The core security features are free forever — your devices do the work, so we don't charge you for it.
| What you get | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Cameras & live view | ||
| Turn phones into security cameras | 2 cameras | Unlimited |
| Watch live from anywhere (phone or browser) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Two-way talk & video call to the camera | ✓ | ✓ |
| Laptop as a camera (Web Camera) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Top live-stream quality over the internet | — | ✓ |
| Intelligence — free where others charge | ||
| Motion detection with zones & sensitivity | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI detection: people, vehicles, animals (on-device, private) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pre-motion recording — clips start ~5s before the movement | ✓ | ✓ |
| Home / Away / Disarmed modes, arming, schedules, siren | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recordings & evidence | ||
| Recording on the camera phone (private, timestamped) | up to 1 GB | up to 2 GB |
| Event history with AI-labeled snapshots | 7 days | Extended |
| Cloud Evidence Vault — break-in clips survive a stolen camera | — | ✓ |
| Backup to your own Dropbox | Break-in clips always + 25 clips/day | Everything, unlimited |
| Comfort | ||
| Family sharing with per-person permissions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ad-free | — | ✓ |
Launch pricing to be announced — designed to undercut the big names. Early-access users get everything free.
Yes — and not a crippled free. Motion detection, on-device AI, pre-motion recording, security modes, live view and local recordings are free forever, because they run on your own devices. Premium adds convenience on top: more cameras, cloud evidence storage, unlimited backups and no ads. During early access, absolutely everything is free.
No — and not because we pinky-promise. Recordings live on your camera phone; the AI runs inside the phone; live video travels device-to-device with end-to-end WebRTC encryption. Our server only introduces your devices to each other. If you enable Dropbox backup, clips go straight from your phone to your Dropbox — never through us.
No. One phone plus a laptop works great: use the phone as the camera and watch from your browser at izicamera.com/viewer — or turn the laptop into the camera at izicamera.com/camera and watch on your phone.
Any Android phone from roughly the last 8 years typically works. Older phones make great cameras — plug them in, mount them, and the app auto-restarts after power cuts and protects the battery.
Three things nobody gives you free: the AI runs on the device (private, no cloud analysis), clips include the seconds before the motion (you see them approaching), and you can back up to your own cloud. Plus real alarm-system behaviour: arming, modes, siren and a spoken warning.
Yes — anywhere with internet. Live video connects directly between your devices; when a direct path isn't possible, an encrypted relay steps in automatically.
Watching live uses data like a video call, and quality adjusts to the connection. The camera side has a Data Saver mode for mobile-data cameras, and motion alerts themselves are tiny.
Subscriptions will be handled by Google Play — cancel anytime in a couple of taps, and you keep Premium until the period ends. If you cancel, you drop to the free tier; your cameras and recordings stay yours.
Early access is open — no card, no catch.