Built for macOS

Know the moment
your camera
is watching.

Warder lives in your menu bar and tells you the instant any app uses your camera or microphone — with live status, the devices in use, and a complete privacy log.

Download on the Mac App Store Free · macOS 13 or later
Warder control center showing Camera Active status and detected cameras on macOS
Control center

Everything your camera
is doing, at a glance.

One window shows whether your camera is active or idle, exactly which device is in use, and every camera Warder has detected on your Mac — so there are no surprises.

  • Live Active / Idle status for every camera
  • See which device is being used right now
  • A passive detector keeps watching in the background
Warder dashboard listing detected cameras and their status
Microphone

Your microphone is
protected too.

A camera light is only half the story. Warder watches your microphones at the same time — AirPods, built-in mics, conferencing audio — so you know whenever something is listening, not just looking.

Warder showing both Camera and Microphone active with detected devices
Always-on

A glance at the
menu bar says it all.

Warder stays out of your way. While you work, browse, or take a call, a clear indicator in the menu bar lights up the moment any app reaches for your camera — no digging through settings to find out who's watching.

The Warder menu-bar indicator showing Camera On while another app is in use
Activity log

Missed the alert?
It logs everything.

Every camera and microphone session is recorded with the app, device, and time. Review the full history whenever you like, and export it to a plain-text file to keep or share.

Warder privacy activity log exported to a text file

How it works

Install it once — it does the watching.

1

Install Warder

Download from the Mac App Store and launch it. Warder settles into your menu bar — no account, no setup wizard.

2

It watches for you

The passive detector tracks camera and microphone activity in real time and flags the instant any app starts using them.

3

Review the log

Open the activity log to see exactly what accessed your devices and when — and export it to text anytime.

Take back control

Stop wondering.
Start knowing.

Free to download. No account required.

Download on the Mac App Store