Comparison

Hidden Cam Detect vs Hidden Camera Bug Detector

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

Head to head
About

Hidden Cam Detect

Features
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Hotel room, short-term rental, or your own home โ€” Hidden Cam Detect sweeps the space for hidden cameras, microphones and tracking devices. And when something turns up, it helps you walk to it. SEE WHAT'S ON THE NETWORK Most hidden cameras need Wi-Fi to be useful. The app lists what's connected and tells you what each thing actually is โ€” "IP camera, known brand" instead of "192.168.1.42" โ€” along with the reason it was flagged. Printers, speakers and phones get ruled out instead of padding the list. WALK TO IT, DON'T JUST WORRY ABOUT IT - A proximity meter that rises as you get closer, with haptic feedback. - An AR signal map you paint by walking around the room, so you can see where the signal peaks. (Pro) - LiDAR depth markers that pin a suspicious reflection in 3D โ€” needs an iPhone Pro. (Pro) CHECK WITH YOUR OWN EYES - Lens scan: your flashlight and camera catch the glint a lens reflects back. - Infrared viewer for the invisible IR light night-vision cameras give off. (Pro) - A guided checklist of the places devices usually hide โ€” smoke detectors, alarm clocks, power strips, air vents โ€” and what to look for in each. AFTER EVERY SCAN A clear risk score with the reasoning behind it, plus a panel showing which checks ran and which ones couldn't โ€” so you always know what was covered and what wasn't. Save the result, compare it on your next visit, or export it as a PDF report. (Pro) HONEST ABOUT THE LIMITS No app can find every hidden device, and this one doesn't pretend to. It's a triage tool: it surfaces what a phone can pick up, then guides the rest of the search. "Nothing found" never means a room is safe. A recorder saving to a memory card, an older wired camera, or anything switched off gives off nothing a phone can detect. That's why every scan ends with the checklist. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your scan results stay on your phone and are never uploaded. No account, no sign-in. Optional anonymous crash and usage reports can be turned off in Settings. FREE Wi-Fi scan, Bluetooth scan, lens-glint tool, risk scoring, guided checklist and recent scans, plus one free Full Scan. PRO UNLOCKS Unlimited Full Scan, infrared viewer, magnetometer, LiDAR depth tools, AR locate, AR signal map, extended scan history and PDF export. - Trip Pass: one-time purchase, 72 hours of Pro. Does NOT renew. - Annual: auto-renewable subscription, billed yearly. - Lifetime: one-time purchase. Does NOT renew. Prices vary by region and your local price is shown before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Only the Annual plan renews automatically: it renews unless auto-renew is turned off 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 in Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://nhanntv.github.io/hiddencamdetect/legal/en/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://nhanntv.github.io/hiddencamdetect/legal/en/privacy.html

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Hidden Camera Bug Detector

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Vigil turns your phone into a five-channel sweep for hidden cameras, microphones and trackers. It is the check worth doing before you unpack in a hotel room, a holiday rental, a changing room or an office. FIVE WAYS TO FIND A CAMERA Infrared: night-vision cameras flood a dark room with light your eyes cannot see. The front camera can see it, and Vigil under-exposes the sensor until only the emitters are left. Lens glint: glass reflects light straight back at its source. Sweep with the torch and a lens answers with a small, hard, motionless spark. Magnetic: every camera worth hiding holds a magnet and a switching supply, both of which bend the local field. This is the only channel that finds a camera that is switched off. Wi-Fi: lists every device on the network you are on and flags the ones answering on the ports IP cameras stream over. Bluetooth: finds battery cameras, voice recorders and trackers that advertise themselves, and tells you when one is getting closer. WHERE TO LOOK Smoke detectors, air vents, alarm clocks, chargers, mirrors, TV bezels, power strips, air fresheners and decorative holes. Each mode explains what it is measuring and how to sweep properly. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every scan runs on your device. No video is recorded, no network data leaves the phone, no account is needed and nothing is uploaded โ€” a privacy tool that phoned home would be a contradiction. Vigil raises suspicion, it does not prove anything. If you find something you cannot explain, stop, leave it in place and call the front desk or the police. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hidden Cam Detect4 screens
Hidden Camera Bug Detector4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hidden Cam Detect and Hidden Camera Bug Detector are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Hidden Cam Detect sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and Hidden Camera Bug Detector sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hidden Cam Detect versus Hidden Camera Bug Detector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHidden Cam DetectHidden Camera Bug Detector
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size70 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDUY NHAN TRINHHALIME USLU

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hidden Cam Detect

Subscriptions1
  • Pro ยท Annual$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • 72-Hour Trip Pass$2.99
  • Pro ยท Lifetime$39.99
2 purchases

Hidden Camera Bug Detector

Subscriptions2
  • Vigil Pro Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Vigil Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Hidden Cam Detect free?
Hidden Cam Detect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hidden Camera Bug Detector free?
Hidden Camera Bug Detector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hidden Cam Detect or Hidden Camera Bug Detector have ads?
Neither Hidden Cam Detect nor Hidden Camera Bug Detector shows ads.

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