Comparison

Spirit Box vs Ghost Camera

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

Head to head
About

Spirit Box

This app uses your phone's sensors to detect electromagnetic anomalies, acting as a portal for spirit communication. Engage with entities through AI-powered dialogue, provoke reactions, and decode Electronic Voice Phenomena.

Highlights
  • EMF detection for anomalies
  • AI-powered spirit dialogue
  • Provoke mode for entity reactions
  • EVP decoder for voice phenomena
  • Entity codex with threat tiers
  • Real-time EMF dashboard
Features
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Your phone is a portal. EMF SCAN detects electromagnetic anomalies, opens a spirit communication channel, and lets you provoke entities hiding in your environment. [AI SPIRIT DIALOGUE] Ask entities questions directly. AI-powered responses based on each entity's unique behavioral profile. [PROVOKE MODE] Push the signal. Trigger reactions. The EMF spikes when something answers back. Glitch effects confirm entity presence. [EVP DECODER — PRO] Every session captures an Electronic Voice Phenomenon word. Decode what they're trying to say. [ENTITY CODEX] 120 classified entities across 4 threat tiers. Each encounter logged to your case file. Rare entities only surface after consecutive sessions. [EMF DASHBOARD] Real magnetometer data visualized in real-time. Watch the readings climb. Ghost detector · Spirit box · EMF scanner · Paranormal radar · EVP recorder · Entity communicator

About

Ghost Camera

This app simulates a paranormal investigation tool, featuring a live viewfinder with a spirit-strength meter, entity tracing, and spooky camera effects. Capture and share your findings with a built-in gallery and logbook. Designed purely for entertainment purposes.

Highlights
  • Live paranormal HUD
  • Entity tracing with skeleton overlay
  • Multiple camera filters (Glow, Heatmap, VHS, Spectrum)
  • Photo and video capture with HUD
  • Built-in gallery and logbook
  • Live sensor dashboard
Features
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Point your phone into the dark and see what it finds. Ghost Camera is an SLS-style ghost-hunting camera made for entertainment: a full-screen viewfinder with a live paranormal HUD, eerie words, a clicking Geiger-style soundtrack, and spooky camera effects. Take it to a sleepover, a night walk, or wherever the lights flicker. POINT IT INTO THE DARK Everything on screen follows a restless spirit-strength meter. The LED bar creeps from green to red, the clicks come faster, and every so often a word drifts over the image — COLD. WATCHING. BEHIND YOU. ENTITY TRACING When a human-shaped figure enters the frame, Ghost Camera traces it with a glowing skeleton, colored by the current spirit strength. If you've watched paranormal TV, you know the look. Recording video with the skeleton on is part of Pro. CAMERA FILTERS & EFFECTS Four looks for that found-footage feel: a green Glow FX, a heat-map style Heat FX, grainy VHS FX, and the color-shifted Spectrum FX (VHS FX and Spectrum FX come with Pro). They're visual filters over your device's normal camera — pure entertainment, no special hardware involved. CAPTURE AND SHARE Photos and videos come out exactly like the screen: HUD, effects, words and traced figures baked right in, with an optional location tag. The built-in gallery keeps your captures together, and the logbook remembers every word — when it appeared, how strong the signal was, what the sensors were doing. LIVE SENSOR DASHBOARD Your device's real sensors, one spooky screen: magnetic field, acceleration, pressure and gyroscope, each with its own history graph, plus a live compass. GHOST CAMERA PRO Pro removes the ads, unlocks the premium effects, lets you record video with the tracking skeleton, drops the watermark, and opens the full wordbank. You can subscribe or buy it once and keep it forever — the app shows each option with its name, duration and price before you decide. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. FOR ENTERTAINMENT One thing said plainly: Ghost Camera is for fun. The readings, words and detections are generated by the app and aren't evidence of anything paranormal — reflections, posters, coats and screens can all set it off. Investigate, don't assume. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://weaseldev.com/privacy/ghostcamera.html

Screenshots

Spirit Box4 screens
Ghost Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Spirit Box at 5.0 against Ghost Camera's 4.5. Spirit Box also leads on ads (none vs shown). Ghost Camera's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Spirit Box sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Ghost Camera sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spirit Box holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spirit Box ships an update every 2 months, Ghost Camera every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Spirit Box versus Ghost Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpirit BoxGhost Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings44
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB140 MB
Age rating9+9+
Developer林华 曹Zee Weasel

Customer experience

Spirit Box

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ghost Camera

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Spirit Box

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Access$4.991 Month
  • Pro Clearance (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro (3-Day Trial)3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Pro Clearance (Yearly)3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • EMF SCAN$4.99
5 purchases

Ghost Camera

Subscriptions3
  • Ghost Camera Pro$1.997 Days
  • Ghost Camera Pro3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Ghost Camera Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Ghost Camera Pro Lifetime$29.99
  • Ghost Camera Pro Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Spirit Box free?
Spirit Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ghost Camera free?
Ghost Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spirit Box or Ghost Camera?
Spirit Box is rated higher. Spirit Box averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Ghost Camera averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Spirit Box or Ghost Camera have ads?
Ghost Camera shows ads; Spirit Box does not.
Which is updated more often, Spirit Box or Ghost Camera?
Spirit Box ships an update every 2 months, and Ghost Camera every 3 weeks. Most recently, Spirit Box was updated on October 25, 2026 and Ghost Camera on October 25, 2026.

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