PhotoTrap Security Camera

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About this app

PhotoTrap Security Camera is an easy-to-use application that turns your spare smartphone into a security and surveillance system for office and home protection, baby and pet monitoring, property surveillance, car security, nature observation, and more.
Use your phone as a Dash Cam to record road conditions.
Connect a USB camera to the phone to expand its capabilities.
Use your phone as a regular IP camera or as a Hunting Camera:
· Connect your smartphone to PhotoTrap for live surveillance. Take pictures and record videos during surveillance.
· Arm/disarm the PhotoTrap. In armed mode, the PhotoTrap takes photos or records video when motion is detected, instantly notifies the user, and sends the photo or video to an email and/or Google Drive.
· Receive photos or videos at any time via remote control request.
· Full-time video recording 24/7 creates a video archive containing all events at the location. Footage is saved securely to an email and/or Google Drive.
· Adjust camera parameters according to your needs: resolution, zoom, night mode, flash.
· Eco mode allows the PhotoTrap (without using the built-in video motion detector) to work for several days or even weeks (depending on battery condition) without being connected to a charger. This mode is suitable for monitoring non-electrified objects, such as in the forest.
· Connect an external sensor to detect motion or other events (smoke, vibration, door opening, etc.). Using an external sensor instead of the built-in video motion detector reduces false alarms and allows for eco mode usage.
· The built-in video motion detector can detect movement without using external sensors. It has adjustable sensitivity and two modes of operation: "indoors" and "outdoors." In outdoor mode, you can select zones to trigger the detector, excluding areas that might cause false alarms, such as swaying trees. The outdoor video motion detector has a detection range of up to 30 meters or more during the day.

Use extra features of the PhotoTrap Security Camera:
· Time-lapse, e.g., photographing every 5 minutes.
· Instant notification about connecting/disconnecting the phone from the charger. This feature can be used to monitor the home power network.
· Remotely control the PhotoTrap from the Console (via your smartphone).
· View and manage the received photos and videos in the PhotoGallery: zoom in on photos, adjust brightness/contrast, and easily delete empty images.

PhotoTrap does not use unreliable private clouds to send/receive/store photos and videos. Instead, it uses the email service of a reliable public provider (e.g., @gmail.com, @outlook.com) as well as Google Drive.

The application does not require unnecessary permissions and does not request your account data.

Welcome to join our Facebook group where you can find user tips, help from developers, and share your suggestions:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/androidphototrap/

Ratings and reviews

Works well but I can't get my photos transferred to my pc. Can't find in gallery or Google drive but can see an option to upload to photo gallery singly, though I have over 100. They do not seem to be stored locally so where are they? Please help. Update. Adding stars after dev response but it would improve the app if images could be multi-selected to copy for upload instead of one by one.

Wow! This is a great app! Exactly what I need! Thank you! I use it to take pictures of birds coming to the waterer. My only suggestion is to add setting for the focus. With the current infinite focus setting if I put the camera too close then the birds are blurry. But the birds are small so if I could adjust the focus and put the camera closer then the app would take much better pictures :)

it is a great app. It does what it says, it is not hard on my battery, I love it. I shopped for a trail cam but they all use SD cards, this doesn't. I need this, to feel secure, I didn't think a phone could do it, but this works, it's excellent. Small download size, which I like, and I would not be upset if they added a mb or two, for instructions, on the next version. Great product!

What’s new

Improved compatibility with Android 16, various improvements and bugs fixing