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Farscope
Turn old phones into security cameras. No subscription, ever
Farscope turns an old Android phone into a private home camera for short check-ins on family, pets, and home. Your footage stays on your own devices. One-time payment, no subscription. Built in Finland.
Hey PH! I'm Hector, the solo dev behind Farscope.
The idea started simple, I had a bunch of old Android phones collecting dust and didn't want to pay Alfred Camera €5/month forever. So I built the alternative I wanted: peer-to-peer, no account, no cloud, one-time payment.
Under the hood it's React Native + WebRTC, it goes directly phone to phone.
The free tier lets you connect 2 camera phones. The Owner Pass (one-time, no subscription ever) unlocks 5. That's it. No tiers, no renewals, no surprises.
Still in private beta, would love to hear from anyone who's tried Alfred, Manything, or similar and got fed up with the subscription. That's exactly who I built this for.
Happy to answer any technical questions about the WebRTC/P2P side. AMA.
About Farscope on Product Hunt
“Turn old phones into security cameras. No subscription, ever”
Farscope was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #44 on the daily leaderboard. Farscope turns an old Android phone into a private home camera for short check-ins on family, pets, and home. Your footage stays on your own devices. One-time payment, no subscription. Built in Finland.
On the analytics side, Farscope competes within Android, Tech and Home security — topics that collectively have 685.4k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Farscope performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Farscope?
Farscope was hunted by Héctor Estrada. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Héctor Estrada