AwayCam started as one honest idea — loop a clip of yourself so you can step away — then
sweated every detail that makes the loop convincing, calm, and entirely yours.
Free forever core Pro adds realism & automation No networking entitlement
AwayCam, mid-loop, in a real meeting — the app is the floating panel on the right.
The core, free
Everything you need to step away.
The whole “step away” workflow is free forever — the virtual camera, the loop, the controls.
Free
The virtual camera
A real “AwayCam Camera” device any meeting app can select — Zoom, Meet, Teams, FaceTime.
Free
Name it yourself
Give the virtual camera any name you like — it appears that way in every meeting app’s camera picker.
Free
Ping-pong loop
A short clip of you, played forward-and-back so there’s never a hard cut. It just looks like you, sitting there.
Free
Menu-bar control
Switch Live, Away, and Standby from the macOS menu bar. Always one click away, never in your dock.
Free
Standby privacy frame
A clean, branded “camera paused” frame for when you want presence without the loop.
Realism · Pro
Imperfections that read as human.
A loop’s giveaway is that it’s flawless. Pro layers in the small irregularities of a real connection.
Pro
Realistic connection
A flawless loop gives itself away. This adds the occasional brief stutter of a real video call.
Pro
Lifelike lighting
The light in a real room never holds perfectly still. A subtle brightness drift keeps a loop from looking frozen.
Pro
Seamless crossfade
For forward loops, the boundary is blended so the jump back to the start never shows a seam.
Pro
Higher-quality feed
A sharper, higher-quality video feed for your loop than the standard stream.
Automation · Pro
It minds the camera so you don’t.
Let AwayCam decide when to go Away and when to come back — on a schedule, or the moment you return.
Pro
Auto-Away
Step away from the keyboard and AwayCam switches to your loop on its own — no click, no hotkey. Pair with Auto-Return for a fully hands-free round trip.
Pro
Auto-Return
On-device Vision detects when you’re back at your desk and flips you to Live automatically. No identity recognition.
Pro
Speaking safeguard
Start talking while Away Mode is on and AwayCam warns you — before the room notices a frozen mouth.
Pro
Scheduled loops
Set a recurring break — lunch, 12–1, weekdays — and AwayCam goes Away on its own, then comes back.
Pro
Lock-triggered Auto-Away
Lock your Mac and step away — AwayCam goes Away instantly, then back to Live the moment you unlock.
Library & control · Pro
Your loops, your shortcuts.
Keep a library for every mood and setup, switch from anywhere, and move loops between Macs.
Pro
Unlimited loops
Keep a library of loops for different moods, lighting, and outfits. Free saves one.
Pro
Per-app loop profiles
Pick a loop per meeting app — your Zoom loop for Zoom, your Teams loop for Teams — switched automatically as you change apps.
Free
Panic key
One press of F13 flips Live↔Away from any app — a free, collision-free escape hatch the moment you need to step away.
Pro
Global hotkeys
Switch modes from anywhere with ⌥⌘A / ⌥⌘L / ⌥⌘S — no menu, no window, no friction.
Pro
Import & export
Bring loops in from anywhere, or save yours out to back up and move between Macs.
Free vs Pro
See where Free ends and Pro begins.
Every essential is free. Pro is for the details that make a loop indistinguishable — and the automation that runs it hands-free.
