Never far from the nursery.
A spare iPhone becomes the baby camera. Watch from downstairs, the office or a hotel room abroad.
Free · No account · Encrypted end to endTwo phones. Two words. That’s the whole setup.
Wake the old phone
Open Sleepybo on the spare iPhone or iPad and choose Baby camera. Prop it up 1–2 metres from the crib and plug it in.
Hold them close
On your own phone, choose Parent monitor. Both screens show the same two words.
Mellow BasketTap yes on both
Matching words mean you paired with your own camera, not a neighbour’s. You’re watching. That’s it.
When the sun goes down, the old phone goes to work.
Read the room from across the room.
Bo is a moon bear, and his face is the status. Eyes closed: all quiet. Worried: something needs you. At night the whole app turns deep navy, so checking on the baby never lights up your bedroom.
- All quiet
- Needs you
- Paired
Never a silent failure.
The worst thing a baby monitor can do is stop without telling you. Sleepybo watches its own connection, all night, from two places at once.
- 6 secThe picture or sound stopsYour phone sounds an alarm within seconds, even locked and in Silent mode.
- 1 minThe camera loses power, and Sleepybo is closedOur server notices the camera stopped checking in and alerts every parent.
- Any timeThe microphone quietly stopsA phone call or Siri can steal it. You’re told straight away, while Sleepybo takes it back.
Grandma can keep an eye out too.
Send a partner, grandparent or sitter an invite link. They ask to join, you see their name and phone, and nothing reaches them until you tap Allow. Up to four people can watch at once, and everyone gets the same alerts.
Kind to a tired old iPhone.
Battery saver
A smaller picture at 10 frames a second, so an old phone lasts the night.
Keeps its cool
If it gets hot, it lowers the picture before it overheats, and tells you.
Low battery heads-up
Knocked the cable out? You’ll know before it runs flat.
A night light, too
The camera’s dimmed screen glows red, amber or warm white.
We can’t see your baby. Not even if we wanted to.
At home, video goes straight from the nursery to your phone over your own Wi-Fi. Away from home it’s encrypted end to end, with keys only your paired phones hold. Read the privacy policy.
- No account, no email, no sign-up
- Nothing is recorded or stored
- No ads, no tracking
- “Data Not Collected” on the App Store
Good questions
Which devices work?
Any iPhone or iPad on iOS 16 or later can be the camera or the monitor. An iPhone 8 makes a great baby camera.
Can I watch when I’m not home?
Yes. Once paired, keep watching over mobile data or any Wi-Fi, still encrypted end to end.
What if I close the app?
If the camera stops checking in, our server sends you an alert anyway, about a minute later.
Does it cost anything?
Sleepybo is free. Watching away from home uses a little data; at home it uses none.
Is anything recorded?
No. Video and sound go live from the nursery to your phone and are never stored, by us or anyone else.
Give your old phone a night job.
Sleepybo is in beta with a small group of families before it reaches the App Store. Email us and we’ll send you an invite.