InspectCamFree on Google Play
Flashlight and camera on at the same time — for inspecting dark, tight spaces
On iPhone and Android alike, the flashlight switches off the second you open the camera. On Android, InspectCam holds both on together — so you can see into dark, tight spaces and take the photo without losing the light.
- Now onGoogle Play
- Coming soon to theApp Store
Free to use · No ads · Android only
Why your flashlight goes out when you open the camera
The LED beside your camera is the camera's flash, not a separate torch. Open a camera app and it takes the flash with it. Your light dies. This is true on both platforms.
Setting flash to "on" doesn't fix it — that fires at the moment of capture. It lights the photo, not the preview. You're still aiming blind.
InspectCam holds the light on with a live view, so nothing is fighting for the LED. Full explanation, and the video-mode workaround.
Three levels
Free and Premium are set. Pro is planned — see the note below.
Free
$0
In the app today
- The light comes on when you open the app and stays on: through photos, through video, and when you come back to it
- See what the camera sees
- Take photos
- Record video, with sound
- Never stops your music, even while you record — why most apps do
- One-tap zoom levels — whichever ones your phone exposes
- Pinch to zoom, and reset zoom
- Both cameras on screen at once. The front one is a second view, not a second recording, and only some phones can do it
- Tap the screen to focus
- A marker shows when focus is held — tap to release
- Screen won't sleep while you're working
- Use the screen itself as a lamp, in a window you can move and resize
- Shortcut through to your gallery
Premium
Launch price$6.99 one time, yours for life
Pay once and it stays unlocked. Goes up to $12.99 when borescope support ships.
- Countdown before the photo is taken
- Lock the screen so a stray hand can't turn your light off
- Dim the light: the screen lamp on any phone, the rear LED only where the phone allows it
- Volume buttons do one job you choose: shutter, zoom or brightness
- Flip the picture left-to-right
Pro
Coming soon
For documentation and reporting.
Pro will add
- Group photos and videos into jobs, by vehicle, unit or property
- Date, time and location stamped onto every capture
- Export a PDF report you can send to a customer, tenant or insurer
Premium is a one-time $6.99 unlock, bought inside the app through Google Play. The free version is fully usable without it. Pro isn't built and has no date.
| Feature | Free | Premium | Pro — coming soon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light comes on at launch and stays on through photo and video | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| See what the camera sees | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Take photos | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Record video, with sound | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Never stops your music, even while you record | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| One-tap zoom levels — whichever ones your phone exposes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pinch to zoom | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reset zoom | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Both cameras on screen at once — front is a view, not a second recording, and only some phones can | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tap the screen to focus | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| A marker shows when focus is held | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Screen won't sleep while you're working | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Use the screen itself as a lamp | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Move and resize the lamp window | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Shortcut through to your gallery | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Countdown before the photo is taken | —No | Yes | Yes |
| Lock the screen so a stray hand can't turn your light off | —No | Yes | Yes |
| Dim the light: the screen lamp on any phone, the rear LED only where the phone allows it | —No | Yes | Yes |
| Volume buttons: shutter, zoom or brightness | —No | Yes | Yes |
| Flip the picture left-to-right | —No | Yes | Yes |
| Group photos and videos into jobs, by vehicle, unit or property | —No | —No | Yes |
| Date, time and location stamped onto every capture | —No | —No | Yes |
| Export a PDF report you can send to a customer, tenant or insurer | —No | —No | Yes |
Where it earns its place
Engine bays
Reading a part number behind the block without needing a third hand for the torch.
Wall cavities
Checking a stud line or a cable run through a hole too small to look through.
Under sinks
Seeing the back of a trap or a shut-off valve in a cupboard with no light.
Crawlspaces and lofts
A light that stays on and a live view, so the phone goes where your head will not.
Guides
Answers to the questions a store listing can't cover. Written by Andre Gaz, who builds the app.
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Borescope not detected on Android
Nine causes in order of likelihood. The cable is usually the answer.
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Flashlight goes out when the camera opens
Why both platforms do it, and what actually keeps the light on.
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Your selfie video is too dark
Front flash fires for photos only. It does nothing for video.
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Recording video stops your music
Audio focus, and the apps that never ask for it.
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Why some phones can't use both cameras
The phone answers, not the app. No update adds it.
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Wi-Fi scope keeps disconnecting
Your phone is leaving on purpose. The setting that stops it.
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Does your phone support USB OTG?
A two-minute test that beats any checker app.
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Which borescope specs matter
Focal distance decides sharpness. Most resolution figures are fiction.
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USB borescopes and iPhone
They don't work, and Apple has said so directly.
What it asks of you
- No ads
- The free version is fully usable on its own
Using a borescope with your phone?
The compatibility list records borescope models tested on Android, with the date tested and the app version. If a scope isn't being detected, the Android troubleshooting page works through the causes in order. On iPhone, start with why USB borescopes don't work there.
Get InspectCam
- Now onGoogle Play
- Coming soon to theApp Store
InspectCam is on Google Play for Android. There is no iPhone version, and no date to promise for one.