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MobileWebCam
Created by Michael Haar
MobileWebCam

Licence
Free
Android version
1.5 and up
Team note
8 / 10
Users note
8 / 10
Downloads
about 100000
Size
1 Mo
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Team review

" Your mobile webcam ! "

The application has not yet detailed description, however the team assigned the note of 8 / 10. This note is based on the following criteria: Quality, Usefulness, Ease of Use, Privacy Concerns of user data (depending on the permissions required)..

The app is compatible from version 1.5 of Android. Any supperior OS version will support it.

Its weight is very light, less than a megabyte is sufficient to store and operate.

Its number of downloads in the Android Market (Google Play) makes it a popular application. Over a hundred thousand users have downloaded on their smartphone or tablet.


User reviews

40 users have given their review on MobileWebCam.


Positive review Couldn't ask for more by anonym
Brilliant app does exactly what I wanted and more. I don't need to go and buy wireless ip camera I can just use an old mobile phone I had lying around 5/5
Positive review What an app! by anonym
I knew what I wanted to achieve when I set out looking for IP cameras initially but thought we would have problems with firewalls in the office and then someone recommended this. Can't find anything that hasn't been covered by the author, everything I can think I'd want it to do has already been thought of - including Dropbox upload, auto-restart, motion detection, etc.! And the suggestion to use partially working phones is precisely what I had in mind (as we sell phones and have some with faulty earpieces or partly cracked glass). Best of all, it's free - would have paid for this functionality as it saves me buying an IP camera(s) and the time and grief of configuring it. 5/5
Positive review Perfect for me by anonym
Wanted to set up a remote are webcam. Have an old smart phone and this does exactly what I wanted 5/5
Positive review by anonym
is it possible to change refresh time that it takes two pictures each second? 4/5
Positive review Great app! by anonym
I have been searching for an application to use my webcam and my android device for remote surveillance for some time and I found only crappy software, until I found this app... It has almost everything I was looking for, tons of configuration options, and it's totally free. Many thanks to the author! 5/5
Negative review Horribly buggy by anonym
Can't change image size from 320x200, upload to SFTP stops workung after some time ('No such file/directory'). Pretty sure the app also forgets settings sometines ... Horrible software... (On Google Nexus Droid) Update: I ended up saving the images to the phone which worked for a while. Sometimes the app didn't take pictures at the scheduled time though. Anyway, now the app started taking photos in 320x240 only. Can't take larger images... its ridicolous... 1/5
Negative review Flaky piece of junk by anonym
This doesn't work very well on my ancient HTC 4G (Sprint) phone which I'd like to use as a webcam -- it has many java.lang.NullPointerExceptions. I'm not an android developer, but the code is open source on code google com. If this worked, I'd pay several dollars for it -- a dedicated WiFi webcam with fewer features costs more than $30. 2/5
Positive review New Problem by anonym
Latest version, 6 may 2014, takes one picture and then stop, using Samsung ace duos. I had used MobileWebCam for a year now until the 6th of may. Now it is not working, sadlly. May 14 release, the problem still exists. Please note, the ace duos has one rear camera, and I set up MobileWebCam to upload images to my dropbox. 5/5
Positive review Amazing by anonym
Great app to run on an old phone as a webcam. Even runs on android 2.3 5/5
Positive review Comprehensive by anonym
Kudos to the developer! 5/5
Positive review Amazing piece of software by anonym
Have used this on various old phones with varying degrees of success. Generally, the configuration on one phone will not work as well with a different one so a bit of testing is required with each model of phone used. Overall, the features available are incredible for a free app, would gladly pay for it. Users giving one star feedback and calling the app junk have to realise it is not designed for users who do not want to experiment with the settings. It's free! Give the guy a break. 5/5
Positive review by anonym
Mobile web cam 5/5
Positive review by anonym
it works so good 5/5
Positive review by anonym
