iCarBlackBox app for iPhone and iPad

4.9 ( 7959 ratings )

Utilities Productivity
Developer: 21pixel

0.99 USD

Current version: 1.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 20 Jul 2010
App size: 4.97 Mb

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"Avoid buying those expensive black boxes for cars with the iCarBlackBox you get that under a US$1."

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"iCar Black Box Records Your Driving."

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"iCar Black Box is perfect for the accident prone."

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"iCarBlackBox, a 99-cent black box for recording car accidents right on your iPhone."

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"Take Safety to the Next Level With the iCar Black Box."
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★ This Apps works only over iPhone3Gs (iPhone3Gs, iPhone4).
No iPhone 3G.
Additionally this Apps does not properly working with Jailbreaked iOS. ★

“In the event of a car accident, you can be free from the matters of right and wrong.”

iCar Black Box is a software that combines a number of technologies (Video, Audio, GPS, G-Impact Sensor) to automatically record a car accident in the event a collision takes place.
The User can review the circumstances of the crash with the iCar Black Box. The User can not only view what is occurring at the moment of the collision, but can also check the speed of the moving vehicle, date and time, location, road conditions, and more through video and audio.

If iCar Black Box detects a certain degree of impact, it automatically sends an emergency message including the exact location of the accident to the emergency contacts as designated by the User. iCar Black Box is capable of sending SMS, emails, and as well as directly dialing 911 (or other local emergency numbers as set by the User).

When the User is involved in a severe accident and no one is around to help, iCar Black Box can send an emergency message and call for help.

★★★★★ FEATURES ★★★★★

Customizable Settings
Can select speedometer units (Metric/US) Customizable recording time
Customizable G-sensor sensitivity depending on road conditions and type of car (sensitive ~ insensitive)
Emergency Contact List (SMS, email)
Customizable Emergency Message (Default Emergency message pro- vided)

Additional Functions
The Emergency Recording button may be pressed to start recording in the event an impact was not detected, or additional recording is desired.
When a light crash is detected, the iCar Black Box will automatically cancel the save function after 5 seconds if the User does not prompt the applica- tion to save.
When a hard crash is detected, the application will automatically save the recording after 10 seconds.
When a hard crash is detected, the application will send an emergency message as designated by the User.

Detailed Information
Sending an accident movie file (from the iPhone camera roll)
Detecting and saving an accident point by GPS
Detecting the speed and the type of the accident by Oscilloscope Graph and G-sensor. (X-Up & Down movement (road condition), Y- Left &Right (side accident), Z -Front & Back movement (front & rear accident))
Accident point can be linked to Google Map App.

Pros and cons of iCarBlackBox app for iPhone and iPad

iCarBlackBox app good for

Id love to be able to add more than one SMS and email address for notifications. What happens when you get a phone call. Is it still recording?

Very good functionality. There is only one problem as for all recorders - no multitask and background . It might be Apple restrictions but the one who will develop it - will be on top.

1. Please add start/stop button for simple drive record. 2. Add the date and time on recorded video, also it will be very good to print in the gps info also. 3. Add the circle recording for 10min for 5 segments 4. At the night driving the camera flash light must be turn of. 5. All the time gps-speed logging will be nice

perfect weapon against idiots on the road. what is wrong: 1. flash does not need to be turned on all the time - it glares on the windshield 2. date and time MUST be shown on the video - otherwise cannot be a proof for the police and court 3. BIG button to turn off is a must. thats all to make the applicaton perfect! its the best application of that sort.

Great app, but please update it to work as a service in background, because in foreground most of the users are using navigation app.

On my iPod touch 4g works good but: 1. App turn off after 10 min 2. I cant choose video definition, manual turn off ecodrive Waiting upgrades

Some bad moments

Useless, I dont crash on to things, please add other things like just speed, maybe car features (and if you already actually have these things, make it easy to find :D)

Cant turn off LED or view videos inside the app. LED makes this app useless at night, due to reflection. Also is a distraction to me and probably to others. Seems like it was designed for older OS or iPhone.

Defeats the purpose of having the app when it cant even run :( so ticked I just blew .99 on this useless crap

Good start but buggy more importantly no further development for over a year and no way to contact the developer so stay away unless you see updates. Issues: - purpose of this is to record video for record keeping. BUT THERE ARE NO VIDEOS STORED EVEN IN ITS OWN APP!!!! (I am running 4S w 5.1) - Video mode is only for one landscape orientation. Depending on the position of your mount you have no option but to use it upside down as you cannot rotate the interface - crashes at least ones or twice each time I use it - support takes you to his website which has no means of contact either

This apps has too many bugs.. The g-sensor cant be turn off and thinks I crashed on every pot hole. Please update the app!

iOS 3.1.3 + ３GSの環境です。スタートアップの画面でスタートボタンをおすと落ちます。早い改善を願います。 I use iOS 3.1.3 + ３GS. Crash when pressing the "Start" on the startup screen. Please immediate improvement.

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