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zamboknee

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Aug 10, 2009
286
11
What's a good app for using an iPhone as a Webcam?
I'd like to connect to computer via lightning.
I checked into Ivcam but that only works on windows.
 

now i see it

macrumors G4
Jan 2, 2002
11,258
24,295
While there are a couple apps that technically work, I ended up deleting them because it wasn't a very good experience. My conclusion was - just buy a dedicated web cam. They're so much better.
The fatal flaw in all iPhone/webcam setups is you've got to leave an iPhone plugged in and on and active (unlocked) while its acting as a camera.
 

BrianBaughn

macrumors G3
Feb 13, 2011
9,852
2,506
Baltimore, Maryland
Webcam Plus works well in some apps and I'm pretty sure all such apps would run up against the same limitations.


I have to say the picture looks better than a lot of cheap webcams.
 

Mt44

macrumors regular
Sep 19, 2014
158
285
Camo seems to be a popular app. I’ve downloaded it but not tried it out yet.
 
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