Comparison

SPECTRAL 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

SPECTRAL

Transform your device into a ghost hunting tool with an EMF radar, spirit box, and SLS camera. Analyze paranormal activity with real sensor data and explore haunted locations through interactive case files. Record and share your findings with a community of investigators.

Highlights
  • EMF Radar with live readings
  • Spirit Box with multiple voice channels
  • SLS Camera with human-shaped figure detection
  • EVP Recorder with anomaly tagging
  • Séance Board for communication
  • Interactive haunted case files
  • Record and share investigations
Features
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SPECTRAL turns your iPhone into a ghost hunting kit: EMF radar, spirit box, SLS camera, EVP recorder and séance board in one app. It reads your phone's REAL magnetometer, motion sensors and microphone and turns them into atmospheric investigation tools. SLS CAMERA Maps human-shaped figures onto your camera feed in real time. Sometimes it finds you. Sometimes it finds something smaller in the corner that walks away on its own. Skeletons are saved into your photos and videos. EMF RADAR Live readings from your phone's magnetometer on a signal graph. The meter climbs as fields shift and blips appear on the radar. Temperature, voltage and frequency readouts track anomalies. SPIRIT BOX 6 channels, each with its own voice and word bank: STANDARD, DEMON, CHILD SPIRIT, SOLDIER'S ECHO, SÉANCE and ANCIENT. Speak out loud and entities answer when they hear you. Capture and share any word the instant it comes through. EVP RECORDER Record sessions from the room around you. Peaks are tagged as anomalies automatically, so you can jump to the moment something answered. SÉANCE BOARD Ask a question aloud and watch the planchette spell out the reply, letter by letter. VISION CAMERA Seven modes, including Green Glow, Heat Map Colors, Blacklight Glow, Ectoplasm, Shadow Veil and Specter Mode. Entities manifest without warning and orbs drift through frame. Every photo gets an entity type, threat level and confidence score. RECORD & SHARE Film your hunt with overlays, skeletons and orbs and share it to your feed. Standard clips run 30 seconds with a watermark; PRO records up to 3 minutes without one. INVESTIGATIONS 30+ case files in haunted places: abandoned asylums, forgotten chapels, sunken parishes, lighthouses. Each has a backstory, zones to sweep and entities to identify. A new case rotates in daily and one stays open to everyone each week. Close a case to get an animated Case Closed card. EVIDENCE JOURNAL Every capture is archived and classified. Climb 4 investigator ranks, keep your daily streak, complete daily missions and unlock radar themes in the Season Pass. Halloween, full moons and the 3 AM witching hour intensify activity. SPECTRAL PRO Every channel, filter and case, the custom case builder, 3-minute video without a watermark, longer recording sessions, Deadwave mode, audio effects, entity forensics, sensor calibration and no ads. Monthly, yearly or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Monthly and yearly Pro are auto-renewing subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings. Lifetime is a one-time purchase and does not renew. Terms of Use (EULA): https://peerware.site/spectral-terms Privacy Policy: https://peerware.site/spectral-privacy-policy WARNING Eerie audio, sudden visual effects and atmospheric horror. Not recommended for young children or anyone sensitive to jump scares. DISCLAIMER SPECTRAL is an entertainment app. It reads real device sensors, but readings are interpreted for atmospheric effect and do not detect actual paranormal activity. We make no scientific claims about ghosts or spirit communication.

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

SPECTRAL4 screens
Ghost Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SPECTRAL at every 5 days against Ghost Camera's every 3 weeks. SPECTRAL also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SPECTRAL sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for SPECTRAL against 4.6 for Ghost Camera. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SPECTRAL ships an update every 5 days, Ghost Camera every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SPECTRAL versus Ghost Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSPECTRALGhost Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.6 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings48 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB140 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperPeerwareZee Weasel

Customer experience

SPECTRAL

All ratings4 ratings
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

10 purchases

SPECTRAL

Subscriptions2
  • Spectral Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Spectral Pro Annual$11.991 Year
One-time8
  • Shadow & Specter Filter Pack$0.99
  • Ecto Detector Filter$0.99
  • Child Spirit Channel$0.99
Show 5 more
  • Demon Channel$0.99
  • Soldier's Echo Channel$0.99
  • UV Spectrum Filter$0.99
  • Season Pass Premium$2.99
  • Spectral Pro Lifetime$24.99
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 SPECTRAL free?
SPECTRAL 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, SPECTRAL or Ghost Camera?
SPECTRAL is rated higher. SPECTRAL averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Ghost Camera averages 4.6 from 8 ratings.
Do SPECTRAL or Ghost Camera have ads?
Both SPECTRAL and Ghost Camera show ads.
Which is updated more often, SPECTRAL or Ghost Camera?
SPECTRAL ships an update every 5 days, and Ghost Camera every 3 weeks. Most recently, SPECTRAL was updated on November 9, 2026 and Ghost Camera on November 12, 2026.

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