USB Fusion vs USB Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
USB Fusion
This application allows users to manage and enhance Magewell USB Fusion capture devices. It supports adding various media types, web pages, and annotations to presentations, with options to switch, crop, and flip sources. Users can also record or screenshot their presentations.
- Network device discovery
- Add images, videos, PDFs, and web pages
- Switch, crop, and flip sources
- Touch/stylus annotation
- Apply watermarks
- Record and screenshot presentations
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The USB Fusion App is a free tablet application for managing and extending the functionality of Magewell USB Fusion capture devices. It can automatically discover USB Fusion devices on the network and enables users to add captured images, media files such as pictures, video clips, music and PDFs, as well as web pages into their presentations. The App also enables USB Fusion users to switch, crop or flip the sources, annotate with a finger touch or stylus, apply watermarks, view the PDF, browse the web page, and record or take screenshots of the presentation.
USB Camera
Connect USB webcams or capture cards to your iOS device to record video, capture snapshots, or stream live. It can also function as a wireless IP camera for security monitoring with browser access and bi-directional audio. Supports multi-camera setups and loop recording.
- Connect USB webcams and capture cards
- Record video and capture snapshots
- Wireless IP camera functionality
- Live streaming via RTMP/SRT
- Multi-camera support with PIP
- Loop recording with auto-segmentation
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"USB Camera" can let your iOS device connect to USB WebCam or video capture card. You can record video or capture snapshot, OR turn your phone into a wireless IP Camera via build-in RTSP/RTSPS and HTTP/HTTPS Server for security monitoring WITH Bi-directional audio support, you can use your browser to view, of course, include "IP Camera" App. "USB Camera" can push the video and audio to RTMP/SRT live media server (e.g. Push to YouTube, Facebook), and use for network broadcast. It supports the rtmps security protocol and SRT protocol and it can also push the media to multiple media server at the same time. It also supports HEVC/AV1 over RTMP and can be used for YouTube Live currently. It supports Multi Cam feature which allows you to connect multiple external USB cameras or video capture cards simultaneously and process into PIP video then transfer. It supports loop-recording. It can set auto-segment when recording and auto-delete old video archives when no enough storage.
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: USB Fusion at 100% against USB Camera's 43%. USB Fusion also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and ads (none vs shown). USB Camera's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
USB Fusion holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: USB Camera has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of USB Fusion's written reviews are positive against 43% of USB Camera's.
USB Fusion ships an update every 3 months, USB Camera every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | USB Fusion | USB Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.7 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nanjing Magewell Electronics Co., Ltd. | 垚 沈 |
Customer experience
USB Fusion
USB Camera
In-app purchases
USB Fusion
No in-app purchases
USB Camera
No in-app purchases







