iVCam Webcam Reviews

by Givemedevo

Don’t waste your time

This was my original review, above.
Just about every review here addresses the issues with your app. Which are legit. I understand ads on the free version. It worked flawlessly until your latest update for the computer, which was forced. The program will not work without the updated version on the computer. After the update the camera is forced into a “fixed orientation” and does not allow it to rotate as it previously did. You have a function which allows you to switch camera or switch “side” left to right. Nothing for rotation or orientation. I tried backdating to previous versions but this will not work either. You mention in several replies to make sure the user is using the most current version. Thanks for creating a cool app that sort of works but between the ads and the connectivity issues I don’t understand. The device even requires a WiFi connection even with data and a hardline connection to the computer. I’d rather not use WiFi. Thanks for responding to my review. You should find this detailed review much more helpful.

by SLCYES

I watched a streamer recommend iVCamWebcam and i thought it would be very good since I had just built a pc and didn’t have a webcam. To my great surprise, it was totally the opposite. After the free trial, iVCamWebcam is loaded with ads that pop up ever 45 seconds. Then when I X out of them, I can’t see what the camera sees on my own phone; I only see “IVCam”. Would it make it worse if I told you that half of the time the camera doesn’t even have the correct orientation? I have to flip it a few times before I can record anything. It also spends forever focusing at its aweful framerate. I know I can’t expect everything to be good in an app that has a premium version that I’m not paying for, but they push the premium version too much and it is completely unbearable. I ordered a webcam yesterday.

by Guillermiz

The camera app works very well. If you are using the application with a professional purpose such as a live presentation make sure you have the full application. The free app comes with advertisements that can pop up an ruin your carefully prepared presentation. THE FULL iVCam APP IS TOTALLY WORTH IT. It will deliver a lot of value on your small investment. HOWEVER, don’t attempt to download the portion of iVCamWebcam that enables your phone as microphone as well. It totally ruined live my presentation. My audience couldn’t hear me. I was lucky that someone in the audience shared that they could here a voice saying “trial something”. It took me for ever to realize the problem was the e2eSoft mic application. I was still live while dealing with the microphone technical issues. My presentation started 30 minutes late. It was VERY EMBARRASSING. DO NOT ATTEMP TO USE THE MICROPHONE APPLICATION e2eSoft.

by Jeff Hutt

The paid version of iVCamWebcam works great and has lots of useful functions, except for you cannot use it very long because it either kills your battery or overheats and shuts down. I have tried on two different devices and got the same result.

When plugged into usb, latency is almost zero but it drains battery faster than usb 2.0 or usb 3.0 can provide. When using wifi while plugged into the wall, the device gets so hot it eventually errors out and shuts down after about an hour.

Not sure what to do at this point because it works well and I want to use it for long periods, but cannot. Any developer thoughts on how to fix the power consumption on iVCamWebcam?

by Ohmybobsaget

I wish this was stated more clearly before purchasing. The initial $8 was for a trial version of iVCamWebcam . I was shocked to find out that a paid app was not considered the full version.

I was hit with the infamous rate 5 stars in order to get my old function of flipping the camera back, which is silly. Shortly after I was notified that my trial had ended and I would need to pay an additional $9 to get the full version. I ended up doing so, because I do enjoy iVCamWebcam . It seems that the watermark and the ads have disappeared so that’s great.

iVCamWebcam works well enough for me and I enjoy the user interface. I just wish there was a separate free trial version and a full paid version in one transaction. I feel cheated on after the first transaction, because it was not made clear that the first purchase was for a trial. Other than that, the full version seems to be working well. USB connection works as long as you have itunes downloaded. I also recommend having Ivcam open on the iphone first before opening ivcam on pc to avoid some weird black screen issue.

by XZombiecrusherX

I just made a booster box opening with iVCamWebcam and it made my video keep freezing through out the whole video. Of course I was unaware and ended up being disappointed when rewatching to see how it came out. I like iVCamWebcam and tested it a few times before actually making my video with it being completely fine. But when making my video it made it come out horribly.

