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deviceOwl: Find Spy Devices
Instantly identify hidden cameras and smart devices in rentals, hotels, and homes. Peace of mind is just a point-and-shoot away—even when you're offline.
Key Figures
Downloads
43K+
User Rating
4.3/5
Total Ratings
600
Publisher
Entropic, LLC
Category
Lifestyle
Locales
1
Latest Version
4.8.4
Size
60.6 MB
First Released
Jun 1, 2020
Features
Your Privacy, Verified
Scan your surroundings with AI to reveal hidden surveillance and understand the smart devices around you, anywhere in the world.
Instant AI Recognition
Identify covert spy cameras and microphones disguised as household objects just by pointing your phone camera.
Deep Privacy Audits
Access detailed reports on sensors, data storage, and manufacturer safety ratings for every device you encounter.
The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.
App Store
Screenshots
The splash screen for deviceOwl app featuring a lifebuoy and the text Find Spy Devices with Apple Intelligence over an underwater background
deviceOwl mobile app interface scanning a power strip for hidden cameras or microphones
The deviceOwl app identifying a hidden spy camera inside a wall tap
High resolution reference photo showing a hidden camera lens in a power strip identified by a red circle and arrow.
Interface of the deviceOwl app showing AI recognition of an electrical outlet with no known surveillance potential
deviceOwl app interface showing a knowledge update screen for basic and advanced spy device identification
Mobile app screenshot showing a history of scanned devices including smoke detectors and power strips
deviceOwl app interface showing the identification of a hidden spy camera within a thermostat
deviceOwl app identifying a hidden spy camera within a smoke detector using AI
deviceOwl app screen showing lighting instructions for scanning hidden devices
Description
Discover Device Potential
deviceOwl is an AI point-and-shoot hardware device checker that helps you identify the make and model of devices, and reveal their privacy implications.
Covert spy devices are cameras and microphones that are either miniaturized, or disguised as other trusted household objects. They have serious implications, because they can be well disguised, highly reliable, and are widely available for purchase.
Household smart devices can enhance the convenience and peace of mind we have at home, but sometimes at a cost of privacy and security.
With an eye towards privacy, deviceOwl helps you quickly identify these devices, providing both simple, and in-depth details about their capabilities.
Simply point your smartphone at a device, and let deviceOwl intelligently check it, based on its knowledge of thousands of devices. If a device is recognized, deviceOwl provides details about the device's capabilities, helping you to make the right decisions about how to protect your privacy, and the privacy of the people you care about.
Information includes make, model, privacy and safety considerations, sensors, network, storage, power, remote control, AI capabilities, and manufacturer information, including origin, parent companies, privacy policy, and the current government blacklist status of the manufacturer.
FEATURES
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- Basic Edition helps identify popular consumer household smart devices.
- Advanced Edition helps identify covert consumer spy devices, and provides in-depth device capabilities with a focus on privacy.
- Regular device knowledge updates keep deviceOwl aware of new devices.
- Heads up display and interactive guidance to make it easier to check devices.
- Designed for traveling. Once installed and updated, check devices without a cloud or network connection.
IMPORTANT NOTES & LIMITATIONS
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- Checks visible devices that are roughly up to the size of a shoebox.
- Please follow the guidance provided on safely and correctly checking devices.
- Some devices may look similar to each other, especially under different lighting conditions, and from different angles. Please confirm all device detections using the reported make and model.
- DeviceOwl is not a network device scanner, or camera lens reflection checker. Instead, it uses AI to visually recognize devices by their shape and form.
- Does not identify individual components of dismantled devices, such as their circuit boards and other components.
- Does not identify certain device types whose surface is dominated by an LCD screen, including TV's, tablets, and smartphones. Refer to the device type selection screen for the most current list of supported device types.
- Due to the volume of sample submissions, Entropic Labs responses to device sample submissions may be limited.
SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS
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deviceOwl “Basic Edition”
- Check popular consumer household smart devices using AI computer vision.
- Reveal basic information, and in-depth device capabilities with a focus on privacy.
deviceOwl “Advanced Edition” (Subscription)
- Boosts deviceOwl with knowledge of covert consumer spy devices.
- Reveal important privacy and safety considerations for select devices.
- Cognition Boost feature helps to help identify partially damaged or marked devices.
- Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase.
- Subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.
- Manage your subscriptions, and turn off automatic renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase.
- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
This page is not an official page of the app or its developer, but an independent editorial publication created for informational and commentary purposes. Unless expressly stated otherwise, neither the app nor its developer is affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, authorized by, or otherwise officially connected with MWM, Apple, Google Play, the app publisher, or the app's developer, and nothing on this page implies that the app was developed using MWM's services. Any trademarks, logos, screenshots, and other content remain the property of their respective owners.