Dowse: Hidden Camera Detector
Bug Sweep & Bluetooth Finder
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Dowse's lens check strobes your flashlight and catches the glint a hidden lens sends back. It checks Wi-Fi and Bluetooth too, and says what it couldn't. First room free.
Someone found a camera in an Airbnb once, and the whole internet remembers. You still have to sleep somewhere tonight.
Dowse checks a room in one walk. You go from place to place while the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth checks run underneath, and the room seals into one report you can keep or share.
THE WALK
Eight places cameras actually hide, one at a time: the smoke detector, the alarm clock, the USB charger charging nothing, the air vent, the shelf, the bathroom, the TV and the mirror. At each one, hold to look. Dowse strobes your flashlight and watches for the tiny glint a lens sends back, with night vision built in for cameras that light the room in infrared. If something flashes back, its photo stays in your report. If it turns out to be a screw, tap It was nothing.
THE WI-FI AND BLUETOOTH
While you walk, Dowse knocks on the room's Wi-Fi address by address and flags anything that behaves like a camera, quoting the device's own words when it gives any. Bluetooth listens for 20 seconds for trackers and gadgets that have no business in a rented bedroom.
PULL THE PLUG
Found a camera-like device on the Wi-Fi but can't see it? Unplug things in the room one at a time. Your phone buzzes the moment it drops off the network, so you know which object it was.
THE HONEST PART
Every room also says what it couldn't check. A camera that records to a memory card and never joins a network is invisible to every phone app, ours included, which is why the eight places exist. If Bluetooth is off or you're on mobile data, Dowse tells you before you start, and a room that couldn't check anything doesn't use up your free check.
FIND YOUR LOST STUFF
Earbuds under the couch again. Pick the device and walk. The number climbs as you get closer and the Geiger clicks speed up. 60... 74... 91. There they are. Tap Found it. Works with anything that speaks Bluetooth.
WATCHING YOUR BACK
Dowse notices when the same unknown tracker keeps turning up around you in different places, and stays silent otherwise. No alerts about your neighbor's speaker.
Your first room and your first hunt are free. After that they need an active subscription.
TERMS: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & Reviews
If Bluetooth is off or you're on mobile data, Dowse now tells you before you start, and how to fix it.
A room that couldn't check anything no longer uses up your free check. When a room's Wi-Fi or Bluetooth didn't run in full, tap Check again on the room once it's fixed.
A Bluetooth listen that was cut short now says so, instead of reading as done.
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
- 21.2 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
- Monthly $3.99
- Lifetime $39.99
- Yearly $19.99
- Copyright
- © Hysa Tech
