Your spare phone is now a dash cam.
Take the old phone out of the drawer, mount it on the windshield, plug it in and drive. Roadlie records the road and the cabin on its own, keeps the moment of a crash safe, and puts your speed and location on every frame.
Android 11 or newer · No account needed
Three steps. Then forget about it.
Roadlie is built to be set up once and left alone. It starts when you drive and stops when you don't.
Install Roadlie
Put it on a spare Android phone (Android 11+). Grant camera, microphone and location once — that's the whole setup.
Mount it and plug it in
Stick the phone behind the mirror with any windshield mount and connect it to a car charger. A short cable keeps it tidy.
Drive
It starts recording on its own when power comes on, loops over old footage, and keeps anything important. Nothing to press.
Everything a dash cam does. On a phone you already own.
Loop recording, front and cabin
Continuous recording in short segments, oldest overwritten first, so storage never fills up. On phones that can run both cameras at once, Roadlie records the road and the cabin side by side, with audio if you want it.
Crash detection & clip lock
A hard hit or sudden stop is picked up by the accelerometer. The footage before and after is locked so the loop can't erase it.
GPS & speed overlay
Date, time, speed and coordinates are stamped on the video, so every clip tells you where and how fast.
Android Auto
See that it's recording and save a clip from your car's screen. Tap once to keep what just happened.
Navigation built in
Turn-by-turn directions on the same screen, without stopping the recording.
Private cloud backup
If the phone is damaged or taken, your incident clips are already safe. Watch them on a private web page and share one with a link that expires.
Your drives are yours.
A dash cam sees a lot. Roadlie is designed so that almost all of it never leaves the phone — and what does is under your control.
- Clips stay on the phoneEveryday driving is recorded locally and overwritten. Nothing streams anywhere.
- Only incidents upload — if you turn it onCloud backup is optional and covers only crash, hazard and manually saved clips.
- Private links, no accountYour clips are reachable only through a secret link. You can replace it or delete everything at any time.
- Deleted after 30 daysUploaded clips are removed automatically after 30 days unless you choose to keep one.
Questions drivers ask
Will it drain the battery or overheat the phone?
Roadlie is meant to run on car power, so keep the phone plugged in. Recording video is hard work for any phone, and a windshield in the sun gets hot. Roadlie watches the phone's temperature and lowers the recording load before the phone gets too hot; if it still does, it pauses and resumes once it has cooled. Removing a thick case and keeping the phone out of direct sun helps a lot.
How much storage does it use?
Roughly 5 GB per hour of driving at the default quality with both cameras. Roadlie loops: you choose how much space it may use, and the oldest everyday footage is overwritten when that fills up. Locked incident clips are kept separately and never overwritten.
Which phones work?
Any phone with Android 11 or newer. Recording the front and cabin cameras at the same time depends on the phone's hardware — many recent mid-range and flagship phones can, some can't. Roadlie checks on first launch and falls back to the road camera if needed.
Can I use other apps while it records?
Yes. Recording keeps running in the background with a notification, so you can use maps, music or calls. Android shows that the camera and microphone are in use while it records.
How much cloud space do I get?
Up to 2 GB of incident clips per phone. Clips are deleted automatically after 30 days; you can mark up to 1 GB of them to keep, and delete any clip yourself sooner.
Is it legal to record while driving?
In most places, yes, but rules on dash cams, cabin audio and sharing footage differ between countries. Check what applies where you drive. See our terms.