FrostCam: Pause Your Webcam

Description

Step away from a video call without the awkward black tile. FrostCam freezes your webcam on a still frame - or loops a few seconds of natural movement - then drops you back to live the instant you're ready. Works in Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, FaceTime, Slack, Discord, and any app that lets you pick a camera. No plugins, no browser extensions, no overlay windows - it just shows up as a camera called "FrostCam." WHEN YOU NEED IT Need to make a cup of tea, speak to a child, or deal with something off-camera? Press Freeze and the call sees a still frame instead of an empty chair. Just need a moment without breaking the meeting's flow? Loop a few seconds of natural movement and it plays back smoothly while you sort it out. MODES • Freeze - Holds the current frame on the virtual camera until you resume live video. • Loop - Records a short clip (3–10 seconds, configurable) and plays it back continuously. Bounce playback (forward then reverse) hides the seam so the motion never visibly restarts. FREE VS PRO Everything functional is free: freeze, loop, configurable duration, bounce playback, and global keyboard shortcuts. A small "FrostCam" watermark appears on the virtual camera output on the free tier. FrostCam Pro (one-time): • Removes the watermark FrostCam Pro+ (one-time): • Everything in Pro • A way to support the indie developer if you find FrostCam useful — no extra functionality, just an optional higher tier. Both unlocks are one-time purchases. No subscriptions, ever. Family Sharing supported. PRIVACY FrostCam runs entirely on your Mac. Your webcam feed never leaves your device - no analytics, no tracking, no servers, no accounts. Everything happens locally between FrostCam and its camera extension. COMPATIBILITY macOS 13 (Ventura) or later. Apple Silicon and Intel. Works with any app that uses the system camera framework - Zoom, Meet, Teams, FaceTime, Photo Booth, OBS, Slack, Discord, Webex, and many more. Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese and Chinese. SETUP The first time you launch FrostCam, macOS asks you to approve its camera extension in System Settings - a standard one-time security prompt. After that, just pick "FrostCam" as your camera in any video app.

• Already own Pro? You can now become a Pro+ supporter for just the difference. • Stopping the camera now blanks FrostCam's virtual camera instead of leaving your last frame on the call. • New default keyboard shortcuts ⌃⇧F, ⌃⇧L and ⌃⇧C, so they no longer clash with Zoom. If you've used FrostCam before, your shortcuts stay as they are. • New Siri and Shortcuts actions: freeze, resume live, record a loop, and turn the camera on or off. • Fixed: Settings, and so purchases, did not open on macOS 13, and the loop icon was missing on macOS 13 and 14. • Fixed: unplugging a webcam, waking with a docked webcam, and installing the virtual camera now work reliably. • The Freeze and Record Loop buttons and the camera permission prompts are now translated.

Information

Seller

PETER DONGO

Category

Photo & Video

Version

1.2.6

Requires

iOS 13.0+

Size

1.0 MB

Age Rating

4+