Spookr vs Platoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spookr
Discover haunted places and unexplained encounters through a community-driven map. Share your experiences with stories, photos, audio, and video, and view environmental readings. Connect with others interested in the paranormal and explore the unknown.
- Map of haunted and mysterious locations
- Share encounters with media
- Record environmental readings
- Read user stories
- Save and revisit locations
- Connect with a community
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Spookr is a community driven map for discovering haunted places and unexplained encounters. Explore locations shared by real people, each marked with stories, photos, audio, video, and environmental readings captured at the time of the experience. Whether it’s a historic site, an abandoned building, or a quiet stretch of road, Spookr lets you see what others noticed and share what you experienced. With Spookr, you can: • Explore a map of haunted and mysterious locations • Share encounters with photos, audio, or video • Record and view environmental readings such as EMF and temperature changes • Read stories from other explorers • Save and revisit places that caught your attention • Connect with a community interested in the unexplained Environmental readings are provided for informational and entertainment purposes only and may vary based on device sensors and conditions. Locations shared by users may be approximate to help protect privacy. All user-generated content is moderated to maintain a safe and respectful experience. Whether you’re a curious explorer or fascinated by the paranormal, Spookr is a place to document encounters and explore the unknown.
Platoon
This platform streamlines operations for firefighter crews, unions, and departments. It integrates scheduling, communication, union management, and event coordination into a single mobile-first application for station life.
- Shift trades and coverage coordination
- Crew messaging and group chats
- Union announcements and voting
- Event and reminder management
- Document and resource sharing
- Targeted communication
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Platoon is the all-in-one platform built for firefighter crews, departments, unions, and fire service organizations. Manage your work schedule, coordinate shift trades, communicate with members, access important documents, follow upcoming events, and stay connected—all from one app. FOR MEMBERS • View your work schedule and important calendar dates • Manage shift trades and staffing opportunities • Receive announcements and organization updates • Access documents, resources, events, polls, and contacts • Communicate through organization chats • Stay connected across multiple departments and organizations FOR DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS • Share announcements by email, text, and in-app notifications • Publish events, documents, resources, and polls • Organize members using audience groups • Provide members with a dedicated organization headquarters • Manage content through Platoon’s web-based admin dashboard Platoon is designed around the way fire service teams actually operate, bringing schedules, communication, organization resources, and member engagement into one streamlined platform. Available features may vary by department or organization.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Spookr at free against Platoon's ad-supported. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Spookr against 5.0 for Platoon. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Spookr ships an update every 8 days, Platoon every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spookr | Platoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chris Kalla | Jacob Hinsenkamp |
Customer experience
Spookr
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In-app purchases
Spookr
No in-app purchases
Platoon
No in-app purchases









