InviCam vs privid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InviCam
Capture photos and videos privately without cluttering your device's storage. Content is not saved locally unless you choose to share it. Offers easy sharing options and customizable camera settings for a streamlined experience.
- Private photo and video capture
- No local storage by default
- Direct sharing to social media and messengers
- Customizable default camera
- Easy photo/video mode switching
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Record video while your screen stays completely black. InviCam is a stealth camera that turns your screen off the moment you hit record — no glow, no camera interface, nothing visible. Your phone looks like it's off. You're filming. ——— WHY INVICAM? ——— Regular camera apps light up your screen and give you away. InviCam is built for situations where that matters: security footage, candid street photography, meetings, lectures, personal documentation. Whatever the reason — your privacy is the priority. ——— FEATURES ——— • BLACK SCREEN RECORDING Screen goes completely dark when you start recording. Hold your phone naturally, lay it face-down, slip it in a pocket — InviCam keeps capturing. • SILENT SHUTTER No click, no sound, no indication. Take photos without anyone noticing. • FAKE BACKGROUND Display any image or a lock screen while InviCam records in the background. To anyone who glances at your screen — your phone looks completely normal. • PRIVATE ALBUM All recordings are stored in an encrypted vault protected by Face ID or Touch ID. Nothing goes to Camera Roll or iCloud unless you choose to share it. • WIDGET ACCESS Launch recording directly from your home screen — no need to open the app first. ——— PERFECT FOR ——— • Meetings and lectures (no distracting bright screen) • Candid and street photography • Home security and monitoring • Personal documentation • Any situation where a visible camera changes how people behave Privacy by default. Your footage stays on your device, locked by biometrics, until you decide what to do with it. Terms of Use: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1P4s5bSk3NIwDRREHzs0vsNUf9d38b1HOyYmAjUvnj0g/mobilebasic Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1dwAEHE4WASwq0df3GErxrvHKgea9j3YjTg48SN4xNu8/mobilebasic
privid
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privid records videos that stay private — encrypted on your device. No Photos library, no sharing. Ever. • PIN lock: nothing is visible until you enter your PIN. The app re-locks the moment you leave it. • Encrypted on device: every recording is encrypted as it is captured — no unencrypted copy ever touches the disk, and recordings never appear in the Files app or your photo library. • Backup & device transfer: your encrypted library can be included in your iCloud or computer backup (on by default, can be turned off). A recovery code shown at setup brings everything back on a new iPhone — backups only ever contain encrypted data. • Record with pause and resume, in portrait or landscape. • Organize into folders with drag & drop and give recordings custom titles. • Built-in trimmer: cut out sections and keep edited versions as a version history alongside the original. • Screen-recording protection: the video is hidden while the screen is being captured. • Auto-wipe: after repeated wrong PIN entries, all videos are deleted. privid collects nothing and sends nothing. Your videos never leave your device unencrypted. Try everything free for 7 days. After that, unlock privid with a single one-time purchase — no subscription. Your existing videos stay playable either way: you can always watch, rename and delete them.
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Verdict
InviCam and privid are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. InviCam sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and privid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InviCam | privid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (270 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 11.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 270 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergey Saltovskiy | Matthias Hennemeyer |
In-app purchases
InviCam
- InviCam PRO$2.997 Days
- InviCam PRO$4.991 Month
- InviCam PRO1 Year trial$14.991 Year
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- InviCam PRO3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Video recording access$1.99
- Unlimited Photos$1.99
- InviCamera Plus$2.99
privid
- Unlock privid$4.99









