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EveryCord vs Castr: stream from the phone, or relay through the cloud

Published October 21, 2026. By Symaro, LLC, the maker of EveryCord.

EveryCord is a free iPhone and iPad app that streams the screen to up to three outputs straight from the device, with no watermark. Castr is a cloud multistreaming service with no free plan: its Starter plan costs $19.99 a month after a seven-day trial and relays one feed to six destinations, as its pricing page said on October 21, 2026. Castr does not capture an iPhone screen itself; EveryCord can send one of its outputs to Castr's RTMP ingest.

Price: EveryCord: free. Castr: from $19.99 a month (Starter), no free plan listed
Free trial: Castr Starter: 7 days, no credit card required
Destinations: EveryCord: 3 outputs from the device. Castr: 6 on Starter, up to 30 on Ultra and Events
Custom RTMP: EveryCord: any RTMP or RTMPS server. Castr: any endpoint that accepts a custom RTMP or SRT URL
iPhone screen: EveryCord: yes. Castr: no app of its own found; its help article points phone users to Larix Broadcaster
Branding: EveryCord: none. Castr: not described on its pricing or multistreaming pages

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What each one is

EveryCord is a free screen recorder and live streaming app for iPhone and iPad from Symaro, LLC, on the App Store since February 2018. It records the screen with app audio, your microphone or both, and streams to YouTube, Twitch or any RTMP or RTMPS server on up to three outputs at once, each straight from the device.

There is no watermark, no time limit and no paid upgrade. Sparks are optional purchases viewers send in live chat to support streamers; recording, streaming, co-hosting, chat and clips are free for everyone.

Castr is a cloud service. You send one feed to Castr from an encoder, and Castr relays it to many destinations at once. Its multistreaming page says it accepts RTMP, RTMPS, SRT and WHIP, with OBS, vMix or a hardware encoder as example sources.

EveryCord is made by Symaro, LLC, so this comparison is not independent, and each fact about Castr is what its own pages said on October 21, 2026. Where a Castr page did not cover something, this post says so instead of guessing.

Side by side

EveryCord and Castr, as each described them on October 21, 2026
	EveryCord	Castr
Price	Free. No subscription or paid upgrade	Starter $19.99 a month or $199.99 a year; Standard $49.99 a month; Premium $199.99; Ultra $349.99; Events $749.99
Free plan or trial	Free for everyone	No free plan listed; Starter has a 7-day trial with no credit card required
Destinations at once	Up to 3 outputs from the device	6 on Starter, 10 on Standard, 20 on Premium, 30 on Ultra and Events
Custom RTMP	Any RTMP or RTMPS server with a stream key	Any endpoint that accepts a custom RTMP or SRT URL; counts toward the plan's destinations
Input it accepts	The iPhone or iPad screen, app audio and microphone	A feed over RTMP, RTMPS, SRT or WHIP from an encoder
iPhone screen capture	Yes, with Apple's screen recording controls	No; its help article points phone users to the Larix Broadcaster app
Branding on streams	None	Not described on Castr's pricing or multistreaming pages
Upload needed	About 3 Mbps per output	One feed; Castr sends the copies

Castr plans on October 21, 2026

Castr's pricing page lists five plans. Starter is $19.99 a month, or $199.99 a year, with 6 destinations. Standard is $49.99 a month, or $499.99 a year, with 10 destinations and SRT and RTMP pull links. Premium is $199.99 a month with 20 destinations and adaptive bitrate.

Ultra is $349.99 a month with 30 destinations and transcoder watermarking, which adds your own watermark. Events is $749.99 a month with 30 destinations and a branded web app. Mobile and TV apps are listed as separately scoped on Events.

The page does not mention a free plan. Starter has a seven-day trial that needs no credit card. Destination counts are account-wide, and the multistreaming page says higher limits are available on request.

Where Castr may suit you better

You stream from a computer or hardware encoder and want one upload with 6 to 30 copies sent from the cloud.
Your upload connection cannot carry three streams at once. EveryCord sends about 3 Mbps per output from the phone.
You need SRT or WHIP input, pull links, adaptive bitrate or custom transcoding, which Castr lists on Standard and above.
You run events for a business and want a branded web player, a team and help from sales.

Where EveryCord may suit you better

Your content is the iPhone or iPad screen. Castr does not capture it; its own help article sends phone users to a separate encoder app.
You do not want a monthly bill. Castr lists no free plan on its pricing page; EveryCord is free with no paid upgrade.
Three outputs are enough. EveryCord sends them from the device with no relay, and if one drops the others keep running.
You also want recording, a facecam on saved videos, co-hosts, chat and clips in the same app.

How to send an EveryCord stream to Castr

In Castr, create a live stream or multistream and copy its RTMP server URL and stream key from the dashboard.
In EveryCord, add a custom RTMP output and paste the server URL and stream key. No EveryCord account is needed.
Add up to two more outputs if you want, such as YouTube or Twitch with sign-in, each sent from the device.
Open Apple's screen recording controls, pick EveryCord and confirm Start Broadcast. Castr relays the feed to the destinations linked in its dashboard.

Questions and answers

Is EveryCord a free alternative to Castr for iPhone?

For streaming an iPhone or iPad screen to up to three places, yes, and it costs nothing. Castr is a paid cloud relay that starts at $19.99 a month and does not capture a phone screen itself.

Does Castr have a free plan?

Its pricing page on October 21, 2026 listed no free plan. The Starter plan has a seven-day trial with no credit card required.

Can Castr stream my iPhone screen?

Not by itself. Castr's help article on mobile streaming points iPhone and iPad users to the Larix Broadcaster app. EveryCord's custom RTMP output can send the screen to Castr too.

How many destinations does Castr multistream to?

6 on Starter, 10 on Standard, 20 on Premium and 30 on Ultra and Events, with higher limits on request.

Does EveryCord need Castr to multistream?

No. EveryCord sends up to three outputs from the device. Castr makes sense when you need more destinations or want one upload instead of three.

Sources

EveryCord is made by Symaro, LLC, so this comparison is not independent. Each fact about Castr is what its own pages or App Store listing said on October 21, 2026, in US dollars, and nothing here was tested on a device. Plans and prices change often, so check the sources before you rely on them. EveryCord facts were checked on October 21, 2026 against EveryCord 2.5 on the App Store.