Haven: Keep Watch 0.2.0-RC-1

Reviews

5 ★, on 2020-06-30
Installed on a secondary device, a $30 Android phone. I use it when I need to leave any of my gear unattended, mostly in hotel rooms. It works well, and gives me piece of mind. It's worth noting, that you cannot capture recordings of anyone without their knowledge or consent, in most countries. A simple way around this, is to just leave a little sign saying Recording in Progress nearby. Most people won't think anything of that, but at least your covered.

4 ★, on 2020-07-23
Excellent app. Can you add email functionality, so that it will be able to send a snapshot(pictures), for those of us with no secondary devices that are capable of sms.

2 ★, on 2019-08-20
All I wanted (and expected from the public hype on this app) is an app that can repurpose my old smartphone into a "security camera" that can send a live feed OVER WIFI to either another WiFi connected smartphone or PC. I did not expect the "old" phone to require an active phone company account to become a "security camera". Instead, Haven appears to require your repurposed phone STILL have an active phone account, and only sends data/images via messaging services. No continuous live video feed over WiFi is possible...unless I missed it. Also, the initial "configuration" protocol guides you through MANDATORY setups for movement, vibration, and sound, each of which display arbitrary "sensitivity" numbers at you expecting you to know what they mean.as you adjust them. The decibel number is somewhat obvious, but even then as an example of needless complexity...in a quiet room with an "average" decibel reading, according to the app, of about 30 (A or C weighting unknown), the adjustment numbers rapidly change from about 40 to over 90 without explaining why and how it relates to sensitivity. You have no control over the numbers as they appear to constantly and rapidly change randomly.

1 ★, on 2020-04-20
Uninstalled within 5 minutes... Adjustment for motion turned me off almost immediately... Its too sensitive and hard to control... Just don't care for the interface... Needs tweaking.

2 ★, on 2019-03-13
read about this, but it did not work, could not get anything to work, just a out of focus, badly colored mess of a video. too esoteric for general use. Alfred, on the other hand, setup and ran beautifully first time. this is too nerdy.

2 ★, on 2019-09-08
What is the oldest "old phone" that this app will work on? I've tried to find this information, but have not found it so far. It's not much good if it only runs on 7.1.1 or later. That's my current phone's OS. The principle is good though.