCAM

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

iWaka

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ZIGCAM

One-time1
  • Release All Features$7.99
None

iWaka

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZIGCAM free?
ZIGCAM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iWaka free?
iWaka is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ZIGCAM or iWaka?
ZIGCAM and iWaka are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do ZIGCAM or iWaka have ads?
Neither ZIGCAM nor iWaka shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ZIGCAM or iWaka?
ZIGCAM ships an update fortnightly, and iWaka every 2 weeks. Most recently, ZIGCAM was updated on October 8, 2026 and iWaka on October 16, 2026.

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