Comparison

Hidden Camera Detector vs Hidden Camera Detector Spot

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

Head to head
About

Hidden Camera Detector

Detect hidden cameras and spy devices in any room using your phone. This app offers multiple scanning methods to quickly identify potential surveillance equipment, ensuring your privacy in hotels, rentals, and other spaces.

Highlights
  • Wi-Fi network scanner
  • Infrared (IR) lens viewer
  • Magnetic field detector
  • Audio bug detection
  • Fast room sweep
  • Step-by-step guide
Features
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Worried someone is watching? Check into any hotel, Airbnb, or rental and sweep the room for hidden cameras and spy devices. NSpy is a hidden camera detector that turns your iPhone into a portable counter-surveillance kit — no extra gear, no tech skills required. Hidden cameras are smaller and cheaper than ever. A pinhole camera can hide inside a smoke detector, an alarm clock, a power outlet, a USB charger, or an air vent. NSpy gives you three detection methods to help you look for them and check your space. How NSpy works • Wi-Fi network scanner — lists the devices on the same Wi-Fi network and flags camera-like and microphone-like hardware as suspicious, so you know where to look first. • Infrared (IR) view — dim the lights and use the color filters to help you spot the glow of night-vision IR LEDs, which is invisible to the naked eye. • Magnetic field detector — uses your phone's magnetometer to show magnetic changes near clocks, vents, outlets, and smoke detectors, helping you narrow down where to look. What you get • Three scan methods in one app, each started with one tap • Per-device detail view to inspect anything suspicious on the network • Flags network-connected microphones and audio devices on the same Wi-Fi • Step-by-step "how it works" guide so you know exactly what to look for • Clean, private interface — your scans stay on your device • Multi-language support and responsive in-app support Who it's for • Travelers checking into hotels, motels, and short-term rentals • Airbnb and vacation-rental guests who want peace of mind on arrival • Renters and tenants inspecting a new apartment or room • Parents checking a child's bedroom or a babysitter's space • Business travelers securing a room before a private meeting • Domestic-violence survivors and anyone worried about being watched or stalked • Anyone uneasy about a bathroom, changing room, locker room, dressing room, or gym Why NSpy When you walk into an unfamiliar space, you shouldn't have to wonder who's recording you. NSpy combines a Wi-Fi scanner, an infrared camera viewer, and an EMF/magnetic detector into one focused privacy tool built for one job: helping you check for hidden cameras, spy gear, and listening devices. It's a hidden camera finder and bug detector you can carry everywhere. A few quick notes: NSpy is a privacy and counter-surveillance scanning tool, not a guarantee against every covert device. No detector app can promise it will find 100% of hidden cameras, so use NSpy together with a careful visual inspection of mirrors, vents, and electronics. NSpy is not an antivirus, a Wi-Fi speed test, or a Bluetooth tracker finder. Download NSpy and take privacy back into your own hands. Scan your next hotel, rental, or meeting room with confidence. Pro unlocks unlimited scans, infrared color filters, magnetic field detection, and complete device reports. NSpy offers optional paid subscriptions for access to certain features. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled at any time in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://vidus6.com/hidden-camera-detector/privacy Terms of Service: https://vidus6.com/hidden-camera-detector/terms

