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A security camera app with no subscription, on a phone you already own

Most camera apps are cheap to start and expensive to keep. The camera is free, then the features you actually need, watching from away, saving a clip, seeing it in decent quality, quietly sit behind a monthly fee. Miss a payment and you lose access to your own setup.

Farscope is built the other way around. You pay once, or nothing at all, and it runs on a phone you already have. No monthly fee, no new hardware, no company holding your footage hostage.

Farscope running on three phones as a no-subscription home camera

Why do camera apps push subscriptions?

Because most of them store your video on their own servers, and servers cost money every month, forever. That recurring cost gets passed to you as a subscription. It's why so many apps lock basic things, live viewing, playback, notifications, decent resolution, behind a plan. The fee isn't really about features. It's about paying for storage you didn't ask for.

How Farscope avoids the monthly fee

Farscope records clips on your camera phone, using the storage already inside that device. A 128GB old phone becomes private camera storage. Because there's no company server storing your video, there's no monthly storage cost, and nothing to pass on to you as a subscription.

Live viewing connects your two phones directly when it can. When a direct connection isn't possible, an encrypted relay carries the live picture so you can still watch, but it only passes the video through, it never stores it. Your recordings stay on your phone either way.

No new camera to buy

Most no-subscription cameras still ask you to buy hardware first, a camera, a hub, a microSD card. Farscope runs on phones you already own. An old phone in a drawer becomes the camera. Your everyday phone becomes the viewer. Nothing to order, nothing to wait for.

Free, or one payment. Never a subscription.

Free
€0
  • ✓ Live view on your home Wi-Fi
  • ✓ Up to 2 camera phones
  • ✓ Motion and sound clips
  • ✓ 48-hour local clip library
  • ✓ A short free trial of viewing from away
Owner Pass
€24.99
One-time. €29.99 after early access.
  • ✓ Everything in Free
  • ✓ Unlimited viewing from anywhere
  • ✓ Up to 5 camera phones
  • ✓ HD video and 2x zoom
  • ✓ 14-day local clip library
  • ✓ Manual recording and exports

Owner Pass is €24.99 during early access, €29.99 after. One payment, no renewal.

Questions people ask

Is there really no monthly fee?
Yes. The free tier is free forever. Owner Pass is a single one-time payment, not a subscription. There's no renewal and no recurring charge.
What's the catch with a one-time payment?
There isn't a hidden one. Farscope keeps costs low by recording on your own phone instead of paying to store your video on company servers, so there's no ongoing cost to pass on to you.
Where is my video stored if there's no subscription cloud?
On the camera phone itself, using the storage already inside that device. A 128GB old phone becomes private camera storage. Nothing is uploaded to a Farscope server for storage.
Do I need to buy any hardware?
No. Farscope runs on phones you already own. An old phone becomes the camera, your everyday phone becomes the viewer. No new camera to buy, no microSD card required.
What does the free tier actually include?
Live viewing on your home Wi-Fi with up to two camera phones, motion and sound clips, a 48-hour local clip library, and a short free trial of viewing from away from home.

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Pay once, or nothing. Never monthly.

Farscope turns your old phone into a private home camera with no subscription. Join the early access waitlist and lock in the one-time launch price.

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