Comparison

Spooky Spots vs Paranormal Pitstops

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

Head to head
About

Spooky Spots

Discover haunted hotels and historic buildings with this travel app. Plan your routes, add multiple stops, and explore locations near you or in your favorite cities. Contribute to the growing database by sharing your own findings.

Highlights
  • Map of haunted locations
  • Search by city
  • Customizable trip routes
  • Add multiple stops
  • User location suggestions
  • Community contribution
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Looking for ghosts? How about cool, historic buildings that may or may not have permanent residents? Spooky Spots is here for you! Use the map feature to see what is near you, or search your favorite city. Use the 'Trip' feature to explore them all! Seriously though, you can add multiple stops, change your route, and even adjust where you start or end your journey! Spooky Spots is a growing database. If you would like to share locations and help this community grow, head to the settings page and fill out a very basic form.

About

Paranormal Pitstops

Discover over 750 haunted locations across America with real stories and photos. Plan your next road trip to historic hotels, old asylums, and roadside legends, with features like proximity alerts and directions.

Highlights
  • 750+ haunted locations on a map
  • Real stories behind each haunt
  • Photos of locations
  • Search by name or state
  • Near Me feature
  • Get directions
  • Favorites and Bucket List
  • Proximity alerts
Features
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Every town has a place people whisper about — the hotel with the room no one will book, the theater where the lights flick on by themselves, the bridge you don't stop on after dark. Paranormal Pitstops puts more than 750 of America's most haunted places on one map, with the real story behind every single one. This isn't a list of made-up scares. Each location is a real, visitable place — a historic hotel, an old asylum, a Civil War inn, a lighthouse, a roadside legend — and every story is grounded in documented local lore, folk legend, and firsthand accounts from the people who've stayed, worked, and investigated there. WHAT'S INSIDE • 750+ haunted locations across all 50 states, on one clustered map • The true "why it's haunted" story for every place, written to be read at the scene • Real photos of the locations • Search by name or by state — type "Ohio" and see every haunt in it • Near Me — find the closest haunted places wherever you are • Get directions in Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Waze • Favorites and a Bucket List to plan your own haunted road trip • Proximity alerts — get a heads-up when you're driving near a haunted place (you choose the distance, 1 to 20 miles) BUILT FOR THE ROAD Whether you're a paranormal investigator, a road-tripper who loves a good detour, or just someone who wants to know the story behind that creepy old building, Paranormal Pitstops is made to be used in the car and at the door. Plan a trip around the country's most legendary haunts, or let it surprise you with the ghost story hiding one exit away. Pack a bag. Charge your phone. Some of these places have been waiting a long time for company. Locations and coordinates from open data sources; photos licensed via Wikimedia Commons. Stories are original and grounded in publicly documented lore.

Screenshots

Spooky Spots4 screens
Paranormal Pitstops4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Paranormal Pitstops at none against Spooky Spots's shown. Paranormal Pitstops also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Spooky Spots's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, 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

Spooky Spots holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Spooky Spots versus Paranormal Pitstops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpooky SpotsParanormal Pitstops
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (7 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better2
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB23 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperKonoha Koders LLCFRANK JOSEPH CAMBELETTA

Customer experience

Spooky Spots

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

Paranormal Pitstops

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Spooky Spots

No in-app purchases

None

Paranormal Pitstops

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spooky Spots free?
Spooky Spots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Paranormal Pitstops free?
Paranormal Pitstops is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spooky Spots or Paranormal Pitstops?
Spooky Spots is rated higher. Spooky Spots averages 3.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Paranormal Pitstops averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Spooky Spots or Paranormal Pitstops have ads?
Spooky Spots shows ads; Paranormal Pitstops does not.

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