GetMyPov
GetMyPov
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Control other smartphones in capturing and transmitting videos
GetMyPov is an app for iOS designed to control an iPhone from another iPhone.
Control means directing the remote device in how to use its camera, which camera to use (front/rear), which capture format to use among those ones provided by the camera hardware, whether or not to record the collected video streaming, whether or not to activate motion detection, whether to reduce the visual area to specific sub-regions in order to focus only on some details by reducing inherently the associated processing effort. Control means enabling/disabling in the target device even other features described below.
Then the video streaming so collected is intended to be transmitted (eventually depending on motion detection) to the controlling device that, in turn, can record the incoming streaming and can be configured to make a sound whether the streaming started after a no motion suspension period.
It works in a local Wi-Fi network. If one of the two communicating sides has access to a public-IP router, the communication can even occur through the Internet.
The app can either run relying on automatic discovering of partners inside the local network or addressing them by well known network data.
Video streaming can be bi-directional.
The most options are available on the main panel and a mode selector makes the configuration easier in each context of use.
Video files coming from recording are stored as frames collections located in the private area of the app. Every file is named with the respective date-time of start of writing.
Streaming flows are described by status lines at the top of the screen.
Frame rate in recording and max file size are settable parameters.
Even the rate of frames that are processed for forwarding is a parameter.
Every frames collection can be viewed at a later time, by means of a powerful internal viewer.
Sharable Mp4 files can be generated from the frames collection.
The app supports the remote desktop management: what has been recorded locally by the transmitter is directly viewable by the controlling device that can even download the content (for a deferred local viewing) or remotely delete it. The access to the remote desktop is possible while watching the alive video streaming. The current point of view of the remote device is accessible while, through a split viewing area, we are exploring previously recorded scenes, there archived.
Another useful feature that optimizes the involved resources, is the Motion follower. This realizes the automatic narrowing of the processing area, basing on motion localization: if a moving entity occupies only a sub-part of the capturing area then the app makes a "zoom-in" and follows the moving entity. When another moving entity enters the scenario covered by the capturing area the app makes a zoom-out to embrace all the moving entities. The feature can be controlled remotely.
The app can be used as a stand-alone app, relying on the local recording or the local sound emission, both based on the motion detection, or the local recording based on the motion follower. At any moment, in this layout, the app can connect to a possible communicating side with which exchanging video streaming.
The app is freely available, without any sort of expiration.
A one-time purchasable in-app product exists: it adds four modes of running, making the device able to communicate with many partners at the same time.
See the user guide at appsdips.com/apps/getmypov for the details.
more a new mode has been added: the "Local recorder" mode. It allows to get the most from the camera without interaction with other smartphones
5.5 11/24/2025
overhead in updating the header of the frame viewer during step-back navigation + possible wrong target index in frame viewer upon step-back action after an intensive step-forward navigation or after the play (>>) command - FIXED !
5.4.1 11/12/2025
- Compatibility with the latest version of iOS
- No more a family of apps but a one only app that contains an in-app purchase to get, optionally, the most of the technology
- The free availability of the 'Motion follower' feature and its stability issue solved
- A more versatile previewing
5.4 08/29/2025
Immediate switch on remote command for "only motion", "record on place", "motion follower" and "reset zoom".
5.3 12/22/2024
* improved Graphic User Interface
* previewing and local recording immediately available on start, without concerning about network availability
* zoom availability on previewing, impacting on the frame size of the local recording and of the forwarding process
* new “sound on motion” feature available
* a faster and more robust discovery process
* a substantially enhancement of the quality level obtained by the removal of several bugs related to the most specific features of the app
5.2 12/06/2024
On stopping capturing the app could hang or crash - Fixed
5.0.5 07/21/2024
- layout issues fixed
- a big bug fixed (motion detection introduced not only a reduction by 16 % about frame rate but also streaming was processed in spurts)
5.0.3 05/19/2024
in 5.0.2 layout issues and remote desktop management bug were fixed
in 5.0.1 layout issue on iPhone 6 has been fixed
in 5.0.0 :
The motion detection algorithm in version 5.0 has been completely re-designed, showing a more stable and more sensitive behavior.
The Brazilian language has been added.
The remote control of the newly added "Motion follower" feature when available on the controlled partner.
The presentation of the exact frame format in the frame viewer, for each frame visualized, upon any variability that might occur along the collection.
Directory names are now language dependent.
Little restyling of the user interface and improved user experience in the interactions.
Elimination of the Help of the file navigator since considered of scarce usefulness
Elimination of the remote control of the image quality since considered of very scarce usefulness. A needed simplification of the remote device section
5.0.2 04/28/2024
in 5.0.1 layout issue on iPhone 6 has been fixed
in 5.0.0 :
The motion detection algorithm in version 5.0 has been completely re-designed, showing a more stable and more sensitive behavior.
