USB Camera vs VividiaCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
VividiaCam
Connect USB cameras like borescopes and microscopes to your iPhone or iPad. Preview live video, capture photos and videos, and utilize features like zoom, rotation, and image mode selection.
- USB camera connection
- Live video preview
- Photo and video capture
- Crosshairs
- Zoom in/out
- Image rotation and flipping
- Resolution selection
- Image mode selection
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VividiaCam app is designed to connect a USB camera (borescope, otoscope, microscope, endoscope, webcam, inspection camera, dental camera etc.) to an iPhone or iPad throufh Vividia U2i adapter. One can preview live videos, take pictures and videos with this app. Special features include crosshairs, zoom in and out, image rotation, image flipping, resolution selection, color/black-white/negative/vivid image mode selection, language selection. "Vividia, we help you see better."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VividiaCam at 100% against USB Camera's 43%. VividiaCam also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and ads (none vs shown). USB Camera's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VividiaCam 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: 43% of USB Camera's written reviews are positive against 100% of VividiaCam's.
| Parameter | USB Camera | VividiaCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 垚 沈 | Oasis Scientific Inc. |
Customer experience
USB Camera
VividiaCam
In-app purchases
USB Camera
No in-app purchases
VividiaCam
No in-app purchases









