Play live together, from anywhere.
Send a link and your bandmates are on stage. No installs for guests, a Green Room to wait in, and perform mode that keeps their sound raw. Built for musicians: two audio channels, a looper, your plugins, chord charts, set lists and turn-taking jams. Then run the whole show from one panel.
Tonight's running order
A show is a list of scenes. Build it before you go live, then press one key to move to the next.
Bring the band on
Send each player a link. They wait in the Green Room until you let them in, and you can talk to them off air before the song starts.
- Up to 9 guests
- Perform mode turns off echo cancelling for instruments
- Playaround passes the spotlight from player to player
Sound like a studio
Two independent audio channels, each with its own effects and loudness meter. Loop yourself, insert your plugins, tune up where the audience can't hear.
- Channels A and B
- Audio and MIDI looper, footswitch control
- Audio Unit plugins
- Chord charts, lead sheets, set lists, drums
Open with something that moves
Title cards, countdowns, polls, giveaways, game shows answered in chat. Every one is a cue you drop on a spot.
- 556 animations, all included
- Chat from YouTube, Twitch or Kick, on screen
Go live, record, send it anywhere
Stream to YouTube, record to your Mac while you do, and show up as a camera in Zoom or any other app.
- Record
- Virtual camera
- Go live to YouTube
From the app itself
Screenshots of a real show running: first the stage an audience sees, then the panel you run it from.
Two ways to run it
The Mac app
macOS 26.5 or newer, Apple Silicon
- Go live and record
- Cameras, guests and the stage
- Both audio channels, looper and plugins
- Virtual camera
In your browser
Any modern browser
- Build and run your cues
- Chat, polls and game shows
- Guest invites
- Viewer pages for OBS
Pick your seat
Both plans start with 14 days of Premium, free. You pay through Patreon.
Starving Artist
- Up to 6 guests
- Every animation and every cue
- Playaround and the music tools
- Both audio channels, looper and plugins
- Record, virtual camera, go live
Your animations show MyStreamRunner.com.
Request an invitePremium
You keep MyStreamRunner going.
- Everything in Starving Artist
- Up to 9 guests
- A co-host for your shows
- Extra cameras, including your phone or tablet
- The StreamRunner Remote phone app
- No watermark
- 25 AI animations a month
What a studio costs
Lowest paid plan with guests, monthly, checked 15 September 2026. MyStreamRunner streams to YouTube only for now.
Feature by feature
| Feature | MyStreamRunner | StreamYardSY | RestreamRS | EcammEC | StreamlabsSL | OBS StudioOBS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🎸 Playing Together | ||||||
| Guests join from a link | 6 · 9 | 6 free · 10 | 6 free · 10 | Pro: 10 | 1 free · 11 | — |
| Green Room before going on | ✓ | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Musician mode (echo cancel off) | Perform mode | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Talk to guests off air | Talkback | — | — | — | — | — |
| Turn-taking jamsOnly us | Playaround | — | — | — | — | — |
| Co-host invites | Premium | — | Business | — | — | — |
| 🎚️ Sound | ||||||
| Independent audio channels | 2, own effects each | — | — | 2 mics + guests | Mixer | Mixer |
| Loudness meters (LUFS, true peak) | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plugins | Audio Unit | — | — | Audio Unit | VST2 | VST2 |
| Audio and MIDI looperOnly us | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Footswitch and MIDI control | Learn | — | — | — | — | — |
| 🎼 Musician Tools | ||||||
| Chord charts and lyrics, transposeOnly us | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lead sheets (Nashville numbers)Only us | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Set listsOnly us | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Drum sequencerOnly us | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| MIDI piano rollOnly us | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Music quizOnly us | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| ✨ Animated Content | ||||||
| Animated cues | 556 | Overlays | Overlays | Overlays | 1000+ themes | Browser sources |
| Giveaways | 86 themes | — | — | — | Cloudbot | — |
| Title cards | 77 themes | — | — | — | — | — |
| Countdowns | 64 themes | — | — | ✓ | — | — |
| Polls | 55 themes | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Game shows answered in chatOnly us | 76 themes | — | — | — | — | — |
| Members and patron walls | 55 themes | — | — | — | — | — |
| Friend shoutouts | 41 themes | — | — | — | — | — |
| Reactions | 39 types | — | — | — | — | — |
| Transitions | 32 themes | — | — | — | — | — |
| Be right back | 16 themes | — | — | — | — | — |
| Predictions | 10 themes | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rankings and tier listsOnly us | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Celebration effects | 12 types | — | — | — | — | — |
| 💬 Chat | ||||||
| YouTube, Twitch and Kick chat | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Put a comment on screen | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Pause a chatter | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| 🎬 Show Production | ||||||
| Running order, one key to advance | ✓ | — | — | Scenes | Scenes | Scenes |
| Backstage scene | ✓ | Backstage | — | — | — | — |
| Presentation slides | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lower thirds and nameplates | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| QR codes on screen | ✓ | — | QR codes | — | — | — |
| Keyframe animation editor with AI | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — |
| 📡 Output | ||||||
| Stream to | YouTube | Many + multistream | 30+ platforms | 10 destinations | Multistream | Any RTMP |
| Record | ✓ | ✓ | Pro and up | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Virtual camera | Mac | — | — | Pro | ✓ | ✓ |
| Phone remote app | Premium | — | — | — | Mobile app | — |
| Runs on | Mac + browser | Browser | Browser | Mac | Windows · Mac | Windows · Mac · Linux |
Checked on each product's own pricing and feature pages on 15 September 2026. “—” means we didn't find it there.
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