Comparison

OLiveCam vs Depthlock

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

Head to head
About

OLiveCam

Features
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Turn your phone into a professional wireless camera for OBS Studio. OLiveCam streams crystal-clear H.264 video to OBS — no cables, no extra plugins, no watermarks. Choose SRT for reliable quality or UDP for ultra-low latency. SIMPLE SETUP 1. Open OBS → Add Media Source → srt://0.0.0.0:9000?mode=listener 2. Tap Auto Discover or enter your PC's IP 3. Tap Start — you're live KEY FEATURES • SRT protocol — reliable, crystal-clear streaming (~200ms) • UDP protocol — ultra-low latency for local Wi-Fi • Auto Discover — finds OBS on your network automatically • Real-time OBS monitor — WiFi icon shows live connection status • 1080p / 720p H.264 hardware encoding • Audio streaming support • Works with OBS Studio on Windows, Mac, and Linux • No OBS plugins required — standard SRT/UDP MPEG-TS • Pinch to zoom • Auto-reconnect on connection drops • Battery and thermal monitoring • Landscape optimized for streaming • In-app setup guide for OBS, networking, and troubleshooting PERFECT FOR • Live streamers who need a wireless camera • YouTube / Twitch broadcasters • Pet cams and home monitoring • Content creators • Multi-camera OBS setups • Remote streaming via VPN (Tailscale supported) NETWORK SUPPORT • Same Wi-Fi — just enter IP and go • Different networks — port forwarding guide included • Cellular (LTE/5G) — works with Tailscale VPN • Hotspot — connect PC to phone hotspot PRIVACY FIRST • Local network only — no cloud, no data collection • No account required • No ads, no tracking

About

Depthlock

Preview how any photo will look on your iOS lock screen, complete with depth effects and clock placement. Automatically frames subjects behind the clock and simulates parallax. Offers tools to clean up distracting elements from images before setting them.

Highlights
  • Depth-effect wallpaper preview
  • Subject auto-framing behind clock
  • Parallax effect simulation
  • Image cleanup tools (inpainting)
  • Customizable clock typeface and size
  • Support for various image sources
Features
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Preview any photo as it will look on the iOS lock screen — with depth, motion, and the clock — before you set it. Depthlock lifts the subject out of your image using the same on-device Vision pipeline iOS uses, auto-frames it behind the clock numerals, and lets you tilt the phone to feel the spatial parallax close to what iOS renders on lock. No more setting a wallpaper just to discover the subject's head lands on the time. The preview is a close approximation, not a pixel-identical reproduction — small differences in clock weight, focal point, or parallax may appear once the wallpaper is actually set. The value is catching mismatches (head-on-clock collisions, awkward framing) before you commit. Bring any source Combine your own files with curated catalogs and preview every image for lock-screen viability: • Your files — Photos, on-device folders, Files providers (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive), Google Drive • Movies — TMDB poster catalogs (popular, trending, top-rated, in theaters, upcoming) • Space — NASA APOD plus Curiosity & Perseverance Mars rover photos • Games — RAWG curated video-game art • Wallpapers — Wallhaven curated + trending feeds • Art — the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection • Launches — SpaceX launch and mission imagery • Plus bundled samples for instant content Bring your own keys (optional) Catalog sources work out of the box on shared free-tier credentials. Want unlimited browsing or your own quota? Paste a free API key for any source in Settings; bundled defaults just work otherwise. A close preview of the lock screen • Subject lifted in front of the clock with depth occlusion • Auto-framed to mirror Apple — head under the time, body filling the lower portion • Tilt to see the parallax effect iOS applies on lock • iOS 26 Liquid Glass-style clock — refraction, specular, dark/light contrast • Customize clock typeface, size (drag handle), and front/back placement relative to your subject Clean up your wallpaper, on device The signature pain of poster wallpapers — distracting title text, watermarks, an extra person — solved without an account or a key. Brush or lasso the area, pinch to zoom in for detail work, and the bundled LaMa inpainting model handles it locally. Compose multiple passes with the erase loop; revert any step. Optional prompt-driven cleanup If you want more than mask-based inpainting — generative fills, scene rebuilds — bring your own Gemini or OpenAI key. Keys stay in your iOS Keychain and sync only through iCloud's encrypted channel. We never see them. Wallpaper edit mode Pinch and pan to position each image — persisted per wallpaper. Apple's "Extend Wallpaper" mirror reproduces natural-feeling edges. Discover and Favorites A randomized swipe stream pulls from your active sources. Favorite the ones you love and they follow you across devices via iCloud. One-tap set Install the prebuilt "Set Wallpaper" Shortcut once and it joins the share sheet from any preview — tap to hand the image straight to iOS's wallpaper picker. Privacy you can verify • No accounts. No analytics. No third-party tracking SDKs. • API requests go directly to upstream, or through a thin Cloudflare edge cache that sees URLs only — no user identity, no account to fingerprint. • API keys and OAuth tokens live in the iOS Keychain. iCloud Keychain syncs them through Apple's encrypted channel, never through us. • iCloud sync is Apple-to-Apple. Preferences and favorites ride iCloud Key-Value Store; cleanup image bytes stay device-local. Depthlock is independent and not affiliated with Apple, Google, NASA, the Art Institute of Chicago, SpaceX, RAWG, or Wallhaven. This product uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

Screenshots

OLiveCam3 screens
Depthlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OLiveCam at daily against Depthlock's every 3 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OLiveCam ships an update daily, Depthlock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
OLiveCam versus Depthlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOLiveCamDepthlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersangkoo KangRocco Juliano

In-app purchases

None

OLiveCam

No in-app purchases

None

Depthlock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OLiveCam free?
OLiveCam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Depthlock free?
Depthlock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OLiveCam or Depthlock have ads?
Neither OLiveCam nor Depthlock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OLiveCam or Depthlock?
OLiveCam ships an update daily, and Depthlock every 3 days. Most recently, OLiveCam was updated on October 25, 2026 and Depthlock on October 13, 2026.

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