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Local-first home watch

One summary a day. Not forty alerts.

Quietwatch learns your household on-device, catches the package the moment it's taken, and tells you what mattered — nothing uploaded to do it.

// no cloud upload required — video stays on your own storage

A graphite Quietwatch hub on a shelf in a bright, sunlit entryway 3 events today — 1 package, 2 known arrivals
The problem

Cameras record everything. They tell you nothing.

A leaf trips the same alert as a stranger. Sorting them is left to you.

Noise

Wind, pets and passing cars all ping your phone like a stranger would.

Gone

One missed glance is all it takes for a delivery to go from "there" to gone.

Away

Managing a place you can't walk past means checking it, again and again.

A package on a front doorstep as someone arrives home
How it works

Three steps, no cloud account required.

01

Point it at what matters

The hub it ships with, or cameras you already own over RTSP/ONVIF.

02

Teach it your household, once

Enrollment and face matching run and stay on the hub — never uploaded.

03

Get one digest, not a feed

"Maya home, 3:40pm." "Package left, front step." Urgent events still interrupt it.

Features

Built around what actually changes your evening.

Known face, or not

Household and regulars get named; anyone else is flagged unknown.

Package watch

Flags a delivery the moment it lands, and who picks it up.

Door & window left open

Tells you when one's been open longer than usual.

Smoke & leak visual cues

A second set of eyes, not a replacement for a detector.

One daily digest

Who came and went, what got dropped off. Urgent still interrupts it.

Stored at home

Footage lives on the hub. Nothing reaches our servers by default.

Why it works

What we're designing against is documented.

Face matching is benchmarked, not a black box

NIST runs an ongoing public evaluation of face recognition for exactly this kind of task.

NIST Face Recognition Technology Evaluation ↗

Camera smoke detection: a real, supplementary signal

Industry guidance is explicit: it supports, but never replaces, a UL-listed detector.

Axis, smoke detection white paper ↗
Who it's for

Three households, three reasons to stop checking the feed.

Apartment, third floor

Dana, renter

Packages sit in a hallway she can't see. No landlord cloud account, no drilled-in panel.

House, two kids and a dog

The Oyelaran-Whitfields

Their old camera fires on every squirrel. They just want to know when their teen gets home.

House, frequent travel

Marcus, homeowner

Away two weeks a month. Wants a same-day nudge, not a thousand clips to scrub on landing.

Pricing

Early-access pricing (planned)

Final pricing isn't set. This is the shape we're planning toward.

Starter
$12/mo
  • 1 hub, up to 4 cameras
  • Known-face recognition
  • Package watch
  • 7-day local storage
Join waitlist
Property
$29/mo
  • Everything in Household
  • Unlimited cameras
  • Multiple structures, one digest
  • Priority hub support
Join waitlist

// no long-term contract planned — monthly, cancel anytime

FAQ

Before you ask in the waitlist form

Does any of my video leave the house?

By default, no. Recording and face matching run on the hub. Footage stays there unless you turn on optional remote viewing.

Who can see a babysitter or contractor on camera?

Anyone enrolled shows by name instead of "unknown." Household admins see their own footage; Quietwatch doesn't unless you share a clip.

Does this replace my smoke detector?

No. It's a visual cue from the camera feed, useful as a second signal — not a certified life-safety device.

Will it work with cameras I already own?

The hub also accepts most cameras over RTSP or ONVIF, the common IP-camera standards. Exact compatibility confirmed before launch.

What happens to my data if I cancel?

Export or delete all stored footage and face-recognition data from the hub any time, with or without an active plan.

Does it need the internet?

Recording and the daily digest run on your home network. Internet is only needed to deliver the digest to your phone.

Early access

Join the waitlist

Confirming demand before we build hardware. We'll reach out when there's a hub to test.