OverlayNow
Alive Media Photo & Video iPhoneiPadiPod touch
OverlayNow is a free Photo & Video app for iPhone and iPad by Alive Media. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated June 7, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 45 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Jun 7
- 2026 · v1.0
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About OverlayNow
OverlayNow turns your device into a professional overlay camera. Record HD or 4K video at up to 60 fps with real-time data composited directly onto your footage - no post-processing required. DATA OVERLAYS Choose from 23 overlay types including speed, GPS coordinates, altitude, compass, acceleration, G-force, distance, pressure, vertical speed, inclinometer, mini-map, elapsed time, lap timer, countdown, frame rate, battery level, and more. MEDIA OVERLAYS Choose between square, circle, triangle or 16:9 shapes for HLS streams or your own Photo Library content overlaid over the camera feed. FILTERS 13 cinematic color filters: DUSK, MIST, FLUX, SEPIA, SHADE, GLOW, WARM, COOL, NOIR, BIRD, DREAM, MIAMI, and CLEAR. Applied in real time to both the preview and the recording. FACE FILTERS Blur, censor, or overlay glasses on detected faces. Use them alongside any color filter. GREEN SCREEN & BACKGROUND REMOVAL Chroma key (green or blue) and AI-powered person segmentation using a secondary camera - composited live over your main camera feed, HLS stream or Photo Library media. MULTI-CAMERA Show front and back cameras simultaneously for reaction videos, picture-in-picture, and vlogs. LIVE STREAMING Stream with HLS or RTMP with all overlays, filters, and effects included in the broadcast. SOUNDBOARD & REACTIONS 32 built-in sounds and 12 animated GIF reactions. Import your own. Trigger during recording with a single tap. MORE FEATURES • 8 font families for text overlays • Diagonal split with two independent backgrounds • HTTP polling for live external data • Zoom with pinch to zoom using ultra-wide, optical telephoto, and up to 10× digital • Orientation-aware recording • Mute toggle during streaming • Media backgrounds from photo library or HLS streams PRIVACY OverlayNow does not collect any data. No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Everything stays on your device. Requires iOS 15.0 or later. Some features (HLS streaming) require iOS 17+. Multi-camera requires A12 chip or later.
App privacy
The developer, Alive Media, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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| OverlayNow | – | Free | June 7, 2026 | |
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