Spectre scans Bluetooth to detect AI and smart glasses with cameras near you in real time, across 19 brands — on your iPhone, your Apple Watch and your Lock Screen. No account required. No data leaves your device.
Free with 30 minutes of scanning a day. Spectre Pro removes the daily limit: 0.99 per month or 4.99 per year.
Smart glasses are everywhere — and many of them can record you without your knowledge. Spectre is a privacy tool that passively listens for Bluetooth signals broadcast by smart glasses. When it detects a known device, it shows you the brand, estimated distance, and signal strength along with a threat level based on proximity.
No pairing. No connections. Just detection — with instant alerts on iPhone, Apple Watch and the Lock Screen.
Everything you need to stay aware of recording devices nearby.
Wrist-tap alerts and start/stop scan controls on your Watch, so you can leave the phone in your pocket.
Walk towards a detected device with Find My-style warmer and colder guidance until you are next to it.
Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, plus Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy widgets.
Live signal strength, estimated distance, and threat level for every detected device. You see what's around you the moment it appears.
Full history of every detection with search, filtering, and a grouped timeline. Review past encounters anytime.
See where smart glasses were detected on a map. Optional location tagging, stored entirely on your device.
Detection trends, brand breakdown, and peak hours. Understand patterns in the devices around you.
Push notifications, audible alarms, and haptic feedback. Choose how you want to be notified when a device is detected.
A continuous haptic pulse that intensifies as a detected device gets closer. Feel the threat level without looking at your phone.
Hide detection counts from the screen so others can't see you're scanning. Stay discreet.
Mute all alerts during set times. No interruptions when you don't need them.
A clean interface designed to give you instant awareness.
Spectre recognises 19 brands of AI and smart glasses, identified by Bluetooth manufacturer IDs, service UUIDs and name patterns, cross-referenced for accuracy.
Lock the app with biometric authentication. Your detection data stays protected.
Ignore your own smart glasses or trusted devices. No false alerts from gear you know about.
Export your detection log in CSV or JSON format. Keep your records or analyse them externally.
"Start scanning" and "Are there glasses nearby?" — hands-free detection via Siri.
Bluetooth state restoration keeps Spectre scanning even when the app is in the background.
Available in English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish, and Catalan.
Silence the gear you already know about and only get alerted when an unfamiliar device appears.
Try every feature without a device nearby — useful for a first look or a demonstration.
Spectre was built with one principle: your data stays on your device.
Grant Bluetooth access and start scanning. No account or setup required.
Spectre passively listens for Bluetooth signals broadcast by smart glasses. No pairing, no connections.
When a known device is detected, you see the brand, distance, signal strength, and threat level instantly.
Browse your detection log, view locations on a map, and check analytics to understand patterns.
Anyone who values knowing when they're being recorded in public or private spaces.
Detect recording devices in meeting rooms, offices, and confidential settings.
Stay aware at cafes, gyms, changing rooms, and anywhere smart glasses might be present.
Give yourself peace of mind knowing what Bluetooth-enabled eyewear is around you.
Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your Apple ID account settings.
Spectre is free to download and gives you 30 minutes of scanning a day, with no ads and no account. Spectre Pro removes the daily limit for 0.99 per month or 4.99 per year.
It passively listens for the Bluetooth Low Energy signals that smart glasses broadcast, identifying them by manufacturer ID, service UUID and name pattern. When it recognises a device it shows the brand, an estimated distance, the signal strength and a threat level based on how close it is.
19 brands, including Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta, Snap Spectacles, Google Glass, XREAL, Vuzix, Even Realities, Brilliant Labs, Amazon Echo Frames and Razer Anzu. The list is built into the app, so detection works without a network connection.
iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, on iOS 26.0 and watchOS 26.0 or later. The Watch app taps your wrist when something is detected and can start or stop a scan.
Neither. There is no sign-up, and the app makes no network requests at all — it works entirely offline and detection logs stay in on-device storage.
Not on a map, but the Radar Finder guides you to it with warmer and colder feedback as the signal strengthens. Bluetooth gives distance, not a position.
No. Spectre looks specifically for camera-equipped AI and smart glasses over Bluetooth. It does not detect phone cameras, wired cameras or devices that broadcast nothing.
Free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Requires iOS 26.0 and watchOS 26.0 or later.