VideoTimeSlice vs TetherCam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
VideoTimeSlice
Create unique time-sliced images and videos from your time-lapse footage. Easily adjust slice quantity and styles with real-time previews. Generate high-resolution videos up to 2k and save them directly to your device.
- Multiple slice style options
- Adjustable slice quantity (up to 90 tracks)
- Real-time preview of sliced images
- Generate sliced videos up to 2k resolution
- Save generated videos to album
- View local video history
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TimeSlice is a simple and powerful tool for creating unique slicing effects from videos and photos. Transform ordinary videos and images into creative visual effects with multiple slicing styles, shapes, and output resolutions. Features: β’ Video Slicing Create unique slicing effects from your videos and export the processed results. β’ Photo Slicing Turn photos into creative slicing effects with just a few steps. β’ Multiple Shapes Choose from different slicing shapes to create different visual styles. β’ Multiple Tracks Select different video tracks for processing when available. β’ Multiple Output Resolutions Support for 720P, 1080P, 2K, and 4K output resolutions. β’ Efficient Processing Uses system media frameworks and GPU acceleration for video and image processing. β’ iPhone, iPad & Mac Designed to provide a native experience across supported Apple devices. β’ Local Processing Videos, photos, and generated files are primarily processed locally on your device and are not uploaded to the developer's servers. Some advanced features require TimeSlice Pro, Pro Max, or Pro Plus. TimeSlice is designed for video creators, designers, and anyone who enjoys creating unique visual effects.
TetherCam
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Your iPhone, instead of a webcam. TWO APPS, ONE CABLE TetherCam is two free apps. TetherCam for Mac is downloaded from tethercam.app; TetherCam for iPhone is this one. Install both, connect the phone to the Mac with the USB cable you already own, and the iPhone shows up as the camera "TetherCam" on the Mac, in the same camera picker as the built-in one. It works in every Mac app that lists system cameras: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, FaceTime, QuickTime Player, Safari, Chrome and the rest. Zoom and Microsoft Teams were verified on 10 September 2026. Nothing travels over Wi-Fi, nothing passes through a server, nothing is uploaded anywhere. There is no account, no pairing code and no discovery step. The cable is the whole path, which is why the picture stays stable in a crowded room where wireless cameras start to stutter. WHAT YOU NEED An iPhone with iOS 17 or newer, a Mac with macOS 14 or newer, and the USB cable that came with the phone. The free TetherCam Mac app asks once for approval of its camera extension in System Settings; after that the camera is simply there. THE HONEST LIMITS The Mac app carries the picture only. A Mac camera extension has no audio stream, so the sound stays with the Mac's own microphone. Audio over the cable exists, but only on the OBS path below. This iPhone app stays open in the foreground while it sends. The phone serves one receiver at a time. The Mac app and the OBS plugin are not used together; whichever connects second is told that the line is busy. ON THE PHONE Live preview from the moment you open the app, before anything is connected. A camera and lens picker for the wide, ultra wide and telephoto lenses or the front camera, switching the stream immediately. Automatic rotation that follows the horizon rather than the interface. Turn the phone and the picture stays level, because the orientation is resolved on the capture side. There is a manual angle override when you want to decide yourself. Hardware HEVC encoding, which keeps the phone cool and the latency low. A diagnostics panel that shows what is actually happening: listener state, connection, frames per second, bitrate and the measured levelling residual. FOR STREAMING AND RECORDING: OBS STUDIO The TetherCam plugin for OBS Studio is the pro path, also free and also at tethercam.app. It adds a source called TetherCam directly in OBS, finds the phone through the same cable, and it is the only path that brings the microphone of the phone across as well. PRIVACY No account, no analytics, no advertising, no purchases. The camera picture goes to your own Mac and nowhere else. Nothing is collected. TetherCam for iPhone is free and open source under the MIT licence at github.com/Kanevry/tethercam.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TetherCam at none against VideoTimeSlice's 6. TetherCam also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). VideoTimeSlice's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. VideoTimeSlice sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. TetherCam asks for nothing beyond the download.
VideoTimeSlice ships an update every 3 days, TetherCam daily. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VideoTimeSlice | TetherCam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Daily β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Monetization | Paid | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ε©εΏ δΎ― | Bernhard Goetzendorfer |
In-app purchases
VideoTimeSlice
- Upgrade to Pro Plus$3.99
- Upgrade to Pro Max$3.99
- TimeSlice Pro$4.99
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- Upgrade to Pro Plus$8.99
- TimeSlice Pro Max$9.99
- TimeSlice Pro Plus$14.99
TetherCam
No in-app purchases









