The Ghost vs Ghost Detective
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Ghost
Team up with friends to survive terrifying haunted locations. Escape as a survivor or hunt them down as a ghost. Can you escape before it's too late?
- Multiplayer co-op survival
- Play as survivor or ghost
- Multiple haunted locations
- Escape or hunt mechanics
- Up to 5 players
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New Wishlie Hospital You were getting your daily treatment with friends at the New Wishlie Hospital for 2 weeks already, and today was time to get discharged from the hospital. But something happened. You woke up at 2 AM and found out that all the patients were gone, except you and your friends. The place looks much muddier and it’s... locked! You read in magazines about the hospital and turns out that it's haunted. Now It seems like the only way to escape is through the garage door. Will you be able to get away by the time the ghost devours your soul? High School Emily and Leila were studends and best friends. They lived in a small house in a town with almost no people. It was Sunday, and it was routinuous for them to visit the cemetery together. Only this time, for some reasons, Emily felt she would better stay home. So she decided to stay home. Looking out of window, Emily sees strange creature creeping behind her sister... The next day after Leila's absence, she runs to school for help. On her way to get inside the school, the main school gate closes behind her. Now locked inside the school area, the next thing she notices are students who struggle to survive... Apartments Waking up you realized that you were stuck in a cursed apartment. You and your friends need to use elevator to reach the first floor and exit the building. But it's not as easy as it seems: when you miss an anomaly on one floor, the elevator will glitch and take you back to the highest floor. Even more: there are monsters, ghosts and maniacs lurking on floors. Play with up to 5 players. Play as survivor - escape the place. Play as the ghost - don't let the survivors escape. Choose Exit 8 game mode to play Apartments in guessing mode.
Ghost Detective
Play as a ghost detective to solve your own murder. Explore New Orleans, find hidden objects, and solve puzzles to uncover clues and identify your killer. Your choices influence the story in this supernatural crime mystery.
- Solve your own murder mystery
- Find hidden objects
- Solve puzzles
- Explore New Orleans
- Investigate clues
- Story-driven gameplay
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Available exclusively for Netflix members. You’re a detective who’s been killed on the job. Now as a ghost, your mission is clear: Find hidden objects and solve puzzles to catch your own murderer. Experience a new hidden object murder mystery crime game set in haunted New Orleans — where life's never boring and dying can get downright complicated. As a ghost detective, it's up to you to conduct a crime investigation by collecting important clues, looking for hidden objects and solving puzzles. Team up with valuable allies — both living and dead — to solve the mystery of who murdered you... and why. Find clues to solve the case and deliver justice from beyond the grave. Immerse yourself in a story-driven crime mystery investigation thriller like no other, filled with countless twists, turns and surprises. Unravel your own murder mystery through fun puzzles; identify criminal suspects; hunt for clues; and meet New Orleans' most colorful characters in this supernatural mystery where nothing’s as it seems. Do you have what it takes to crack your own murder mystery? Features: • Explore vibrant New Orleans with a stunning open-world map and detailed 3D locations. • Hone your detective skills with challenging hidden object games in multiple play modes. • Play engaging match-3 puzzle games to save troubled ghosts and collect resources. • Investigate your own murder mystery by examining vital clues and using them to track suspects. Can you solve the trickiest mysteries? • Craft boosters and recipes by collecting rare ingredients. • Drive a riveting storyline of justice and redemption — your choices matter! • Challenge yourself to solve this murder mystery by finding your killer and winning the ultimate game of justice. - Created by Wooga GmbH.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ghost Detective at 4.6 against The Ghost's 3.9. Ghost Detective also leads on ads (none vs shown). The Ghost's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 37%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. The Ghost sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Ghost Detective sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ghost Detective holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.3K and 983 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of The Ghost's written reviews are positive against 37% of Ghost Detective's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
The Ghost ships an update every 2 weeks, Ghost Detective monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Ghost | Ghost Detective |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (4.3K ratings) | 4.6 (983 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.1% of reviews — better | 36.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.3K — better | 983 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #68 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 814 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Gameplier Ltd | Netflix, Inc. |
Customer experience
The Ghost
Ghost Detective
User reviews
The Ghost
From 4.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun multiplayer experience
- 🚀 Engaging gameplay
- 💡 Unique monster mechanics
- 👍 Good for playing with friends
Room to improve
- 🐛 Microphone issues
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🐛 Difficulty balancing
- 🐛 Matchmaking problems
Ghost Detective
From 983 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Awesome game
- 👍 Great story and characters
- 🎨 Brilliant graphics and music
- 💡 Unique gameplay with hidden objects and match-3
- 🎁 No in-app purchases required
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes, freezes, and loading issues
- 🕰️ Repetitive and grindy gameplay
- 🤔 Unclear progression and incomplete story
- 🔍 Obscured or hard-to-find objects
- 💰 Difficult without using paid boosters
Bugs and requests
The Ghost
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to revive teammates
- Ghosts/monsters behaving unexpectedly
- Lobby/matchmaking issues
- Audio problems
Requested features
4 requests- More maps and monsters
- Difficulty settings
- Ability to see teammates on map
- Sprint/stamina feature
Ghost Detective
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezes or crashes on startup
- Progress and save data being lost or reset
- Multipliers and boosters not working as intended
- Certain objects being impossible to find
Requested features
4 requests- More new cases and story content
- Ability to save progress and sync across devices
- Community features like gifting and sharing
- Difficulty options for more casual or challenging play
In-app purchases
The Ghost
- Email Sign Up$0.99
- StPatrick hat$0.99
- XP Starter Pack$1.99
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- Gold XP Pack 1$1.99
- Special Offer$1.99
- The Best Offer$1.99
- Great Resources Deal$1.99
- Top Hat$1.99
- Cowboy Hat$2.99
- Plague Hat$3.99
- Limited Time Offer$4.99
- XP Pack 2$4.99
- Gold XP Pack 2$4.99
- Hot Offer$4.99
- XP Pack 4$20.99
- XP Pack 5$41.99
Ghost Detective
- Netflix Standard Plan$19.991 Month









