Four Mac virtual cameras, and what each is for.
They overlap enough to look interchangeable and are not. The shortest honest answer is below; the table behind it has the details and the sources.
- OverlayCam
- Puts your logo, a frame in your colours and your name on your camera, and nothing else.
- Boom
- A presentation and recording studio: screen and camera together, dynamic layouts, AI enhancement.
- CamDeck
- A deck of live camera effects and overlays for streams and podcasts.
- Camo
- Turns your phone into a high quality webcam, with effects on top.
Side by side
| OverlayCam | Boom | CamDeck | Camo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it covers | Logo, frame, lower third, background blur, presets | Recording, screen share, layouts, themes, AI lighting and framing | 20 effects, image and video overlays, QR codes, weather and RSS lower thirds | Phone as camera, image controls, effects |
| Custom branding | Included | Paid tier | Included | Paid tier |
| Price | Free | Free tier · $8/mo · $80/yr · $219 once | Free, tips | Free tier · subscription |
| Where you get it | Direct download | Mac App Store | Direct download | Direct download |
Taken from each product’s own site on September 21, 2026. Prices change — check theirs before deciding, and tell us if something here is out of date.
So which one
Choose Boom
if you present as much as you attend — screen and camera in one recorded frame, cinematic zoom, layouts you switch mid-call. It does a great deal more than we do, and if you want that, you want Boom. Its custom branding sits behind the paid tier.
Choose CamDeck
if you stream or record a podcast and want a deck of effects to reach for — twenty of them, QR codes, a lower third that pulls weather or an RSS feed. It is free and well made. If you enjoy having the controls, you will get more from it than from us.
Choose Camo
if your problem is picture quality rather than branding. Your phone has a far better sensor than the camera above your screen, and Camo is the established way to use it.
Choose OverlayCam
if you join client calls and want to look like your company on them, and you would rather not learn a studio to do it. Four things to set, a preset per client, and a camera every video app already knows how to use. Free, including the branding.
If the last one sounds like you.
Free, signed and notarized by Apple.
2.1 MB disk image · macOS 14 or later
Still deciding?
Tell me what would tip it, and I will let you know when OverlayCam does that.