Hidden Camera Detector vs Hidden Camera Detector Spot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Hidden Camera Detector
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Check a hotel room, rental or fitting room for hidden cameras in a few minutes. Six scanners built into your phone look for camera lenses, night vision light, wireless cameras and bugs, then give you one clear risk level. Tiny cameras hide in smoke detectors, USB chargers, alarm clocks and picture frames. You can't bring a professional sweeper on every trip, but your phone already has a magnetometer, a camera with a flash, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and a microphone. This app turns them into a step by step room check. 6 SCANNERS IN ONE APP ⢠Magnetic field: move the phone along objects and hear the signal rise near electronics ⢠Lens finder: the flash and a high contrast filter make camera glass glint ⢠IR illumination: spot the infrared light that night vision cameras give off in the dark ⢠Bluetooth: see nearby devices and follow the signal to the closest one ⢠Wi-Fi network: find IP cameras on your network, with RTSP and ONVIF checks and the maker's name ⢠Acoustic: listen for the 14 to 19 kHz noise some electronics and bugs make FULL ROOM SWEEP ⢠Runs the scanners one after another and adds the results up into a risk level ⢠Room guide shows where cameras usually hide in a bedroom, bathroom or changing room ⢠Every check is saved to history and can be exported as a PDF report MADE FOR TRAVEL ⢠A reminder to check the room when you arrive at a hotel ⢠Home screen widget to start a scan in one tap ⢠Checklist for the first minutes in a new room ⢠Interface in English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Ukrainian and Russian WHO IT HELPS ⢠Travelers in hotels, hostels and short term rentals ⢠Business trips and conferences ⢠Anyone using a gym, pool or store fitting room ⢠Families checking a new rental before the kids settle in ⢠Renters who want to know what is connected to the Wi-Fi FREE AND PRO Free: magnetic field and acoustic scanners, the room checklist and scan history. Pro: lens finder, IR illumination, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi scanners, the full room sweep, room guide, PDF reports and audio feedback. Every scan runs on your phone. The camera image, scan results and your location stay on the device. A phone is not professional counter surveillance equipment. The app helps you find suspicious spots, but it can't promise to find every device. If you find a camera, don't touch it: take a photo and contact the property and the police.
Hidden Camera Detector Spot
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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 ā 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 ā 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 ā 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 ā 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 ā 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 ā $3.99 per week, with a 3-day free trial. ⢠Yearly ā $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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hidden Camera Detector Spot at every 2 days against Hidden Camera Detector's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Hidden Camera Detector sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 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.
Hidden Camera Detector ships an update every 5 weeks, Hidden Camera Detector Spot every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hidden Camera Detector | Hidden Camera Detector Spot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 days ā better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FlashSoft OU | Emine Saridogan |
In-app purchases
Hidden Camera Detector
- Weekly Pro$6.997 Days
- Annual Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$49.99
Hidden Camera Detector Spot
- Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
- Yearly$17.991 Year
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