Threshold vs GhostLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Threshold
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Threshold is a paranormal investigation command center for capturing, monitoring, organizing, and reviewing field evidence in one place. Use Spirit Box Lab, record EVP audio, capture custom video, monitor magnetic fields, motion, vibration, and audio levels, take photos, and keep everything connected by Session and Area. Create a Session for each investigation and preserve audio, video, photos, motion events, markers, notes, magnetic context, and Spirit Box Lab runs for later review. SPIRIT BOX LAB Spirit Box Lab uses calibrated live magnetic-field and device-motion activity to generate indexed word outputs from a curated 2,048-entry production vocabulary. Outputs are driven by live sensor activity rather than released through a simple repeating word timer. Choose a Session, Area, sensitivity, and spoken-output setting before beginning a run. Generated outputs, timing, contributing sensor activity, and Trigger Details are saved for later review and interpretation. Free users receive 15 minutes of complimentary Spirit Box Lab monitoring time, with up to 5 minutes per run. Upgrade to Threshold Pro for unlimited Spirit Box Lab access. CAPTURE INVESTIGATION EVIDENCE • Record EVP audio • Capture video with Threshold’s custom camera interface • Use pinch zoom, precision zoom, and torch controls • Take rapid investigation photos • Monitor a fixed camera scene for motion-triggered events • Import supported audio, video, and photos • Save evidence directly to a Session and Area MAGNETIC CONTEXT On supported devices, Threshold can preserve magnetic activity alongside captured evidence. • EVP audio and video can include synchronized magnetic timelines • Photos and Motion Camera images can include capture-time magnetic snapshots • Review readings, baselines, changes, activity levels, and timestamps • Add markers from a selected magnetic timeline moment Rotating the device briefly recalibrates magnetic sensing. Threshold may display CALIBRATING before live readings resume. If magnetic sensing is unavailable, capture and review continue normally without magnetic context. LIVE INVESTIGATION TOOLS Magnetic Field Monitor View live magnetic-field readings, baseline changes, peak activity, and individual axis values. Motion Camera Monitor a fixed scene and capture images when visual movement is detected. Vibration Beacon Monitor device movement and surface vibration with adjustable sensitivity. Audio Level Meter Watch relative sound-level changes through a responsive live display. REVIEW IMPORTANT MOMENTS • Review audio with detailed waveform timelines • Review synchronized magnetic activity when available • Replay key moments • Add timestamped markers and notes • Review saved videos, photos, and motion events • Review magnetic snapshots saved with supported images • Review saved Spirit Box Lab runs and Trigger Details • Move evidence between Sessions and Areas ORGANIZED BY SESSION AND AREA Threshold keeps investigation evidence connected to its context. Use Sessions for separate investigations and Areas for rooms, zones, or locations within each Session. Evidence can also remain Unassigned and be reorganized later. SESSION EXPORT Threshold Pro can export a structured Session package containing investigation details, evidence files, markers, Motion Camera metadata, Spirit Box run data, magnetic timelines, and magnetic snapshots. THRESHOLD PRO Upgrade once for lifetime access to: • Unlimited Sessions • Unlimited Areas • Unlimited saved evidence • Unlimited markers • Unlimited Spirit Box Lab access • Session export Threshold Pro is a one-time in-app purchase. No subscription is required. PRIVACY-FOCUSED Threshold does not require an account. Core investigation data is stored locally on your device, and you control what you export or share. Threshold is designed for iPhone.
GhostLab
This app simulates a spirit box using eight voice banks to generate audio fragments. Ask questions and listen for potential messages, with sessions recorded and saved. It's an instrument for exploring generated sounds, not proof of the paranormal.
- Eight voice banks with unique tones
- Echo, reverb, and white noise effects
- Adjustable sweep rate
- Session recording and library
- Offline functionality
- No ads or microphone use
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Dead Channel is a spirit box instrument built around eight voice banks. Tap Start and they begin: broken syllables, breaths, and pieces of English words, deep men and high women, forward and backwards, a few at a time with silence in between. Ask your question out loud, then listen. When a longer, clearer word or a whispered sentence comes through, the phone taps once and the screen flushes red. • Eight voice banks, each with its own tone, played in clusters with silence between • Echo, reverb, and a white noise bed that dips under the voices • Sweep rate from slow and sparse to fast and crowded • Every session is recorded with the effects you used and saved to the Library • Works offline, with no account and no ads, and it never uses the microphone Every sound is free to try for 48 hours. After the trial, a single one-time purchase unlocks Dead Channel for good. There is no subscription. Dead Channel is an instrument. It plays generated audio, and it does not prove the paranormal. Some voices are generated with Piper from the LibriTTS-R corpus (Koizumi et al., CC BY 4.0).
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Verdict
Threshold and GhostLab are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Threshold sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GhostLab sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Threshold | GhostLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Brandon Romero | Jack Miller |
In-app purchases
Threshold
- Threshold Pro Lifetime$14.99
GhostLab
- 2-Day TrialFree
- Dead Channel Lifetime Unlock$7.99









