Madcam vs Camkite Camera for OBS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Madcam
Transform photos and videos with AI using text or voice prompts. Create stylized portraits, cinematic edits, and generate images, videos, music, and even interactive mini-apps. Features a powerful camera and a multimodal AI chat assistant.
- AI-powered photo and video editing via text/voice prompts
- Text-to-image and text-to-video generation
- AI song generator
- Mini-app builder with no coding required
- Multimodal AI chat assistant
- Dual camera with picture-in-picture overlay
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Madcam is the all-in-one AI creative studio built into your camera. Shoot a photo, speak or type what you want, and AI transforms it — stylized portraits, cinematic edits, artistic filters, or anything you can describe. Your edit processes in the background and lands in your camera roll the moment it's ready. POWERFUL CAMERA • Dual camera: shoot front + back simultaneously with a live picture-in-picture overlay • Pinch-to-zoom, tap-to-focus, countdown timer, and volume button shutter • Screen flash for perfect front-facing shots in any light AI PHOTO EDITING • Edit photos with a simple text or voice prompt • Choose from a curated library of styles and filters, or create and save your own • "Surprise Me" picks a creative edit for you • Side-by-side before/after preview for every edit GENERATE ANYTHING • Text-to-image: describe a photo and watch it appear • Text-to-video & image-to-video: animate your ideas into short clips • AI song generator: create original music by describing a vibe, genre, or mood • Mini-app builder: describe an app and get a fully working interactive tool — no coding required AI CHAT • A full multimodal AI assistant built in — send text, voice, images, and files • Ask questions, brainstorm ideas, extract prompts from photos, or build apps in conversation MUSIC PLAYER • Play your AI-generated songs with a full-featured player • Scratch the vinyl, tune the EQ, shift pitch — it's a studio in your pocket • Apple Music integration included NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. EVER. We believe subscriptions are unfair. With Madcam, you simply top up credits and use them however you want, at your own pace. No monthly fees. No pressure. The only creative app you'll ever need.
Camkite Camera for OBS
Transform your phone into a high-quality webcam for OBS Studio or stream directly from your device. Offers seamless integration with OBS and robust direct streaming capabilities for live creators.
- Phone camera as OBS source
- Direct RTMP streaming
- Saved stream profiles
- QR code profile import
- Camera controls
- Video quality controls
- Optional chat overlay
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Camkite Camera for OBS helps creators use their phone as a clean live camera for OBS Studio, or stream directly from the phone when a mobile setup makes more sense. Use OBS Camera mode with the Camkite OBS plugin to bring your phone into a scene without complicated setup. Pair automatically on your local network, control camera options from OBS, and keep your phone preview simple while OBS handles the show. Use Direct Stream mode when you want to go live from your phone without OBS. Save stream profiles, import stream settings from QR codes, and stream to RTMP destinations with camera, microphone, quality, and chat overlay controls available in one place. Features: • Phone camera source for OBS Studio (OMT over the network) • Direct RTMP streaming from the phone • Saved stream profiles • QR code profile import • Front and rear camera controls • Rear lens selection when supported • Camera stabilization when supported • Split camera layouts when supported • HDR camera mode when supported • Optional phone-side chat overlay for supported stream profiles • Video quality controls with adaptive bitrate behavior • Microphone mute and audio level display • Simple creator-focused settings Camkite is built for live creators who want fewer setup steps and a more polished phone camera workflow. Some features require a Camkite Pro subscription, including higher video resolutions, HDR, and watermark removal. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Madcam at every 3 days against Camkite Camera for OBS's every 3 weeks. Madcam also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 1). Camkite Camera for OBS's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Madcam sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Camkite Camera for OBS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Madcam against 5.0 for Camkite Camera for OBS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Madcam has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Madcam ships an update every 3 days, Camkite Camera for OBS every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Madcam | Camkite Camera for OBS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 222 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gigabizon Inc. | Abelardo Ricart |
Customer experience
Madcam
Camkite Camera for OBS
In-app purchases
Madcam
- 5,000 Credits$4.99
- 10,000 Credits$9.99
- 25,000 Credits$24.99
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- 50,000 Credits$49.99
- 100,000 Credits$99.99
- 200,000 Credits$199.99
Camkite Camera for OBS
- Camkite Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
- Camkite Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
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