Update: I bought iVCamWebcam for $9.99 it was working great making another video I managed to notice half way through that the WiFi signal got weak for no reason. My router is only about 2 feet from where I’m sitting and everything else works fine. It started to make my video choppy again so I had to cut the video. I’m not too sure what is going on with this and why iVCamWebcam decides that the WiFi signal is weak when it’s not. I tried connecting it with a USB and it still relies on a WiFi signal. Think I will try to get a refund.

by Jmprod

I have only used it for a couple hours, but it seems to work with OBS. I paid for it, but there are still pop ups. Stopped letting me change camera lenses until I left a review. I have a good internet connection and router so it can stream 1080p 30fps well, but there seems to be a slight lag (expected - no sweat). About the same amount of lag over USB.

Update: Trial expired for the PC Client so it only works in SD and with a watermark. iVCamWebcam plus the client is more expensive than Camera for OBS. It’s not a bad app, but they weren’t upfront about this and I needed it mainly for OBS. Generally wouldn’t recommend because of this.

Update2: Realized $16 to use my existing phone as a better webcam than a $100 Logitech USB webcam isn’t a bad deal, especially after seeing the competition’s reviews. I would give this 5 stars but they should have been more upfront about the double purchase ($8 app plus full ad-free $8 client).

by EJBSK8

It works well and the video is clear. It works with all of my meeting software.

For sound you need the virtual sound card mainly to access the microphone on the phone. The rest of the sound software requires some knowledge about computer sound and the interface and mixing computer devices to operate at full capacity.
I am intrigued with the idea of using multiple iVCams. It is a nice feature to convert and iPad and iPhone into two cam-corders at the same time.

It is easy to purchase virtual video camera software by mistake (VCam). I did. Now I am try to see if I can make use of it. The VCam is unique and usable. It is not user friendly for simple screen capture. Instead, VCam acts like a camera device forbrecording into your movie making software. VCam has many effects and some editing can be performed.

I am please it does the webcam job really well. I am testing the multi camera feature. This is cool. Not convinced yet about VCam. The jury is still out on that product.

by Iamnewzealand

I love iVCamWebcam and have no complaints about how it works. However, I purchased it on the PC version (as my account is Family Shared and I can’t buy things from it using my own card) and I can’t tell you enough how obnoxious it is. Every single time the PC app needs an update, I have to play email tag with the support to reactivate my account because for some reason, it completely uninstalls the dependency file that says I have a premium account, and I’m not about to buy it again on my phone just to fix it because it’s not worth $20. If they would fix this issue, 5* for sure.

by Natefish

iVCamWebcam has been great and works as advertised. Overall, you can’t do better for the money. BUT...However, I really wish there was a way to choose which PC to connect to before it automatically connects. Where I teach, several teachers in my building have discovered how great iVCamWebcam is. However, we are all on the same network and iVCamWebcam wants to connect to the first connection it finds. I often have to close the connection several times before it finds my PC and the other teachers have to do the same. There is direct IP connection, but our IP addresses aren’t static and IP addresses are cumbersome to look up. I did reach out to the dev with these concerns a few months ago but never heard back.

by S3z3v

For the first month, it was working well for me, with two minor problems - 1) the watermark on the screen, which is fine considering iVCamWebcam is currently free, 2) once it shows an ad, I always end up having to close and restart iVCamWebcam to get the camera working again.

