home camera while traveling
Going on a trip? Set up a spare phone and check on home from anywhere
End-to-end encrypted, no cloud upload, free basic monitoring. Set up in 2 minutes before you leave.
Download Free →Why most options fall short
You leave for a week and worry about pets, packages, or leaks
Did the cat sitter come? Did the package get stolen from the porch? Is the kitchen leaking? Without a camera, you find out only when you get home.
Cloud cameras + travel = your home video on someone else's server while you're away
If a hardware camera vendor has a security incident while you're abroad, your house's interior — empty and visibly unoccupied — becomes a target.
Hardware cameras with subscriptions feel wasteful for occasional travel
Buying a $200 camera + paying $5/month, just for the few trips a year you take, is bad math.
Why Call Pet works for home camera while traveling
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Set up before the trip, take it down when you're home
No commitment. Use it when you travel; ignore it when you're home. The spare phone goes back in the drawer.
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End-to-end encrypted — no server has your empty home on file
WebRTC peer-to-peer with X25519 + AES-GCM. Your house being empty isn't on any server.
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Works across countries — only needs internet on both ends
Use it on hotel WiFi or roaming data overseas. The Monitor phone at home can use home WiFi or 4G/5G cellular data — it just needs internet access.
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Two-way audio — talk through if you see something
Spot a delivery person? Talk to them. See the cat sitter? Greet them. Hear an unusual noise? Voice-warn.
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Free, no account — set up minutes before leaving
Download, scan, leave. No signup forms, no payment, no waiting.
Set up in 5 steps
About 30 seconds. No account needed at any step.
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Install Call Pet on two phones the day before your trip
Your travel phone (the viewer) and a spare phone you'll leave at home.
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Open Call Pet on your travel phone, choose Controller
A QR code appears.
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Open Call Pet on the home phone, choose Monitor
Scan the QR code.
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Position the spare phone covering the area you care most about
Common choices: front door (for packages), kitchen (for leaks), pet area, or living room. Plug into a charger.
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Check from your trip whenever you want
Open Call Pet — live encrypted video. Works across cellular and WiFi.
Frequently asked
Will it work with international roaming or foreign WiFi? +
Yes. As long as your travel phone has internet (any kind, anywhere), you can connect to the Monitor at home.
How much data does it use while I'm watching? +
Live video runs roughly 100–300 MB/hour depending on resolution. Short check-ins of a few minutes use little data. If the Monitor side uses home WiFi there is no cellular data cost; if it uses a SIM card, it will use cellular data too.
What if my home network goes down during the trip? +
Call Pet will reconnect automatically once the network is back. If the Monitor phone also has cellular data, it can use that connection when WiFi is unavailable.
Can the spare phone last the whole trip on battery if there's a power cut? +
Battery alone lasts a few hours. For multi-day trips, plug it into a UPS-backed outlet if you have one, or accept that brief outages will pause monitoring until power returns.
Can I see who delivered or left packages at my door while I was out? +
Live only — Call Pet doesn't record. You'll only see what happens while you're actively watching. For after-the-fact review, a doorbell camera that records locally is a better fit.
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Peace of mind while you travel. End-to-end encrypted, free basic monitoring, set up in 2 minutes.
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