Owncasts vs Vxio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Owncasts
Discover and watch independent live streams from various sources. Receive instant notifications when your favorite streamers go live, ensuring you never miss an update. This app aggregates content from Owncast-powered platforms.
- Watch independent live streams
- Get notified when streamers go live
- Aggregate Owncast-powered content
- On-the-go viewing
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Add your favorite Owncast-powered live streams to watch on the go. Get notified when streamers go live so you'll never miss out. If you're an Owncast streamer, you can stream to your personal instance directly from this app!
Vxio
Stream content from NDI devices directly to your iOS device. This application acts as a monitor for NDI sources, allowing you to view content from devices like HDMI encoders on your iPhone or iPad.
- NDI source monitor
- Stream NDI content to iOS
- View HDMI encoder streams
- Real-time monitoring
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Vxio is a NDI® source monitor. You can use the app to stream content from other NDI devices (like HDMI encoder) to iOS. NDI® is a registered trademark of Vizrt NDI AB. Vxio is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Vizrt NDI AB.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vxio at 100% against Owncasts's 0%. Vxio also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (70 vs 7). Owncasts's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Vxio holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vxio has 70 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Owncasts's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vxio's.
Owncasts ships an update weekly, Vxio every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Owncasts | Vxio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 4.9 (70 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 70 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gabe Kangas | Chen Zhang |
Customer experience
Owncasts
Vxio
In-app purchases
Owncasts
No in-app purchases
Vxio
No in-app purchases
