Comparison

Ghost Hotel! vs Ghosty

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

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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!

About

Ghosty

Hunt ghosts in your own room using augmented reality. Capture spectral beings by locking onto them with your camcorder, managing your battery life as you play. Enjoy an endless free mode or unlock a full campaign of challenging levels.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality ghost hunting
  • Camcorder-based gameplay
  • Free endless mode
  • 100-level campaign unlock
  • Global leaderboards
  • Game Center achievements
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Something is haunting your very room! You found a box of cursed VHS recordings, and every one of them is haunted: press record, find the ghosts, and catch them before your battery dies. Ghosty is a ghost-hunting arcade game played through the lens of an old camcorder. Sweep the dark, lock your beam onto a ghost, and hold steady to capture it. Every catch feeds your battery. Every miss lets the dark get closer. HUNT THE ENDLESS HAUNT — FREE The endless mode is free forever. No ads, no energy timers, no subscriptions. Chase your longest run, build combos, and climb the leaderboards against the world. CLEAR THE CURSED TAPES The campaign: 100 handcrafted levels across 10 tapes, each one a haunting with its own twist. The first scene is free. One single purchase unlocks everything, every tape, every scene, forever. Family Sharing supported. MEET SPARKY You're not hunting alone. Sparky helps you bring batteries for your special ghost light. BEWARE THE BAT Deep in the app, something else is awake. The Bat feeds on your battery, watch out! FEATURES - Free endless mode with global Game Center leaderboards. - 100-level campaign across 10 cursed tapes (one-time unlock). - Game Center achievements. - No subscriptions. - No loot boxes. - Family Sharing on the campaign unlock See the ghosts in your room now!

Screenshots

Ghost Hotel!4 screens
Ghosty4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ghosty at none against Ghost Hotel!'s shown. Ghosty also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Ghost Hotel!'s advantage is ratings volume (170 vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Ghost Hotel! against 4.8 for Ghosty. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ghost Hotel! has 170 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Ghost Hotel!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Ghosty's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ghost Hotel! ships an update every 6 weeks, Ghosty fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ghost Hotel! versus Ghosty: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGhost Hotel!Ghosty
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (170 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings170 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYALP GAMES LLCOdeon Apps LLC

Customer experience

Ghost Hotel!

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

Ghosty

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Ghost Hotel!

No in-app purchases

None

Ghosty

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ghost Hotel! free?
Ghost Hotel! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ghosty free?
Ghosty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ghost Hotel! or Ghosty?
Ghosty is rated higher. Ghost Hotel! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 170 ratings, while Ghosty averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Ghost Hotel! or Ghosty have ads?
Ghost Hotel! shows ads; Ghosty does not.
Which is updated more often, Ghost Hotel! or Ghosty?
Ghost Hotel! ships an update every 6 weeks, and Ghosty fortnightly. Most recently, Ghost Hotel! was updated on October 30, 2026 and Ghosty on October 24, 2026.

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