New in 4.1: vertical canvases for OBS 32.1 and Aitum Vertical - and with Pro, an activity feed for your follows, subs and Super Chats, and chat read out loud.
DISCLAIMER: This app is not in any way affiliated with OBS (Open Broadcaster Software). It's an unofficial, open source app to control OBS (https://github.com/Kounex/obs_blade)
OBS Blade is your stream companion. Connect to OBS over your network and run your whole show from your phone or tablet - no need to jump back to your PC mid-stream.
Built for phone and tablet alike - and new in 4.1: vertical canvases for OBS 32.1, plus an activity feed and chat read out loud with Pro.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED - FREE, FOREVER
- Start and stop your stream, recording, replay buffer and virtual camera
- Switch scenes, with studio mode and transitions
- Show and hide sources in any scene
- Mix audio with live volume meters, or mute in one tap
- Watch a live scene preview
- Vertical and extra canvases (OBS 32.1+): browse their scenes and sources, and run Aitum Vertical's own stream, recording and replay buffer
- Switch profiles and scene collections, trigger hotkeys
- Keep an eye on stream health: FPS, CPU, bitrate, dropped frames
- Look back on every past stream and recording in your statistics
- Twitch, YouTube, Kick and Owncast chat in its own tab - or next to your controls while you're live
- Arrange the dashboard your way
OBS BLADE PRO
Chat is where your stream lives, so Pro makes it native - and makes sure no supporter gets missed:
- Every chat, one place: native Twitch, Kick and YouTube chat, on their own or merged into one live timeline where replies land on the right platform. Every channel you mod or follow, saved combos and who's live at a glance - plus 7TV, BTTV and FFZ emotes, an emote picker, autocomplete, role badges, highlights, mute words and chat search
- Never miss a supporter: an activity feed for your own channels - follows, subs, raids, cheers, Super Chats and KICKs in one list, with a to-thank queue for your shout-outs
- Hear your chat: read out loud while you play, in each message's own language if you like
- Moderate from your pocket: delete, timeout and ban on every platform, plus AutoMod, unban requests and chat modes on Twitch
- Your own themes: design custom color themes for the whole app
Pro comes monthly, yearly or as a one-time lifetime unlock. Cancel anytime in your App Store account settings.
Got a bug, an idea or a feature request? Get in touch - on GitHub or at contact@kounex.com
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://obs-blade.kounex.com/privacy-policy
This app has become an essential part of my streaming. But since the most recent update, every once in a while the app will crash for me. I do have this on an old iPad mini though. Might put it on my phone instead if it’s supported. Reconnection has been mostly seamless though. Not perfect, but still great.
Works great through Internet also.
Huge-K
Works exactly as described. I don't like folks here who have lowered ratings for absence of features that were never promised. To work remotely, such as with machine behind home router, definitely need some tech skill to do port forwarding on the router & find out public IP, works great. I like the idea to stream remotely by mobile connection from the street & control OBS that manages it remotely. P.S. Test this setup from other network, such disable wifi to cellular connection, due to port forwarding may not forward internal calls.
Developer Response
Thanks, appreciate it! :)
Absolutely Incredible OBS App for a 1 PC Streamer
almostamico
If you aren’t earning money off your stream/content yet, then you’re probably not investing in some of the non-essential commodities that makes streaming easier. This app covers that for you though… free. Obviously, you should 100% Tip the dev or purchase the “Blacksmith” option (which is in ZERO way required and doesn’t put any of the apps functions behind a pay-wall… it’s purely to support an incredible dev).
No comparison for the money
Vdub144
Blade isn’t perfect. But I think for the price, it is amazing. I’ve tested with a bunch of lab devices loaded with NDI sources. It’s a little rough on my ipad3 (which i would love to use since it’s just a switcher) but works smoothly and well on the ipad5 and 6 models. Preview video drags my devices, but works and I think on newer hardware will be great. I would like to undock and move some parts. I wish there was a plug in function for things like ptz camera control, but again, for the money, Blade is awesome.
4.1: two new Pro features and OBS 32.1 canvas support:
- Activity feed: follows, subs, raids, cheers, Super Chats and KICKs in one list, with a to-thank queue
- Text-to-speech: your chat read out loud, a voice per language
- Canvases: view a vertical canvas and control Aitum Vertical's stream and recording
- YouTube chat shows emojis, with an emoji picker when you write
- Wake Lock (screen stays on) now covers the whole app
- Changes made in OBS show up right away
Keep it coming on GitHub!
Version 4.1.0
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Information
Seller
Rene Schramowski
Size
35.5 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
