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Remove the DroidCam OBS watermark

Why DroidCam OBS shows a watermark, how the paid upgrade removes it, what cropping does instead, and why the watermark doesn't affect your microphone audio.

By My Webcam Test Editorial Team3 min read

The short answer

The DroidCam OBS watermark comes from the app's free tier. The supported way to remove it is to buy the paid upgrade inside the phone app. No OBS setting turns it off, because the phone adds the watermark to the video before OBS receives it. The supplied evidence has no confirmed price, version number or exact menu wording, so check those details in the app and its store listing on your own device.

What the watermark is and where it comes from

DroidCam OBS turns a phone into a camera source for OBS Studio. The phone app captures and sends the video, and an OBS plugin receives it. The watermark is part of the video feed the phone sends. That is why it shows up in OBS and also in any meeting app that uses the OBS Virtual Camera output.

DroidCam OBS and the original DroidCam client are separate app listings. App store purchases are normally tied to one listing. Before you pay, confirm that the upgrade is for the app you actually use with OBS.

Removing it with the upgrade

  • 1. Open DroidCam OBS on the phone that streams to OBS.
  • 2. Find the upgrade or purchase option in the app's settings or menu. The label may differ between versions.
  • 3. Complete the purchase with the same store account the app was installed from.
  • 4. Close and reopen the phone app. In OBS, refresh or re-add the DroidCam OBS source if the feed doesn't reconnect by itself.
  • 5. Look at the OBS preview. The watermark should be gone from the incoming feed and from the Virtual Camera output.
  • 6. If you reinstall the app or move to another phone with the same store account, use the store's restore-purchase option instead of buying again.

Cropping versus removing

In OBS, you can crop the source or cover the watermark with another layer. This only hides the mark. It doesn't remove it, and you lose part of the picture, which matters if the watermark sits near your face or the edge of the frame. The paid upgrade is the only route covered here that actually removes the watermark from the feed.

What this means for capturing speech

The watermark is a visual overlay and has nothing to do with sound. Removing it doesn't change which microphone OBS or your meeting app uses. Nothing in the available evidence shows that the upgrade changes audio quality or audio routing either way.

After upgrading, do a quick spoken test. Talk at your normal level and check that the expected input moves the OBS audio mixer. That input might be the phone's microphone coming through the DroidCam OBS source, or a separate microphone. Also check that the meeting app's microphone selection didn't change while you restarted sources.

Gaps in the available information

The supplied material confirms no price, no exact menu names and no version-specific behavior. It doesn't say whether upgrade features beyond watermark removal, such as resolution limits, differ between free and paid tiers. For the current terms, check the app's store listing and the developer's own documentation.

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