Free: get an alert when Ray-Ban Meta and other camera glasses are near you. No account. Your detections never leave your phone.
Know when camera glasses are near you.
Smart glasses like Ray-Ban Meta look like ordinary glasses, but they can film you without a sound. People have been filmed in cafés, on trains and at school, and found out only when the video was online. Glasshole Radar listens for the Bluetooth signal these glasses send and tells you when they are close.
Free. No account. Your detections stay on your phone.
HOW IT HELPS
• Live radar: see at a glance whether camera glasses are nearby, and how close: Very close, Nearby or In range.
• Alerts: get a notification when glasses appear, and see the radar on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island.
• What you can do: clear next steps for the moment, from putting distance between you to telling staff.
• News: sourced stories about why camera glasses worry people, with a link to each original article.
• History: when glasses were seen and how close they came, kept only on your phone.
WHAT IT LOOKS FOR
• Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses
• Snap Spectacles
• Several other Bluetooth camera glasses
BE CLEAR ABOUT THE LIMITS
• Radar can only see glasses that are switched on and sending a Bluetooth signal. Some glasses send it only at times, for example when switched on or taken out of the case, so Radar can miss glasses that are already in use.
• Radar cannot tell whether glasses are recording.
• Other devices from the same companies can sometimes cause a match.
• Alerts in the background are best effort. iOS decides how often apps can scan when the screen is off.
PRIVACY
Your detections and history never leave your phone. If you allow it, the app sends anonymous counts of which features are used, with no location, device names or personal details. You can turn this off in Settings.
Available in 40 languages.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://www.astralabstudios.com/privacy-policy
The first thing, since I did it, is that I found my AirPods Pro, which I don’t even have on me and aren’t with me right now.
Errors out every time
Pixelpusher636
Can’t even get it to scan. Every time I get “The operation couldn't be completed.(AdaptyErrorDomain lerror 1000.).”
Fake
edugaphd
This is not the Nearby Glasses Scanner and it doesn’t work.
Stolen app name and idea
Rachel2322
Developer stole this app name and idea from Yves Jeanrenaud’s Nearby Glasses app that got a lot of publicity. Not cool.
Glasshole Radar 2.0 is a new app, rebuilt around one question: are camera glasses near me right now?
• A live radar that shows how close glasses are
• Alerts, plus the radar on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island
• Clear steps for what you can do
• News stories about camera glasses, with links to the originals
• Better detection of Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta and other camera glasses
• Now in 40 languages, and free for everyone
Version 2.0.0
The developer, Astralab Studios, Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Usage Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
Astralab Studios, Inc.
Size
6.8 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
