LensLink vs TetherCam

Use your iPhone as a wireless webcam and live stream camera for OBS Studio and Streamlabs. Connect over Wi-Fi or a USB cable, add one Browser Source, and go live in about 2 minutes — no plugin, no desktop app, no IP addresses. LensLink streams high-quality H.264 video from your iPhone or iPad straight to OBS Studio or Streamlabs using WebRTC. Add it as an OBS Browser Source and your phone becomes a dedicated camera angle — instantly. WHY STREAMERS CHOOSE LENSLINK No plugin needed. LensLink works through a standard OBS Browser Source, so over Wi-Fi there is nothing to install on your Mac or PC besides the OBS Studio or Streamlabs you already use. For USB on Windows, iTunes or Apple Devices must be installed. Wi-Fi or USB. Stream over your local Wi-Fi, or connect with a USB cable or hotspot when there is no shared network. No capture card needed. Zero-config setup. Open the app, tap Start Streaming, then copy the link (or scan the QR code) into an OBS Browser Source. No IP addresses to type, no router settings to touch. Low-latency streaming. By default, video travels over your local network — not the internet — so you get the responsiveness you need for live production without cloud upload delays. Clean, streamer-first interface. Every control is where you expect it. Flashlight, zoom, microphone mute, resolution and audio quality are all one tap away, without leaving your stream. A short guided tour shows you around, and the layout works in portrait and landscape. Private by design. No account needed and no cloud upload: by default your video stays on your local network. PERFECT FOR - Streamers who want a dedicated face-cam, over-the-shoulder, second-camera or B-roll angle - YouTubers shooting solo setups without a dedicated camera or capture card - Podcasters adding a professional video source to their OBS scene - Content creators who already own a phone and want to unlock it as a camera HOW IT WORKS 1. Open LensLink on your iPhone and tap Start Streaming 2. Open OBS Studio or Streamlabs on your Mac or PC 3. Add a Browser Source and paste the link shown in LensLink (or scan the QR code) 4. You're live No account needed. No cloud. By default, your video stays on your local network. GOOD TO KNOW LensLink is a camera source for OBS Studio and Streamlabs. It does not install a system-wide virtual webcam, so it is not meant for video-call apps. LENSLINK PRO (OPTIONAL) LensLink is free to start: stream at 720p and 30 fps with no watermark. Pro removes the watermark from 1080p streams and unlocks camera switching while you stream and a custom streaming port. It also adds 60 fps and 4K video on phones that support them. Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. TECHNICAL DETAILS - Protocol: WebRTC / WHIP - Encoding: H.264 hardware-accelerated via VideoToolbox - Connection: local network (Wi-Fi) or USB cable / hotspot, no internet required - OBS integration: Browser Source (no plugin required) - Discovery: Automatic via Bonjour / mDNS LensLink is built for streamers who want professional results without professional complexity. Your phone. Pro camera. For OBS. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://apps.conectlens.com/lenslink/policy/privacy OBS, OBS Studio, Streamlabs, Wi-Fi and iPhone are trademarks of their respective owners. LensLink is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Screenshots use illustrative imagery.

Your iPhone, instead of a webcam. TWO APPS, ONE CABLE TetherCam is two free apps. TetherCam for Mac is downloaded from tethercam.app; TetherCam for iPhone is this one. Install both, connect the phone to the Mac with the USB cable you already own, and the iPhone shows up as the camera "TetherCam" on the Mac, in the same camera picker as the built-in one. It works in every Mac app that lists system cameras: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, FaceTime, QuickTime Player, Safari, Chrome and the rest. Zoom and Microsoft Teams were verified on 10 September 2026. Nothing travels over Wi-Fi, nothing passes through a server, nothing is uploaded anywhere. There is no account, no pairing code and no discovery step. The cable is the whole path, which is why the picture stays stable in a crowded room where wireless cameras start to stutter. WHAT YOU NEED An iPhone with iOS 17 or newer, a Mac with macOS 14 or newer, and the USB cable that came with the phone. The free TetherCam Mac app asks once for approval of its camera extension in System Settings; after that the camera is simply there. THE HONEST LIMITS The Mac app carries the picture only. A Mac camera extension has no audio stream, so the sound stays with the Mac's own microphone. Audio over the cable exists, but only on the OBS path below. This iPhone app stays open in the foreground while it sends. The phone serves one receiver at a time. The Mac app and the OBS plugin are not used together; whichever connects second is told that the line is busy. ON THE PHONE Live preview from the moment you open the app, before anything is connected. A camera and lens picker for the wide, ultra wide and telephoto lenses or the front camera, switching the stream immediately. Automatic rotation that follows the horizon rather than the interface. Turn the phone and the picture stays level, because the orientation is resolved on the capture side. There is a manual angle override when you want to decide yourself. Hardware HEVC encoding, which keeps the phone cool and the latency low. A diagnostics panel that shows what is actually happening: listener state, connection, frames per second, bitrate and the measured levelling residual. FOR STREAMING AND RECORDING: OBS STUDIO The TetherCam plugin for OBS Studio is the pro path, also free and also at tethercam.app. It adds a source called TetherCam directly in OBS, finds the phone through the same cable, and it is the only path that brings the microphone of the phone across as well. PRIVACY No account, no analytics, no advertising, no purchases. The camera picture goes to your own Mac and nowhere else. Nothing is collected. TetherCam for iPhone is free and open source under the MIT licence at github.com/Kanevry/tethercam.