Comparison

Secure Vacation vs Counterlens

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Secure Vacation

Detect hidden cameras and suspicious devices in private spaces like hotel rooms or Airbnbs. Utilizes IR light detection, Wi-Fi scanning, magnetic field analysis, and guided checklists to enhance your privacy and security.

Highlights
  • Infrared (IR) Light Detection
  • Magnetic Field Scanner
  • Wi-Fi Network Scanner
  • Bluetooth Device Scanner
  • Privacy Inspection Guide
  • Multi-language Support
Features
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Check your hotel room, Airbnb, or fitting room for hidden cameras and suspicious devices before you settle in. Secure Vacation helps you inspect private spaces using IR camera checks, Wi-Fi scanning, Bluetooth scanning, magnetic field analysis, ultrasonic audio detection, and guided room checklists, all from your iPhone. Key Features: Infrared (IR) Light Detection: Use your phone’s camera to detect sources of infrared light — a common component in covert recording equipment — that are invisible to the human eye. Magnetic Field Scanner: Locate hidden electronic components by detecting magnetic field anomalies using your phone’s built-in sensors. Wi-Fi Network Scanner: Discover devices connected to your local network, with SSID name analysis and keyword-based identification of unusual entries. Bluetooth Device Scanner: Scan for nearby Bluetooth-enabled devices commonly found in modern electronics. Privacy Inspection Guide: Learn how to conduct a thorough room check with our step-by-step in-app checklist and guidance for privacy-conscious travelers. Multi-language Support: Available in English, Turkish, German, Spanish, French, and Italian. Privacy-First Design: All processing happens on your device. No personal or network data is collected, stored, or shared. 100% local and private. Important Notice: Secure Vacation is intended to support user-led inspections by offering additional tools for identifying privacy risks. While the app can enhance situational awareness, it is not a substitute for professional-grade detection equipment and cannot ensure complete detection of all hidden devices. Wherever you stay — Inspect. Detect. Stay Protected.

About

Counterlens

Features
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Know when you're on camera. Camera glasses look like glasses. Pocket cams clip to shirts. AI pendants record all day. Counterlens listens to the Bluetooth signals capture hardware can't help broadcasting — and maps it around you. A RADAR, NOT A RUMOR MILL Every detection is graded — confirmed, probable, or possible — and opens to the raw evidence that produced it: advertised name, manufacturer ID, services, and the exact rule that matched. Audit the radar like an engineer. SIX CLASSES OF CAPTURE HARDWARE Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses. Snap Spectacles. Rokid, RayNeo, Xiaomi, Brilliant Labs, even no-name imports. GoPro, DJI Osmo, and Insta360 pocket cams. Plaud and Limitless AI recorder pendants. Plus audio-only and display-only glasses, labeled honestly as lesser risks. A QUEST IS NOT GLASSES Other scanners flag sleeping VR headsets as "smart glasses nearby." Counterlens identifies Quest-family hardware and files it as informational — never an alarm. ACTIVE-CAPTURE FLAG GoPro-class cameras broadcast state bits. When the encoder-busy flag is set, Counterlens shows "active capture likely" — a live readout no other scanner ships. LOCATE — HOT / COLD Geiger-style haptic ticks speed up as you close in and walk you to the broadcasting camera. 60-SECOND ROOM SWEEP Checking into a rental? Run the guided sweep: walk the corners while Counterlens listens at full sensitivity, then get a clean report card — every device heard, how close, how sure — plus an honest list of what a passive sweep can't rule out. Share it or keep it. Start a sweep straight from the Action Button. SENTRY MODE Prop a phone or iPad by the door of a studio, clinic, or gym: big glanceable status, event log, optional chime. Entrances are where camera glasses broadcast most. HONEST BY DESIGN No scanner can hear a radio that isn't talking. Glasses broadcast at power-on, pairing, and case-open — and can go quiet while worn and connected. Counterlens tells you exactly when detection works instead of selling false comfort, and every alert is advisory, not an accusation. PRIVATE TO THE BONE No account. No analytics. No ads. No location. Zero network calls — there is no server. Your encounter history lives on your iPhone alone, and the full detection database is plain JSON you can inspect in Settings.

Screenshots

Secure Vacation4 screens
Counterlens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Counterlens at daily against Secure Vacation's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Secure Vacation ships an update every 3 months, Counterlens daily. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Secure Vacation versus Counterlens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSecure VacationCounterlens
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAltay KIRLIJules Ngambo

In-app purchases

None

Secure Vacation

No in-app purchases

None

Counterlens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Secure Vacation free?
Secure Vacation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Counterlens free?
Counterlens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Secure Vacation or Counterlens have ads?
Neither Secure Vacation nor Counterlens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Secure Vacation or Counterlens?
Secure Vacation ships an update every 3 months, and Counterlens daily. Most recently, Secure Vacation was updated on October 19, 2026 and Counterlens on October 19, 2026.

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