Built a home camera app where the two iPhones talk directly to each other — no cloud, no server in between

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I kept running into the same annoyance with home/baby camera apps: even when both devices are on the same WiFi, the live feed still gets routed through the company's servers by default. There's no technical reason for that — it's just how most of these apps are built, and it means your camera footage is passing through someone else's infrastructure the whole time. So I built OffgridCam. One iPhone becomes the Camera, another becomes the Viewer, and they connect directly over your home network — no relay server for live viewing, no account required. What it does: • Live video/audio,

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痛点：家庭/婴儿摄像头应用即使在同一WiFi下也默认经厂商服务器中转，用户担心隐私，且不愿持续订阅。

目标用户：注重隐私、家中有闲置iPhone、需要婴儿/家庭监控的父母或房主。

证据：even when both devices are on the same WiFi, the live feed still gets routed through the company's servers by default... £9.99 one-time, no subscription.

变现：一次性付费下载（如£9.99），可加高级功能内购：多摄像头、更多观看者、可选端到端加密远程告警；也可做家庭多设备授权包。

MVP：2周内用iOS MultipeerConnectivity/Network.framework实现同一WiFi下两台iPhone的P2P视频+音频查看，不做账号、不做云，仅本地录制和推送对讲。

竞品：Alfred Camera、Baby Monitor 3G、Dormi、IP Cam、Manything

摘要：开发者发布OffgridCam：两台iPhone在同一WiFi下直连做家庭/婴儿摄像头，直播不经过服务器，无需账号，仅离家告警可选联网，定价£9.99一次性买断。痛点真实且隐私趋势明确，但帖子是自发布，没有用户付费或收入数据，需求验证仍偏弱。