CameraMicAlert was a tools app developed by David Montesin. It was removed from Google Play Jul 14, 2023 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
CameraMicAlert had been downloaded 2.2 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
CameraMicAlert was rated 2.88 out of 5 stars, based on 44 ratings.
App Information
CameraMicAlert cost $0.99 to download. The APK download size was 1.80 MB. The last available version was CameraMicAlert.1.6. The last update was on January 8, 2020.
Technical Requirements
CameraMicAlert required Android 7.0+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play March 2018.
Description
CameraMicAlert communicates with the core camera and mic interface built into Android to detect if the camera or mic is in use by malware or software. CameraMicAlert then alerts you by updating an ongoing notification that is present in the notification menu.
CameraMicAlert also provides a list of all the times the camera and/or Mic was activated and a list of suspected apps this can be viewed by clicking the activity log button displayed in the app
CameraMicAlert keeps all this information on your device and doesn't share it with any external service.
You can view our privacy policy here: https://sites.google.com/view/davidmontesin/cameramicalert-privacy-policy
Recent changes: Added a popup to request permission to disable battery optimisation. This will ensure that CameraMicAlert will not be stopped by android.
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★★★★★
App seems okay. After runing it for a few months the option to view the log does become VERY slow. Might it be possible to add a button to prune the log?
★★★★★
[OnePlus 5T - Stock OOS] Successfully notifies me when camera/mic is in use. Would be useful to light notification light when camera is in use as the notification can be a tad disruptive. Also, an option to customize notification font and text message would be neat! The potential this app had is worth the money.
★★★★★
Overall a pretty good security app. I noticed however that it does use internet in the background, and I'm not sure why that is, as it should be local on my device, hopefully not uploading any data (although I don't think it was). Another thing is while I was testing, I noticed that it notifies me when the camera is being used 100% of the time, but not much when the microphone is being used, which I hope can be fixed in future updates. Other than these two things, it's an amazing app.
★★☆☆☆
Doesn't even flag all 3rd party apps using your mic, let alone when Android/Google using it.
★★☆☆☆
Crashes when camera launches. Galaxy Note 8 with root access. If I run the app and then launch the camera, your app immediately crashes. It seems to be device related as the app works fine on a friend's Moto G.
★★☆☆☆
All it did was list everything with camera or mic permissions but half the time it listed apps that didn't even have those permissions. It would drain my fully charged phone every night. If you weren't using your phone, you'd have no way of knowing when the camera or mic were in use because there was no notification other than a colored drop-down window.
★★☆☆☆
This app isn't working on MIUI Device: Poco F1 OS: Android 10 Rom: MIUI 11
Technologies used by CameraMicAlert
CameraMicAlert is requesting 5 permissions and is using 4 libraries.
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