Now that I left a review to use the “camera flip” feature, they started showing me ads that I couldn’t close (because close button was too far up to click), and the ad never went away after restarting iVCamWebcam . (EDIT: The ad problem seems to have been mostly fixed after this review!)

by Person Who Will Remain Unknown

I was very hesitant when I got iVCamWebcam, it seemed a little to good to be true. The setup was very easy and only took a few minutes. It connected automatically to my phone and I immediately went to test it on Zoom and to my amazement it worked perfectly. The only issue I had with iVCamWebcam was the mic, I wanted to test out the mic and it allowed me to do it by echoing back my audio if I wanted, it played fine through my speaker but I couldn’t get it to play through my headset I haven’t had iVCamWebcam for very long so I hope there’s a simple solution to this, and I’m not even sure it’s a problem with iVCamWebcam .

by Commuter Bookie

I was tasked with streaming a small outdoor wedding to 200 people who couldn’t come because of the pandemic. Never did anything like it before but determined to make it great, despite no ability to have additional helpers.

Installed 3 instances of ivCam. Mounted 2 in strategic positions. Set up one attentive guest with it for a different vantage. (Added a wired in DSLR for a great main view) and fed it all into OBS. Some smooth transitions between all the views and the finished product got rave reviews.

One confusing point for me. You have great control over the camera from the ivCam application on the pc - quality, exposure, etc. and an all important setting for hardware decoding. But I could not figure out how to get to each camera instance. Sometimes I got instance #1. Sometimes #2. It was all working in OBS, but couldn’t find the ivCam controls for each of the 3 cams. Turns out that I’d you just keep launching the ivCam application, it will load the additional instances. You don’t specify which instance - just keep launching and eventually you get them all.

by Charls09

I was in need of a webcam with the ability to show a much larger area than the one that came with my laptop. I didn't want to purchase another webcam so I looked into using my iPhone. After doing some research I chose iVCamWebcam. I installed it, set it up and have used it a few times now. I used the free version first and it worked very well so I upgraded by paying $2.99 to the full version (the free version contains a watermark on the image and the upgraded does not). The full version has worked flawlessly for me so far. I highly recommend it. Setup and use is extremely fast and simple. It gets the job done.

by MoonMusic NYC

After trying out other webcam programs, I found the features and quality on iVCam to be the best. I use an iPhone 11 clamped to my monitor with a Smartrig multifunctional clamp, smartphone mount and ring light and it blows away my Logitech C922 in image quality. I get up to 4K 60 frames video with excellent low light performance.

You can use iVCam with multiple devices which EpocCam will charge you extra for and I’ve found the latency to be much better than NDI HX Camera which is a $20 app. It is also the only app I found that allows you to use the mouse wheel or keyboard keys to control zoom in/out. This is a great convenience when you want to size yourself in a screen or crop out edges of a green screen without having to reach around a mounted iPhone to pinch and zoom on a tiny screen that is facing away from you when using the better rear camera lenses.

I tried a lot of demos of these apps and finally bought the full version of iVCam and feel it’s maybe the best $10 I’ve spent on an app. If you’re a Windows user with an iPhone that you can spare during web calls then you already have a better webcam than most of the dedicated ones out there that are scarce and/or over-priced during these work-from-home times. This is frankly a no-brainer.

by Merak1

I can’t appreciate iVCamWebcam enough. Under coronavirus circumstances, I have to work from home. I put my laptop on a stand with connection to an external monitor, making the built-in webcam facing the wrong direction....I was thinking about buying a webcam so people can see my face over virtual meetings, but I just can justify to throw down money for something expected to be only useful for this period of time—-until I found iVCamWebcam! Works as intended. Free version has ads pops up periodically ON YOR PHONE ONLY, not impeding the webcam function on the computer side, so no bother to me at all. Highly recommended.

by Patty-Mick72

In these days of the pandemic everyone is using webcams and unless you want to part with or even have the cash for a really quality webcam. I’m using the iPhone 11 with a windows computer and it looks great. Like if I spent a ton of cash on a great camera. The 11 has a great camera so 9.99 for a year of premium. It’s a no brained plus cash is tight with the pandemic so I’m really glad this is there and it works cross platform. What more can I say? If your on a video call put your phone on do not disturb and take your meeting. You’ll get your texts and voicemails when you shut DND off , so no problem if you only have one phone.

by Jemraider

As a content creator, I want to make videos in the best possible quality I can. Since I was getting annoyed with the quality of my Logitech C920, I wanted to look for something MUCH better. And behold, iVCamWebcam appeared.

