Comparison

beatCam vs Ghost Detector

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

Head to head
About

beatCam

This app acts as a situational camera, continuously buffering video and saving clips when triggered by events like g-force or scene detection. It helps you capture important moments before and after they happen, organizing them into sessions with detailed evidence timelines.

Highlights
  • Continuous video buffering
  • Event-triggered clip saving
  • G-force and scene detection
  • Drive session grouping
  • Evidence timelines
  • Configurable capture controls
Features
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beatCam 6.1 turns your iPhone into a practical situational camera for drives, walks and moments where the important footage often happens before you press record. Start rolling capture and let beatCam keep the recent video buffer ready. When a relevant g-force event, scene detection or manual trigger happens, beatCam protects the clip and keeps the surrounding evidence together. Drive Sessions and Evidence Timelines make it easy to review related incidents in order. Core capture remains available without a purchase. Lifetime Pro is one non-consumable purchase—not a subscription. One-time unlock for custom capture timing, power and performance controls, storage choices, enhanced incident context, on-device scene analysis and evidence-package exports. The six advanced capabilities are: - Custom capture timing for buffer length, post-trigger delay and trigger sensitivity. - Power and performance controls for quality, frame rate, motion sampling, preview behavior and auto-dimming. - Storage choices for automatic cleanup while protected reports remain preserved. - Enhanced incident context with timestamp, peak force, location, speed, heading and route details when enabled. - On-device scene analysis with selectable responsiveness and automatic hazard saves. - Evidence-package exports with photos, PDF and text summaries, route data and annotated video. beatCam is designed for local capture first: start the camera, keep the buffer running and save the moments that matter with the context you need later.

About

Ghost Detector

Add realistic ghost effects and scary AR filters to your photos and videos in real-time. Capture and share spooky moments with friends, transforming everyday scenes into haunted experiences.

Highlights
  • Real-time ghost effects
  • Scary AR filters
  • Record and share videos
  • Unlock all ghost effects
  • Easy to use interface
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Features: Real-time Ghost Effects: Watch ghosts appear in your photos and videos as if they’re really there. Scary AR Filters: Transform your surroundings into a haunted scene with interactive AR effects. Record & Share: Capture creepy moments and share them with friends for maximum fright. Lifetime Ghost Effects: Unlock all ghost effects and enjoy unlimited spooky fun. Easy to Use: Open the app and start seeing the paranormal instantly. Whether it’s Halloween or just a spooky night, Ghost Camera brings the supernatural to your fingertips. Are you brave enough to capture a ghost?

Screenshots

beatCam4 screens
Ghost Detector2 screens

Verdict

The call

beatCam and Ghost Detector both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of beatCam's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ghost Detector's. beatCam also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Ghost Detector's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Ghost Detector sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. beatCam asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for beatCam against 4.1 for Ghost Detector. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ghost Detector has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of beatCam's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ghost Detector's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
beatCam versus Ghost Detector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbeatCamGhost Detector
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.1 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings118 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB153 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperJohannes GluckShailesh Padiya

Customer experience

beatCam

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ghost Detector

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

beatCam

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Ghost Detector

One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$24.99

Questions

Is beatCam free?
beatCam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ghost Detector free?
Ghost Detector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, beatCam or Ghost Detector?
Ghost Detector is rated higher. beatCam averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Ghost Detector averages 4.1 from 18 ratings.
Do beatCam or Ghost Detector have ads?
Neither beatCam nor Ghost Detector shows ads.
Which is updated more often, beatCam or Ghost Detector?
beatCam ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ghost Detector every 3 weeks. Most recently, beatCam was updated on November 3, 2026 and Ghost Detector on November 5, 2026.

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