Museum Pass vs Paranormal Pitstops
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Museum Pass
Discover free admission days at museums, zoos, and gardens in major US cities. Filter by your eligibility and receive reminders for upcoming free events. Get directions and access booking information directly.
- Free admission listings
- City-specific filters
- Eligibility-based filtering
- Customizable reminders
- Detailed venue information
- Direct booking/directions links
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Museum Pass shows you which museums, zoos and gardens are free to visit — today, this week, or later this month. Pick your city and the home screen tells you what is free, grouped by when you can actually go: Today, This week, Later, and Always free. FIVE CITIES, 97 VENUES • Chicago — 39 venues • Washington, DC — 23 venues • Los Angeles — 16 venues • New York — 10 venues • San Francisco Bay Area — 9 venues ONLY THE DAYS THAT APPLY TO YOU Most free days come with conditions. Say who is going — state or county residents, students, teachers, veterans, serving military, under-18s, EBT and Museums for All cardholders, Bank of America cardholders — and the list shows only the days you actually qualify for. NEVER MISS ONE Switch on a reminder for any free day and you will hear the morning before and the morning of. EVERY DATE, NOT JUST THE NEXT ONE Each venue lists every upcoming free date it has published, months ahead, along with the hours, the conditions, and whether you need to reserve a timed-entry pass. One tap for directions, the ticket page or the phone. CHECKED AGAINST EACH VENUE'S OWN SITE Free-admission policies change constantly and third-party listings go stale. Every entry here is read from the museum's own website. Where a venue's own site does not confirm a free day, it is not listed — even when other sites say otherwise. Light and dark, following your device or set by hand. Free. No account, no sign-in, no ads.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Museum Pass at 5.0 against Paranormal Pitstops's 4.0. Museum Pass also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Museum Pass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
Museum Pass ships an update every 8 days, Paranormal Pitstops every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Museum Pass | Paranormal Pitstops |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Rajesh Vijayakumar | FRANK JOSEPH CAMBELETTA |
Customer experience
Museum Pass
Paranormal Pitstops
In-app purchases
Museum Pass
No in-app purchases
Paranormal Pitstops
No in-app purchases
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