ShardCast vs OverlayNow

Stream. Record. Screen share. Keep going when you leave the app. ShardCast turns your iPhone or iPad into a mobile live studio for creators who want a real production workflow without carrying a laptop everywhere. STREAM AND RECORD • Go live to Twitch or compatible RTMP destinations • Record locally without going live • Stream and record at the same time • Keep a separate high-quality local copy while broadcasting • Stream up to 2K and record camera video up to 4K on supported devices and setups • Save recordings to Photos, Files, or compatible external storage such as an SSD SINGLE CAMERA OR TRUE DUAL CAMERA • Use the front or rear camera • Switch between available rear lenses • Adjust front-camera zoom where supported • Use simultaneous front-and-rear cameras on supported devices • Choose front-main or rear-main Dual Camera layouts • Move and resize your Facecam / Picture in Picture directly on screen Dual Camera is available free with ShardCast-branded output. SCREEN SHARING WITH FACECAM • Share mobile gameplay, apps, walkthroughs, presentations, and other screen content • Keep your facecam visible while sharing • Record screen-based sessions locally • Stream your screen live with your camera included • Capture supported system audio and microphone audio Screen Sharing is available free with ShardCast-branded output. BUILT FOR REAL MOBILE MULTITASKING Check Maps. Open Safari. Use Files. In supported workflows, ShardCast can keep an active session going while you use another app, then let you return to your studio controls without rebuilding your setup. SCENES AND STREAM CHECK • Use Starting Soon, BRB, and Stream Ended scenes • Built-in scenes are available to everyone • Pin your most-used scenes for quick access • Prepare destination, quality, camera, audio, and scenes with Stream Check • Monitor essential stream status and health information • Add supported lightweight alert sources TWITCH AND CUSTOM RTMP • Connect your Twitch account • Read Twitch chat inside ShardCast • Send and reply to Twitch chat with ShardCast Pro • Create Twitch clips from supported controls • Stream manually to compatible Custom RTMP destinations • Record locally without connecting Twitch APPLE WATCH AND WIDGETS • Use ShardCast Deck controls from Apple Watch • Access live, recording, scene, clip, and creator actions from your wrist where available • Use ShardCast Home Screen widgets on iPhone and iPad • Jump quickly into Single Camera, Screen Sharing, Scenes, and Stream Check • View ready, recording, live, and live-plus-recording status at a glance SHARDCAST PRO Try ShardCast Pro free for 7 days if eligible. Pro includes: • Clean output without ShardCast branding on Dual Camera and Screen Sharing • Custom image and GIF artwork for stream scenes • Higher recording and streaming quality options where supported • 1440p and 4K recording options where supported • Up to 2K streaming where supported • 60 FPS options where supported • Higher bitrate headroom and Low Latency Mode • Twitch chat send and reply • Advanced overlay and alert-source controls MADE FOR CREATORS AWAY FROM THE DESK ShardCast is useful for mobile gameplay, IRL streaming, outdoor streams, talking-head videos, reactions, walkthroughs, event coverage, behind-the-scenes content, and screen sharing with facecam. Feature availability and performance depend on your device, storage, destination, account connection, selected quality settings, and network conditions. Test important sessions before relying on a new setup. Privacy Policy: https://diaclasticstudios.com/shardcast/privacy Terms of Use: https://diaclasticstudios.com/shardcast/eula

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.