Old Phone Cam: IP Camera
NESLIHAN BAYAR Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Old Phone Cam: IP Camera is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by NESLIHAN BAYAR. Requires iOS 15.0. Updated October 27, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 37 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 27
- 2026 · v1.1.1
Screenshots
About Old Phone Cam: IP Camera
Old Phone Cam turns a phone you already own into a security camera on your own Wi-Fi. No cloud. No account. The picture never leaves your network: the old phone runs a small web server, and you watch it from a browser, VLC or Home Assistant on the same Wi-Fi. Nothing is uploaded anywhere, because there is nowhere to upload it to. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open the app on the old phone and tap Start streaming. 2. Scan the QR code from the phone or computer you want to watch on, or type in the address it shows. 3. That is it. The picture is live. WHAT IT DOES . Live picture in any browser. The watching device needs no app at all. . Sound alongside the picture, off by default and only turned on deliberately. . Records to the phone as MP4, while streaming or on its own. . Works with VLC, Home Assistant, Frigate and anything else that reads MJPEG. . The server asks for a token by default, and the QR code carries it, so someone else on the same Wi-Fi cannot simply guess the address. . A thermal governor lowers the frame rate before the phone gets hot, and says so on screen. . A dimming mode, so the old phone can sit on a shelf without lighting up the room. FREE 720p streaming, one viewer at a time, a watermark on the picture, five minutes a clip and thirty minutes of recording a day. You can watch an ad to record for longer. PREMIUM . No watermark, on the stream and on the recordings . The highest resolution your camera actually supports, 1080p and above . Recording with no limit . More than one viewer at once . No ads Premium is a subscription, monthly or yearly, and there is also a one time purchase if you would rather not subscribe at all. The yearly plan starts with a 7 day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. WORTH KNOWING BEFORE YOU BUY . This is a local network tool. It works on your own Wi-Fi only, and it does not reach your camera from outside the house. . Recording people who do not know about it may be against the law where you live. How you use it is your responsibility. Privacy policy: https://oldphonecam.app/privacy Terms: https://oldphonecam.app/terms
What’s new
Version 1.1.1 · Updated October 27, 2026
The recording budget now sits on the recordings screen, where you decide to record, instead of leading the camera screen with a limit you have not reached. Fixes: a stream that failed to start can be started again; a recording survives a notification banner or Control Center; and the stream no longer stops quietly after an encoder error.
App privacy
The developer, NESLIHAN BAYAR, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Coarse Location
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction, Advertising Data
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
- Purchases: Purchase History
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics, App Functionality
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