Camo Camera 4+
Webcam for Mac and PC
Reincubate
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- Free
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Description
The Apple Design Awards Finalist 2023 app, Camo, uses the incredible cameras in your iPhone to produce pro-quality video, whether you’re meeting, streaming, or recording.
Joanna Stern, The Wall St. Journal – “how I do all my live TV hits”
MacWorld US – “full-featured, easy-to-use, and delightful”
9to5Mac – “an easy way to seriously improve your video call quality”
WIRED – “there are a number of apps which let you use your iOS device’s camera as your webcam, but the best one is Camo”
MacWorld UK – “an easy way to beef up the video quality on your calls”
With over 10 million users helped over the last decade, Reincubate is one of the UK’s most-loved software companies.
— EASY TO USE / PLUG AND PLAY / Wi-Fi —
No extra hardware needed, just connect your device to your Mac or PC. Choose between connecting wirelessly, for the most flexible experience, or opt for a trusty USB connection. With Wi-Fi connectivity, get set up for a call in seconds – no more looking around for a spare cable or a free port.
— POWERFUL ADJUSTMENTS & FILTERS —
Camo Studio gives you full control of your video, letting you adjust lenses, exposure, colours, contrast, and more; and it lets you zoom, crop, and focus your image precisely how you want it. Apply cinematic styling and colour grading to your video with 18 bespoke filters, including support for custom Cube, 3DL, and LUT files.
— STAND OUT WITH SPOTLIGHT & PORTRAIT —
Use Spotlight to compensate for less-than-ideal lighting conditions, such as backlit or under-lit environments, by brightening yourself against your background. Portrait creates a sophisticated bokeh effect that cleanly separates you from the background and gives you full control over the depth of focus.
— VIRTUAL GREEN SCREEN AND PRIVACY —
Use Replace, Camo’s virtual green screen, to cleanly swap any image into your background. Or activate Privacy to cloak your surroundings with a pleasing diffused image effect. Both offer industry-leading performance, enabling video that foregrounds clarity without sacrificing appearance.
— FIND FREEDOM WITH AUTO FRAMING —
Camo’s auto-framing functionality keeps you at the centre of the action, whether you’re shuffling around at your desk or presenting at a whiteboard. With a range of zoom options, you’ll remain firmly centred and proportioned on screen.
— COMPATIBLE WITH OVER 40 APPS —
Camo works perfectly with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Safari, FaceTime, QuickTime, Chrome, OBS Studio, Streamlabs, Skype, Twitch, Panopto, ScreenFlow, Final Cut Pro X, and dozens of other video recording and streaming products.
— SECURITY AND PRIVACY FIRST —
Camo doesn’t know what you’re using it for, and doesn’t capture or transmit your video feed. It simply routes it from your iPhone to your computer. Your data is your business, not ours.
— NOT ONLY BUT ALSO! —
- Super low latency, high speed video with a range of resolutions
- Powerful presets to save and quickly switch to your favourite adjustments and settings
- Native support for iPadOS as well as your iPhone, and beautiful Dark Mode support throughout
- Camo offloads all processing to your iOS device, keeping your computer cool and fast
- Crop your video without losing quality with dynamic-resolution Smart Zoom
- Automatic image stabilisation minimises bumps and vibrations
- Virtually rotate your video without touching your device
- Switch between video from multiple iOS devices and lenses in real-time
- No ads in the app, not ever
— WE’RE HERE TO HELP —
We’re fanatical about supporting users, and we’d love to help you make the most of Camo. Reach out to us any time: support@reincubate.com
Camo Studio supports macOS 10.13 or later & Windows 10 or later.
— LEARN MORE —
About us: https://reincubate.com/camo/
How to make the most of Camo: https://reincubate.com/support/how-to/look-best-webcam-video/
FAQ: https://reincubate.com/support/camo/camo-faq/
What’s New
Version 2.1.8
Today's update brings a few tweaks to support the next update to Camo Studio. If you run into any problems, please reach out to us at support@reincubate.com. We'd love to help and hear from you.
Ratings and Reviews
Truly Amazing Software - beyond anything out there
Every year, the London Core Review organisation holds an in-person 4-day Cardiothoracic Surgery Course. One of the most important considerations has always been how audio/video works for our recorded course videos. For 2021, due to Covid-19 restrictions, we have had to employ the Zoom webinar format. One area we are extremely specific about is how the video delivery of the host will look. This is especially important to us for branding purposes. Our event will be watched from all over the world. Having looked through numerous solutions for optimal speaker camera clarity, nothing has come close to Camo. We had initially considered purchasing a high end Logitech camera, but the video quality from the iPhone 12 Pro max paired with Camo is beyond anything that we have seen. We love the fact that Camo has a very well thought out interface - right down to little things such as which of the 3 cameras at the back of the iPhone to operate. Our testing has found this to be a robust solution. It is our pleasure to write this testimonial for a wonderful solution.
Developer Response ,
Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback. It's a privilege to read you're running Camo! 🙏 We're always at support@reincubate.com if you need us.
Camo – iPhone as webcam
Technically this is a very useful, high quality USB tethered solution, BUT the software – especially the macOS component – frequently behaves in disconcerting un-Apple like ways that make you suspect that it is behaving fraudulently. Best example of this is the macOS Auto Updater that does not explain that it is Camo providing the update from the start and it is not using the standard macOS updating processes.
Furthermore – and this may be related – Camo crashes, locks up the mac, makes itself the preferred video or microphone source in ways that are inappropriate in the context of the essential Mac user experience. This is jarring for users and may lead to a fundamentally good technical solution being ditched by users for the wrong reasons. It must be possible to make the macOS app a better citizen in this space built for safety and predictable & consistent OS specific behaviours.
I might add – for the developers – that the macOS App Store App in which I am writing this review, is the very last Mac App to consider as an examplar of a good Mac App.
Amazing app!
I want to start by saying that I have never left an app review, but I felt this app truly deserved it. I downloaded it yesterday, as I’m currently at home self-isolating. I don’t own a webcam, so I was hoping to find a way to communicate with my team at the office. This app did exactly what I needed it to. Really simple to setup. Just download the app on your device, download the camo studio on your PC, connect your phone/tablet to the PC via USB and that’s it! No faff! I was using Microsoft Teams and an iPhone 11. Video Quality is excellent, even on the free version. Unfortunately, at the moment the PC version doesn’t allow you to use the microphone from the iPhone or iPad, so you still need to plug in a headset or an external mic for transferring audio. I believe this is a fix they are working on which is due in a few weeks, but I’m told it does this already for Apple users. Other than that it’s pretty much faultless. Highly recommended and I’m planning to buy the pro version to support them further.
Developer Response ,
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. 🙂 That's right — audio is coming soon for Windows. We're hard at work at it.
App Privacy
The developer, Reincubate, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Reincubate Ltd
- Size
- 63.4 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Reincubate Ltd.
- Price
- Free