OverlayNow vs StreamNow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
OverlayNow
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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 10à 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.
StreamNow
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Go live from your phone in three taps. No desktop, no capture card, no encoder box StreamNow sends your camera or your whole screen straight to YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, TikTok or any RTMP server you own. Overlays, logos and sports scoreboards are composited into the outgoing video by the native engine, so your viewers see a finished broadcast instead of a raw phone camera. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add a destination pick a platform preset, or paste your own RTMP / RTMPS URL and stream key. 2. Choose your source front camera, back camera, or your entire screen. 3. Tap Go Live. Bitrate, frame rate and connection health update every second while you stream. CAMERA STREAMING ⢠Front and back camera with instant flip, pinch zoom and torch control ⢠720p or 1080p at 10, 30, 50 or 60 fps you choose resolution and frame rate separately ⢠Adaptive bitrate quietly steps quality down and back up when the network dips, instead of dropping you ⢠Automatic reconnect if the connection breaks mid-broadcast ⢠Privacy shield blanks the video without ending the stream ⢠Mute the mic or pause the whole broadcast with one tap the connection stays alive ⢠Noise suppression and front-camera mirroring toggles SCREEN BROADCASTING ⢠Stream everything on your screen: gameplay, tutorials, app demos, classes, presentations ⢠Portrait and landscape, both fully supported ⢠App audio and mic go out together, so viewers hear the game and you ⢠Starts from the system broadcast picker and keeps running while you play ⢠Your overlay layout travels with the broadcast arrange it before you go live OVERLAYS AND SPORTS SCOREBOARDS ⢠Text, image and logo layers, dragged and sized exactly where you want them ⢠Live scoreboards for football, basketball, tennis and billiards ⢠Two skins per scoreboard clean glass, or a full TV-style broadcast bar ⢠Control the score, the clock and the period from the same screen you are streaming from ⢠Save any arrangement as a preset and load it for the next match ⢠Separate preset sets for vertical 9:16 and horizontal 16:9, so nothing lands off-canvas RECORD WHILE YOU STREAM Keep a local copy of the broadcast on your device while it goes out live useful for highlights, reuploads and reviewing the game afterwards. BUILT FOR SMOOTHNESS Capture, encoding and the network socket all live in native code. Video frames never pass through the interface layer, which is why the frame rate holds steady, the battery lasts, and switching screens inside the app never disturbs a running broadcast. WHY CREATORS CHOOSE STREAMNOW ⢠No account and no sign-up a stream key is all it takes ⢠No watermark burned into your video ⢠Stream keys are kept in the device keychain, never uploaded anywhere ⢠Works with any RTMP or RTMPS ingest, from the big platforms to your own server ⢠Dark, one-handed interface designed to be used while something else is happening Whether you are calling a Sunday league match, streaming a mobile game, running a class or going live to your followers, StreamNow puts the whole broadcast in your pocket. EULA This app is licensed under Apple's Standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ DISCLAIMER StreamNow is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by YouTube, Google, Twitch, Amazon, Facebook, Meta or TikTok. All trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners. Streaming to a platform requires your own account on that platform and is subject to that platform's own terms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: StreamNow at none against OverlayNow's 1. OverlayNow's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. OverlayNow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. StreamNow asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | OverlayNow | StreamNow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No ā better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alive Media | Niral Kabariya |
In-app purchases
OverlayNow
- Remove Watermark$3.99
StreamNow
No in-app purchases









