Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Oriel
Turn your old iPhone into a privacy-first security camera
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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AiCam turns an unused iPhone into an advanced home security camera with full privacy protection. AiCam can be used for home security, child monitoring, nanny monitoring, elderly care and pet monitoring. With AiCam, you have a mobile and smart home security camera that you could bring to remote sites
2021 · ai-cam.app · its alternatives →
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Alfred▲127Turn your unused smartphones into home surveillance cameras.
2015 · alfred.camera · its alternatives →
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I needed a security camera inside my house, one that would send motion notifications to my smartphone and would allow me to livestream remotely. However, I could not find one that I could trust due to privacy concerns. Many of them upload the plaintext of videos to their servers and none is fully open-source as far as I know. Therefore, I decided to use my spare time to build one from scratch. Called Privastead (as in Private Homestead), it uses OpenMLS for end-to-end encryption (between the camera local hub and the smartphone) and is mostly implemented in Rust (except for part of the…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Viyo▲91Turn any device with a browser into a security camera
2019 · vuabongda.club · its alternatives →
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GetCam▲146Turn your iPhone into PC/Mac camera with this Plug&Play app.
2022 · getcam.co · its alternatives →
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SpyCam▲132Mac menu bar camera app that detects motion + records video
2024 · spycam.app · its alternatives →
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Turn your laptop or mobile device into a motion camera alarm
2020 · motionsecurity.cam · its alternatives →
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Shuttercase 2.0▲140Shuttercase turns your iPhone into a mirrorless camera
2019 · shuttercase.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · uview.io · its alternatives →
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Several months ago, I posted in Show HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42284412) about this project (previously named Privastead, now changed to Secluso). It's a privacy-preserving home security camera that uses OpenMLS for end-to-end encryption between the camera and the mobile app. The post received a good amount of attention and there were many good comments. Since then, my project cofounder and I have made major improvements to the project. The project previously would act as a hub for an IP camera, which was otherwise closed source. But now, our camera software can…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Camiocam▲154Turn any tablet or smartphone into a home-monitoring camera
2014 · camio.com · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone, I previously introduced an open source private home security camera in 2024, which uses OpenMLS for end-to-end encryption: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42284412. It was called Privastead then and it's now renamed to Secluso. John Kaczman found my project from here and has been working on it with me over the last year and half. We've made a lot of improvements to the software, which we would like to share with you: - You can now set this up on your Raspberry Pi in less than 5 minutes with no technical expertise using our easy-to-use GUI deploy tool. We've…
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Turn your old iPhone into a private security camera
Feb 2026 · its alternatives →
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Later Cam▲174Turn your phone into an old-school disposable camera
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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UltraPod▲103Turn your old iPhone into a music-first dumbphone
Jul 2026 · ultrapod.gigassbox.com · its alternatives →
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