Shadow House vs Wraith
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shadow House
Embark on interactive ghost stories where your choices shape the narrative. Explore a constantly changing haunted house with chilling visuals and audio. Uncover the dark secrets within this terrifying place.
- Choose your own path
- Haunting visuals
- Chilling audio
- Changing adventures
- Uncover secrets
- Based on book series
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Shadow House is more than just haunted . . . it’s hungry. Step into ghost stories where the choices you make determine your fate! Enter Shadow House, if you dare. . . . Companion to the Shadow House series by spooky story master Dan Poblocki. •Choose your own path through spooky ghost stories. •Step inside Shadow House through haunting visuals and chilling audio. •The house is always changing—play again for a terrifying new adventure. •Learn the secrets the house doesn’t want anyone to know. •Each ghost story comes from a haunting image in the Shadow Houses books, where more scares await. Shadow House is a place with a terrifying history. Every generation, it lures five kids inside . . . and never lets them leave. Are you brave enough to enter Shadow House? Trace a sigil to step into a ghost story, and navigate your way through each of the stories to uncover the haunting secrets Shadow House is keeping. Disclosure for Parents -------- This app does not collect any personally identifiable information. This app contains: •Information and advertising about Scholastic's Shadow House books •Links ONLY to Scholastic-owned websites and Apple’s App Store and iBooks Store •No social media sharing •No location tracking functions Privacy Policy: http://shadowhouse.scholastic.com/privacypolicy Developer: Scholastic Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, New York 10012, 800-SCHOLASTIC, custserv@scholastic.com Customer Support: software@support.scholastic.com 1-800-724-6527
Wraith
Explore a vast collection of chilling horror stories from diverse countries and cultures. Enjoy offline reading and immersive audio narration of tales from around the globe. Discover new scares with content spanning multiple international origins.
- Offline access to stories
- Audio narration included
- International story collection
- Diverse cultural tales
- Spine-chilling content
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Horror Stories: Tales from Around the World. Loved by thousands of users. Choose a place in the map to read horror stories from that area. You can read the stories and listen to audio narration. And it works offline. Stories from England, Mexico, Norway, Japan, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Scotland and more Terms of use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shadow House at none against Wraith's 2. Shadow House also leads on ratings volume (687 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.1 vs 15.1). Wraith's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Wraith sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Shadow House asks for nothing beyond the download.
Wraith holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shadow House has 687 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shadow House ships an update every 6 weeks, Wraith every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shadow House | Wraith |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (687 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 687 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 647 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Scholastic Inc. | Saghan Mudbhari |
Customer experience
Shadow House
Wraith
Bugs and requests
Shadow House
Reported bugs
3 issues- Mirror challenge in Book 3 is blurry and unresponsive
- Sigil 2 in Book 3 crashes the app for some users
- Loading issues and crashes on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more books/stories
- Improve puzzle/challenge mechanics
- Implement a save/progress system
- Include a Russian language option
Wraith
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shadow House
No in-app purchases
Wraith
- Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$18.991 Year
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