Ghost Hunting Tools vs yNot Explore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ghost Hunting Tools
This app simulates paranormal activity detection and spirit communication. It features a ghost detector, radar, and a large word bank to interpret signals, offering an immersive experience for paranormal enthusiasts.
- Paranormal activity detection
- Spirit communication
- EVP detector
- Real-time paranormal radar
- EMF reader
- Large word bank for interpretation
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The lights flicker. Your phone hums in your hand. Somewhere in the static, a voice is trying to come through. Are you listening? Ghost Hunting Tools is a full paranormal investigation kit running on your phone. Spirit box, EVP visualizer, ghost detector, and EMF meter, all in one app. Built for first-time ghost hunters and veteran investigators alike. Free to use, with a Pro upgrade when you are ready to dig deeper. What's inside Spirit Box and Ghost Talker Open a session and the app scans for ghostly signals, pulling words from a curated dictionary in real time. Read them on screen, find every one again in your Word History, and watch as patterns start to form. The kind of one-word-at-a-time communication serious investigators look for, without the radio hiss. EVP Visualizer Watch the background static the app generates on its own (it never uses your microphone). When a signal is strong enough to become a word, darker bars rise: that is the EVP behind it. Some words you will write off as coincidence. Others will sit with you longer than you expected. EMF Detector A working EMF meter pulled straight from your phone's sensors. Watch the readings spike when something steps into the field. Cross-reference with the spirit box and you have two channels lining up at once. Sensor Dashboard EMF, pressure, vibration. Your phone has more paranormal-detection capability than most people realize, and the dashboard reads them side by side. The EMF Alarm sounds when the field rises or drops past your trigger level. Easy-to-follow graphs let you spot the moment everything goes quiet, right before it doesn't. The Word Bank A large dictionary of words the app surfaces during scans. No filler, no random noise for the sake of it. Just the vocabulary that paranormal investigators have reported reaching for them again and again. Pro unlocks a much bigger bank and lets you add your own words. Pro Version Remove ads, unlock the expanded dictionary, and add custom words of your own: names of the deceased, places of interest, anything you suspect might be listening. Pro purchases also fund continued development of the app, so the hunt keeps getting better because of the people who go pro. Why people keep this app on their home screen You do not have to believe in ghosts to enjoy Ghost Hunting Tools. You just have to be curious about what happens in the quiet moments. Open the app at a bonfire, in a basement, in an empty hotel room. Bring a friend. Tell us what you find. Ghost hunt safely Trust your instincts. Don't go alone to places you don't know. If something feels wrong, close the app and walk away. Tools are tools, and your judgment is what keeps you safe. A note on entertainment Ghost Hunting Tools is built for fun and curiosity. We can't promise you will talk to a real ghost. We can promise you will have a story. Privacy Policy: https://weaseldev.com/privacy/ghosthunting.html Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
yNot Explore
Discover local dining, drinking, and entertainment spots with integrated Google and Yelp ratings. This app provides essential local information to help you quickly find places to enjoy and explore.
- Find places to eat, drink, and play
- Integrated Google ratings
- Integrated Yelp ratings
- Local information at your fingertips
- Discover entertainment options
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Find a place to eat, drink, or play at the tap of a button. Google and Yelp ratings? Right in the app. yNot gives you the local lowdown so you can get straight to having a blast. Why not explore?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: yNot Explore at 5.0 against Ghost Hunting Tools's 4.2. yNot Explore also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). Ghost Hunting Tools's advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 2). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Ghost Hunting Tools sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. yNot Explore asks for nothing beyond the download.
yNot Explore holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ghost Hunting Tools has 10K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Ghost Hunting Tools's written reviews are positive against 100% of yNot Explore's.
Ghost Hunting Tools ships an update every 4 weeks, yNot Explore monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ghost Hunting Tools | yNot Explore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (10K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Zee Weasel | Pinecone Software, LLC (NC) |
Customer experience
Ghost Hunting Tools
yNot Explore
Bugs and requests
Ghost Hunting Tools
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when opening on certain devices
- Word history gets cleared after a few new words
- Microphone not working consistently for some users
Requested features
4 requests- Record and playback EVP sessions
- Expand the word dictionary for better communication
- Add a background mode to use with other apps
- Improve the EMF detector sensitivity and accuracy
yNot Explore
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ghost Hunting Tools
- 1 Month Pro Subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- 1-Year Pro Subscription3 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Ghost Hunting Tools Pro$19.99
- Ghost Hunting Tools Pro$34.99
yNot Explore
No in-app purchases
Questions
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