Comparison

SpectraEMF vs Beyond Haunted

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

Head to head
About

SpectraEMF

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SpectraEMF is a ghost-hunting EMF meter that is honest about what it is. It reads your phone's real magnetometer (the same sensor the compass uses) and shows it as a glowing K2-style LED bar and a 0-to-100 readout. Because it is a genuine sensor, it reacts to actual magnetic fields and cannot be faked or scripted. Record a reading and keep the whole timeline. For entertainment purposes only. A REAL K2-STYLE METER - A five-segment LED bar that climbs from green to red with the field - A live 0-to-100 readout from your phone's actual magnetometer - Calibrate to your room with one tap so the meter starts at zero IT CANNOT BE FAKED - The reading is a real sensor, not a random number generator - 100% on device: no internet, no accounts, no ads, no third-party SDKs - It works in airplane mode, and the alert beep is generated on device ALERTS, RECORDINGS, AND EXPORT - A beep and a buzz when the field crosses your alert level - Record a reading and review the whole timeline afterward - Export any reading as a CSV or text file to share as "evidence" FREE FOREVER - The full live K2 EMF meter, the LED bar, and calibration - A basic threshold alert - A timed recording you can save and view SPECTRAEMF PRO (one-time, no subscription) - Unlimited recording length and the full reading timeline - Export readings as CSV or text - The Apple Watch meter for hands-free hunts - A Live Activity readout on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Custom alert level and sensitivity WHY SPECTRAEMF - Honest by design. A real magnetometer means nothing is faked. What you see is your phone reacting to the world around it. - The K2 look, done right. A glowing LED bar plus a clean numeric readout. - No subscription. The meter is free forever, and Pro is a single one-time purchase. - Yours, privately. Your readings stay on your device. For entertainment purposes only. SpectraEMF uses your phone's real magnetometer as a novelty readout. Results are not evidence of paranormal activity.

About

Beyond Haunted

This app uses real device sensors to detect paranormal activity, offering a more unsettling and authentic ghost hunting experience. It features multiple instruments, including EMF and spirit box, and provides detailed evidence logging.

Highlights
  • Real sensor-based readings
  • EMF, barometer, and vibration meter
  • Spirit box tuned to haunted locations
  • EVP audio and SLS video recording
  • Offline searchable archive of case files
  • Apple Watch integration for pulse monitoring
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Most ghost hunting apps make their readings up. You already know the ones. The needle that jumps on cue. The thermometer on a phone that has never had a temperature sensor. The figure that appears because the app decided it was time for a figure. Ghost Kit does none of that, and it is more unsettling for it. Every number on screen comes off a real sensor in your hand. When the field climbs in an empty hallway, it climbed. When a figure locks onto something in the dark, the camera genuinely found a shape there. Nothing here is invented. Which means when something does happen, you have to sit with it. FIVE INSTRUMENTS THAT ACTUALLY MEASURE PROXIMITY watches four sensors at once and only speaks when two of them move together, in the same moment, for no reason either of them can explain. An outlet cannot trigger it. Neither can you. Most nights it says nothing at all, which is exactly why the nights it does say something are worth paying attention to. SENSORS is your EMF meter, barometer and vibration reader. Set a baseline in a quiet room and every reading afterwards is a measured change from the way you found the place. Peak hold keeps the spike on the dial after it has gone, so you do not lose it while your head is turned. VOICES is a spirit box tuned to 758 real, documented, haunted locations. Point it at a sanatorium and the words that surface come from that building's own rooms, its own people, its own reported activity. A lighthouse speaks differently from an asylum. Underneath the words runs a bed of speech fragments that are not words at all, so the app can never be accused of having said anything. Whatever you hear in it, you heard. EVIDENCE records EVP audio and SLS video with every instrument logged alongside on one timeline. A voice at twelve seconds, checked against what the room's field and air were doing at twelve seconds. Sudden level changes are flagged automatically and any flag replays that moment alone, at half speed, over and over, until you are sure. ARCHIVE is 758 case files across all fifty states, searchable, readable offline, tied straight into the spirit box. IT TELLS YOU WHEN IT IS PROBABLY NOTHING This is the part no other app in this category will do. Ghost Kit flags sounds that arrive with a movement of the phone and calls them what they almost certainly are: you. It tells you when a high EMF reading is your own laptop. It tells you when the air pressure has been falling all evening because weather is coming through. There is a glossary that explains why orbs are dust and why shadow figures live at the edge of your vision. An app willing to say that has earned the right to be believed when it says a reading is genuine. WEAR IT ON YOUR WRIST With an Apple Watch, Ghost Kit measures the one thing a phone never can: you. Your own pulse, recorded beside the audio, so you can see the moment your heart went before you consciously noticed anything. The watch is also the remote. Start a recording, stop it, and mark your own noises without ever touching the phone, so it can lie still in the dark exactly where you put it. When something registers, your wrist taps. BUILT WITH SOME CARE It never gives you a direction or a distance, because there is nothing to chase and chasing things in the dark is how people get hurt. It hides itself when it notices you moving. It never sends a notification and never asks for your attention. It does absolutely nothing until you open it. Everything you record stays on your phone. No account. No cloud. No analytics. No ads. No subscription. Not now, not later. Ghost Kit is an entertainment app. It does not detect, measure or communicate with anything supernatural, and it says so before you ever use it. What it does is give you real instruments, tell you the truth about what they are reading, and then get out of your way. From Beyond Haunted. beyondhaunted.com

Screenshots

SpectraEMF4 screens
Beyond Haunted4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beyond Haunted at none against SpectraEMF's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. SpectraEMF sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Beyond Haunted asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpectraEMF ships an update every 4 days, Beyond Haunted every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
SpectraEMF versus Beyond Haunted: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpectraEMFBeyond Haunted
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperVikram JoshiJoshua Nason

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SpectraEMF

One-time1
  • SpectraEMF Pro$4.99
None

Beyond Haunted

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SpectraEMF free?
SpectraEMF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beyond Haunted free?
Beyond Haunted is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SpectraEMF or Beyond Haunted have ads?
Neither SpectraEMF nor Beyond Haunted shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpectraEMF or Beyond Haunted?
SpectraEMF ships an update every 4 days, and Beyond Haunted every 5 days. Most recently, SpectraEMF was updated on October 9, 2026 and Beyond Haunted on October 11, 2026.

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