Comparison

StreamNow vs FaceBubble

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

Head to head
About

StreamNow

Features
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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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FaceBubble

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FaceBubble puts your face in a floating bubble over anything - your screen or your back camera. Record to Photos, or go LIVE to Twitch, YouTube and Facebook in real time. DUAL - TWO CAMERAS, ONE TAP Film the front and back cameras at the same time. Your reaction and the scene land in one finished video - no editing, straight to Photos. Perfect for vlogs, travel, unboxings and interviews. SCREEN - YOUR FACE OVER ANY APP Record your screen with a live camera overlay. The bubble stays on top while you switch apps, browse, play or demo - ideal for gameplay, reactions and tutorials. GO LIVE Stream either mode to Twitch, YouTube or Facebook in real time. Pick a destination, tap Go Live, done. MAKE IT YOURS • Drag the bubble anywhere, pinch to resize, tap to swap cameras • Choose the bubble shape - separately for each mode • Full-bleed portrait canvas in dual mode • Flip and rotate cameras on the fly SIMPLE BY DESIGN No account, no watermark, no subscription. Everything stays on your iPhone. A single one-time in-app purchase is available.

Screenshots

StreamNow4 screens
FaceBubble3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FaceBubble at none against StreamNow's shown. StreamNow's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. StreamNow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and FaceBubble sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
StreamNow versus FaceBubble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStreamNowFaceBubble
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNiral KabariyaFirm and steady OU

In-app purchases

3 purchases

StreamNow

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Yearly$39.991 Year
1 purchases

FaceBubble

One-time1
  • Application support$9.99

Questions

Is StreamNow free?
StreamNow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FaceBubble free?
FaceBubble is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do StreamNow or FaceBubble have ads?
StreamNow shows ads; FaceBubble does not.

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