Iriun Webcam for PC and Mac Reviews

by SuperMcSchwiftyWhyAppDontWork

So I got IriunWebcam for my phone to save myself some money from having to buy a new camera. It worked great the first time, then after I got everything set up the second time, IriunWebcam decided to take a nosedive. I tried restarting both apps on my phone and computer, disconnected and reconnected the cable multiple times, tried a different cable, but nothing. This is the second time I have gone through this problem with one of these types of apps, and they seem to have the same issue. Just buy a real webcam that doesn’t require you to install an app to connect it, just install the drivers and everything. If the free version doesn’t work, then the pro version won’t work either after trying it for the second time.

by Groom2020

I installed iriun and it worked great the first time I used it . I thought this would be a great piece of software to use for our Zoom Wedding. The second time I tried to use IriunWebcam it took about 15 minutes to connect. The third time was even harder. On the day of the wedding we couldn’t get it to connect at all! Fortunately , we had a back up plan.

Bottom line, IriunWebcam is not reliable.

by Argie M.

I have IriunWebcam connected from my iPad to my Windows PC. It works nicely if you’re just running IriunWebcam on both computer and iPad. Problem is that on the computer the program window will be small and you can’t resize it. When I tried using it as a webcam for zoom and jamkazam the results were the same. The visuals in both kept repeatedly blinking from the picture to black. I felt like a stroke warning should have been issued before I made my attempts. On zoom I tried sharing my screen and it worked, but again the screen was small and I couldn’t resize it. I paid $6.99 for screen control on my iPad but there are only a few things you can do: Flip camera, mirror, and brighten. I can’t really use brighten because my iPad doesn’t have a flashlight. I hope that if IriunWebcam gets funded even more so that there would be more screen control options such as video filters, fix the blinking, and let’s me resize the window on my computer.

by Ccoltmanm

Ran this for months as a teacher. Then with some updates Zoom now flickers and makes this unusable. The new desktop app doesn’t always connect, and then there is a race of restarting IriunWebcam and the desktop app until it works, then it doesn’t. Two stars because it did work and offered HD for free.

by R.Oles

I’m giving it three stars because I’m not sure if it deserves five stars because it would be nice if there was app support.
I have a very simple question to ask and I would like to know if IriunWebcam supports the recording of audio. there’s no documentation of that and while trying to use this application to record footage straight into iMovie I can’t get audio regardless of any attempt that I try.
So far the video capture is amazing. But audio support would be much appreciated and I think the developer should get out in front of this and be more available.

by Md. Atik Hasan

Sometime I am unable to connect the wireless cam from my phone to PC even if both of the devices are in the same WiFi network. Other than the webcam is fine to me.

by Security Researcher

It's great that IriunWebcam exists, and has a Linux client!

I find it works well with the front camera, but frustratingly on an iPhone 11 the back camera tends to always focus on the background / infinity, rather than the user's face. Even in Pro mode there isn't an option to adjust the focus.

Probably the ideal thing would be to have face detection focus, and an option for Apple's camera's portrait mode, if iOS APIs allow it!

Would also appreciate a way to hide the image when using the front camera, it can be distracting to always have a large mirror while on video...

by Longtt32

To anyone with wifi problem, share wifi from your phone to your computer, it will fix it. I know it’s annoying but its the only way possible

by Royce Chamberlin

IriunWebcam works great on both my phone and my laptop, I only wish he could connect via USB and not only Wi-Fi. Sometimes my camera will lag because of the connection where that would not happen is it was a USB connection

by Ademen02

Im having problems on my pc, every time i turn off or restart my computer, theres a transparent black box at the top left of my screen idk what it is but, when i uninstall it from my pc and restart its gone, idk why this problem happens but i hope its fixed
(I have Windows 10)

by Joshua Super Boy

So i have been looking for a program for years to turn my phone into a webcam for my pc. I have finally found the perfect app to do so. I have been using IriunWebcam for about a year now, i think. IriunWebcam has never had a single issue for me and IriunWebcam has always worked great without issues. I have bought the in app purchase for IriunWebcam too, since the cost was not that much. All other camera apps i have used before this one had issues. Plus all the other apps i have used for this sort of things had resolutions and many features behind a monthly payment or just expensive in app purchases. Which was required to have features, Such as controlling it with my PC. Best webcam app i have used honestly and i like it. Keep up the good work, you are doing great.

by D0UD

Only other feature I would like would be the ability to record video vertically. You can turn the phone, but it just turns the video you see sideways.

by 08540

This is a very useful program. Suggested enhancement: support multiple cameras connected at a time (perhaps by running a second copy or by providing a single copy that can talk to multiple instances of Iriun).

by Juanaridez

I think IriunWebcam is amazing but please guys... the only downfall I see right now is that I paid for the pro features and I can’t seem to lock exposure like it’s supposed to. There’s no difference between the free version and the paid pro version. Please fix !!

by PhilHj

I am so happy to have found IriunWebcam. Initially Zoom did not support it, but once I updated the Zoom app, Iriun was on the list. I had been shopping web cams but Iriun came along and ended my search. It’s just what I needed. Iriun makes my iPhone SE 2 into great webcam for my modest purposes, mostly Zoom a few times a week.

by Amir Limame

I’ve been using IriunWebcam for around 2 years, and it’s extremely simple and reliable. No bloatware on the PC client, just a simple setup that installs a video and audio service and works flawlessly. From online meetings to streaming, Iriun never disappoints. I’ve tried other apps and they were horrible. IriunWebcam is easily the best choice and I have recommended it to many friends.

