As the competition between Periscope and Meerkat continues
to Android, now there is a new live streaming app for iOS. Its name is Outcast
and it brings a slightly different concept for the users.
Outcast combines the live streaming video feature ala
Periscope and Meerkat with the looping mode that we know from Vine and
Instagram. Simply put, you can broadcast the live video, but the duration is
limited only for 15 seconds.
For the audiences, after 15 seconds elapsed, another video
will play automatically. In other words, there is no video that can be watched twice
in Outcast. It's done to allow all users to get equal popularity among one
another.
The social interaction in Outcast is also limited. The like
and dislike feature still exists, but users can't follow each other, so the
number of audiences for each user can be synchronized.
Nevertheless, there is also a list of the best videos sorted
by number of like. These videos can be watched at any time, but the like and
dislike feature is no longer active when the audiences access them from this
list.
The videos that are recorded and broadcasted live on Outcast
are not edited, everything pure comes from the iPhone camera of each user. The
more 'like' you receive, Outcast will give longer duration for videos you make
in the future.
The Outcast can be downloaded for free from the iTunes.