Dashivo^™

The Dashivo app

Dash camMount the phone, plug it in and open Dashivo: it starts recording on its own.

Body camFor when you're on foot or on a bike.

Police stopTap POLICE when you're pulled over, and it records until you end the stop.

HUD & speed limitsThe HUD is for you and is never recorded; the stamp carries the facts into the video.

Dashboard & StopwatchTurn the screen into an instrument cluster.

Night modeAfter sunset the HUD turns yellow, and it switches back on its own at sunrise.

Clips & evidenceFiles named to the second, by camera; the stamp is on unless you turn it off.

ReportsTap REPORT on the HUD and pick what you see.

Mileage & tripsEvery trip with its route on a map; Miles adds up the day, week, month and year.

Multi-phone setupsToday every phone runs Dashivo on its own and records its own view.

Parked GuardA sentry for your parked car: a phone left in it, plugged in, with Dashivo open.

Privacy & securityTurn on App lock and your phone's passcode alone won't open the clips kept in Dashivo.

Cloud portalYour account on the web: Home, Drive, Devices, Cloud, Shared and Account.

Resources

Browse the FAQ →

Questions, answered.Pick a topic, or search every answer.

Set up, then drive.Four steps from getting the app to your first drive: where the phone goes, what to allow, and the few settings worth a look.

Recording laws.Video on public roads is fine in every state.

What changed, and when.Each change is tagged New, Improved or Fixed, so you can see exactly what works today.

Built in Colorado. Made to be trusted.Dashivo^™ is made by Angry Owl Labs LLC, a Colorado company in Colorado Springs, USA.

Talk to a human.We reply within two working days.

Night mode

Yellow readouts after sunset, white by day.

Night mode is how the HUD looks after dark. On Automatic, Dashivo^™ turns the readouts our yellow once the sun is down where you are, and back to white at sunrise. Dim them in five steps, and the camera picture too if you like. Recordings never change. For the picture itself, the Low-light camera moves to the main lens when the road goes dark.

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levels, from full brightness to dimmest

Dashivo's HUD over a highway at night, sideways, in the night look: every word in yellow, the moon and NIGHT in the top row, Rear Camera · 1080p30, the clock at 9:14 PM, POLICE and REPORT, the rail of Clips, Navigation, Gauges and Settings, 43 mph beside a 65 mph speed-limit sign, the record button with its clip timer, and Pacific Coast Hwy · Malibu with the coordinates.

The time of dayA moon after dark, a sun by day. Sideways, its word too: DAWN, DAY, DUSK or NIGHT.
Yellow wordsEvery readout turns our yellow after sunset. Icons keep their own colours.
Speed & limitThe digits and the sign stay sharp, with a faint black shadow over the dark road.
Clock & dateThe same time and date the stamp burns into the video.
The railRound yellow buttons with black icons, readable day and night.
Where you areStreet and city, the coordinates, elevation and heading.

The app's camera screen after sunset, drawn with sample data over a licensed night road clip. In the app, the picture behind it is your camera.

The night look

Automatic: The default. Yellow while the sun is below the horizon where you are, white from sunrise to sunset. Without a location yet, it goes by the clock.
Always on, or Off: Always on keeps the night look day and night; Off keeps the day colours all the time.
5 levels: Level 1 is full brightness. Levels 2 to 5 dim the words and icons together, down to about half, the lowest that still reads at a glance.
The picture too: Dim the camera picture too, if you like. It's off to start.
See it first: A before-and-after preview on a night road shows each level before you pick it.
Recordings stay the same: It changes only what your screen shows. The video and its stamp are never dimmed.

Settings › Dash & body cam › Night mode, on iPhone and Android.

The Low-light camera

Main lens: Recording Wide, the view slides over to the main lens after dark, which takes in several times more light. On Normal, you're on it already.
Brighter: The phone brightens the picture where it can, on iPhones that support it.
Cleaner: On Android, the noise reduction works harder too.
No break: It changes without stopping the recording, and switches back on its own in daylight.
Brighter at night: Optional, off to start: 24 frames a second after dark, so each frame gathers a little more light. Fast motion looks slightly softer.
On by default: Settings › Video › Low-light camera. Off keeps the same camera settings day and night.

Which phones do best at night

What decides night footage is how much light reaches the camera: a large main sensor and a bright lens, with optical stabilization to hold the picture steady through each frame. Software can't make up for a small sensor; it only trades grain for smear.

The app's phone check tells you plainly how yours does at night, and which phones work lists the ones we recommend. In body cam mode, the front camera is smaller and dimmer, so at night it needs whatever light the cabin has.

How it works

01
Leave Night mode on Automatic (the default) and drive as usual.
02
Once the sun is down where you are, the readouts turn yellow. At sunrise they go back to white.
03
When the camera has seen the dark for 8 seconds, the Low-light camera moves to the main lens.
04
Headlights, a tunnel or a gas station don't change it: the lens only switches back after 20 seconds of clear light.

Where it stands

Works today

Night mode on iPhone and Android: Automatic, Always on or Off, with 5 levels
The Low-light camera, on by default
The phone check's night rating, in the app
Readouts with a black shadow: faint at night, stronger over bright patches

The lens, judged by
the camera itself.

The night look follows the sun; the Low-light camera follows the picture. It reads how bright the scene is from the camera's own exposure: 8 seconds of darkness moves it to the main lens, and 20 seconds of clear light moves it back, so headlights, a tunnel or a gas station don't flip it back and forth.

Scene brightness from the camera's own exposureIllustration of an example drive, with example timings

8 s darkmoves it to the main lens.
Headlightsa few seconds of glare don't count.
Gas station12 s of light is under 20: it stays on.
20 s litmoves it back again.

Dark roads,
bright skies.

After sunset the words turn yellow; by day they're white. Every readout also carries a black shadow, a tight edge and a soft glow. On a dark road it stays faint, so the picture stays clear; over a bright patch, like the sky or a white car, it grows stronger, and it eases back once the picture is darker again.

Dashivo's HUD in the night look over a night road added for this page: yellow words, the moon and the clock at 9:14 PM, REC with its clip timer, 43 mph beside a 65 mph speed-limit sign, Pacific Coast Hwy · Malibu, every readout with a faint black shadow.

Dashivo's HUD over a bright daytime road, sideways, in the day look: white words, the sun and DAY in the top row, POLICE and REPORT, the rail, the record button with its clip timer, 64 mph beside a 65 mph sign and the place, each with a strong black shadow over the sky and the road.

The app's camera screen drawn with sample data. The night road behind the first is added for this page; the second has a licensed road clip as the camera.