Ghost vs EctoSense Ghost Detector
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ghost
This augmented reality app works with a companion book to reveal hidden messages, puzzles, and ghosts. Users can join a secret society, recapture trapped spirits, and solve a mystery to rescue a missing operative. It offers an immersive, interactive storytelling experience for older kids and young adults.
- Augmented reality ghost detection
- Interactive digital puzzles
- Hidden message reveals
- Personalized achievements
- Story-driven narrative
- Ghost trapping gameplay
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Welcome to the Ghost-o-Matic app, created by the Society for the Pursuit of the Reputedly Undead, Namely Ghosts, also known as SPRUNG, for use with the Ghostkeeper’s Journal and Field Guide. If you have not yet acquired your Ghostkeeper’s Journal, kindly follow this link: https://www.carltonbooks.co.uk/the-ghostkeeper-s-journal-and-field-guide-hb.html to purchase the book. You will need the book to trigger the functions of the Ghost-o-Matic app. This app uses groundbreaking augmented reality to reveal hidden messages, missing pages, metaphysical phenomena, mysterious puzzles and even ghosts in and around the pages of the book. We need your help. A SPRUNG operative has gone missing. All that remains of him is his Ghostkeeper’s Journal – you’ll need the Ghost-o-Matic app to break the secrets hidden inside. Our operative’s name is Agamemnon White – child prodigy, ecto-genius, and tuna sandwich obsessive. He is also head of Ghostkeeping for the Western region, and was collecting the most powerful ecto-energy types known to man in his Journal. Download the Ghost-o-Matic app, synchronise it with your copy of the Ghostkeeper’s Journal, join SPRUNG, and use the book and app together to retrace Ag’s trail and help us rescue him. But beware… the moment you open the book, you will release the ghosts Ag trapped inside. It will be up to you to recapture them with the Ghost-o-Matic app and solve the mystery of his disappearance… without disappearing yourself! This immersive storyworld of the Ghostkeeper’s Journal, told through the book and the app, represents a brand new kind of interactive fiction for older kids and young adults, reinventing the book for the screen generation and using AR technology in a wholly new way. The app delivers more than fifty animation sequences, digital puzzles and personalised achievements as part of an over-arching story about this mysterious Ghostkeeping society and its dark secrets. Join SPRUNG through this app and experience the next generation of storytelling today. To begin, launch the app and point your device’s camera at your Journal to begin your hunt. In-app messages will guide you through the process of joining SPRUNG and catching your first ghost. NOTE: Once downloaded, the Ghost-O-Matic app does not require WiFi. No data is sent from the app – any information entered into the app is only saved on the user’s own device. This free app is available to anyone with a compatible smartphone or tablet (iPhone 5 or above, iPad 2 or above, iPod Touch 6th Gen. or above - all running iOS 8.0 or above).
EctoSense Ghost Detector
This app turns your iPhone into a paranormal investigation tool. It uses your phone's sensors to detect electromagnetic fields and employs AI-powered camera vision to identify unusual shapes and patterns, suggesting potential paranormal activity.
- EMF detector using phone magnetometer
- Live magnetic field radar
- EMF strength graphs
- Unusual spike alerts
- AI-powered ghost camera
- Camera outlines detected entities
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EctoSense: Ghost Detector transforms your iPhone into a ghost-hunting instrument, using real sensors and camera vision to explore strange energy around you. Two detection modes: EMF Detector: Measures electromagnetic fields using your phone’s magnetometer — the same type of readings used in traditional ghost-hunting equipment. Watch the circular radar trace invisible forces and see energy spikes that might suggest paranormal activity. Ghost Camera: Powered by artificial intelligence that watches for human-like shapes and patterns. When the system detects a figure that shouldn’t be there… it could be something otherworldly. Real data. Real readings. Unexplained results. Live radar of the magnetic field around you Graphs of EMF strength and changes over time Flashing alerts when unusual spikes occur Camera outlines where entities are detected
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: EctoSense Ghost Detector at 4.7 against Ghost's 4.1. Ghost's advantage is ratings volume (134 vs 15) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
EctoSense Ghost Detector holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ghost has 134 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Ghost | EctoSense Ghost Detector |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (134 ratings) | 4.7 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 134 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 838 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Carlton Books Limited | DAVID CROOKS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIMITED |
Customer experience
Ghost
EctoSense Ghost Detector
Bugs and requests
Ghost
Reported bugs
32 issues- Scanning screen is black
- Scanning does not work
- App not downloading
- Camera issues (black and white, thinner objects)
- Things on camera won't align with book pages
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- Scanning items are not where they should be
- Page shows book in black and white
- Access denied message after specific chapters
- Cannot get past the cover
- Cannot make teeth move on Groshhert
- App takes too long to synchronize
- Access denied messages at conclusion of painting muse mystery
- Button shines but doesn't let user go on page
- App not working after download attempt
- Ghost reveal issues
- Cannot scan printout of letter from Helani Hekili
- Runaway case scanning doesn't work
- Ghost-o-Matic says access denied
- Teeth won't come up
- App says 'You have already purchased this'
- Runaway case is confusing
- Cannot scan Ellie's page
- Not synchronized after scanning book
- Training not working
- Ghost tracker broken
- Cannot get past the cover
- Cannot scan the girl in the third chapter
- Glitching out and dying
- Takes up too much space
- Doesn't show on actual device
- App used is basic recognition
- Cannot unlock everything immediately
Requested features
19 requests- Fix scanning issues
- Improve puzzle clarity
- Address 'Access denied' errors
- Allow multiple player profiles
- Fix synchronization problems
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- Make teeth move on Groshhert
- Fix issues with Runaway pt. 1
- Allow scanning of printout after Resolution
- Fix issues with Artist and the Muse chapter
- Update app for current issues
- Fix ghost reveal issues
- Allow viewing ghosts after resolution
- Fix scanning of Ellie's picture
- Fix issues with Phantamist case file
- Fix issues with the third chapter
- Fix ghost tracker issues
- Make app work for younger users
- Fix issues with the cover scan
- Fix issues with the practical training
EctoSense Ghost Detector
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ghost
No in-app purchases
EctoSense Ghost Detector
No in-app purchases
Questions
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