How to turn a phone into a free baby monitor
A dedicated baby monitor is one more gadget to buy when you already own two phones. Here is how to use a spare phone as the camera and any other device as the monitor — with sound, over wifi, with no app to install and nothing recorded or uploaded.
Open dkcam →Camera phone in the nursery
Open dkcam on the spare phone, start the camera, and make sure the mic is on so you can hear the room. Prop it with a view of the crib and keep it plugged in — a live camera drains battery, so mains power is best for overnight use.
Monitor on your phone
Open the watch link on your own phone or a laptop and you get the live video and audio, streamed directly from the nursery phone over a WebRTC connection. More than one person can open the link, so both parents can watch at once.
Private by design
The feed goes straight between your two devices and is never recorded or uploaded — there is no cloud account holding video of your child. The trade-off is that it is a live monitor, not a recorder, and both devices need to stay on the page while in use.
How to do it, step by step
- Open dkcam on the spare phone. Go to yarimati.com/dkcam, start the camera, and enable the mic.
- Position and charge it. Point it at the crib and keep it on a charger for overnight use.
- Get the watch link. Copy the link the camera phone displays.
- Open it on your phone. Open the link on your device for live video and sound.
- Both parents can watch. Open the same link on more than one device if needed.
dkcam streams live between your devices over WebRTC. Nothing is recorded or uploaded, so no video of your child is stored on any server.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use two phones as a baby monitor for free?
Yes. Start dkcam on one phone as the camera and open the watch link on another device to see and hear the room. No app, no fee.
Will I hear sound?
Yes, as long as the mic is enabled on the camera phone.
Is the video stored anywhere?
No. It is a live feed that streams directly between your devices and is never recorded or uploaded.