No wiring
Place a spare smartphone in your car and start monitoring without running cables through the vehicle.
Parking mode app for a spare iPhone or Android phone
Turn a spare smartphone into parked-car monitoring you can start in minutes, without wiring, installation, or vehicle modification.
For drivers who want parking surveillance without the cost, wiring, and setup friction of a dedicated parking-mode dash cam.
No wiring
No installation
Use your spare smartphone
Local evidence first
Easy setup
Monitor your parked car easily with your smartphone.
Dedicated parking-mode dash cams can require a device purchase, wiring, power accessories, professional installation, and car-specific setup. BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App lets you start monitoring your parked car with a spare smartphone you already have.
No installation
No vehicle modification or shop visit required. Move it between cars whenever you need.
Start in minutes
All you need is a spare smartphone and a simple mount. Add a battery pack for longer monitoring, and you can start in minutes.
Evidence first
Designed for the moment you wish you had proof.
BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App uses a smartphone you no longer rely on every day to preserve usable clips and still frames around the incident. Its advantage is not just price: it lowers the barrier to getting parking surveillance started.
3s
Video from before detection.
10/30/60s
Choose how long to record after motion, sound, or impact is detected.
720p/1080p/4K
4K recording is available on iPhones with a 4K-capable camera and at least 6GB of memory. Android supports 720p and 1080p. If your smartphone has a wide-angle lens, you can also select the wide-angle lens for recording.
1GB
Old events are cleaned up automatically only when your smartphone's free space falls below 1GB, starting with the oldest recordings.
Parking mode app
Looking for a parking mode app?
BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App explains how a spare smartphone can work as a parked-car monitoring app for hit-and-runs, door dings, and vandalism evidence.
Use-case guides
Practical guides for common parking incidents.
Choose a guide for hit-and-runs, door dings, vandalism, spare-phone setup, dash-cam tradeoffs, or everyday parked-car monitoring.
Hit-and-run evidence
Parking Lot Hit-and-Run Evidence App
Learn how BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App helps a spare smartphone capture parking lot hit-and-run evidence with motion, sound, and impact detection, local video, and optional Drive backup.
Door ding evidence
Door Ding Evidence App for Parked Cars
Use BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App to monitor a parked car for door dings, cart contact, and side-panel incidents with spare-phone video evidence.
Vandalism evidence
Car Vandalism Evidence Camera App
BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App helps preserve local video evidence for parked-car vandalism, suspicious contact, and break-in attempts using a spare smartphone.
Spare phone camera
Use a Spare Phone as a Car Security Camera
BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App turns a spare iPhone or Android phone into a parked-car monitoring camera with local evidence clips and optional Drive backup.
Dash cam alternative
Dash Cam Parking Mode Alternative
Compare BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App with dash cam parking mode and learn when a spare-phone evidence recorder is a practical alternative for parked-car incidents.
Parked-car monitoring
Parked Car Monitoring App for iPhone and Android
BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App is a parked-car monitoring app for iPhone and Android that records local evidence when motion, sound, or impact is detected.
How it works
Monitor key risk areas from inside the car.
1
Place an extra phone with a clear view.
Place or mount the phone inside the car so it can watch the area where door dings, hit-and-runs, and vandalism are most likely to happen. No wiring, vehicle work, or permanent installation is required.
2
Start monitoring before you leave.
Choose motion, sound, impact, or any combination. Each detection mode also has three sensitivity levels. To reduce battery use, you can turn the camera view off or dim the entire screen.
3
Capture around the trigger.
When detection is triggered, BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App captures a still frame at that moment and starts the video from 3 seconds before it happened. Recording after detection can be set to 10, 30, or 60 seconds.
4
Review, save, and back up.
Events stay available offline. Save the image or video to Photos, use optional Google Drive backup, or receive Gmail notifications.
Detection
Three ways to catch the start of the incident.
Parking lots are unpredictable. A useful parking camera app should react to more than one signal, so BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App lets you tune motion, sound, and impact detection separately. It can also send an alert to your Gmail address at the moment detection is triggered.
Motion detection
Watches the camera view for human movement and uses on-device processing to help focus on meaningful changes in the scene.
Sound detection
Listens through the phone microphone for everything from loud contact or crash sounds to quieter sounds like voices.
Impact detection
Uses the phone's motion sensors to detect jolts, shakes, or contact that may happen before a person notices the damage. If you use it like a dash cam, you can set sensitivity to weak so normal driving vibration is less likely to trigger detection.
Flashing light deterrent
When any selected detection mode is triggered, BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App can blink the phone flashlight at maximum brightness. You can choose which detection modes are allowed to trigger the flashlight.
Privacy by design
Your parking evidence belongs to you.
BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App is built around local evidence storage, so it can be used offline. Parking videos can be saved on your phone or automatically backed up to Google Drive. They are not sent anywhere else.
Local first
Video, trigger frame, and metadata are saved on the device for offline review.
Cloud backup is optional
Backup to your own Google Drive uses limited file access for files the app creates or opens.
Gmail alerts are optional
Email notification can be enabled only after the user grants the required Google permission.
Clear limits
Know the limits before you rely on it.
The best parking lot evidence app is one you can trust. That means explaining the boundaries clearly instead of overpromising.
iOS cannot monitor while the app is in the background.
Because of iOS rules, monitoring works only while the app remains open. Going back to the Home screen or locking the screen stops monitoring.
Recommended for shorter parking sessions.
The recommended use case is shorter monitoring while eating, shopping, running errands, or parking at an apartment lot. Long use in a hot car during summer is not recommended.
Older phones adapt.
On low-memory devices (2GB or less), BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App automatically reduces recording load, including shorter pre-trigger capture and standard quality.
FAQ
Questions people ask before trusting a parked car camera app.
Short answers for U.S. drivers comparing BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App with dash cam parking mode, spare-phone camera apps, and general car security apps.
Is BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App a dash cam replacement?
No. BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App lowers the entry barrier for parked-car evidence using a spare phone. A dedicated dash cam may still be better for always-on driving and overnight parking.
What incidents is BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App designed for?
It is designed for parking lot hit-and-runs, door dings, vandalism, suspicious contact, and break-in attempts where a video clip or still frame may help establish what happened.
Does the app work without internet?
Yes. Evidence is saved locally first. Internet is only needed for optional Google Drive backup or Gmail email notification.
What are the recommended sensitivity settings for each detection mode?
Motion detection
High
Optimized to detect moving objects within 20 m of the phone.
Medium
Optimized to detect moving objects within 5 m of the phone.
Low
Optimized to detect moving objects within 1-2 m of the phone.
Motion detection is intended for use while parked. Do not turn it on while driving.
Motion detection is intended for use while parked. Do not turn it on while driving.
Sound detection
High
Optimized to detect even very quiet sounds, such as whispering.
Medium
Optimized to detect sounds such as doors opening or closing and normal conversation.
Low
Optimized to detect only especially loud sounds, such as major impact noises or shouting. Recommended while driving.
Impact detection
High
Optimized to detect even slight vehicle movement, such as doors opening or closing.
Medium
Optimized to detect clear jolts, such as contact with another vehicle while parked or at low speed.
Low
Optimized to detect only strong impacts, such as severe collisions with cars or motorcycles while driving, or sudden braking. Recommended while driving.
Is BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App multilingual?
BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App supports English, German, Spanish, and Japanese.
Pricing
$6.99/month
BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam App is available for $6.99 per month.
Available now on Google Play
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