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.

Privacy & security

App lock, touch protection, footage that stays yours.

Without Cloud storage, your footage stays on your phone, and without an account Dashivo^™ sends Angry Owl Labs only update checks and anonymous lookups for the weather and speed limits, each for a spot about 1 km across: no footage, no tracking. On top of your phone's own lock, Dashivo has one of its own, so someone who gets into your phone still can't watch, share or delete your recordings.

Get the app The whole app

clips sent to us without Cloud

Dashivo offering App lock over the dash cam view on iPhone: Protect Dashivo with Face ID?, So opening your phone isn't enough to see or delete your recordings, When Dashivo asks, with Not now and Turn on, while REC keeps recording behind it.

Settings › App lock in Dashivo on iPhone: On · Face ID + PIN at the top; How it opens with Off, Face ID, PIN and Face ID + PIN; App PIN: PIN is set, only your PIN can stop a police stop recording, with Change; and Keep clips inside Dashivo, on.

A lock of its ownFace ID or a PIN just for Dashivo, on top of your phone's lock.
Unlocked isn't enoughSomeone holding your unlocked phone still can't watch, share or delete.
Not now?It asks once more a week later, then never. Settings › App lock any time.
Still recordingThe offer sits over the drive; recording carries on behind it.
What it's set toAt the top, with why it matters.
How it opensOff, Face ID, your app PIN, or both, one after the other.
Dashivo's own PIN6 digits or more, never your phone's passcode. Only it ends a police stop.
Clips inside DashivoOn by default: not in Photos, so the lock covers them too.

The app lock's first-launch offer and Settings › App lock, from Dashivo 1.3.0 for iPhone.

What leaves your phone

Footage: Nothing, without Cloud storage. It stays on your phone, inside Dashivo and out of iCloud and Android cloud backups. A copy in Photos, the Gallery, Files or your own drive is yours to make.
Updates: Whether there's a newer version of the app.
Weather: The weather on the HUD and the stamp asks our servers with your position rounded to about 1 km, with no account or device ID. Nothing about it is logged or kept.
Crash reports: Only if you turn them on: the kind of crash or freeze, the app version, your phone model and the screen it happened on, with a random ID that changes every month. Never your location, video, sound or account.
Speed limits: The sign asks our servers for one map square about 1 km across, never your position. Nothing about it is kept, and squares already on your phone aren't asked for again.
Streets: Street and city names come from your phone's own map service, from Apple or Google.
Bug reports: Only when you send one: a report shows you every word first, and the diagnostics log holds no footage, places or names. Never your location or your videos.
Ads: None. No ads, no selling data, no analytics, no tracking. Plans are how we're paid.

The details are in the app's Privacy Policy and the website privacy notice, both drafts pending legal review.

The app lock

Face ID, a PIN, or both: Face ID or Touch ID (a face or fingerprint on Android), Dashivo's own PIN, or both, one after the other.
Never your phone's passcode: The PIN is Dashivo's own. Face ID never falls back to your phone's passcode, so unlocking the phone isn't enough.
Never while it's on screen: It asks only after Dashivo has been off the screen for the time you choose: right away, 1, 5 or 15 minutes. Recording carries on behind it.
Wrong PINs only cost time: 30 seconds after five wrong tries, then 1, 5 and 15 minutes, then an hour. Nothing is ever erased: the recordings are evidence.
PIN only at a stop: If you choose, only the PIN opens Dashivo during a police stop and for 30 minutes after it. Face ID is off then.
Clips inside Dashivo: On by default: clips stay out of the Files app and the Gallery, and out of iCloud and Android cloud backups, so the lock covers them too.

The app lock guards Dashivo's screens, and the app switcher shows a plain cover instead of what was on screen. It doesn't encrypt the video files, and anyone with your phone unlocked can still delete the app, which deletes the clips on it. The PIN is kept only as a salted, slow hash on this phone, never in a backup. Laws on unlocking phones differ by state; this isn't legal advice.

Where it stands

Works today

App lock: Face ID or Touch ID, Dashivo's own PIN, or both
PIN only during a police stop and 30 minutes after
Touch protection and Screen off
Clips kept inside Dashivo, out of cloud backups
No footage sent to us without Cloud
Download or delete your account data

With Dashivo Cloud

Dashivo Cloud: locked on your phone, stored in separate pieces
Archive to your own Google Drive, or iCloud Drive on iPhone
Trusted Contacts: sharing only with people you choose, each with their own limits
The “if I'm arrested” release

Black Box OS (Beta)

Private, offline storage hidden in your car

Pocket-proof,
still recording.

In a pocket, on a strap or on a vest, the screen gets pressed by accident. Touch protection keeps recording, turns the screen black and dim with a big REC, and ignores every touch until you hold the button at the bottom for a second and a half, then enter your app PIN if you have one. Screen off goes fully black and keeps recording too.

Body cam

Dashivo's Touch protection on iPhone: a dim black screen with a big REC, 00:19:54 recording, FRONT + REAR · Sound on, the time and the battery, and a yellow Hold, then your PIN button at the bottom.

Still recordingA big REC, so you can see it's running at a glance.
How longTime since this recording started.
Cameras and soundFront and rear, each saved as its own file.
Time and batteryWithout waking the screen.
Hold, then your PINA second and a half, then your app PIN if you have one. Every other touch is ignored.

Dashivo can offer Touch protection when body cam recording starts, turn it on by itself, or never ask. On iPhone, don't press the side button: Apple stops the camera while the iPhone is locked.

Encrypted on
your phone.

With Dashivo Cloud, your clips are encrypted on your phone before they leave it and stored in separate pieces. Only you can view them, and Dashivo staff never view your footage. Cloud sets itself up: with Standard protection Dashivo keeps a locked copy of your Cloud key, so your clips open on dashivo.app as soon as you sign in. Turn on Maximum privacy and Dashivo keeps no copy: not even Dashivo can open them, and a new phone needs another of your phones or your backup key. Lose every copy and nobody can recover the footage, including us.

Cloud portal

Encrypted on the phone: Each clip is locked on your phone before it uploads, end to end.
Stored in pieces: Split into separate pieces, kept apart. No single piece is your video.
Shared only by you: Sharing, and the “if I'm arrested” hand-off, go only to people you choose.
Your own drive: With Dashivo Cloud, archive clips to your own Google Drive, or iCloud Drive on iPhone, in a Dashivo folder in your own account: raw video and audio only, with no route trace.
Devices, if you like: Adding a phone to your account is optional. It sends only its name, type, model and app version.
Your data, your call: Download everything we keep about you as a file, or delete your account, at your account.
Never watched by staff: Dashivo staff never view your footage or your messages.
No ads, no selling: There are no ads in Dashivo and we never sell data.