Dash Cam: DVR Recorder

Your dash cam records every drive to its own memory card. This app is how you get at that footage: browse the card, watch live view, and pull the clips you care about onto your phone. Dash Cam is a remote and a viewer for a standalone dash cam already mounted in your car. It does not record using your phone camera.

What it does

• Connect over the camera's Wi-Fi. Your dash cam broadcasts a network of its own. The app joins it, works out which camera you have, and connects. Cameras you have added before reconnect on their own.
• Browse the whole card. Everything on the memory card arrives as one library grouped by day. Filter by normal driving, an impact event, parking mode, or a manual capture, and by front, rear or interior channel.
• Watch live. Open a live view while parked, switch channels, take a still photo, and start or stop recording on cameras that allow it over Wi-Fi.
• Keep what matters. Downloaded clips sit in your library on the phone. Trim a long clip down to the seconds that matter, then save it to Photos, ready to hand to an insurer or the police.
• Know when recording stops. The app tells you when the card is full or missing, when the battery is running down, when recording has stopped, and when the camera clock has drifted.

Compatible dash cams

VIOFO A119 Mini 2, A129 Plus Duo and A139 Pro. Rexing V1-4K, V1P Pro and S500. REDTIGER F7N and F17. AZDOME M550 and GS63H. BlackVue DR590X, DR770X Box and DR900X Plus. DDPai Mini 5, Mini Pro, Z40, Z50 and N2 Dual. Garmin Dash Cam Mini 2, 47, 57, 67W and Tandem. Nextbase 322GW, 422GW, 522GW, 622GW and the iQ series. Beyond those, the app reaches many unbranded cameras that broadcast an NVTCAM, CARDV, CARCAM, AMBA or YDXJ network, because they are built on the same chipsets.

Questions

Does it work with Garmin or Nextbase?

Those two pair over Bluetooth first and hand the Wi-Fi password to their own app. Read the Wi-Fi name and password from the camera's own settings menu, join that network by hand, then open Dash Cam.

Why is there no internet while I am connected?

The camera's Wi-Fi network is a link between your phone and the camera and does not lead anywhere else. That is normal. Your usual network works again once you rejoin it.

How long does a download take?

Downloads run at roughly 2 to 5 MB/s, so a one minute 4K clip takes about a minute to copy across.

How much does it cost?

A purchase is required to use the app. It is sold weekly, yearly, or once for lifetime access, and the price in your currency is shown before you confirm.