Comparison

NDI PTZ Control vs AnalogTV

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

Head to head
About

NDI PTZ Control

Control your NDI PTZ cameras with this app, offering full Pan, Tilt, and Zoom functionality. It includes a live joystick, preset recall, and a built-in monitor for viewing NDI sources. BirdDog users gain access to advanced color matrix tools.

Highlights
  • Full Pan, Tilt, Zoom control
  • Live joystick interface
  • Save and recall PTZ presets
  • In-built NDI source viewing monitor
  • BirdDog Cam Control integration
  • Color Matrix tools for BirdDog cameras
Features
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NDI PTZ Control is the ultimate iOS app with support for all NDI PTZ regardless of manufacturer. Featuring full Pan, Tilt, Zoom control including a live joystick, and save and recall pre-set PTZ positions. The inbuilt viewing monitor allows viewing of any NDI, NDI HX2, and NDI HX3 source in full screen. NDI PTZ Control becomes even more powerful for BirdDog PTZ Camera users with Cam Control built in to access all the Colour Matrix tools to shade your BirdDog PTZ camera. All this from an iPad or iPhone.

About

AnalogTV

This app simulates the entire analog television broadcast chain, from camera tube to CRT display. It offers realistic effects based on physics, not filters, with adjustable service menu options and unique phosphor types. Explore a full simulation of vintage television technology.

Highlights
  • Full analog television broadcast simulation
  • Multiple camera tube models
  • Composite signal encoding (NTSC, PAL, SECAM)
  • Eight distinct phosphor types
  • Adjustable service menu controls
  • Realistic magnet and purity damage effects
  • Tube aging and burn-in simulation
  • 14 real-time test patterns
Features
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AnalogTV recreates the complete analogue television chain - broadcast camera tube, composite signal encoding, RF transmission, and CRT phosphor display - simulated from physical first principles. Not a vintage filter. Not a post-process effect. A working simulation of every stage of broadcast television, from the camera neck to the phosphor screen. THE COMPLETE BROADCAST CHAIN. Not AI, Not a Filter, the Real Thing. Every frame passes through the same stages as a real television signal. A camera tube mode: Image Orthicon, Plumbicon, Vidicon, or CCD, captures the scene with its characteristic lag, halation, and MTF response. The signal is composite-encoded to NTSC, PAL, or SECAM standards, then decoded through the same mathematics a real television receiver performs. A Metal GPU fragment shader renders each frame onto a simulated CRT phosphor display at 60 fps. ANALOG CAM AnalogCam is a second way to use the app: a point and shoot camera with the console hidden and nine stompbox effect pedals along the bottom. Tap a pedal to latch it, hold it for a momentary hit. They are live while you record, so what you play is what is captured. EIGHT PHOSPHOR TYPES P22 colour television. P31 oscilloscope green. P45 white sub-millisecond. P4 B&W television. P3 amber radar. P7 dual-persistence radar - white flash fading to yellow-green afterglow. P11 deep blue photographic. P24 cyan-green flying-spot. Each calibrated from manufacturer datasheets and IEEE literature. Each shifts the IIR decay constants, rendered colour, and shutdown spot tint independently. SERVICE MENU Access the hidden service menu to make adjustments a television engineer would use: RGB drive and cutoff, convergence, focus voltage, G2 screen voltage, purity, HV regulation, and degauss. Every control operates at the physics level, changing focus changes the modelled electron beam diameter, not a software blur. TUBE AGEING AND SHUTDOWN Cathode emission falls with use. The screen accumulates burn-in at sustained high-brightness areas. Shut the set down and watch the EHT bleed, beam defocus, and phosphor decay to darkness with optional HV arc sounds. 14 TEST PATTERNS SMPTE and EIA colour bars, pluge, crosshatch, multiburst, zone plate, flat fields, and more. Every pattern is generated mathematically in real time. TECHNICAL SUMMARY - Metal GPU rendering at 60 fps - NTSC, PAL, and SECAM composite encoding and decoding - Eight phosphor types from primary source measurements - Four camera tube models with authentic lag and MTF physics - 14 test patterns generated in real time - Shadow mask magnetisation with 128×128 persistence texture - IIR phosphor decay with per-channel time constants - Aperture grille, shadow mask, and slot mask geometries Also on Apple TV as AnalogTV for TV, a separate app with a Teletext interface built for the Siri Remote.

Screenshots

NDI PTZ Control4 screens
AnalogTV4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AnalogTV at $9.99 against NDI PTZ Control's $19.99. AnalogTV also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). NDI PTZ Control's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ratings volume, ads, monetization model 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

NDI PTZ Control costs $19.99 and AnalogTV $9.99 up front. AnalogTV sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NDI PTZ Control asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AnalogTV holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of NDI PTZ Control's written reviews are positive against 91% of AnalogTV's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NDI PTZ Control ships an update every 3 months, AnalogTV every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NDI PTZ Control versus AnalogTV: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNDI PTZ ControlAnalogTV
Price$19.99$9.99 — better
Rating3.4 (8 ratings)5.0 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings816 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBirdDog Australia PTY LTDAlastair Bor

Customer experience

NDI PTZ Control

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

AnalogTV

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NDI PTZ Control

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

AnalogTV

One-time1
  • NDI® Network Output & InputFree

Questions

Is NDI PTZ Control free?
NDI PTZ Control costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AnalogTV free?
AnalogTV costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NDI PTZ Control or AnalogTV?
AnalogTV is rated higher. NDI PTZ Control averages 3.4 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while AnalogTV averages 5.0 from 16 ratings.
Do NDI PTZ Control or AnalogTV have ads?
Neither NDI PTZ Control nor AnalogTV shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NDI PTZ Control or AnalogTV?
NDI PTZ Control ships an update every 3 months, and AnalogTV every 9 days. Most recently, NDI PTZ Control was updated on November 3, 2026 and AnalogTV on November 5, 2026.

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