ipCam vs NDI Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ipCam
Transform your mobile device into a Wi-Fi network IP camera. Stream live video and audio to web browsers and other compatible applications. Offers features like flash control, image adjustments, and secure login options.
- Wi-Fi network IP camera
- Stream video and audio
- Web browser access
- Front/back camera selection
- Flash control
- Image quality adjustment
- Digital Pan/Tilt
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ipCam turns your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad into a Wi-Fi network IP camera. Features - Stream images, video & audio to compatible applications including most web browsers and our iCamSource and iCamSource Pro apps. - Select either the front or back camera. - Turn the Flash on and off via the Web Interface. - Adjust the image size, quality, and frame rate. - Auto-rotate the image based on device orientation. - Optional Date / Time image overlay. - Optional 4:3 aspect ratio image crop. - Digital Pan / Tilt the 4:3 cropped image. - Optional Login & Password for additional security. - Tapping the video preview toggles darkening the screen. - Dynamic DNS support for DynDNS and No-IP users. - Automatic Port Forwarding for routers that support UPnP or NAT-PMP. Once ipCam is running you can connect to its Web Interface from most any modern web browser that is also connected to your local network by entering the http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/ URL located at the bottom of the screen. The Web Interface gives you access to various image, video, and audio links in addition to the links that control the Flash and Pan / Tilt functionalities, when available. Please visit http://skjm.com/ipcam/ for more information.
NDI Camera
Transform your smartphone into a professional live-streaming camera. Easily send high-quality, low-latency video and audio to popular platforms like Zoom and MS Teams. Enhance your broadcasts with new camera angles and perspectives.
- Professional live-streaming camera
- Low-latency video and audio
- Seamless integration with popular platforms
- Add new camera angles
- Mobile source for live production
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The easiest live-streaming camera you will ever use! Turn your phone into a professional live-streaming NDI camera and start streaming high-quality, low-latency video and audio with the touch of a button. NDI Camera is the official NDI app that makes your phone seamlessly capable of sending video into popular platforms like MS Teams, Skype, Zoom, and many more. For professionals, it's the ideal tool to bring mobile phones as a source into your live production system. More flexibility and additional perspectives: introduce new camera angles and add vantage points to your coverage to bring completely new dimensions to your live broadcasts, webcasts, and presentations. Note: Requires support for NDI 4 or newer. Download NDI Camera and start streaming from your phone to your network today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ipCam at $2.99 against NDI Camera's $19.99. ipCam also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.1) and review sentiment (60% vs 38%). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
ipCam costs $2.99 and NDI Camera $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ipCam holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 187 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of ipCam's written reviews are positive against 38% of NDI Camera's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ipCam | NDI Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (76 ratings) — better | 3.1 (187 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.4% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 | 187 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #57 | #23 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SKJM, LLC | Vi(z)rt, Inc |
Customer experience
ipCam
NDI Camera
Bugs and requests
ipCam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NDI Camera
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes on iPhone 17
- Freezing and loss of video feed
- Incompatibility with latest iOS versions
- Horizontal mirroring of video
- Inability to detect device on Mac
Requested features
5 requests- Support for multiple camera lenses
- Ability to select frame rate
- More camera settings (white balance, ISO, etc.)
- Remote control options
- Portrait mode support
In-app purchases
ipCam
No in-app purchases
NDI Camera
No in-app purchases
Questions
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