Haze Explr vs Haunted Maps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Haze Explr
Discover hidden urban exploration spots and share your findings with a community of like-minded adventurers. Contribute your own discoveries to unlock access to exclusive locations, ensuring a trusted network of explorers.
- Discover urbex locations
- Share exploration experiences
- Unlock shared locations
- Contribute to community access
- Map of forgotten places
- Find abandoned buildings and ruins
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Find urbex & off-the-beaten-path locations and share your experiences with other explorers. The more you contribute to the community, the more locations you unlock. This helps to make sure that locations are only shared with explorers who will respect them. Explore abandoned buildings, ghost towns, ruins, natural sights, and other forgotten locations on the map created by the Haze Explr community. Find adventures, make memories Terms of Service: https://app.haze-explr.com/terms/ © 2026 Haze Explr
Haunted Maps
Discover paranormal activity in your vicinity. Ideal for ghost hunters and those curious about haunted locations, this application maps out spooky spots.
- Discover haunted locations
- Paranormal investigation tool
- Location mapping
- User curiosity focused
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See what's haunted near you! Whether you're a paranormal investigator or just interested in anything haunted, this is the perfect app for you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Haze Explr at 4.7 against Haunted Maps's 4.2. Haze Explr also leads on ratings volume (857 vs 10) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Haunted Maps's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.4). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Haze Explr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Haunted Maps asks for nothing beyond the download.
Haze Explr holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Haze Explr has 857 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Haze Explr's written reviews are positive against 80% of Haunted Maps's.
Haze Explr ships an update monthly, Haunted Maps every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Haze Explr | Haunted Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (857 ratings) — better | 4.2 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.4% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 857 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Eclectic Services LLC | Greg Vine |
Customer experience
Haze Explr
Haunted Maps
Bugs and requests
Haze Explr
Reported bugs
2 issues- Locations disappearing from account
- Unable to create account or get approved
Requested features
4 requests- Favorite/bookmark locations
- Offline mode for memos and location data
- Ability to filter by location type
- Notification when near unlocked locations
Haunted Maps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Haze Explr
- Haze Edgerunner$5.001 Month
- Haze Edgerunner Overclocked$10.001 Month
Haunted Maps
No in-app purchases
