Comparison

NDI Switcher vs ImageQuilt

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

Head to head
About

NDI Switcher

Easily switch between multiple NDI video sources on your local network. Preview feeds, select one for output, and even record them individually or simultaneously. Export recordings for further editing.

Highlights
  • Connect up to 6 NDI feeds
  • Preview individual camera feeds
  • Select one source for output
  • Rebroadcast selected feed via NDI
  • Record individual or all feeds
  • Export recordings for editing
  • Set transition times between feeds
Features
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Switch between your NDI video sources! Focus allows you to connect and select multiple camera feeds, and other NDI video feeds on your local network. Preview your camera feeds, and select one source to output from your device. Connect to OBS over local network. Features include: * Up to 6 simultaneous feed connections (device/network dependent). * Rebroadcast your selected feed to other devices, via NDI. * Share your selected feed full-screen to any connected display, via AppleTV or via HDMI adaptor. * Select feed quality of each individual feed. * Record individual feeds or all at once. * Export recordings from the app to edit in other applications. * Set transition times between feeds. Focus is developed in Aotearoa New Zealand, by David Wood. David loves making real-time video tools, that anyone can use. --- Please note: Video feed quality dependent on your receiving device, any NDI cameras or other devices sending NDI video feeds, and the quality of your network. It is recommended to use a wired ethernet connection with your device, and a 1Gbps (1000BASE-T) ethernet switch or dedicated wifi router with good range/signal strength. -- Focus is © David Wood NDI and the NDI SDK, is © NDI Inc EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ImageQuilt

Features
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ImageQuilt turns your photo library into a living quilt. It picks one of your photos and pieces it together again out of your other photos, patch by patch, like quiltwork. When the quilt is finished, the next picture begins over it, and the picture you see keeps changing, one photo after another. The first time, ImageQuilt looks through every photo in your library and remembers its colours. The quiltwork begins right away and grows finer as more photos are looked at. Only colours are kept, never the photos themselves, and photos you add, edit or delete are noticed on their own. Your photos never leave your device. Each cell of the picture takes the photo closest to it in colour, preferring photos taken around the same time as the picture, so a quilt of a summer afternoon tends to be made of that summer. Cells that find no close enough photo are painted in their own colour. Touch the quilt to look closer: ・Touch or drag with one finger to see the photo behind a patch, enlarged just above your finger, with its file name, date and place. ・Tap the enlarged photo to see it full screen. From there, add the photo to an album, mark it as a favorite, hide it (ImageQuilt asks first; to show it again, use the Photos app) or delete it. ・Pinch with two fingers to push the patches aside and uncover the original picture underneath. Lift your fingers and the patches fly back into place. ・Tap the uncovered picture to see it full screen. ・Tap the button at the bottom right for a quilt of another picture at once, or the one at the bottom left to choose new settings at random for the same picture. The button at the top left pauses and resumes the slideshow. With ImageQuilt Pro you can change every setting: ・Slideshow: start a new picture on its own, or keep the finished quilt on screen. The play and pause button at the top left does the same. ・Auto Vary: let each new picture choose its own zoom, patch size, pattern, similarity and Always Update at random. ・Source Picture: choose one photo to make every quilt of, or choose new pictures only from one album. ・Patch Pictures: make the quilt out of the photos of one album. ・Share: share the quilt as an image. ・Auto Zoom: make the quilt out of a part of the picture, enlarged one to two times. ・Size: small, medium, large or huge patches. ・Pattern: the shape and arrangement of the patches. Choose a plain shape (square, diamond, triangle, right triangle or circle; between circles, the picture underneath shows through), a quilt pattern (Half-Square Triangles, Pinwheel, Hourglass or Tumbling Blocks), whose patches are drawn lighter or darker to bring out the pattern, or Others, which picks one of seven more patterns for each new picture. ・Similarity: how closely the patches must match the picture. ・Update Time: how long a new quilt takes to replace the old one, from 0 to 60 seconds. ・Duration: how long a finished quilt stays, from 0 to 60 seconds. ・Always Update: keep swapping patches for other photos of a similar colour, so the quilt keeps breathing. ・Show Progress, Show Button, Touch Gestures, Return Patches and Prevent Auto-Lock. Pro also removes the ads. Without Pro, ImageQuilt runs on the standard settings and shows a small ad at the bottom of the screen; the four corner buttons still work, and what they change lasts until the app quits. Privacy: ImageQuilt needs access to all your photos to make quilts. Your photos stay on this device. To show where a photo was taken, its location is sent to Apple to look up the place name.

Screenshots

NDI Switcher4 screens
ImageQuilt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: NDI Switcher at none against ImageQuilt's shown. ImageQuilt's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support 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. NDI Switcher sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ImageQuilt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NDI Switcher ships an update every 3 months, ImageQuilt daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NDI Switcher versus ImageQuilt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNDI SwitcherImageQuilt
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid WoodMasayuki Akamatsu

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NDI Switcher

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$24.99
1 purchases

ImageQuilt

One-time1
  • Pro$3.99

Questions

Is NDI Switcher free?
NDI Switcher is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ImageQuilt free?
ImageQuilt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NDI Switcher or ImageQuilt have ads?
ImageQuilt shows ads; NDI Switcher does not.
Which is updated more often, NDI Switcher or ImageQuilt?
NDI Switcher ships an update every 3 months, and ImageQuilt daily. Most recently, NDI Switcher was updated on October 31, 2026 and ImageQuilt on October 31, 2026.

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