Comparison

Ghost Catchers! vs Ghost Hotel!

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

Head to head
About

Ghost Catchers!

Embark on a spooky adventure to a haunted castle, catching ghosts and solving puzzles. Explore numerous levels, collect keys, and pull levers to progress. Stealth is key as you approach ghosts from behind to avoid detection.

Highlights
  • Ghost catching gameplay
  • Castle exploration
  • Puzzle solving
  • Key collection
  • Lever puzzles
  • Stealth mechanics
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Ghost alert at the castle! Who you gonna call? Grab your suit and catch as many as you can! Lot's of levels to explore Grab all the keys Pull all the levers Approach ghosts from behind so they don't see you And remember... don't cross the streams!

About

Ghost Hotel!

Manage a haunted hotel, providing terrifying service to guests. Build an empire of fear by upgrading rooms, hiring spectral staff, and expanding to unique spooky locations. Become a tycoon of fright in this casual time-management simulator.

Highlights
  • Terrifying service management
  • Build a fear empire
  • Invest in staff and property
  • Satisfy guest needs to be scared
  • Expand to unique haunted locations
  • Upgrade rooms and facilities
  • Interior design for spooky aesthetics
Features
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Ever dreamed of running a hotel... filled with mysticism? Master the Art of Terrifying Service: Start from the ground up in this fun and fast-paced time-management game where the aim is to build an empire of fear and demonstrate your dedication to not hospitality. Show your skills as a hotel manager, invest wisely in staff and property improvements, and work your socks off to become a terrifying tycoon in this addictive and entertaining casual simulator. Start your Ghost Manager career from scratch: satisfy your visitors' need to be scared. Guide the guests to the room, shake the curtains, walk through the walls, scare the visitor's strange sounds from furniture or silhouettes on mirrors. As your spectral reputation grows, discover new staff and expand your creepy services to become a real manager of the Hotel of Frights. Build an Empire of Horror: Explore and expand a variety of haunted locations, each with unique upgrades to create the worst possible experience for the poor human beings. Manage a charmingly creepy Victorian mansion, a chilling Zombie Tomb, or a glorious Yeti Cave. Each location has its own style and atmosphere too! Income from Fear: Boost your income by providing top-notch inconvenience! Equip rooms with a broken TV and lamps, leave traps for the unsuspecting staring. Make the stay in your Ghost Hotel unbearable. Inhuman resources: Maximize profits and get more funds to invest in this fun simulator by ensuring your hotels have all available discomforts. Hotel rooms are the first step but work hard and you’ll soon have the opportunity to add a dining room, library, living room. Guests will scare extra for each facility, boosting your revenue. Though remember each facility also needs staffing, so get hiring or otherwise, people will simply start staying in our hotel instead of running away with frightened screams. Frightening Design: Who says the afterlife can't be stylish? Upgrade accommodation to improve guests unforgettable experience of your property and choose from a range of different room designs in each location. In this engaging simulator, you’re not just a manager, you’re an interior designer too!

Screenshots

Ghost Catchers!4 screens
Ghost Hotel!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ghost Hotel! at 75% against Ghost Catchers!'s 0%. Ghost Hotel! also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 10 months). Ghost Catchers!'s advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ghost Hotel! holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ghost Hotel! has 162 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Ghost Catchers!'s written reviews are positive against 75% of Ghost Hotel!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ghost Catchers! ships an update every 10 months, Ghost Hotel! every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ghost Catchers! versus Ghost Hotel!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGhost Catchers!Ghost Hotel!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.7 (162 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3162 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB185 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperIvan CalleYALP GAMES LLC

Customer experience

Ghost Catchers!

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Ghost Hotel!

All ratings155 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ghost Catchers!

No in-app purchases

None

Ghost Hotel!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ghost Catchers! free?
Ghost Catchers! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ghost Hotel! free?
Ghost Hotel! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ghost Catchers! or Ghost Hotel!?
Ghost Hotel! is rated higher. Ghost Catchers! averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Ghost Hotel! averages 4.7 from 162 ratings.
Do Ghost Catchers! or Ghost Hotel! have ads?
Both Ghost Catchers! and Ghost Hotel! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ghost Catchers! or Ghost Hotel!?
Ghost Catchers! ships an update every 10 months, and Ghost Hotel! every 6 weeks. Most recently, Ghost Catchers! was updated on October 17, 2026 and Ghost Hotel! on October 11, 2026.

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