About

Hidden Camera Detector Spot

Features
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You check into a hotel room, a holiday rental or a changing room, and the thought arrives: is anything watching? Spot gives you five real instruments and a checklist so you look everywhere. It is deliberately honest about what a phone can and cannot do — see the list below of what no app can find, including this one. INFRARED SWEEP Almost every hidden camera that works in the dark floods the room with infrared at 850 or 940 nanometres. Your eyes cannot see it; the front camera nearly can, because its infrared filter is far weaker than the rear camera's, so that light lands on the sensor as a pale violet-white dot. Turn the lights off, open the infrared sweep, and move slowly around the room. Spot lifts the shadows so a faint infrared source separates from a dark room instead of vanishing into it, and rings anything abnormally bright. LENS GLINT SWEEP A camera lens is a retroreflector: shine light at it and it sends light straight back, which is why animal eyes flash in a photograph. Spot lights the torch and looks for that signature — a small, very bright point that appears from one angle and vanishes from another. Glass and polished metal do the same, so every ring is a prompt to walk over and look, never a verdict. THE ROOM CHECKLIST Most hidden cameras are found by looking carefully, not by waving a phone around. Spot walks you through the places they are actually installed — smoke detectors and vents, anything facing the bed, sockets and USB bricks, shelves, bathroom fittings, and mirrors, including the fingertip test that tells a normal mirror from two-way glass. SAVE WHAT YOU FIND Anything that looks wrong, capture it. The photo and your note stay on your phone, so you have a record if you need to raise it with a host, a hotel or the police. EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR PHONE The camera feed is analysed live, in memory, and discarded. Nothing is recorded or uploaded, and there is no account. WHAT SPOT CANNOT DO It cannot find a camera that is powered off. It cannot find one with no infrared that is hidden behind an object, and it cannot see through walls. It reads your own Wi-Fi and nearby Bluetooth advertisements, but it does not decode radio transmissions — no phone app can, whatever the category claims. A ring on screen means "brighter than its surroundings", which is a reason to go and look. FREE • The full room checklist for hotels, rentals, your own home, changing rooms, offices and cars • Run the network scan and see how many devices answered • The complete, honest list of what no phone app can find Charging for a written checklist would be taking money for nothing, so it is free — and it is the only thing that finds a daylight camera, a powered-off one, or a two-way mirror. SPOT PRO UNLOCKS THE INSTRUMENTS • Infrared sweep: the LEDs a night-vision camera gives off in a dark room • Lens glint sweep: the reflection an uncovered lens returns to your torch • The network scan results: which device is which, and the ports each answered on • Bluetooth scan: what is broadcasting around you, with signal strength • Sensor scan: a magnetometer that reacts to concealed metal and magnets • Unlimited saved findings with photos and notes • Adjustable glint sensitivity and infrared view profiles SUBSCRIPTION Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription: • Weekly — $3.99 per week, with a 3-day free trial. • Yearly — $17.99 per year. Prices are shown in the app and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://leomarston.github.io/manycode-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Check the room before you settle in.

Screenshots

Hidden Camera Detector4 screens
Hidden Camera Detector Spot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hidden Camera Detector at none against Hidden Camera Detector Spot's shown. Hidden Camera Detector also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Hidden Camera Detector Spot's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price and in-app purchases 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. Hidden Camera Detector sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Hidden Camera Detector Spot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hidden Camera Detector ships an update every 3 weeks, Hidden Camera Detector Spot every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hidden Camera Detector versus Hidden Camera Detector Spot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidden Camera DetectorHidden Camera Detector Spot
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVIDUS TEKNOLOJI ANONIM SIRKETIEmine Saridogan

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Hidden Camera Detector

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly Special: Privacy Pro$2.997 Days
  • Weekly Pro: Privacy Scanner$7.997 Days
  • Weekly Trial: Privacy Pro3 Days trial$7.997 Days
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  • NSpy Hidden Camera Detector$14.997 Days
  • NSpy: 3 Months Premium$39.993 Months
  • Annual Pro: Privacy Scanner$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$99.99
2 purchases

Hidden Camera Detector Spot

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Yearly$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Hidden Camera Detector free?
Hidden Camera Detector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hidden Camera Detector Spot free?
Hidden Camera Detector Spot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hidden Camera Detector or Hidden Camera Detector Spot have ads?
Hidden Camera Detector Spot shows ads; Hidden Camera Detector does not.
Which is updated more often, Hidden Camera Detector or Hidden Camera Detector Spot?
Hidden Camera Detector ships an update every 3 weeks, and Hidden Camera Detector Spot every 2 days. Most recently, Hidden Camera Detector was updated on November 5, 2026 and Hidden Camera Detector Spot on October 31, 2026.

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