Comparison

Reaction Studio vs Airlive Camera

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Reaction Studio

Features
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React to anything. Reaction Studio lets you record your face over any video, edit it, and share straight to TikTok, Reels, and Shorts all on your iPhone. 2-WAY CAMERA Record your front and back cameras at the same time. React to whatever's in front of you in the real world, your face sits in a corner while the back camera captures the moment. REACT TO YOUR FEED Scroll your real TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube feed and screen-record it with your front-camera reaction overlaid live. You choose exactly what to capture. RECORD OVER ANY VIDEO Import from your camera roll or paste a link, then record your reaction picture-in-picture. Set exactly where the reaction starts, and resize, move, and style your camera box. FULL EDITOR Trim, split, and remove sections. Add captions, text, stickers, intros, outros, title cards, and a progress bar. Choose picture-in-picture, side-by-side, or split layouts. COMMUNITY Post your reactions to the feed, follow other creators, and collaborate on reactions together all built in. CLOUD BACKUP Save your reactions privately to the cloud so they're safe even if you lose your phone. Only you can see your cloud videos. SMART AUDIO — NO FEEDBACK Headphone detection, echo cancellation, noise suppression, and automatic speaker ducking stop audio loopback so your recordings sound clean. Control video and mic volume independently, mute either, or go full voice-over. EXPORT & SHARE Render in 1080p for Reels, TikTok, Shorts, feed, or landscape. Save to your camera roll or share anywhere in one tap. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Reaction Studio only records what you choose to capture. It never accesses other apps' data or feeds, and your videos stay private to you.

About

Airlive Camera

Transform your iPhones into a wireless multicam studio for streaming. Connect multiple devices over Wi-Fi to a free Mac receiver or OBS, with features like tally lights and remote camera control. Enjoy a free, watermark-free recording experience, with an optional one-time purchase to remove live stream watermarks.

Highlights
  • Wireless multicam streaming
  • Free Mac receiver and OBS plugin
  • Tally lights for camera operators
  • Remote camera control (ISO, shutter, zoom)
  • Manual camera settings
  • Adjustable latency for sync
  • Open source protocol
Features
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Turn the iPhones you already own into a wireless multicam studio. Stream over your own Wi-Fi to a free Mac receiver or straight into OBS — no IP addresses, no pairing, no accounts, no subscription. FINDS YOUR RECEIVER BY ITSELF Open the app — it discovers your Mac on the local network and reconnects automatically if the connection drops. Nothing to configure. A REAL MULTICAM, FOR FREE Connect as many iPhones as your network handles. Watch every camera in live multiview on the free Airlive Bridge for Mac, switch programs, and route the output onward — NDI®, SRT, RTSP, or clean HDMI. Or skip the Mac entirely with the free OBS plugin. TALLY ON EVERY PHONE Green when cued, red when on air. Every operator knows, nobody guesses. CONTROL EVERY CAMERA FROM THE MAC ISO, shutter, white balance, lens, zoom — adjusted live from the receiver, with real device-accurate ranges for each iPhone. MANUAL EVERYTHING Shutter, ISO, focus, white balance, color spaces, LUT import — everything your iPhone supports. ISO compensation holds the same exposure when you switch lenses, live. LATENCY YOU SET, NOT SUFFER Pick a fixed delay preset — the same known latency on every camera, so multicam stays in sync. ENGINEERED TO RUN COOL The whole pipeline is tuned for heat, end to end: the sensor rests at 1080p until you record in 4K, one color pass per frame, hardware video encode. Designed for extended shoots. FREE. $14.99 ONCE. THAT'S ALL. Recording is free and always watermark-free. Live streams carry a small corner watermark — a one-time $14.99 purchase removes it. No subscription, no feature gates, no account. OPEN ECOSYSTEM The wire protocol is open — build your own receiver, or use the free Bridge and OBS plugins. github.com/airlive-project Requires iPhone 11 or newer, iOS 17+. Receivers: Airlive Bridge (macOS 13+) or the free OBS plugin (OBS 30+, macOS 14+). Camera and receiver must be on the same network.

Screenshots

Reaction Studio3 screens
Airlive Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reaction Studio at none against Airlive Camera's 1. Reaction Studio also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Airlive Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Reaction Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reaction Studio ships an update every 4 days, Airlive Camera every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Reaction Studio versus Airlive Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReaction StudioAirlive Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB5 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperShane BedaseeDavyd Yevsiukov

In-app purchases

None

Reaction Studio

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Airlive Camera

One-time1
  • Remove Livestream Watermark$14.99

Questions

Is Reaction Studio free?
Reaction Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Airlive Camera free?
Airlive Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Reaction Studio or Airlive Camera have ads?
Neither Reaction Studio nor Airlive Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reaction Studio or Airlive Camera?
Reaction Studio ships an update every 4 days, and Airlive Camera every 2 weeks. Most recently, Reaction Studio was updated on October 28, 2026 and Airlive Camera on October 31, 2026.

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