I cannot stress ho perfect iVCamWebcam is for m. Being able to get a webcam to record at 1080p and 60fps is a absolute blessing. And the fact that it’s using a pretty good camera from an iPhone 6 makes it even better!

I’m still going to give it 5 stars because of how much I love iVCamWebcam , but I do have one problem with it. After 15-25 minutes of using iVCamWebcam (mind you, my phone is on a cell phone mount above my monitor in the air and the top of the monitor does not blow out any hot air), I will get a temperature warning message because my phon is overheating. I tested this issue with leaving my phone on for an hour both in standby mode and with the camera app open and I didn’t get that same message. I don’t know if it’s a freak issue but I’m also getting a cooler for my phone for it.

Regardless, despite the overheating issue, I love iVCamWebcam . Once I get my setup situated, I’m definitely making a video about iVCamWebcam!

by KingBrewMonkey

A bit annoyed at that it initially is free download that works, then a week later it locks features that were working fine and requires a 5 star rating to unlock them again for use, and then becomes a trial. I wouldn’t be annoyed if this was stated up front that it is a two week trial without the seeming deception of “free” that most websites pointing to it say because they use it for 10 mins unlocked, write their review and then delete it before this junk happens.

I also am not in the web development business, so I don’t know the struggles of this field. Sometimes underhanded and deceitful tactics are used because there is no other option for success and that makes me sad.

Anyway, I’ve tried a bunch of other webcam software apps and this one just works with minimal effort compared to others that seemingly required programming skills to set up that I couldn’t figure out and don’t have much patience lately. That annoys me too.

by OJGaming

Okay so I gave this a 5 start review because it is basically perfect! I’m so happy that added USB support because I can not trust my WiFi connection. However the issue comes in (atleast for me) when I try to record from the client app on PC. I figured with the USB stability I wouldn’t have lagginess of audio and video and it would be all synced up, but boy was I wrong. This really needs to be fixed because at times it would buffer and chop up on a USB CONNECTION! Which doesn’t make much sense to me because it’s connected my USB 3.0 port. I wanted to use this to make video production easier but this is a major problem. I could understand if this happened under a WiFi connection but USB is just unforgivable. However that’s the only glitch/bug that I have had a problem with. If I use OBS just to pick up ivCam as my webcam there is no lag or stutter. The problem only comes from recording within iVCamWebcam ! Other than that I love iVCamWebcam and has really helped me step up my video production!

by Slon104

First of all. The encoding is choppy. It chopps some frames every 5 sec.
It doesn’t matter if you choose an 60FPS or 30FPS even selecting lower resolution is not helping with that chop. When you are using an 30FPS and you are speaking quickly you can’t see your mouth moving. And there is horrible lag when you are video chatting when you are using your normal microphone as the person on other end doesn’t see you lip-synch an it feels kind awkward so yeah and I payed for it as I thought that that is the problem but no. Don’t buy as it is not worth it ;)

Will update if anything changes

by CreeperRocket

After a few days it’ll remove all the good quality options, asking you to rate 5 stars to get them back. You do that, and then a few minutes later it will slam a pop up on your camera that says “TRIAL” and again, removes all the good quality options. There is an X button on the trial pop up, but once you attempt to close it, it will make you have to pay $8.99 to remove ads. They should’ve made a separate app for that. At least make one app that’s payed with all features, and another one that’s free with limited features. Don’t just screw everyone over like that. Good app gone bad.

