Security Camera + DashCam from your spare smartphone with USB Camera support
About PhotoTrap Security Camera
PhotoTrap Security Camera is a tools app developed by RemoteGuard.
Download Statistics
PhotoTrap Security Camera has been downloaded 98 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 300 times.
User Ratings
PhotoTrap Security Camera is rated 3.32 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 400 ratings.
App Information
PhotoTrap Security Camera is FREE to download. The APK download size is 18.94 MB. The latest version available is 7.4.0. The last update was on October 31, 2025.
Technical Requirements
PhotoTrap Security Camera requires Android 4.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play June 2018.
Description
PhotoTrap Security Camera is an easy-to-use application that turns your spare smartphone into a security and surveillance system for office and home protection, baby and pet monitoring, property surveillance, car security, nature observation, and more. Use your phone as a Dash Cam to record road conditions. Connect a USB camera to the phone to expand its capabilities. Use your phone as a regular IP camera or as a Hunting Camera: · Connect your smartphone to PhotoTrap for live surveillance. Take pictures and record videos during surveillance. · Arm/disarm the PhotoTrap. In armed mode, the PhotoTrap takes photos or records video when motion is detected, instantly notifies the user, and sends the photo or video to an email and/or Google Drive. · Receive photos or videos at any time via remote control request. · Full-time video recording 24/7 creates a video archive containing all events at the location. Footage is saved securely to an email and/or Google Drive. · Adjust camera parameters according to your needs: resolution, zoom, night mode, flash. · Eco mode allows the PhotoTrap (without using the built-in video motion detector) to work for several days or even weeks (depending on battery condition) without being connected to a charger. This mode is suitable for monitoring non-electrified objects, such as in the forest. · Connect an external sensor to detect motion or other events (smoke, vibration, door opening, etc.). Using an external sensor instead of the built-in video motion detector reduces false alarms and allows for eco mode usage. · The built-in video motion detector can detect movement without using external sensors. It has adjustable sensitivity and two modes of operation: "indoors" and "outdoors." In outdoor mode, you can select zones to trigger the detector, excluding areas that might cause false alarms, such as swaying trees. The outdoor video motion detector has a detection range of up to 30 meters or more during the day.
Use extra features of the PhotoTrap Security Camera: · Time-lapse, e.g., photographing every 5 minutes. · Instant notification about connecting/disconnecting the phone from the charger. This feature can be used to monitor the home power network. · Remotely control the PhotoTrap from the Console (via your smartphone). · View and manage the received photos and videos in the PhotoGallery: zoom in on photos, adjust brightness/contrast, and easily delete empty images.
PhotoTrap does not use unreliable private clouds to send/receive/store photos and videos. Instead, it uses the email service of a reliable public provider (e.g., @gmail.com, @outlook.com) as well as Google Drive.
The application does not require unnecessary permissions and does not request your account data.
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Recent changes: Improved compatibility with Android 16, various improvements and bugs fixing
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★★★★★
This is a wonderful app that is compact and simple to use. So far I have used it to photograph and take videos of my bird feeder. I tried to take time lapse of my backyard during the day (trying to track sunlight to see the best place to place my potted plants). It works, however it takes individual pictures. I request that in addition to individual pictures, the app allows the pictures to be "stitched" together to be played back as a film (have both individual pics and time lapse movie). I can see using this mode on my bike ride. I can see other uses for this app such as using on road trips, monitoring my front yard and even watching plants grow. Thanks so much!
★★★★★
This is a good app, but it does not work as well as it should for my purpose: I am using it to take photos of a LED screen that turns on occasionally. The problem is that the camera does not have time to focus because the photos are taken the instant motion is detected. For my use case, there needs to be an option for a time delay after motion is detected. The photos are coming out blurry, and I can see that the camera is taking the picture before it is in focus. It needs a 2 or 3-second delay.
★★☆☆☆
1.it crashes on wide angle with lg g5 when it sees movement 2.make it to also start recording when there's voice 3. There should be a setting to not take photos because when it takes first photos then it doesn't record and loose many details. 4. There should also be an option on how long it should still be recording when the movement is gone instead of sensor inactivity. Actually I'm using it in the car to see who puts up the sweepers in the back and then while there's movement it stops recording
★★☆☆☆
I had high hopes for this app. I had it set to 24-hour mode (at max resolution and video archive max size not limited). I changed the settings so that it would save videos in 15-minutes segments to my Google Drive. My phone was on a tripod facing the window, while charging. It ran for about 11 hours, and saved none of it. It's not in the app's video archive, not in my gallery, and not in my Google Drive.
★★☆☆☆
One Star....because I cant see how to get the "Full" version of this Phototrap app so that you can enable the SMS/MMS texting features and receive instant messaged photos from your phototrap cell phone????
★★☆☆☆
Works OK. But I cannot turn off alert sound. It does not make a sound in camera mode. But alert sound goes off in video mode.
Google Play Rankings for PhotoTrap Security Camera
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Technologies used by PhotoTrap Security Camera
PhotoTrap Security Camera is requesting 29 permissions and is using 21 libraries.
Permissions
Network communication
view network connections,
view Wi-Fi connections,
full network access,
Google Play billing service,
Google Play license check,
receive data from Internet
Your accounts
find accounts on the device
Hardware controls
take pictures and videos,
control flashlight,
change your audio settings,
record audio
System tools
change network connectivity,
connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi,
disable your screen lock,
retrieve running apps,
run at startup,
draw over other apps,
prevent phone from sleeping,
modify system settings
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