Argus vs Hidden Camera Check

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

Look for hidden-camera clues in a hotel room, vacation rental or unfamiliar space. ClearRoom helps you check Wi-Fi responses, explore nearby Bluetooth devices and inspect the room visually. No phone app can rule out hidden cameras. START WITH WI-FI Start a check on Wi-Fi you’re allowed to inspect. Follow progress as devices respond, then review any video-streaming clues. Ordinary devices are not labeled as cameras. An incomplete check is shown as incomplete, with details to help you understand what happened. TAKE A CLOSER LOOK Follow illustrated guidance for small openings and lens reflections. Use the lens viewer to focus, zoom and add light on supported cameras. A reflection alone is not proof of a camera. EXPLORE BLUETOOTH DEVICES See nearby Bluetooth Low Energy announcements and compare changes in signal strength. Names come from the devices and may be missing or inaccurate. Signal strength does not measure distance or direction, and a Bluetooth device is not necessarily a camera. ClearRoom does not pair with devices or access their content. TRY AN INFRARED LIGHT CHECK Choose the front or rear camera and try an optional TV-remote compatibility check. Record a 12-second silent sweep, then pause, scrub and enlarge frames. A countdown, dim screen and start/end vibrations help when the screen faces away from you. No microphone access is requested. KEEP YOUR INSPECTION ON YOUR IPHONE No account, ads, analytics, subscriptions or in-app purchases. Inspection data is not uploaded to the developer. Notes, photos and a room checklist are optional. Temporary sweep clips are deleted when you leave or background the check unless you explicitly export a copy. UNDERSTAND THE LIMITS A streaming response can come from a camera or another media device. Direct Wi-Fi checks cover six common TCP ports on the connected IPv4 subnet, up to 1,022 host addresses. Bonjour also checks advertised streaming, web, media-receiver and printing services. Other ports, IPv6-only devices, isolated networks, offline cameras and devices on other networks can be missed. Infrared visibility varies by iPhone camera. Seeing a remote’s light does not establish room-distance performance or sensitivity to every wavelength. Many cameras emit no infrared light, and ordinary devices can emit it. A point of light does not identify a camera. Magnetic-field readings are an additional tool; magnets, metal and speakers affect them, and they cannot identify cameras or measure Wi-Fi signals. ClearRoom supports manual inspection. It does not automatically identify cameras or certify a room as camera-free. Camera, Bluetooth and magnetic tools need a physical iPhone. Support: contato@terosmk.com.br TMK Consultoria LTDA