Comparison

BEAM vs CallerCam

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

Head to head
About

BEAM

This app offers an interactive live streaming experience where viewers can actively influence content. Streamers gain access to production tools, including multistreaming capabilities. It fosters community engagement and provides a user-friendly interface for diverse content.

Highlights
  • Viewer control for interactive content
  • Multistreaming to over 30 platforms
  • High-quality live viewing
  • Production tools for streamers
  • User-friendly interface
  • Community engagement features
Features
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BEAM: Your Gateway to Interactive Live Streaming! Experience a new dimension of interactivity and entertainment with BEAM. Designed to revolutionize the way you engage with live streams, this cutting-edge application is your one-stop destination for immersive and captivating content. Key Features: - Unprecedented Viewer Control: Take charge of your live stream experience like never before. With BEAM's unique viewer control options, you can actively participate in shaping the content. Interact with streamers in real-time, influence their actions, and even determine the direction of their streams. - Seamless Live Viewing: Enjoy smooth and high-quality live streaming on the go. BEAM ensures that you never miss a moment of your favorite content, providing a seamless viewing experience right at your fingertips. - Production Tools for Streamers: If you're a streamer, BEAM equips you with powerful production tools to elevate your content creation, including multistreaming to over 30 platforms. - User-Friendly Interface: Navigate the app effortlessly with its intuitive and user-friendly interface. Enjoy a seamless and immersive experience as you explore a world of diverse live streams across various categories. - Community Engagement: Connect with like-minded individuals who share your interests. BEAM fosters a vibrant community where viewers and streamers come together to form meaningful connections and share their passions. Get ready to embrace the future of live streaming with BEAM. Whether you're a passionate viewer seeking interactivity or a content creator looking to make an impact, this app promises an unparalleled streaming experience. Join the BEAM community and be part of the next generation of live entertainment! Privacy Policy: https://beamstream.gg/legal/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://beamstream.gg/legal/terms-of-service

About

CallerCam

This app simplifies live streaming from a mobile device for broadcast professionals. It allows users to go live by scanning a QR code and pressing a single button, offering low-latency, high-quality video and audio feeds. It's designed for ease of use in professional broadcasting scenarios.

Highlights
  • QR code scanning for connection
  • One-button live streaming
  • Hardware-accelerated H.264/AAC streaming
  • Adaptive bitrate for network resilience
  • Auto-reconnect functionality
  • Stream video files or test patterns
  • Live status diagnostics
Features
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CallerCam is the dead-simple SRT contribution camera. If you can scan a QR code and press one button, you can go live. Built for camera operators, streamers, and broadcast crews who need to send a clean, low-latency feed to a gateway without wrestling with settings in the field. HOW IT WORKS The producer generates a QR code with the connection details. You scan it, a plain-language card confirms exactly where you're about to stream, and you press the one red button. That's it — you're live. No typing IP addresses, no jargon, no manual. STREAMING - Hardware-accelerated H.264 video and AAC audio over MPEG-TS/SRT - Presets: 720p30, 1080p30, 1080p60 - AES-128/256 encryption, configurable stream ID and latency - Adaptive bitrate that cuts on sustained packet loss and recovers automatically — it survives bad networks instead of dropping - Auto-reconnect with exponential backoff: it keeps the whole session and reconnects the moment the network returns - Live device-rotation follow, front/back camera flip, and mic mute mid-stream PROVISIONING — THE WHOLE POINT - Scan a QR code and confirm on a clear card, then Save & Use or Use Once (session-only — nothing is left behind on a borrowed phone) - Manual configuration is one tap away: validated fields, Keychain-backed passphrase, one-button full wipe - No endpoint is baked in — CallerCam is gateway-agnostic and works with standard SRT receivers ALTERNATE SOURCES — A POCKET BROADCAST TRUCK - Stream a video file from your library instead of the live camera - Built-in test pattern (SMPTE bars, 1 kHz tone, burnt-in timecode) for verifying a gateway before you go live BUILT-IN DIAGNOSTICS - Live status: wall clock, LIVE indicator, uptime, bitrate, round-trip time, and loss - On-screen debug log with optional deep telemetry for troubleshooting in the field CallerCam speaks standard SRT and fits into workflows built around common SRT gateways and tools. Bring your own gateway; CallerCam handles the camera. PRIVACY CallerCam collects nothing. There are no accounts, no analytics, and no tracking. Your connection details stay on your device and your passphrase is stored in the iOS Keychain. Video and audio go only to the gateway you configure.

Screenshots

BEAM3 screens
CallerCam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CallerCam at none against BEAM's 8. BEAM's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. BEAM sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. CallerCam asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BEAM against 5.0 for CallerCam. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
BEAM versus CallerCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBEAMCallerCam
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMass LuminosityGarry Broughton Jr

Customer experience

BEAM

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CallerCam

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

BEAM

Subscriptions1
  • BEAM Premium$3.991 Month
One-time7
  • 100 Embers$1.99
  • 350 Embers - Starter Pack$4.99
  • 650 Embers$9.99
Show 4 more
  • 2,000 Embers$29.99
  • 7,000 Embers$99.99
  • 13,500 Embers$179.99
  • 35,000 Embers$449.99
None

CallerCam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BEAM free?
BEAM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CallerCam free?
CallerCam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BEAM or CallerCam?
BEAM and CallerCam are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do BEAM or CallerCam have ads?
Neither BEAM nor CallerCam shows ads.

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