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Best Live Camera Viewing Apps for iPhone (2026)

8 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

ISS Live Now is the top-ranked of 8 live camera viewing apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.6/5 from 6,685 ratings.

  1. 1
    ISS Live NowS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 6,685 ratings · score 91
  2. 2
    Planet Cam: Live World MapA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 3,452 ratings · score 89
  3. 3
    MAPAS: Live Street View & GPSA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 4,670 ratings · score 86
  4. 4
    HiLookA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 22,603 ratings · score 84
  5. 5
    Webcams - EarthCamB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 4,551 ratings · score 75

What belongs in this list

Watch live camera feeds from places around the world to see what is happening there right now.

Not here: street view imagery that is not live alone; live streaming of the user's own video alone; live TV channels alone; a photo viewer alone; video calling alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
ISS Live Now
A
Planet CamMAPASHiLook
B
Webcams
C
CloudEdge
D
LaView
F
TriStar

Compare every app

  1. 1
    ISS Live NowS
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 6,685 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  2. 2
    Planet Cam: Live World MapA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 3,452 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  3. 3
    MAPAS: Live Street View & GPSA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 4,670 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  4. 4
    HiLookA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 22,603 ratings · score 84 · excellent
  5. 5
    Webcams - EarthCamB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 4,551 ratings · score 75 · good
  6. 6
    CloudEdgeC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 21,159 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
  7. 7
    LaViewD
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 21,910 ratings · score 58 · weak · provisional
  8. 8
    TriStar TrafficF
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 8,712 ratings · score 44 · avoid · provisional

Questions people ask

What is the best live camera viewing app for iPhone?
ISS Live Now, S tier, ranked #1 of 8, rated 4.6 by 6,685 people.
Which live camera viewing apps are free?
8 of 8 are free to download: ISS Live Now (S), Planet Cam: Live World Map (A), MAPAS: Live Street View & GPS (A), HiLook (A) and more. 3 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which live camera viewing app has the best App Store rating?
TriStar Traffic at 4.8 from 8,712 ratings.
How many live camera viewing apps reach S or A tier?
4 of 8. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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