Perch - Simple Home Monitoring

by Perch Technology · Lifestyle · Free

No longer on Google Play

Perch - Simple Home Monitoring is made and published by Perch Technology. AppBrain is an independent app data site and isn't affiliated with Perch Technology. The app name, icon, screenshots and description belong to Perch Technology and are shown as published on Google Play.

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Rating on Google Play: 4.06; 1,255 ratings
Installs: 220 thousand
Last updated: May 13, 2016
Ads: Contains ads
Size: 10.9 MB

Perch - Simple Home Monitoring is no longer on Google Play. It was there for 15 months, until February 2017. It had 220 thousand installs. Users rated it well: 4.1 stars from 1,255 ratings.

User feedback

Ratings and reviews on Google Play

Comments on Perch - Simple Home Monitoring for Android

★★★★★ Great idea, but The video isn't full frame as it would be looking through the camera on the phone screen so a lot of the room is cut off making monitoring a medium size room almost useless.

★★★★★ Great App. The streaming video is clear and i can also watch the history record. The motion detect function is wonderful. In time app and email notification. But you need to setup motion area in the website.

★★★★★ So easy to use! Took me about 30 seconds to set up. Couldn't be much easier. Also works great, video stream is clear and the app is not cluttered with extra settings, ads, etc. Very easy to add new devices and view from a PC.

★★★★★ Great app! Does exactly what it says it does while putting a old phone to good use! I'd recommend this to anyone

★★☆☆☆ Disappointed For some reason the camera inside the app shows a very dark image (camera app on Note 4 works fine though) I also wasn't comfortable with the few settings on the website and wasn't sure how to set up a zone properly. Deleted account and uninstalled after 5 minutes of testing.

★★☆☆☆ Almost simple setup, requiring signing up on the getperch web site, OK. But I get no video at all even though the camera on the phone is recording and on the website I see progress dots but no video. When I stop the recording suddenly the web page displays last known video picture. strange...

★★☆☆☆ When it works, it's great. The camera goes off line at least once a day (using a Samsung S4 as the camera) and when I try to review old footage, it is mostly unavailable or I get a playback error. What's the point if I can't review footage? I'll be looking for an alternative until this actually works. Some jerk stole a flower pot from in front of my house and it would have been great to have been able to review the footage, but I got a playback error. Pretty worthless if it's doesn't work.

★★☆☆☆ Was good Since the update the tablet I use as a camera keeps switching from Record to Pause after a few hours.. Didn't do that previously - will email soon Thanks for the offer of help :-}

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Description by Perch Technology Written by the developer, not by AppBrain. Click to read.

Requires Android 4.0 or higher — now in beta. We cannot guarantee full support on CyanogenMod versions of Android.

Perch turns your phone or laptop into a live home monitoring service. Set up your laptop or webcam – or a spare phone or tablet — to record what’s happening in your home. Then visit getperch.com to see what’s going on, review historical video, or set up motion alerts.

Perch lets you take action around your home: turn on the lights, flip power switches, and control appliances using your home automation system. Or just reach out to your kids using our real-time video chats.

Recent changes:
Various recording stability improvements.
Updates to motion zone logic.
Remove some duplicate notifications.
Improved reconnection when disconnects happen.

Safety and technology

Found in the app by AppBrain

Ads: Contains ads
Price: Free
Libraries: 16
App size: 10.9 MB
Needs Android: 4.0+
Content rating: Everyone

Technologies used by Perch - Simple Home Monitoring

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Releases

Updates seen on Google Play

Version: 1.1.19
Launched: October 2015

Feb 3, 2017Unpublished
Sep 19, 2016Installs100,000+ installs
May 13, 2016UpdateVersion 1.1.19
Mar 12, 2016Installs50,000+ installs
Feb 25, 2016UpdateVersion 1.1.17

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Play install range: 100+ thousand
Launched: October 2015

About the app and developer

About Perch - Simple Home Monitoring

Perch - Simple Home Monitoring was a lifestyle app developed by Perch Technology. It was removed from Google Play Feb 3, 2017.

Install Statistics

Perch - Simple Home Monitoring had been installed 220 thousand times before it became unavailable.

User Ratings

Perch - Simple Home Monitoring was rated 4.06 out of 5 stars, based on 1.3 thousand ratings.

App Information

Perch - Simple Home Monitoring was free. The app size was 10.90 MB. The last available version was 1.1.19. The last update was on May 13, 2016.

Technical Requirements

Perch - Simple Home Monitoring required Android 4.0+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play since October 2015.

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