# Guardian Eye WebCamera — Old phone into an IP camera

> Old phone into an IP camera (iPhone/iPad app by ANDREI POSOKHOV.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guardian-eye-webcamera/id6785041398 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ANDREI POSOKHOV](https://appshunter.io/developer/6785041400)
- Category: Utilities, Photo & Video
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Bangla, French (France), German (Germany), Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, European Portuguese and 7 more
- Released: 2026-08-06
- Data updated: 2026-09-09
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guardian-eye-webcamera/id6785041398/reviews.md

## What is Guardian Eye WebCamera?

Guardian Eye WebCamera turns an old iPhone into a standalone network IP camera. It runs an embedded ONVIF and RTSP server directly on the phone and streams over your local Wi-Fi — no cloud, no account, no subscription. Your video never leaves your network.

Part of the Guardian Eye camera system, it also speaks standard ONVIF and RTSP, so it drops straight into any ONVIF NVR or RTSP viewer already on your network.

STREAMING & PROTOCOLS
• JPEG snapshot, browser MJPEG, and RTSP with AAC audio
• H.264 and H.265/HEVC, each on its own address
• A JPEG sub-stream for recorders that want a light second view
• Efficient preview: a second 640x360 stream from its own encoder, so a recorder can fill its grid without pulling the full-size stream (Pro)
• ONVIF Profile S / T / M server with WS-Discovery, so recorders find the camera on the network
• Digital zoom, image settings, events and object metadata over ONVIF

ON-DEVICE SMART DETECTION (Guardian Eye Pro, one-time purchase)
• People and pets recognised on the device with Apple Vision
• Motion, tamper and sound detection, each with adjustable sensitivity
• Sound classification such as glass breaking, alarms or barking (iOS 15+)
• Detection zones: draw exactly where the camera should watch
• Event history kept on the phone
• Every event is published as a standard ONVIF trigger, so your recorder can alert and record on it

CAMERA & VIDEO CONTROLS
• Front / back camera, torch, and pinch-to-zoom
• Resolution up to 1080p, frame rate up to 30 fps, JPEG quality
• Orientation and focus mode (auto / locked)
• Optional microphone audio

SECURITY & PRIVACY
• Local network only — video never leaves your network
• Username and password that you set yourself; the app ships with no default credentials
• RTSP Digest and ONVIF WS-Security authentication
• Credentials stored encrypted on the device (iOS Keychain)

PERSONALIZATION
• 18 in-app switchable languages
• System, Light, and Dark themes

Works with Guardian Eye, VLC, web browsers, and any ONVIF NVR — including Blue Iris, Synology Surveillance Station, Frigate / Home Assistant, and ONVIF Device Manager.

Note: streaming runs while the app is in the foreground. Reuse an old iPhone as a security camera in minutes.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Guardian Eye WebCamera Pro | $4.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 2.0.0 — 2026-09-08

Version 2.0.0 is a major update: almost the entire ONVIF layer was rewritten, the camera now serves a second video stream, and detection runs on the device.

STREAMS
• A separate address per codec: /live/h264 and /live/h265
• New JPEG sub-stream (/live/jpeg) — the light view an NVR uses for its grid and motion checks
• New Efficient preview (Pro): a second 640x360 10 fps stream from its own encoder, so a recorder can watch the tile without pulling the full-size stream
• Snapshot and browser MJPEG as before

ONVIF
• Media1 and Media2 rewritten against the ONVIF schema, so strict recorders read every profile instead of showing an empty section
• Digital zoom (PTZ), image settings, events over PullPoint, and object metadata (Profile M)
• Each profile now reports the stream address and audio it actually serves

DETECTION (Guardian Eye Pro, one-time purchase)
• People and pets recognised on the device with Apple Vision
• Motion, tamper (covered, moved, defocused) and sound events such as glass break, alarm or bark
• Detection zones and an event history kept on the phone
• Every event is published as a standard ONVIF trigger, so Blue Iris, Frigate, Synology and others can record and alert on it

STABILITY
• Fixed a memory leak that grew for as long as the camera streamed
• A resolution change now takes effect for recorders immediately, instead of leaving them on the previous size
• The preview stream opens in VLC with default settings
• Many smaller fixes to RTSP sessions, reconnects and behaviour under load

### 1.0.4 — 2026-08-06

No release notes.

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