ome surveillance: It’s one of those things you probably don’t think about until you have to, like when you leave town for several weeks, or when you adopt a curious puppy who likes to put everything in his mouth. Or worst of all, after you’re the victim of a home break-in.
Luckily, there are plenty of video surveillance options available, even if you’re on a budget or if you can’t mount high-tech cameras in your rented apartment. For example, you can set up a webcam to do your monitoring for you via Cloudcam. Or you can pick up a cloud camera (like Dropcam Pro) for high-definition, low-light monitoring.
But even those options sound like a lot of work. The easiest, no-frills way to keep a watchful eye is to use an app on your phone paired with an extra piece of equipment.
You’ll find tons of surveillance apps, video monitors, baby- and pet-cams, and other spy-type apps in the app marketplace that you can use to keep tabs on your pad-slash-baby-slash-pet. But not all of these apps are worth paying for, and many require extra set up—such as disabling firewalls and downloading extra programs—on your part. I tested several apps and found just two that are excellent at what they do and super easy to set up