by Ronny-B

- no watermarks, there is a pro version but the free one is completely usable. Pro just adds some features.
- PC app works well, and minimizes to the system tray.
- It appears you have to set the number of cameras you want to use while installing and it could be nice to be able to add another camera at anytime but can’t complain that multiple cameras is even an option.
- Overall 9.9/10 👍

by Ark.seanyt

Before i start please add portrait mode thanks, I love the free version so much that i bought the 699 version or extension anyways the video quality is great love how you can use the flash light and change the res on the cam, the only thing i didnt like about IriunWebcam was that i couldnt change anything on my pc so thats the reason i bought the better version. I would give IriunWebcam a 4.5 if i could

by Alex Waffle

The other day I was using IriunWebcam to record a face cam video and it was working completely fine. The next day I open IriunWebcam on my phone and my PC and it’s not connecting. They’re both on the same wifi network, I’ve tried restarting my PC, deleting both apps and re installing them, connecting my phone to a usb, and still nothing. This has been an issue for 3 days now. Please fix your app cause I’m sure there is a lot of other people with the same problem. Thank you

by Glindwood

The Iriun app worked flawlessly between my laptop and my iPhone during a Zoom call painting demo that I did. I watched two different reviewers online who recommended IriunWebcam…I am so glad to have found IriunWebcam! 😍

by Vasquezhector39

IriunWebcam looks very nice and promising, but when I try to install the Mac version for my computer (from the website) I get a pop up that says “Iriun Webcam 1 pkg can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer.” Also says something about security preferences. This has me wondering about the security of IriunWebcam, since my Mac won’t even install it. 1 star for now until this is fixed.

UPDATE: When I googled this error message, there is a way around it on the Mac, but it mentions bypassing Apple’s strict security checks. So I’m still wondering if IriunWebcam is secure or not??

by PotataoSaladPhew

For the life of me I don’t understand why this doesn’t have USB support. It literally would’ve been, and I’m not exaggerating, the premium version of any other cam app here if it had this one small feature with the USB. The problem with WiFi is the lag and the latency. People wouldn’t have minded just plugging in their phone or that just being an option along with the wireless one. Other than that, I love that video quality change is free, I really can’t complain about a lot. But because of that minor problem I will still find myself using the other cams. Too bad, as I really liked the free features here. I’ll give it ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️/2

by Nebbythethanosfurry

for the past like 2 weeks it has been occasionally connecting and then not connecting most of the time I turn it on on my phone i connect my pc to the same wifi as my phone but it just won't connect i need it every day for school google meets and i don't have any other webcam apps i can use it was great before but now it just doesn't connect

by 101_song

IriunWebcam is great and all but it is missing just one feature

It needs a mode where we can use usb and not only through wifi

by Lije Jaja

I have a problem with the PC application since by default it is transmitted in 4K (the highest resolution of my phone) and when I want to modify it to 1080 or 720 it does not make any changes, and because of this, the video gets stuck very often. Otherwise, IriunWebcam is excellent.

by Miguel A Briones

You have to approve your laptop in security settings to install, after you install it it works fine. But I like to know about sound. Is it available? Thank you 🙏🏻👍🏻👌🏻

by SprinklesTheEmu

I don’t know why it was so unbelievably difficult to find the ONE APP that supports just simply using your phone’s camera as a webcam and does NOTHING ELSE. Nothing. Nada. There are no settings, no options, and no godd—- purchases to unlock “the not awful version” under some sort of pretentious “Pro” moniker.

It does ONE THING and ONE THING ALONE and it does it perfectly fine. Thank you sincerely, developers. Thank you for not adding a proprietary blend of 11 herbs and spices to this and slapping on a paywall. Thank you for ending my suffering and blessing me with this easy-to-use and mind-bogglingly simple tool to accomplish the task I had to do. A task, mind you, which was otherwise made incalculably more difficult to accomplish by the walled garden Apple has on app development, barring simple open-source solutions from making people’s lives easier.

TLDR; app work good, get it.

by Minecraft PE User

I was thinking of getting a webcam because my laptop’s (Windows Laptop) camera wasn’t too good. I found IriunWebcam from a video and I downloaded it instead of buying a webcam. Mostly for Zoom. I got everything up, but the first time, it could not find my phone. I closed out IriunWebcam on both my laptop and phone and it finally found it on the second try. It worked well, but the frames weren’t that good. I decided to close out IriunWebcam again. It found my phone very quickly again, but then the amount of frames per second was amazing. I couldn’t believe how smooth it was. I definitely recommend this for video calls. I also love the fact that you didn’t have to do much to make it work. Just download, wait for it to find your phone, change zoom camera to Iriun, and you’re done. Amazing.

by Ironwright

IriunWebcam is excellent for video conferencing because it’s simple, reliable, and there are no logins or passwords. It just works!
That being said, I would like to suggest that future versions of the desktop software be able to support video from multiple devices. It would be handy to be able to switch between two different input cameras during a meeting.

by Julie-yo

I wanted to use my phone as a camera for a livestream, and control the stream from my MacBook Pro. I was surprised I needed an external app to do this, but so glad IriunWebcam exists! It worked immediately with the OBS software and is super simple to use. It works via WiFi so no need for cords, ideal as well since macs barely have anywhere to plug into anymore. Thank you, kind developers, for your service!

by Robonxt

It's a great app to transmit camera feed from phone to PC. However somehow audio doesn't get captured (not sure if intended). Would suggest adding portrait mode, better visibility of buttons, and more robust FPS/camera quality selector, as switching between different quality is unreliable without a restart