by Sithijith123

I don’t know about videos but if you’re using this to make something like a stop motion never download this. First there’s horrible lag. And this lag just happens randomly, it works fine half of the time but the the lag kicks you have to waste your time till the camera catches up to what happened. And no this is definitely not something wrong with my internet connection. iVCamWebcam also loves not connecting to your computer, one time I spent almost 20 minutes trying to pair this garbage to the computer. And also, the camera has it’s own will, it always changes the brightness making each photo look ridiculously different. I wish I never found this. It’s been 2 days of just rage and disappointment. Hope this company will go bankrupt...

by Jk431959

Gave iVCamWebcam a try based on all the positive feedback and was highly disappointed. App would not connect to my PC. I allowed it through my firewall and Avast. I added my PC IP address to iVCamWebcam and still not connecting. I then attempted to send an email to them on their site and I get this message “There was an error trying to send your message. Please try again later” I did several times and still getting same message. My internet connection is good so that isn’t the issue either. Too bad because I was looking forward to the same experience others seem to have with a smooth working app.

by KayTeaBiscuits

Hi. So it’s good. I’m using the free version and despite the ad that goes across the screen when recording the quality of shot is good. However, I don’t know if it’s just me, the microphone is very echoey when I tried using the program with OBS. Maybe they’re not compatible like I thought but I want to stream on twitch and the echos are driving me insane. Other than that it’s easy to sync my phone with my Windows PC, so that’s good. PLEASE, if anyone has advice, let me know what I can do so I can stream!

by M_Zcroft

Hi. I tried to connect with USB and it really worked fine. I suggest to silent your phone when using app cause any sound -vibrate- is really noisy especially when you recording a video.
Unlike the other apps,on PC when you minimize the recording window it won't stop recording -Gamers will understand this part it's really annoying- If you don't have enough money for expansive webcams iVCamWebcam will do the job
Thank you <3

by Arcanine101

It turned my phone into a webcam and was pretty easy to use. Connected to my discord and worked well for video calls without having to switch to my phone app. The only bad thing is the watermark that flies across the screen every few minutes. But for a no cost alternative I can live with that.

One time it did stop workin because I didn’t update so make sure you update the drivers.

by Devicetattoo

I’ve downloaded many apps which claim to easily connect Wi-Fi to remotely function other software applications. None of which stand up to their claims of “ease-of-use”, most don’t work at all.
iVCams free version DOES have annoying ADDS which block your view and distracts from the flow. BUT the free version allows you to see how seamlessly iVCamWebcam WORKS connecting the iPaD/Wi-Fi.
Within 30 seconds of use I mediately bought the non-add version for 2.99.
iVCamWebcam is wonderful and stands up to its claims. 👏

by Someone9009

Thank you so much, it was simple and very fast to make it work on Windows 10.
On top of that you are allowing your users to change camera settings, witch makes you automatically #1 app of this caliber.
For now I will just watch all ads to support you. If there would be no crashes I will 💯 perches full version.

Thank you devs!

by Debgat2

It didn’t connect well with my laptop and comes in very pixilated. I wrongly thought this was an app problem only to later discover it was really my laptops slow processing speed.
iVCamWebcam support people were very helpful and kind though I was stressed and wrongfully blaming their app for not working.
Very good customer service!

by GNoMeJoda

After trying several webcam apps I have to say that iVCam is by far the best execution of this concept. Easy to install, easy to use, and lowest latency on the video feed when compared to other apps. Well done!!
After using the free app a couple of times I was happy to pay the $2.99 for the full version.

by Bruxxxus

I tried a few of these iPhone to webcam apps and this is the first one that just worked exactly how I expected and worked well.

Although, asking for a 5 star review sounds like something that would be against Apples ToS... willing to give it a good rating anyways since it works really well.

by Malclair

Okay so I’ve had iVCamWebcam for months and now it decides to only connect through my Wi-Fi and I’m follow the instructions as told it says iTunes must be installed to be able to use Via USB and now everytime I connect it iVCamWebcam doesn’t recognize my computer only through wi do PLEASE HELP ME!