BEST APP EVER!!!!!!!!! I LLLOOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEE This App!!!!!!!! If only everyone else made apps as high quality as this!!! 5/5
Positive review problem with app by anonym
Sometimes, settings are not applied immediately and it needs to wait. I had some problems setting ftp and path. 5/5
Negative review How do I get it to use the cellular network only? by anonym
I see no way to use this as a webcam using the cellular network other than to use it with ksw server. Can you help me? TNX 2/5
Positive review Perfect app by anonym
I simply love it! 5/5
Positive review Good by anonym
Gold job!!!! 5/5
Positive review by anonym
Excellent app 5/5
Positive review Like it by anonym
I find it very nice all the things you can change with it but may be tricky at first. 5/5
Positive review Perfect by anonym
Just what I was looking for! 5/5
Positive review Top by anonym
Top App for security cam. Remaining step for this App is recording video. 5/5
Positive review Great app. by anonym
Does exactly what I want. 5/5
Positive review Great for basic survelliance by anonym
Ideal for low bandwidth situations. You can watch your facilities from thousands of miles away without spending a lot. 5/5
Positive review Works. by anonym
Please add "are you sure" for backup and restore settings! 5/5
Positive review easy to use by anonym
I was able to turn several old phones into useful security cameras. 4/5
Positive review Awesome, finally a cloudless remotecam! by anonym
Kudos! Now I wish I had the knowledge/time to help you out with https/pgp... Big thanks, keep up the good work! 5/5
Negative review by anonym
Would be great if I could turn flash off 2/5
Positive review Perfect! by anonym
I'm using this app more then a year and it works perfectly. I just got some windows phone and I was wondering is anything similar for WP? 5/5
Negative review Only uploading the first pic. by anonym
I don't know why. Also says won't connect to the camera or something 2/5
Negative review Full res not working by anonym
Previous versions used to allow full resolution pictures to be uploaded, but regardless of me choosing the correct settings it refuses to do so. I've tried this on two different devices to Dropbox and FTP. Please fix! 1/5
Positive review by anonym
Great app. Do you accept bitcoin donations ? 5/5
Positive review Brilliant by anonym
Perfect . . Exactly what I was looking for, and more. I've been setting up webcams since 1997 so I had no probs with this great Ap. Thank you :-) 5/5
Positive review How can we donate money $ by anonym
This app is amazing! Thank you so much for making it. How can we donate money for your efforts? 5/5
Positive review Excellent app by anonym
Excellent app for watching outdoor events remotely, like stream water level. I could not find anything else similar out there. Thank you! 5/5
Positive review by anonym
Great app, trying to find something similar for my wifes iphone 5/5
Positive review by anonym
Too many features to mention. Turns any old cel phone into a powerful Web cam -- everything from a simple "dashcam" device to a full Web site image uploader. 5/5
Positive review A little effort by anonym
my old phone now uploads to my raspberry pi - what fun 5/5
Positive review Super free app by anonym
Running on Nexus 7 and Asus tabs, over FTP, works perfectly. Would gladly pay a few euro, thanks, Michael :-) 5/5
Positive review by anonym
This app would be amazing if it works properly. I tested it a lot in last two weeks and haven't got proper results.There are some problems or uncertaintes which should be solved: 1) motion trigger don't behave independent of regular snapshot interval. When I set motion trigger it still takes snapshots in regular intervals (refresh time)! The motion events inside the refresh time(with base of last motion event) are ignored! - I think that the refresh time for regular intervals and motion trigger parameters should be split and don't interact. Otherwise the behaviour is rather inpredictable. 2) motion triggers are not precise, the reaction is sometimes delayed or in interaction with other parameters, it is very uncertain. 3) trigger burst (at least for motion event) doesn't work at all. It always takes 1 picture. 4) when I set SD card directory which is not writable, application next time hangs or doesn't work properly, without any warning.The configuration in whole is not error safe, the input values are not checked for validity. Anyway I hope that this my investigation will help improve this app...as it wasn't updated for 1 and half year. And I'd pay for it if it gets solved. 4/5

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