Spirit Box vs GhostLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spirit Box
This app simulates ghost-hunting tools, including an EMF meter, spirit box, and EVP recorder, using your device's sensors. It offers a unique entertainment experience by generating words and sounds based on environmental readings.
- EMF Meter simulation
- Spirit Box word generation
- EVP audio recording
- Live sensor dashboard
- Session logging and replay
- Customizable instrument skins
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Four ghost-hunting instruments in your pocket. Spirit Box turns your iPhone's own sensors into an EMF meter, a spirit box, an EVP recorder, and a live sensor dashboard — wrapped in a premium, hand-built instrument panel. The lights flicker. The needle twitches. Somewhere in the noise, a word forms. Are you listening? EMF METER A real electromagnetic-field meter driven by your device's magnetometer. Watch the analog needle climb and the LED bar light as the field shifts, with adjustable sensitivity and peak-hold. SPIRIT BOX Open a session and the box scans, pulling words from a large dictionary in real time — spoken aloud and printed on screen. The static thins and the panel stirs as the magnetic field rises around you, so you hear the room in the signal. Pro unlocks a much bigger word bank and lets you add your own. EVP RECORDER Capture short audio sessions, watch the live waveform, and replay them to listen for anomalies. Your recordings stay on your device. SENSOR DASHBOARD Magnetic field, motion, and heading on live graphs — read every channel at once and catch the moment everything goes quiet. SESSION LOG Every spirit-box scan is logged with its words, duration, and peak EMF. Review the full timeline free. Pro replays a whole session — every word again, in its original order and timing — and exports a shareable report card. INSTRUMENT SKINS Change the look of the whole rig. Spectral Green ships free; Pro adds Amber CRT, Night Vision, and Cryo. NO ADS, NO SUBSCRIPTION Every instrument is free to use, with no daily limits and nothing to sit through. Pro is a single one-time unlock, not a rental. PRIVACY Everything runs on your device. No tracking, no data collected, and recordings never leave your phone. FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY Spirit Box reads real sensors and reacts to your environment, but it cannot detect or communicate with spirits. Words and sounds are generated by the app for entertainment and do not represent real communication. Don't rely on it for safety, health, or any important decision. Privacy Policy: https://foureyes.xyz/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
GhostLab
This app provides a comprehensive paranormal investigation toolkit for mobile devices. It offers various recording modes for EVP, spirit tracking, and environmental analysis, along with tools for creators to capture and edit evidence.
- Multiple EVP and spirit box recording modes
- ARKit and LiDAR spirit tracking
- Creator Mode with 90-second buffer
- In-app clip editor for sharing
- EMF meters and motion detection tools
- Offline team session sharing
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GhostLab is a complete paranormal investigation toolkit for iPhone and iPad, built for night hunts. ONE HOME, SIX INSTRUMENTS, NO ADS MODES • EMF. DMP-style meter with green-to-red bars, recalibration, and radar view. • EVP. Clean microphone capture. • Spirit Box. Rapid scan-style carrier mixed with your mic. • Spirit Speak. Ask aloud and watch experimental replies condense out of dead-channel static on the analog-footage screen, timestamped like recovered tape. ITC, not a conversation with the dead. • Spirit Music Box. Multi-sensor chime reacting to EMF, motion, and proximity anomalies. • SLS. ARKit stick-figure tracking that records the camera feed: figures and captions burned into the video, your microphone on the soundtrack. Recording survives locks and interruptions. Saving is instant. A12 or later. Pro, with a free trial. CREATOR MODE (PRO) Arm Creator, investigate in any mode, and a rolling 60-second screen plus mic buffer captures the moment. • Edit and Share. Export the last 60s into the in-app clip editor. • Trim, mute/volume, 9:16, 1:1, 16:9 crop, watermark, captions, speed, freeze, color grade, title cards, multi-highlight stitch. • Share to Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more. • Clips attach to the session Library for later play, edit, and share. TOOLS FOR THE HUNT • Knock detector, Motion-Grid, Word Burst (Pro) • Estes Method workflow and Vigil overnight counters (Pro) • Team sessions. Offline push-to-talk radio and tag sharing (Pro) • Night Vis, torch, red-light UI, dBA level chips (approximate phone meters) • Verify instruments. Optional pre-session control checks LIBRARY AND EVIDENCE Stop and Save keeps audio, video, tags, notes, transcripts, and clips with each session. Review playback, edit clips, export PDF reports (Pro), and keep investigations organized by location, weather, and investigators. GHOSTLAB PRO Core recording stays free. GhostLab Pro is a one-time unlock, no subscription, for Creator Mode, Spirit Speak, SLS, advanced tools, voice packs, custom word lists, PDF reports, Enhance EVP, and more. Most Pro features include one free try. HONEST BY DESIGN GhostLab is for investigation and entertainment. Sensor tools measure the environment (phones, metal, HVAC, and movement all create hits). Dictionary and spirit-box style features are experimental ITC techniques, not scientific proof of spirits. Always review evidence yourself. Requires iOS 17 or later. SLS requires A12 or newer. Some tools need camera, microphone, motion, location, or local network permission. Guides, the full mode tour, and support: ghostlab.icu
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Verdict
Spirit Box and GhostLab both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of GhostLab's written reviews are positive against 0% of Spirit Box's. GhostLab also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Spirit Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GhostLab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Spirit Box against 4.6 for GhostLab. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 34 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Spirit Box's written reviews are positive against 80% of GhostLab's.
Spirit Box ships an update every 2 months, GhostLab every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Spirit Box | GhostLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (19 ratings) — better | 4.6 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 34 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 177 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Jacob Weeces | Jack Miller |
Customer experience
Spirit Box
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In-app purchases
Spirit Box
- Pro Unlock$7.99
GhostLab
- GhostLab Pro$9.99
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