Comparison

GhostTrail vs 都市伝説図書館

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

Head to head
About

GhostTrail

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A logbook for places that feel wrong. Walk into a room that gives you that feeling. Tap once. Hold still for two seconds while the rig baselines. GhostTrail starts reading your phone's magnetometer, accelerometer, and GPS — for up to sixty seconds, or until you tap stop. You get a pin you can keep on your phone, or share to the World Map so other spotters can see what your phone measured. WHAT IT IS • An honest sensor recorder. The readings are what the phone measured. Nothing else. • A logbook with retro VHS chrome. Each capture earns a tape number, a phosphor-green status readout, and — for curated landmarks — a multi-section lore card you can export as an Instagram Story sticker. • A curated map of nearly 200 places across six continents — locations known for the kind of stories that make people lower their voice. WHAT IT IS NOT • A ghost detector. The app never interprets readings. It logs them. • A microphone recorder. The permission is never requested. • A tracking app. No advertising identifiers. No analytics. No third-party trackers. SIGNALS — THE PEEK ECONOMY Opening another spotter's public pin costs one Signal. You start with three free Signals, and every pin you publish yourself earns one back — no daily caps, no limits. Out of Signals? Publish your own pins, or buy a Signal pack from Profile → SIGNALS. Three pack sizes: 3, 12 (+25% bonus), or 30 (+40% bonus). PRIVACY BY DEFAULT • Captures stay on your phone by default. Nothing leaves the device until you tap SHARE TO WORLD MAP. • Shared coordinates are fuzzed by ±30 meters before upload. Precise location never leaves the device. • Sign in with Apple is the only auth method. Apple's private email relay is supported. • Profile → Delete account permanently removes everything you have shared. FOUR TIERS OF ANOMALY Quiet · Stir · Pulse · Surge. The same readings, four amplifications of chrome. Your screen reacts to what the rig is seeing. A haptic pulse fires on every tier crossing. No sound is ever played. DESIGNED FOR LATE-NIGHT USE Phosphor green on near-black. Retro VHS scanlines. Monospace timecode. The interface stays out of the way. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone running iOS 17 or later • Magnetometer (every modern iPhone has one) • Location and motion permissions, granted on first capture • Camera permission optional — only for photos attached to pins • Photo Library Add permission optional — only when saving an Instagram-bound landmark sticker GhostTrail does not detect ghosts. It logs environmental sensor readings as data, not as paranormal claims.

About

都市伝説図書館

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「都市伝説図書館」は、学校の怪談からネットの都市伝説、UMA、企業にまつわる噂話まで、古今東西の"知ってると盛り上がる"都市伝説を集めた読み物アプリです。 ・全99話収録、50音順でサクサク探せる ・カテゴリ別・キーワード検索で気になる話をすぐ発見 ・お気に入り登録で読み返したい話をストック ・ライト/ダークモード対応、静かな図書館のような読書体験 ・友達との会話のネタ探しにも 一話ずつ短めにまとめているので、通勤中や寝る前のスキマ時間にサクッと読めます。 ……この図書館には、まだ語られていない話があるかもしれません。

Screenshots

GhostTrail4 screens
都市伝説図書館4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 都市伝説図書館 at none against GhostTrail's 3. 都市伝説図書館 also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). GhostTrail's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. GhostTrail sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. 都市伝説図書館 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GhostTrail ships an update monthly, 都市伝説図書館 every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
GhostTrail versus 都市伝説図書館: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGhostTrail都市伝説図書館
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB11 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperChih Han LinHiroaki Tajima

In-app purchases

3 purchases

GhostTrail

One-time3
  • 3 Signals$0.99
  • 12 Signals$2.99
  • 30 Signals$5.99
None

都市伝説図書館

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GhostTrail free?
GhostTrail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 都市伝説図書館 free?
都市伝説図書館 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GhostTrail or 都市伝説図書館 have ads?
都市伝説図書館 shows ads; GhostTrail does not.
Which is updated more often, GhostTrail or 都市伝説図書館?
GhostTrail ships an update monthly, and 都市伝説図書館 every 9 days. Most recently, GhostTrail was updated on October 14, 2026 and 都市伝説図書館 on October 2, 2026.

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