Comparison

SpectraWave Recorder vs EctoLens Ghost Hunter

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

Head to head
About

SpectraWave Recorder

Features
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SpectraWave is an EVP voice recorder that is honest about what it is. It records the real room through your microphone, then lets you replay each clip slowed down, reversed, and noise-reduced to pick out faint voices, all on your device. Nothing is uploaded, no voices are fabricated, and your captures are saved reliably so they never vanish. For entertainment purposes only. REAL MICROPHONE CAPTURE - Record the actual room with a live level meter - Every capture is saved reliably and survives relaunch - Works fully in airplane mode: nothing is ever streamed PLAYBACK THAT PICKS OUT VOICES - Slow any clip to half speed to hear syllables - Reverse it for classic backward-EVP review - A clarity filter lifts faint sound out of the hiss - All effects run on your device, on your real recording MARK AND EXPORT YOUR EVIDENCE - Tap to mark timestamped hits during recording or playback - Add a note to any marker and jump back to it later - Export the audio clip plus a marker transcript as CSV or text HONEST BY DESIGN - Real on-device capture and on-device effects, no server - No fabricated voices and no pre-recorded clips - No accounts, no tracking, no ads, no third-party SDKs FREE FOREVER - Record from the microphone and save your clips - Normal-speed playback of your library - One marker per clip SPECTRAWAVE PRO (one-time, no subscription) - Unlimited clips and recording length - The slow, reverse, and clarity playback effects - Unlimited markers with notes - Clip and marker-transcript export - The Action Button to start and stop without unlocking - A Live Activity recording timer on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - The Apple Watch remote to record, stop, and mark hands-free WHY SPECTRAWAVE - It just works. Real capture that always saves, the one thing every other recorder gets wrong. - Honest. On-device audio and effects mean nothing is streamed and no voices are faked. - No subscription. The core is free forever, and Pro is a single one-time purchase. - Yours, privately. Your audio stays on your device and only leaves if you share it. For entertainment purposes only. SpectraWave records real audio with your microphone and processes it with on-device effects. Results are not evidence of paranormal activity.

About

EctoLens Ghost Hunter

Features
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Your phone already has everything a ghost hunter needs. EctoLens turns its real sensors into paranormal instruments and wraps them in a story that only works with the lights off. THE ECTO LENS Point your camera into a dark room and watch through the lens. Walk, and the rig notices. Stay long enough, and something may cross the frame. Every apparition can be photographed and kept in your Case Log. REAL SENSORS, REAL READINGS The needles move because your phone's actual hardware moves them: - EMF meter driven by the magnetometer - Field Scan reading air pressure, light and motion - Spirit Box sweeping with real audio feedback - A sound meter that listens while you speak Where a phone lacks a sensor, the app says so. It never invents a reading. THE INCANTATION RITE Find darkness. Press INCANTATION. Read the words on screen out loud - the microphone measures whether you actually spoke them. Most rites go unanswered. Some do not. A VOICE ON THE CHANNEL A narrative voice guides each hunt and reacts to what you really do: stop walking and it notices, cover the lens and it complains, pass midnight and it changes tone. Four different arcs, one drawn per hunt. You can switch the voice off in Settings. BUILT FOR THE DARK The lens warns you when there is too much light. Hunt at night, in a dark hallway, a cellar, an attic. The story is written for it. FREE TO TRY The Ecto Lens is free for six minutes of use. One single purchase unlocks it forever - no subscription, nothing to cancel. The EMF meter, Spirit Box, Field Scan and Case Log stay free. HONEST BY DESIGN EctoLens is entertainment. It does not detect ghosts and nothing it shows is evidence of the paranormal. The readings are real sensor data; the hauntings are fiction. Play with the lights off anyway. Please explore safely: watch where you walk, and only enter places you are allowed to be.

Screenshots

SpectraWave Recorder4 screens
EctoLens Ghost Hunter4 screens

Verdict

The call

SpectraWave Recorder and EctoLens Ghost Hunter are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. SpectraWave Recorder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and EctoLens Ghost Hunter sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SpectraWave Recorder versus EctoLens Ghost Hunter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpectraWave RecorderEctoLens Ghost Hunter
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB98 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperVikram JoshiMEDIASTAGE S.R.L.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SpectraWave Recorder

One-time1
  • SpectraWave Pro$5.99
1 purchases

EctoLens Ghost Hunter

One-time1
  • EctoLens PRO$1.99

Questions

Is SpectraWave Recorder free?
SpectraWave Recorder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EctoLens Ghost Hunter free?
EctoLens Ghost Hunter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SpectraWave Recorder or EctoLens Ghost Hunter have ads?
Neither SpectraWave Recorder nor EctoLens Ghost Hunter shows ads.

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