The Brazilian language has been added.
The remote control of the newly added "Motion follower" feature when available on the controlled partner.
The presentation of the exact frame format in the frame viewer, for each frame visualized, upon any variability that might occur along the collection.
Directory names are now language dependent.
Little restyling of the user interface and improved user experience in the interactions.
Elimination of the Help of the file navigator since considered of scarce usefulness
Elimination of the remote control of the image quality since considered of very scarce usefulness. A needed simplification of the remote device section
5.0.1 04/25/2024
The motion detection algorithm in version 5.0 has been completely re-designed, showing a more stable and more sensitive behavior.
The Brazilian language has been added.
The remote control of the newly added "Motion follower" feature when available on the controlled partner.
The presentation of the exact frame format in the frame viewer, for each frame visualized, upon any variability that might occur along the collection.
Directory names are now language dependent.
Little restyling of the user interface and improved user experience in the interactions.
Elimination of the Help of the file navigator since considered of scarce usefulness
Elimination of the remote control of the image quality since considered of very scarce usefulness. A needed simplification of the remote device section
5.0.0 04/21/2024
The following issues have been fixed in v. 4.0.4:
- Wrong blocking message at the start when the data connection is active together with a Wi-Fi connection
- in the connection database editor :
1- on the deletion of a record, the following record, that needs to be shifted to fill the hole left by the deleted record, inherited the hidden data of the deleted record
2- wrong validation message in address textboxes
3- the "Connect from public context" switch did not activate the visibility of the associated data
4- missing translated items
4.0.4 01/30/2024
The following issues have been fixed in v. 4.0.2:
- severe issue in frame sequencing when both "Only motion" and "Local recording" were selected
- communication protocol issues
- layout issues
4.0.2 01/23/2024
The capability to "start" without network availability and to wait for it.
A new-style graphic user interface.
The support for six languages (English, Italian, German, French, Spanish and Ukrainian)
The local recording and its controllability from remote.
The access to the transmitter file system (remote desktop management) with possibility to directly view the recordings made there locally or to download those files, or even to delete them.
The ability to have the preview minimized.
The browsing of the local network in order to compose a list of the video streaming providers as base to switch to each of the founded items, performing on it all the mentioned interactions.
A completely re-organized "get file" user interface.
A set of hard coded configurations (modes) that helps adapting the app to the different cases of use.
A more precise verbosity of the monitor lines.
A refactored graphic user interface of the internal frame viewer with the addition of a seek-bar.
4.0.1 12/16/2023
The launch screen has been added.
A code improvement has been applied to make the app supporting forward compatibility in respect of the growth of the communication protocol that will be present in the future versions. This makes the update a recommended update even if the user does not perceive any change in the behavior of the app.
3.1.2 07/29/2022
* An added network mode
It allows to deal with explicit network address information and separate the Auto-discovery feature adopted in the preceding versions to make it available as a preliminary job to run before running a session with the new "explicit network addressing" mode. This new mode allows keeping track of possibly already listening devices that typically have its own camera session ready to be turned on (on demand), and to connect to them one at a time, in order to get and control the output of their cameras. This means that even with "F" a surveillance system with many watchers becomes a reasonable usage target. This scenario is supported by two different sub-modes:
** (run) "As known address server that makes the app addressable inside the local network
** "Connect to private/public server" served by a small connections database, fed either manually or automatically during any Auto-discovery activity and along which the user can navigate before connecting as network client.
Being explicitly addressable in the local network means that if this network is sustained by a router that receives the assignment of a public-IP address from the Internet provider, the device running the app can be the target of the port forwarding configuration defined in the router. Then, considering the now-possible use of the data connection, that allows the app to access a public-IP address in the user preferred way, this scenario allows one (or many, one at a time) smartphone running the same app to connect from the "outside" to that one (or those ones) living in the router local network.
* A simpler and explicit way to drive the app to act as network server as result of the negotiation made in the Auto-discovery local network mode
This is provided by a clearer "Forced to be a server" attribute.
* The ability to act as controller
A big enhancement of "F", considering that this main feature was previously an exclusive of the paid GetMyPOV C app, is just that "control" now is possible even with "F" as follows:
Total control of "F"/"C" instances running in the Auto-discovery local network mode
"Almost" total control of "F"/"C" instances running in the direct network address mode, meaning that all features but Frame quality, rate of use in forwarding and activation/deactivation of the motion detection are controllable here.
