Comparison

Ztalio vs OverlayNow

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

Head to head
About

Ztalio

Transform your TV into a personal media library. Upload, organize, and stream photos and videos to your television without monthly fees. Ideal for sharing memories or creating digital signage for businesses.

Highlights
  • Upload photos and videos
  • Organize media into playlists
  • Create slideshows
  • Stream to multiple TVs
  • Secure cloud storage
  • Remote TV control
Features
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Ztalio turns the TVs you already own into professional digital signage, managed from your iPhone. Menu boards, daily specials, waiting-room information, announcements, welcome screens, tributes and promotions — all from one account, updated in seconds. HOW IT WORKS 1. Install Ztalio on the TV (Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, Google TV, LG or Samsung). It shows a 6-digit code. 2. Enter the code in this app. The TV is linked in seconds. 3. Upload photos and videos from your phone, build a playlist, and push it to the TV. The screen updates right away. WHO USES ZTALIO • Restaurants, bars and cafés: menu boards, specials and happy-hour promos that switch on a schedule • Clinics, dental offices, care homes and wellness centers: waiting-room information and activities • Schools and churches: announcements, events and the week's schedule in the lobby • Funeral homes: tribute slideshows in each viewing room, with photos collected from the family • Offices, gyms, salons and shops: welcome screens, prices and promotions • Homes: family photos on the living-room TV WHAT YOU CAN DO • Show photos, videos and music as a looping playlist, in the order you set • Run one screen or a whole location from a single account, each screen with its own content • Schedule playlists by hour and weekday, so breakfast, lunch and dinner boards change on their own • Design menu boards, price lists and signs in Studio, from your own photos and logo, or from a line of text • Collect photos from families or customers through a link or QR code, straight into your library • Add team members who manage screens with you • See which screens are on, with proof of play, and get an email if one goes offline • Lock a screen (Pro and Network) so a playing playlist stays on until the remote enters your unlock pattern PLANS Free: 1 screen, 1 GB, forever. Starter $9.99/month: 3 screens, 10 GB. Pro $29.99/month: 10 screens, 100 GB. Network $49.99/month: 25 screens, 250 GB. Annual plans: pay for 10 months, get 12. Subscriptions can be managed in this app or at ztalio.com. Ztalio was previously called TVYou: same team, same account, same media. Questions? support@ztalio.com. A real person answers.

About

OverlayNow

Features
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OverlayNow turns your device into a professional overlay camera. Record HD or 4K video at up to 60 fps with real-time data composited directly onto your footage - no post-processing required. DATA OVERLAYS Choose from 23 overlay types including speed, GPS coordinates, altitude, compass, acceleration, G-force, distance, pressure, vertical speed, inclinometer, mini-map, elapsed time, lap timer, countdown, frame rate, battery level, and more. MEDIA OVERLAYS Choose between square, circle, triangle or 16:9 shapes for HLS streams or your own Photo Library content overlaid over the camera feed. FILTERS 13 cinematic color filters: DUSK, MIST, FLUX, SEPIA, SHADE, GLOW, WARM, COOL, NOIR, BIRD, DREAM, MIAMI, and CLEAR. Applied in real time to both the preview and the recording. FACE FILTERS Blur, censor, or overlay glasses on detected faces. Use them alongside any color filter. GREEN SCREEN & BACKGROUND REMOVAL Chroma key (green or blue) and AI-powered person segmentation using a secondary camera - composited live over your main camera feed, HLS stream or Photo Library media. MULTI-CAMERA Show front and back cameras simultaneously for reaction videos, picture-in-picture, and vlogs. LIVE STREAMING Stream with HLS or RTMP with all overlays, filters, and effects included in the broadcast. SOUNDBOARD & REACTIONS 32 built-in sounds and 12 animated GIF reactions. Import your own. Trigger during recording with a single tap. MORE FEATURES • 8 font families for text overlays • Diagonal split with two independent backgrounds • HTTP polling for live external data • Zoom with pinch to zoom using ultra-wide, optical telephoto, and up to 10× digital • Orientation-aware recording • Mute toggle during streaming • Media backgrounds from photo library or HLS streams PRIVACY OverlayNow does not collect any data. No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Everything stays on your device. Requires iOS 15.0 or later. Some features (HLS streaming) require iOS 17+. Multi-camera requires A12 chip or later.

Screenshots

Ztalio4 screens
OverlayNow4 screens

Verdict

The call

Ztalio and OverlayNow are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Ztalio sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and OverlayNow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Ztalio versus OverlayNow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZtalioOverlayNow
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCre8ive Innovations LLCAlive Media

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Ztalio

Subscriptions10
  • Home$4.991 Month
  • TVYou Resources$6.991 Month
  • Venue$9.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Starter$9.991 Month
  • Pro$29.991 Month
  • Network$49.991 Month
  • Home$49.991 Year
  • Venue$99.991 Year
  • Starter$99.991 Year
  • Pro$299.991 Year
1 purchases

OverlayNow

One-time1
  • Remove Watermark$3.99

Questions

Is Ztalio free?
Ztalio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OverlayNow free?
OverlayNow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ztalio or OverlayNow have ads?
Neither Ztalio nor OverlayNow shows ads.

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