Haunted Maps vs Paranormal Pitstops
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
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: Haunted Maps at 4.2 against Paranormal Pitstops's 3.5. Haunted Maps also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17.0). Paranormal Pitstops's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Haunted Maps holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Haunted Maps has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Haunted Maps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Paranormal Pitstops's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Haunted Maps ships an update every 2 months, Paranormal Pitstops every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Haunted Maps | Paranormal Pitstops |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Greg Vine | FRANK JOSEPH CAMBELETTA |
Customer experience
Haunted Maps
Paranormal Pitstops
In-app purchases
Haunted Maps
No in-app purchases
Paranormal Pitstops
No in-app purchases
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