Camtro

See who is at the door

Camtro is a companion app for a connected doorbell, letting you check its camera and communicate with visitors from your phone. It suits people who want to answer the door when they are away from home, or see what prompted an alert before deciding what to do.

Alerts for visitors and movement

The app can notify you when someone presses the doorbell or when its PIR motion sensor is triggered. Those alerts give you a reason to open the live view, rather than having to keep checking the camera. What you can see depends on the connected device and its placement; Camtro is intended to work with that doorbell, not as a stand-alone phone camera.

Check in and respond

When you open the video feed, Camtro supports HD video as well as two-way communication: you can see and hear a visitor, and speak to them through the app. That can be useful for answering a delivery driver, checking on an unexpected caller, or simply knowing whether activity at the entrance needs your attention. The app also provides a way to set up the device.

A practical tool with a substantial audience

Camtro is listed in the Tools category and is developed by DigitalConverge Intellect Limited. Its 4.52 rating across 23,803 reviews and 500,000+ installs suggest that many users have tried it, though those figures cannot tell you how well it will suit a particular doorbell or home network.

This is most worth keeping if you have a compatible Camtro-connected doorbell and expect to use its alerts and remote conversations regularly. Without the associated device, the app’s central purpose has little to offer. With it, the value is straightforward: notice activity at the door and respond without being there in person.