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Guides: a baby monitor on phones and iPads
Plain answers to what parents ask about a baby monitor made from phones and tablets: how to set it up, which devices work, what it costs, and when a dedicated monitor is the better choice.
Written by the people who make Naptara. Where we mention other apps, products or organizations, we link to their own pages.
Guides
All Naptara guides
- How to use an old iPhone or Android phone as a baby monitor
What you need, which phones work, placement, power and safety.
- Baby monitor apps compared
The phone-to-phone baby monitor apps at the top of the US App Store, side by side.
- How to use an iPad as a baby monitor
An iPad as the camera in the nursery, or as a big screen to watch on.
- A baby monitor app on two iPhones, or a dedicated baby monitor?
An honest comparison of Wi-Fi, range, battery, privacy and cost.
Other languages
In Dutch and German
- Nederlands: Oude telefoon als babyfoon · Babyfoon-apps vergelijken
- Deutsch: Altes Handy als Babyphone · Babyphone-Apps im Vergleich
Get Naptara
A baby monitor made from devices you already have
Naptara is free to download. At home on the same Wi-Fi you watch and listen without a subscription. Naptara Pro, a monthly or yearly plan, adds watching from anywhere and two-way talk. No account needed.