Hand Mirror for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By Sethballs

  The description doesn't even sell its best feature - always on top

  The best thing about this app is that you have the option to keep your camera always on top. That means if you click on another app, it doesn't steal the focus and bury the camera feed behind the app. This is useful for those of use who want to record or stream video showing our face as well as our screen. In my case, I make a lot of tutorials and videos for my job and I like to be able to show my face and the screen at the same time.

  
  
• By CoreyW

  Super handy in the age of WFH

  Fantastic example of a useful utility app. Does one thing, does it well, and gets out of the way. It lets you switch between cameras if you have multiple, remembers which one you've selected, and even lets you choose the size of the preview. Widescreen views are shown, unlike with Photo Booth, so you can make sure that you are aware of what is going to potentially be seen in a call. 👌

  
  
• By tdeniston

  Very useful! (perhaps buggy)

  This is a great utility app that I use to a) help make sure my appearance is presentable before video calls and b) to adjust the things in the background that I stage before the same video calls. I found that the app couldn't access my secondary camera (Logitech USB cam) after waking my computer, though it could show the built-in camera on my MBP. After a few days of not caring, I noticed that Hand Mirror was taking up 5 GB of memory. I quit the app and relaunched and it seems to be fine and can access the external webcam now.

  
  
• By heresy___y

  almost perfect

  the interface and ease of use are incredible here,, exactly what i was looking for. my only caveat is that i use iGlasses to zoom in and crop my webcam stream (my logitech webcam has a wide enough lens to fit an entire conference table in the shot, so for at-home use, editing the stream through a virtual camera is necessary) so i really wish Hand Mirror could access the virtual camera stream.... this might be impossible because of Microsoft's 'Hardened Runtime' 'Library Validation' open-source killer//atrocity,,,, but hopefully not and this can be a feature in a future update ! <3

  
  
• By D19X97R

  How is this not standard with all Macs?

  This is one of those tools that you won't know you need until you've ever been stuck in a situation where you needed it. Long story short, I am a pharmacy student that occasionally has to record a presentation as an assignment with a live recording of my face somewhere in the corner of the presentation. I've tried everything from OBS to Camtasia (great software, just either takes hella time to set up or are very pricy). This has to be easiest option to make sure you have a recording of yourself and your presentation!

  
  

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