ShardCast vs LensLink Camera

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

LensLink Camera turns your iPhone or iPad into a camera for OBS Studio. Mount the phone, open the app, and it appears in OBS as a video source over Wi-Fi or a USB cable — with the picture quality the phone's camera is actually capable of. Picture first Up to 4K at 60 fps, HEVC or H.264, with 120 and 240 fps available where the camera has them 10-bit HDR (HLG) and Apple Log on supported devices Balanced or Maximum quality: Maximum finds the most your connection can carry Every lens, with the Camera app's lens buttons Controls that stay out of the way Tap to focus, hold to lock focus and exposure, drag for brightness, pinch to zoom One tray for exposure, shutter, white balance and focus, with faces-first autofocus The same controls in a browser panel on your computer, and in OBS itself Remember camera settings: a shot dialed in once stays dialed-in Built for production Remote start: OBS starts the camera while the app sits idle Tally light: a colored border says when you're on air Pause with a held picture instead of a frozen frame Keeps streaming beside other apps on iPads that support it Automatic lip-sync: the plugin measures latency and aligns your real microphone Virtual green screen, right on the phone Mirror your whole screen with app audio Siri and Shortcuts Private by design Nothing is recorded on the phone, and nothing leaves your local network. No account, no sign-in, no analytics. Requires OBS Studio and the free, open-source LensLink plugin for Mac, Windows or Linux: https://lenslink.cam