Every common way to get your iPhone on a computer, side by side. Kagami is the creator-ready one: plug and play, with everything a streamer needs in one app.
| Kagami | Other mirroring apps | Built-in screen tools | Capture card | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you need | The Kagami app on your Windows PC or Mac | An app on your computer, sometimes one on the phone too | Nothing extra | A capture card, HDMI adapter and cables |
| Cable or Wi-Fi | Both | Varies by app | Varies | Cable only |
| Delay on Wi-Fi | Measured 0–40 ms, about 15 ms on average, with a live meter and a one-click Fix | Varies by app and network | Not made for live play | Cable only |
| Setup | Three steps, nothing on the phone | Often an app on the phone too | Varies | Hardware, cables and capture software |
| Works with OBS | Full-quality feed even when Kagami is hidden, plus a clean view | Window capture, often soft or black when hidden | Window capture | Yes, as a video source |
| Up to 120 Hz | Yes, on ProMotion devices | Varies by app | Not made for game capture | Depends on the card |
| Instant replay | Built in (Zenn) | Rarely built in | Not built in | Needs other software |
| Mic clean-up | Built in | Rarely built in | Not built in | Needs other software |
| Mic mixed or as a separate file | Built in | Rarely built in | Not built in | Needs other software |
| One-key privacy mode | Built in | Rarely built in | Not built in | Not built in |
| Crash-safe recording | Built in: always one complete file | Rarely built in | Not built in | Needs other software |
| Price | Free plan; Zenn is a one-time payment (₹999 in India) | Often a yearly plan | Free | Hardware you buy |
Compared in general terms; features of other apps vary. Every Kagami fact on this page is true for the current version.
Kagami’s own figures, measured on the current version.
Measured 0–40 ms. Fast enough to play live from the big screen.
Your device’s full resolution, nothing scaled down.
Plug in or join the same Wi-Fi, tap Trust, pick Kagami. Nothing to install on the phone.
Mirroring, recording, instant replay, mic clean-up and privacy mode.
Protected every 2 seconds: always one complete file, even after a crash.
Zenn never renews by itself. No hardware to buy.
The things people most often struggle with when they mirror an iPhone for gaming and streaming, and how Kagami handles each one.
A new iOS version comes out and the cable connection suddenly stops working, with no fix for weeks.
Kagami is built on the iPhone’s own Screen Mirroring, over a cable or Wi-Fi, and is made for the latest iOS and iPadOS. Nothing is installed on the phone.
The app is installed, the cable is in, and the phone simply isn’t found.
Three steps: plug in (or join the same Wi-Fi), tap Trust, then Control Centre → Screen Mirroring → Kagami. No app on the phone.
Missing in-game voices, the mic out of sync, or sound that arrives late.
Game sound and your mic are recorded perfectly in sync. Your choice: mixed into one video, or your mic saved as a separate file. Studio-quality mic clean-up is built in.
The stream errors out or the computer crashes, and the recording is gone.
Crash-safe recording: your video is protected every 2 seconds and you always get one complete file, even after a crash. On Wi-Fi, Kagami catches up on its own if the picture falls behind, with a live delay meter and a one-click Fix.
Gaming, charging and mirroring over one cable can warm the phone up.
Kagami works over Wi-Fi as well as a cable, so you can play without the phone charging through the computer at all.
One app instead of a mirroring tool, a replay tool, a mic plugin and a privacy trick.
Plug in or join the same Wi-Fi, tap Trust, pick Kagami in Screen Mirroring. Nothing to install on the phone, nothing to configure before your first stream.
Your phone’s full resolution, up to 120 Hz on ProMotion devices, and very low delay so you can play live from the big screen.
Game sound and mic in perfect sync, mixed into one video or with your voice as a separate file. Studio-quality mic clean-up built in.
Crash-safe recording protects your video every 2 seconds. You always get one complete file, even after a crash or power cut. With Zenn, instant replay saves what just happened.
One key covers your screen on stream, in OBS, recordings and replays. OBS gets a full-quality picture even when Kagami is hidden.
Free has every feature except instant replay. Zenn is one payment for a year that never renews by itself, and we never see or store your card details.
Mirroring, recording and mic clean-up run on your computer. Your screen and recordings never reach our servers.
A real person answers support, the community board is open to everyone, and every update is in the public changelog.
Kagami is a creator-ready, plug-and-play app that mirrors, records and streams your iPhone or iPad on a Windows PC or Mac: full quality up to 120 Hz, very low delay, instant replay, studio mic clean-up, a one-key privacy mode and a full-quality OBS feed, with nothing to install on the phone. It runs on Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit) and on Macs with Apple silicon running macOS 15 or later, with the same features on both.
For gaming, streaming and recording, Kagami is built exactly for that: full quality up to 120 Hz, very low delay, instant replay, game sound and mic in sync (mixed or separate), studio mic clean-up, a one-key privacy mode, a full-quality OBS feed and crash-safe recording, all in one app with nothing to install on the phone. The Free plan lets you test it on your own setup first.
Yes. Kagami is made by an independent developer in India, with a public contact page, policies and support email. Every release is scanned on VirusTotal with a public report. Mirroring and recording happen on your computer, and payments go through trusted payment partners: we never see or store your card details.
Free already has every feature except instant replay (with a watermark on the live window and OBS, and 2-minute recordings), so you can decide after trying it. Zenn removes the watermark and the recording limit and adds instant replay, for a full year with one payment that never renews by itself. For creators who stream or record often, it replaces several separate tools.
Yes, if you use an iPhone or iPad with a Windows PC or a Mac. Kagami covers what creators most often struggle with (wired mirroring after iOS updates, game sound and mic problems, crashes) and adds instant replay, studio mic clean-up, a privacy mode and crash-safe recording.
Kagami is built on the iPhone’s own Screen Mirroring and is made for the latest iOS and iPadOS, over a cable or Wi-Fi. Nothing is installed on the phone.
Yes. There is nothing to install on your iPhone. Install Kagami on your PC or Mac, open Screen Mirroring and pick Kagami. The Free plan costs nothing, so you can switch without paying.
No. Zenn and Founders 100 are one-time payments. They never renew or charge you automatically; when your plan ends, Kagami goes back to Free and you buy again only if you want to.