ZIGCAM vs iWaka
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
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.
- 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
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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!
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. ZIGCAM sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iWaka asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
ZIGCAM ships an update fortnightly, iWaka every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ZIGCAM | iWaka |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tech Director's Association | Pramodya Abeysinghe |
Customer experience
ZIGCAM
iWaka
In-app purchases
ZIGCAM
- Release All Features$7.99
iWaka
No in-app purchases









