Comparison

Spirit Box vs AskOracle

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 simulates a spirit board experience, allowing users to ask questions and receive cryptic or direct answers from a digital planchette. It features a Victorian aesthetic and a daily ritual for a hauntingly atmospheric session.

Highlights
  • Digital spirit board simulation
  • Planchette movement for answers
  • Victorian-era aesthetic
  • Daily ritual with limited questions
  • Cryptic and direct spirit responses
  • Atmospheric sound design
Features
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Place your fingers on the planchette. Ask your question out loud. The spirit board listens. The Veil is part spirit board, part spirit box: you ask out loud, and the board answers. The planchette begins to move, gliding across the board in patterns that feel deliberate. Slow sweeps. Sudden stops. Spiraling arcs. Hovering pauses before each letter lands. The answers arrive one letter at a time, and they are not what you expect. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU OPEN THE BOARD You ask. The spirits answer. Some replies are direct. Some are cryptic. Some cut off mid sentence and leave you wondering what the ghosts chose not to finish. Every seance feels different because every seance is different. CRAFTED IN DARKNESS Victorian seance parlor aesthetic. Amber light on charred wood. A haunted talking board that looks like it was found in an attic, not designed in a studio. The grain of the wood. The glow of the letters. The silence between movements. Every detail serves the paranormal atmosphere. ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT MATTER The Veil works for the questions you would not ask out loud anywhere else. Will they come back. Should I leave. Is someone watching. Am I right to be afraid. Whatever the question, the planchette will answer in its own time. Scary when it should be, quiet when it must be. DAILY RITUAL The veil thins each night. Two questions wait at the table. A third comes after, and the spirits cut it short. The cliffhanger is part of the haunting. For ghost hunters, spiritbox regulars, horror fans, and the simply curious: The Veil is for entertainment purposes. A digital seance, not a spiritual service. The board is a piece of theater that takes itself seriously. Take it as seriously as you want to. Open the board tonight. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

AskOracle

Features
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AskOracle is a simple voice-based novelty game for yes-or-no questions. Ask a playful question, speak into the microphone, and watch the glowing Oracle Orb reveal a simple answer: YES or NO. AskOracle turns quick questions into a fun interactive moment with sound, animation, and a shareable result. Each day, the app includes a new Daily Oracle Card, refreshed every midnight. Return daily to reveal a fresh entertainment message from the orb. Save your favorite questions and answers in the Oracle Collection. Each saved result becomes a shareable oracle card that you can send to friends. Keep your funniest answers, revisit past moments, and build your personal collection of oracle cards. AskOracle also includes achievements, rewarding you as you ask questions, reveal daily cards, save results, and explore the app. Features: Ask yes-or-no questions using your voice Microphone input with speech recognition Animated Oracle Orb answer reveal Daily Oracle Card refreshed every midnight Save answers in the Oracle Collection Share oracle cards with friends Unlock achievements as you use the app Simple, playful, and easy to use AskOracle is designed for entertainment and fun only. It does not provide real predictions or professional advice.

Screenshots

Spirit Box4 screens
AskOracle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: AskOracle at none against Spirit Box's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and AskOracle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Spirit Box versus AskOracle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpirit BoxAskOracle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (53 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCloud Motion Lab LLCYahor Vishneuski

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Spirit Box

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Pro7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
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  • Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Access$5.99
  • Halloween Lifetime Access$9.99
1 purchases

AskOracle

One-time1
  • Upgrade The Core$3.99

Questions

Is Spirit Box free?
Spirit Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AskOracle free?
AskOracle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Spirit Box or AskOracle have ads?
Spirit Box shows ads; AskOracle does not.

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