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.

Reports

Mark a speed trap, a hazard or an accident in one tap.

Tap REPORT on the HUD and pick what you see. Dashivo^™ marks it right where you are, with the time and which way you were heading, and keeps it on your phone. Sharing with other drivers is coming soon.

Get the app The whole app

kinds: speed trap, road hazard, accident

Dashivo's HUD on iPhone on a sample drive on Pacific Coast Hwy in Malibu: REC with the recording's time under the record button, 61 mph beside a 65 mph limit sign, POLICE and REPORT on the left, and Clips, Navigation, Gauges and Settings on the right.

Dashivo's report card over the dimmed HUD: What's on the road? Tap one to mark this spot. It's saved on this phone. Speed trap, Road hazard and Accident signs, and Cancel.

Still recordingMarking a report never stops the camera.
REPORTOne tap opens the three signs. It's on the Gauges screen too.
SpeedHow fast you were going goes with the report.
Where and which wayPosition, heading and the street go with it.
TimeYour phone's clock, to the second, with its time zone.
On this phoneSaved on your phone. Nothing is sent.
Three signsSpeed trap, road hazard or accident. One tap marks this spot.

Dashivo 1.3 on iPhone, on a simulated drive.

What a report keeps

Type: Speed trap, road hazard or accident.
Place: Latitude and longitude from GPS, whenever the phone has a fix.
Heading: Which way you were driving, in degrees from north.
Time: Your phone's own time with its time zone, and the same moment in UTC.
Speed: How fast you were going when you marked it.
Street: The road's name, from the phone's own map service.

Reports stay on your phone, in Dashivo's own storage. Nothing is sent to us.

How it works

01
Tap REPORT on the HUD, or on the Gauges screen.
02
Pick Speed trap, Road hazard or Accident. One tap marks it right there, and a note says “Speed trap marked here”.
03
It's kept on your phone with where, when and which way you were heading. Recording carries on the whole time.
04
With Dashivo Cloud, and only if you turn sharing on, it will reach Dashivo drivers coming your way. Coming soon

Set Dashivo up before you drive and don't handle the phone on the road. Tap a mounted phone only where the law allows it and it's safe; better still, let a passenger do it, or wait until you've stopped.

The rules

Honest reports only.

Report only what you actually see. Never use reports, or any part of Dashivo, to evade police, flee or avoid a stop, or to mark sobriety checkpoints or follow a particular officer or anyone else. Reports can be wrong, and posted signs and the law always come first. And an accident report doesn't call for help: if anyone may be hurt, call the local emergency number (911 in the US).

Where it stands

Works today

Speed trap, road hazard, accident: one tap from the HUD or Gauges
Place, heading, time, speed and street with each one
Kept on your phone

Coming soon

Sharing with Dashivo drivers (Cloud, only if you turn it on)
Nearby report alerts: within a mile ahead, under 30 minutes old

Only what's
ahead.

Once sharing comes to Dashivo Cloud and you've turned it on, reports from other drivers can reach you. Dashivo keeps it to the road in front of you: reports within a mile ahead, less than 30 minutes old, each one once.

Coming soonParked Guard

ASpeed trap, 0.6 mi aheadMarked 4 minutes ago, on your road, in front of you.Alerts
BRoad hazard, 0.3 mi aheadMarked 45 minutes ago: older than 30 minutes.Too old
CAccident, just behind youYou've already passed it.Behind
DSpeed trap on a cross streetMore than 45° off the way you're heading.Not ahead
ERoad hazard, 1.1 mi aheadFurther than a mile.Too far

Example · DashivoComing soonSpeed trap ahead0.6 mi ahead · 4 min ago

Only if you turn it on Coming soon: Reports are sent only when you're signed in and have turned sharing on. Until then they stay on your phone.
Where it was made Coming soon: A shared report carries its place, time and direction, never your name or email.
Rounded for others Coming soon: Other drivers see its place to about 11 m (36 ft) and its time to the minute.
Your position stays yours Coming soon: To look for reports ahead, your phone asks with its position rounded to about a kilometer, then does the exact “a mile ahead” check itself.
On screen, a banner Coming soon: On the HUD it's a banner with the report's sign; a notification only when Dashivo isn't on screen.
The only alerts while driving Coming soon: Reports ahead are the only alerts you'll get while you drive. Parked Guard's alerts wait until you park.