Dowse: Hidden Camera Detector
Bug Sweep & Bluetooth Finder
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Three passes, ninety seconds, one report. It also lists what it couldn't check, because the other apps sell a certainty nobody has. Your first room is free.
Someone found a camera in an Airbnb once, and the whole internet remembers. You still have to sleep somewhere tonight.
Dowse checks the room. Three passes, about 90 seconds, one report.
THE SWEEP
First the Wi-Fi: every device on the network gets probed, and anything that behaves like a camera gets flagged. You can open a suspect's own page right from the report to see what it calls itself. Then Bluetooth: trackers, beacons, and gadgets that have no reason to be in a rented bedroom. Last comes the part most apps skip because it can't be faked, a guided check of the eight places cameras actually hide. Smoke detector. Alarm clock. That USB charger charging nothing.
Your torch becomes a lens-glint scanner. Your camera becomes an infrared scope, because night-vision cameras flood the room with light your eyes can't see. Point a TV remote at it and press any button. See the flash? That's the idea.
THE HONEST PART
Every report also lists what it could not check. A camera that records to a memory card and never joins a network is invisible to every phone app, ours included. That's exactly why the physical checklist exists. We would rather tell you the limits than sell you certainty nobody has.
FIND YOUR LOST STUFF
Earbuds under the couch again. Pick the device, walk, and the number climbs as you get closer, with Geiger clicks speeding up. 60... 74... 91. There they are. Works with anything that speaks Bluetooth.
WATCHING YOUR BACK
Dowse quietly notices when the same unknown tracker keeps appearing around you in different places. And it stays silent otherwise. No panic alerts about your neighbor's speaker.
Your first sweep and your first hunt are free. After that they require an active subscription.
TERMS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & Reviews
Performance improvements and bug fixes.
The developer, Redjan Hysa, 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 Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- HYSA TECH SH.P.K.
- Size
- 15.4 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. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Lifetime $39.99
- Yearly $19.99
- Monthly $3.99
- Copyright
- © Hysa Tech