BlackShisa Parking Dashcam

Turn a spare smartphone into parked-car monitoring you can start in minutes, without wiring, installation, or vehicle modification.

For drivers who want parking surveillance without the cost, wiring, and setup friction of a dedicated parking-mode dash cam.

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No wiring No installation Use your spare smartphone Local evidence first

Easy setup

Monitor your parked car easily with your smartphone.

Dedicated parking-mode dash cams can require a device purchase, wiring, power accessories, professional installation, and car-specific setup. BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam lets you start monitoring your parked car with a spare smartphone you already have.

No wiring

Place a spare smartphone in your car and start monitoring without running cables through the vehicle.

No installation

No vehicle modification or shop visit required. Move it between cars whenever you need.

Start in minutes

All you need is a spare smartphone and a simple mount. Add a battery pack for longer monitoring, and you can start in minutes.

Evidence first

Designed for the moment you wish you had proof.

BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam uses a smartphone you no longer rely on every day to preserve usable clips and still frames around the incident. Its advantage is not just price: it lowers the barrier to getting parking surveillance started.

3s Video from before detection.
10/30/60s Choose how long to record after motion, sound, or impact is detected.
720p/1080p/4K 4K recording is available on smartphones with a 4K-capable camera and at least 6GB of memory. If your smartphone has a wide-angle lens, you can also select the wide-angle lens for recording.
1GB Old events are cleaned up automatically only when your smartphone's free space falls below 1GB, starting with the oldest recordings.

Parking mode app

Looking for a parking mode app?

BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam explains how a spare smartphone can work as a parked-car monitoring app for hit-and-runs, door dings, and vandalism evidence.

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Use-case guides

Parking evidence guides for the searches people actually make.

Short landing pages explain how BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam fits hit-and-runs, door dings, vandalism, spare-phone monitoring, dash-cam alternatives, and parked-car monitoring.

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A phone running BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam mounted inside a parked car near a person outside the window
A phone running BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam watching a dark street through a car window

How it works

Monitor key risk areas from inside the car.

1

Place an extra phone with a clear view.

Place or mount the phone inside the car so it can watch the area where door dings, hit-and-runs, and vandalism are most likely to happen. No wiring, vehicle work, or permanent installation is required.

2

Start monitoring before you leave.

Choose motion, sound, impact, or any combination. Each detection mode also has three sensitivity levels. To reduce battery use, you can turn the camera view off or dim the entire screen.

3

Capture around the trigger.

When detection is triggered, BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam captures a still frame at that moment and starts the video from 3 seconds before it happened. Recording after detection can be set to 10, 30, or 60 seconds.

4

Review, save, and back up.

Events stay available offline. Save the image or video to Photos, use optional Google Drive backup, or receive Gmail notifications.

BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam monitoring details screen with detection settings and a parked-car camera view

Detection

Three ways to catch the start of the incident.

Parking lots are unpredictable. A useful parking camera app should react to more than one signal, so BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam lets you tune motion, sound, and impact detection separately. It can also send an alert to your Gmail address at the moment detection is triggered.

Motion detection

Watches the camera view for human movement and uses on-device processing to help focus on meaningful changes in the scene.

Sound detection

Listens through the phone microphone for everything from loud contact or crash sounds to quieter sounds like voices.

Impact detection

Uses the phone's motion sensors to detect jolts, shakes, or contact that may happen before a person notices the damage. If you use it like a dash cam, you can set sensitivity to weak so normal driving vibration is less likely to trigger detection.

Flashing light deterrent

When any selected detection mode is triggered, BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam can blink the phone flashlight at maximum brightness. You can choose which detection modes are allowed to trigger the flashlight.

A person startled by a phone flashlight

Privacy by design

Your parking evidence belongs to you.

BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam is built around local evidence storage, so it can be used offline. Parking videos can be saved on your phone or automatically backed up to Google Drive. They are not sent anywhere else.

Local first Video, trigger frame, and metadata are saved on the device for offline review.
Cloud backup is optional Backup to your own Google Drive uses limited file access for files the app creates or opens.
Gmail alerts are optional Email notification can be enabled only after the user grants the required Google permission.

Clear limits

Know the limits before you rely on it.

The best parking lot evidence app is one you can trust. That means explaining the boundaries clearly instead of overpromising.

iOS cannot monitor while the app is in the background.

Because of iOS rules, monitoring works only while the app remains open. Going back to the Home screen or locking the screen stops monitoring.

Recommended for shorter parking sessions.

The recommended use case is shorter monitoring while eating, shopping, running errands, or parking at an apartment lot. Long use in a hot car during summer is not recommended.

Older phones adapt.

On low-memory devices (2GB or less), BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam automatically reduces recording load, including shorter pre-trigger capture and standard quality.

FAQ

Questions people ask before trusting a parked car camera app.

Short answers for U.S. drivers comparing BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam with dash cam parking mode, spare-phone camera apps, and general car security apps.

Is BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam a dash cam replacement?

No. BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam lowers the entry barrier for parked-car evidence using a spare phone. A dedicated dash cam may still be better for always-on driving and overnight parking.

What incidents is BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam designed for?

It is designed for parking lot hit-and-runs, door dings, vandalism, suspicious contact, and break-in attempts where a video clip or still frame may help establish what happened.

Does the app work without internet?

Yes. Evidence is saved locally first. Internet is only needed for optional Google Drive backup or Gmail email notification.

What are the recommended sensitivity settings for each detection mode?

Motion detection

High Optimized to detect moving objects within 20 m of the phone.
Medium Optimized to detect moving objects within 10 m of the phone.
Low Optimized to detect moving objects within 1-2 m of the phone.

Sound detection

High Optimized to detect even very quiet sounds, such as whispering.
Medium Optimized to detect sounds such as doors opening or closing and normal conversation.
Low Optimized to detect only especially loud sounds, such as major impact noises or shouting. Recommended while driving.

Impact detection

High Optimized to detect even slight vehicle movement, such as doors opening or closing.
Medium Optimized to detect clear jolts, such as contact with another vehicle while parked or at low speed.
Low Optimized to detect only strong impacts, such as severe collisions with cars or motorcycles while driving, or sudden braking. Recommended while driving.
Is BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam multilingual?

BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam supports English, German, Spanish, and Japanese.

Pricing

$6.99/month

BlackShisa - Parking Dashcam is available for $6.99 per month.

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