Comparison

Tap the Ghost 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

Tap the Ghost

A simple and engaging game where players tap on mischievous ghosts to clear them away. Designed for younger audiences, it offers a fun and straightforward gameplay experience.

Highlights
  • Tap to shoo ghosts
  • Cute ghost characters
  • Simple gameplay
  • Kid-friendly design
  • Engaging for young players
Features
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It's night! The Ghosts have arrived. They are swarming around and creating havoc! Tap the Ghost to shoo them away. Good Luck!

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

Tap the Ghost1 screens
Ghost Hotel!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tap the Ghost at none against Ghost Hotel!'s shown. Tap the Ghost also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Ghost Hotel!'s advantage is ratings volume (162 vs 7). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Tap the Ghost holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ghost Hotel! has 162 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Tap the Ghost's written reviews are positive against 75% of Ghost Hotel!'s.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tap the Ghost versus Ghost Hotel!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTap the GhostGhost Hotel!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.7 (162 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7162 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB185 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBusy Buzzy Bots Inc.YALP GAMES LLC

Customer experience

Tap the Ghost

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ghost Hotel!

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

In-app purchases

None

Tap the Ghost

No in-app purchases

None

Ghost Hotel!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tap the Ghost free?
Tap the Ghost 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, Tap the Ghost or Ghost Hotel!?
Tap the Ghost is rated higher. Tap the Ghost averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Ghost Hotel! averages 4.7 from 162 ratings.
Do Tap the Ghost or Ghost Hotel! have ads?
Ghost Hotel! shows ads; Tap the Ghost does not.

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