3.0.1 05/12/2022
* An added network mode
It allows to deal with explicit network address information and separate the Auto-discovery feature adopted in the preceding versions to make it available as a preliminary job to run before running a session with the new "explicit network addressing" mode. This new mode allows keeping track of possibly already listening devices that typically have its own camera session ready to be turned on (on demand), and to connect to them one at a time, in order to get and control the output of their cameras. This means that even with "F" a surveillance system with many watchers becomes a reasonable usage target. This scenario is supported by two different sub-modes:
** (run) "As known address server that makes the app addressable inside the local network
** "Connect to private/public server" served by a small connections database, fed either manually or automatically during any Auto-discovery activity and along which the user can navigate before connecting as network client.
Being explicitly addressable in the local network means that if this network is sustained by a router that receives the assignment of a public-IP address from the Internet provider, the device running the app can be the target of the port forwarding configuration defined in the router. Then, considering the now-possible use of the data connection, that allows the app to access a public-IP address in the user preferred way, this scenario allows one (or many, one at a time) smartphone running the same app to connect from the "outside" to that one (or those ones) living in the router local network.
* A simpler and explicit way to drive the app to act as network server as result of the negotiation made in the Auto-discovery local network mode
This is provided by a clearer "Forced to be a server" attribute.
* The ability to act as controller
A big enhancement of "F", considering that this main feature was previously an exclusive of the paid GetMyPOV C app, is just that "control" now is possible even with "F" as follows:
Total control of "F"/"C" instances running in the Auto-discovery local network mode
"Almost" total control of "F"/"C" instances running in the direct network address mode, meaning that all features but Frame quality, rate of use in forwarding and activation/deactivation of the motion detection are controllable here.
3.0.0 04/10/2022
Main improvements:
* Motion detection
On the side of the camera session, a completely new proprietary processing of the scene is performed for detecting motion, in order to offer processing and forwarding of the frames (of the stream) only in presence of motion. This transforms the app in a concrete application for surveillance purposes because of the energy saving ( so battery life ) that derives for minor image processing, very low network traffic, and on the receiving peer the lower amount of storage used for recording. In the case the camera session is driven by a remote controller that commits the zooming feature, motion detection operates within the restricted area identified by the zoom-in action. This allows to reach a very narrow angle of analysis of the scene to detect motion in. Operating in "motion only" mode, then, is also a remotely controllable attribute (by a controller obviously).
* Suspension
Again on the side of the camera session, if the receiving peer disconnects for some reason, the session suspends itself (camera is stopped and, with it, any image processing). In this state only the network interface remains active but at a very low rate of listening, that one sufficient to resume from "sleeping" when a listening peer (re-)connects. Suspension can even be forced, either locally or remotely (by a controller). In case of forced suspension any connected device has notice of it and reaches a stand-by state that ends upon suspension resuming, once again, locally operated or remotely (by a controller). Once the forced suspension has been removed, the host of the camera session returns to be dependent on the living connections.
* Remote battery status availability
Every asset that implies the reception of video streaming is accompanied by the availability of the battery status of the source. When a repeater device is used, the receiver sees also the battery status of the "man in the middle" is available, in addition to that one of the source.
* The setting of the rate of use of the frames collected from the camera device that are effectively processed and forwarded
With the goal to diminishing the power consumption along the attendees to each GetMyPOV scenario, the rate can be reduced every time it might seem convenient, for example when the performance of the source is "too" high in respect of the needs of the context.
* Frame viewer shows date-time of each frame
The heading data presents the frame date-time, not only when the user goes frame by frame but even during playing. Then the saving of a frame makes the name of the target file be the effective date-time of the frame instead of the date-time expressed by the frames-collection name.
Other improvements
* Graphic user interface has been reorganized and restyled to make easier and more immediate the identification of the commands:
source device have been moved respectively in the title and in the body of the "remote device" section
Textual representation of commands has been replaced by a graphical one where it seemed convenient.
Remote device section is now equipped with the flash light status of the source.
* The verbosity of the first monitor line, during all transients, has been improved in order to follow all of the various status changes.
* Scene hiding.
Whenever the drawing of the receiving scene made some trouble in reading the monitor lines content or in locating some commands in the main panel, due to the inherent transparency, it can be stopped.
* Recording management has been improved with useful features.
* The communication protocol, a part from carrying the added features, has been re-engineered to reach a more efficient bidirectional streaming and to have more robust discovering/connection activities.
2.0.3 11/05/2021
Now The frame viewer, in addition to the natural velocity in playing the sequence, provides new added velocities (x 2, x 4, x 1/2, x 1/4)
1.2.0 04/03/2021
New features:
- Verbosity of the monitor line during the connection process
Improvements:
- No need to restart the H instance (in broadcast modes) upon rejection of wrongly set video session (it is enough to turn it off)
bug fixes:
- streaming with large and heavy frames issues
- crash happening on "start" after a "get file" command made without net available
1.1.0 03/05/2021
a new mode has been added: the "Local recorder" mode. It allows to get the most from the camera without interaction with other smartphones
more Version 5.5 11/24/2025
Data Not Collected The developer does not collect any data from this app.
