Hidden Camera Detector Spy vs Argus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hidden Camera Detector Spy
Scan your surroundings for hidden electronic devices and spy cameras using magnetic, network, infrared, and lens reflection detection methods. This app provides a helpful aid for detecting potential surveillance equipment in various locations.
- Magnetic detector for electronic fields
- Network scanner for connected devices
- Infrared scanner for night-vision LEDs
- Lens detector for reflections
- Works offline
- Scan history saved locally
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Worried about hidden cameras in your Airbnb, hotel room, changing room or office? Hidden Camera Detector helps you scan your surroundings for spy cameras and hidden electronic devices using four powerful detection methods. MAGNETIC DETECTOR Uses your phone's magnetometer to detect the magnetic field of electronic devices. Move your phone near walls, outlets, smoke detectors and objects — a spike means a possible hidden device. NETWORK SCANNER Scans your Wi-Fi network and lists every connected device, flagging ones that expose camera-style ports as possible IP cameras. INFRARED SCANNER Use your camera to spot the infrared LEDs used by night-vision cameras — small bright dots invisible to the naked eye. LENS DETECTOR Find hidden camera lenses by their reflection using the red-light reflection scan. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT - Four detection methods in one app - Fast, simple and easy to use - Works completely offline - No account or sign-up required - Scan history saved locally on your device IMPORTANT No detection method can guarantee finding every hidden device. This app is a helpful aid, not a certified security tool. Always combine all four methods for the most thorough coverage.
Argus
Detect hidden cameras and trackers in any room using multiple scanning methods. It offers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, lens, infrared, and magnet detection to ensure privacy in various locations like hotels and rentals. The app prioritizes user privacy with no account required and local data storage.
- Wi-Fi scanner for network devices
- Bluetooth tracker locator
- Lens camera finder mode
- Infrared mode for night-vision cameras
- Magnet check for hidden electronics
- Privacy-focused with no account needed
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Argus checks any room for hidden cameras and trackers with four scanners on your iPhone: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth with a tracker locator, a camera finder with Lens and Infrared modes, and a magnet check. The Lens camera finder is free with no scan limit and no account, and so is finding a tracker. Hotel rooms, Airbnbs and holiday rentals, changing rooms, gym lockers, rental cars. No app finds every camera, and no single method does: one in a smoke detector may sit on the room's Wi-Fi, or record to a memory card and touch no network. That is why Argus checks four ways. WI-FI SCANNER Finds the devices on the network you joined and flags those answering on camera ports: RTSP video streams, ONVIF, Hikvision, Dahua, XMEye, V380, Ezviz, Tapo, Reolink. Printers, routers and TVs that name themselves are set aside. Free: the device count, camera alerts and identified devices by name. Argus Pro shows which device it is: address, open ports and what its service says about itself, often the firmware. Blind spot: hotel guest Wi-Fi often keeps devices apart; Argus says so instead of calling the room clean. BLUETOOTH AND FIND IT Lists nearby Bluetooth devices and recognises item trackers: Tile, Samsung SmartTag, Chipolo, Pebblebee, Google Find My Device tags. Find it walks you to one: a ring fills as you get closer, ticks quicken, an optional beep helps. Free: the count, possible trackers and finding them. Argus Pro: every device by name and signal, and Find it for any of them. Blind spot: a paired, silent device doesn't advertise, and iPhone may hide Apple's Find My tags from apps (iOS warns about those itself). CAMERA FINDER: LENS AND INFRARED Lens mode, free: lights off, torch on, sweep slowly. A lens returns a tight bright glint; a red, green or blue filter makes it stand out. Infrared mode, Argus Pro: night-vision cameras light a room with infrared your eyes can't see, and an iPhone camera often can. Argus looks for that light and beeps when it spots one. Blind spot: both need a dark room, and a shiny point or ordinary light can trigger them. A flag means look closer. MAGNET CHECK, ARGUS PRO Hold the phone close to a smoke detector, clock or charger: the dial jumps at the metal and magnets of hidden electronics, with a buzz and a beep. Screws and pipes move it too, so compare with a similar object you trust. A FIVE-MINUTE SWEEP Scan the Wi-Fi. Run Bluetooth from the bed and follow any tracker with Find it. Lights off: sweep everything facing the bed in Lens, then Infrared. Pass the magnet over whatever stood out. Two checks pointing at one object: inspect it. PRIVACY No account, no ads. What a scan finds stays on your iPhone. Camera frames and sensor readings are never recorded; only Wi-Fi and Bluetooth scans are saved, on your phone. Subscriptions run through Apple and RevenueCat; crash reports and usage analytics are not linked to you. No tracking. In 13 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Turkish, Korean, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Hindi, German. FREE AND ARGUS PRO Free: the Lens camera finder; Wi-Fi and Bluetooth scans with their counts, camera and tracker alerts; identified Wi-Fi devices; finding a tracker. Argus Pro: which Wi-Fi device it is and its details; every Bluetooth device by name; Find it for any device; Infrared mode; the magnet check. Requires iOS 16 or later. Hotel sweep guide: https://tatrom.github.io/ Argus Pro is a weekly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. The price is shown in the app before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://tatrom.github.io/privacy-terms/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://tatrom.github.io/privacy-terms/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hidden Camera Detector Spy at none against Argus's 2. Hidden Camera Detector Spy also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (22 vs 2). Argus's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Argus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Hidden Camera Detector Spy asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Hidden Camera Detector Spy against 5.0 for Argus. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hidden Camera Detector Spy has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hidden Camera Detector Spy ships an update every 6 days, Argus every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Hidden Camera Detector Spy | Argus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emin Burak YILDIRIM | Roman Hadiiev |
Customer experience
Hidden Camera Detector Spy
Argus
In-app purchases
Hidden Camera Detector Spy
No in-app purchases
Argus
- Weekly$7.997 Days
- Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
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