Comparison

deviceOwl vs Ghosting Radar

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

deviceOwl

This app uses AI to identify household and covert spy devices by simply pointing your smartphone at them. It reveals device capabilities, privacy implications, and manufacturer details to help you protect your privacy.

Highlights
  • AI device identification
  • Privacy implications revealed
  • Device capabilities details
  • Manufacturer information
  • Offline device checking
  • Basic and Advanced Editions
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Discover Device Potential deviceOwl is an AI point-and-shoot hardware device checker that helps you identify the make and model of devices, and reveal their privacy implications. Covert spy devices are cameras and microphones that are either miniaturized, or disguised as other trusted household objects. They have serious implications, because they can be well disguised, highly reliable, and are widely available for purchase. Household smart devices can enhance the convenience and peace of mind we have at home, but sometimes at a cost of privacy and security. With an eye towards privacy, deviceOwl helps you quickly identify these devices, providing both simple, and in-depth details about their capabilities. Simply point your smartphone at a device, and let deviceOwl intelligently check it, based on its knowledge of thousands of devices. If a device is recognized, deviceOwl provides details about the device's capabilities, helping you to make the right decisions about how to protect your privacy, and the privacy of the people you care about. Information includes make, model, privacy and safety considerations, sensors, network, storage, power, remote control, AI capabilities, and manufacturer information, including origin, parent companies, privacy policy, and the current government blacklist status of the manufacturer. FEATURES —————-- - Basic Edition helps identify popular consumer household smart devices. - Advanced Edition helps identify covert consumer spy devices, and provides in-depth device capabilities with a focus on privacy. - Regular device knowledge updates keep deviceOwl aware of new devices. - Heads up display and interactive guidance to make it easier to check devices. - Designed for traveling. Once installed and updated, check devices without a cloud or network connection. IMPORTANT NOTES & LIMITATIONS —————————————————---- - Checks visible devices that are roughly up to the size of a shoebox. - Please follow the guidance provided on safely and correctly checking devices. - Some devices may look similar to each other, especially under different lighting conditions, and from different angles. Please confirm all device detections using the reported make and model. - DeviceOwl is not a network device scanner, or camera lens reflection checker. Instead, it uses AI to visually recognize devices by their shape and form. - Does not identify individual components of dismantled devices, such as their circuit boards and other components. - Does not identify certain device types whose surface is dominated by an LCD screen, including TV's, tablets, and smartphones. Refer to the device type selection screen for the most current list of supported device types. - Due to the volume of sample submissions, Entropic Labs responses to device sample submissions may be limited. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS ———————————- deviceOwl “Basic Edition” - Check popular consumer household smart devices using AI computer vision. - Reveal basic information, and in-depth device capabilities with a focus on privacy. deviceOwl “Advanced Edition” (Subscription) - Boosts deviceOwl with knowledge of covert consumer spy devices. - Reveal important privacy and safety considerations for select devices. - Cognition Boost feature helps to help identify partially damaged or marked devices. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Manage your subscriptions, and turn off automatic renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

About

Ghosting Radar

Features
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Ghosting Radar is a private tracker for the dating situation that keeps you guessing. Open a case for a person or situation, then log what actually happens: who reached out, seen-without-reply, canceled plans, the pauses. The record builds over time, so your next decision rests on facts you logged — not memory. Ghosting Radar reads only your own log. It counts reply gaps, longest quiet stretches, and whether replies are steady, slowing or quickening. Every line is an observation about what you logged — never a claim about anyone's intent, and never a prediction. Also included — Signal Check: a free, neutral tally. Mark the signals you personally noticed from a fixed list and the app simply counts them back. Zero-of-many and all-of-many look identical: it's a tally, not a judgment. - Track multiple cases privately - Reply gap, silence and trend summaries drawn only from your log - Signal Check self-tally, free - Everything stays on your device — no accounts, no analytics, no ads Ghosting Radar is for entertainment and personal reflection only. Patterns you log are clues, not proof, and the app does not diagnose intent or guarantee truth. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

deviceOwl4 screens
Ghosting Radar3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ghosting Radar at every 5 days against deviceOwl's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. deviceOwl sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year and Ghosting Radar sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

deviceOwl ships an update every 2 months, Ghosting Radar every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
deviceOwl versus Ghosting Radar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterdeviceOwlGhosting Radar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (539 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews49.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings539 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEntropic, LLCAndreas Fetscher

Bugs and requests

deviceOwl

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Unreliable device detection
  • Subscription management problems
  • Unresponsive customer support

Requested features

4 requests
  • Free trial period for premium features
  • Expanded device database
  • Improved user interface
  • Seamless integration with other security apps

Ghosting Radar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

deviceOwl

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Advanced Subscription$9.991 Year
5 purchases

Ghosting Radar

Subscriptions1
  • Ghosting Radar Pro$7.991 Month
One-time4
  • Best Next Text$1.99
  • Deep Scan$3.99
  • 5 Scans Pack$5.99
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  • Full Desk (Lifetime)$7.99

Questions

Is deviceOwl free?
deviceOwl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ghosting Radar free?
Ghosting Radar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do deviceOwl or Ghosting Radar have ads?
Neither deviceOwl nor Ghosting Radar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, deviceOwl or Ghosting Radar?
deviceOwl ships an update every 2 months, and Ghosting Radar every 5 days. Most recently, deviceOwl was updated on October 29, 2026 and Ghosting Radar on October 28, 2026.

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