The iPhones were connected using Camo, but none of the app's adjustment tools were employed what you see is what the camera delivered. Testing was done on a 16-inch MacBook Pro (2019 model).Ī few notes on the photos: Unless specifically noted, the images were captured using the webcam's default settings. More likely is that someone would use their main phone, repurpose an older model that's no longer in active use, or buy a used model.

While I wouldn't rule it out, I doubt that anyone is going to buy a new iPhone solely to use as a webcam. The latest iPhone models are obviously more expensive than the webcams, but they also do much more than act as cameras.

iPhone 6 (2015, which I bought used and unlocked autumn 2020 for $90).

iPhone 11 Pro (my everyday phone, $999).

To contrast, I gathered a small collection of iPhones running Reincubate Camo, including the oldest supported model I could find the app runs on any device running iOS 12 or later, which includes the iPhone 5s and iPod touch 6: Numbers shown are the companies' suggested retail prices: Putting them to the testįor testing, I gathered a collection of top-rated and top-selling standalone webcams, plus one cheap knockoff model (I'll let you guess which one that is). Even if Camo weren't in the picture, though, the output from the top-rated webcams is still lacking. To illustrate this, I'm pitting the most popular webcams against Camo, the software that leverages the camera and imaging technology of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch to make you look significantly better. Why are webcams like this? After all, small-camera technology has improved exponentially since the current crop of 'best' webcams hit the market, but it's all happened in our phones.

The iPhone Pro gives a great quality picture, natural colour, and is the only option that doesn’t struggle with focus.The Logitech Brio struggles to keep up with movement, and seems to be applying a skin-smoothing filter.The Logitech C920 suffers from a number of issues, most notably the exposure issues.

Logitech streamcam