Comparison

Ghost Camera vs Ghost Detector

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

Head to head
About

Ghost Camera

Features
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Point your phone into the dark and see what it finds. Ghost Camera is an SLS-style ghost-hunting camera made for entertainment: a full-screen viewfinder with a live paranormal HUD, eerie words, a clicking Geiger-style soundtrack, and spooky camera effects. Take it to a sleepover, a night walk, or wherever the lights flicker. POINT IT INTO THE DARK Everything on screen follows a restless spirit-strength meter. The LED bar creeps from green to red, the clicks come faster, and every so often a word drifts over the image — COLD. WATCHING. BEHIND YOU. ENTITY TRACING (PRO) When a human-shaped figure enters the frame, Ghost Camera traces it with a glowing skeleton, colored by the current spirit strength. If you've watched paranormal TV, you know the look. CAMERA FILTERS & EFFECTS Five looks for that found-footage feel: a green Glow FX, a heat-map style Heat FX, grainy VHS FX, and the color-shifted Spectrum FX. They're visual filters over your device's normal camera — pure entertainment, no special hardware involved. CAPTURE AND SHARE Photos and videos come out exactly like the screen: HUD, effects, words and traced figures baked right in, with an optional location tag. The built-in gallery keeps your captures together, and the logbook remembers every word — when it appeared, how strong the signal was, what the sensors were doing. LIVE SENSOR DASHBOARD Your device's real sensors, one spooky screen: magnetic field, acceleration, pressure and gyroscope, each with its own history graph, plus a live compass. GHOST CAMERA PRO Pro removes the ads, unlocks the premium effects and the tracking skeleton, drops the watermark, and opens the full wordbank. You can subscribe or buy it once and keep it forever — the app shows each option with its name, duration and price before you decide. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. FOR ENTERTAINMENT One thing said plainly: Ghost Camera is for fun. The readings, words and detections are generated by the app and aren't evidence of anything paranormal — reflections, posters, coats and screens can all set it off. Investigate, don't assume. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://weaseldev.com/privacy/ghostcamera.html

About

Ghost Detector

This app simulates paranormal investigation tools like a radar camera, spirit box, EMF meter, and EVP recorder. It helps you detect and log potential apparitions and communicate with entities. All findings are saved to a case file for later review.

Highlights
  • Radar camera with apparition detection
  • Spirit box with AM radio sweep
  • EMF meter using magnetometer
  • EVP recorder
  • Case file for evidence storage
  • Multi-language support
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Something is in the room with you. Find it. Ghost Detector: Ghost Box turns your iPhone or iPad into a paranormal field kit — a camera radar that reveals apparitions around you, a spirit box that answers your questions, an EMF meter driven by the real magnetometer, and an EVP tape recorder. Every catch is saved to your own case file. CAMERA SCAN — RADAR AND APPARITIONS • Hold up your phone and turn slowly; the radar shows how close the entity is • Apparitions manifest in the live camera view — the closer you get, the stronger they appear • The moment one shows itself, an evidence photo is captured automatically GHOST BOX SB-33 — SPIRIT BOX • AM radio sweep, 530–1730 kHz, with real static and a voice pushed through a radio filter • Tap a question key, or switch on Listen and ask out loud • Every session has its own entity — a name, a mood and its own way of answering • The entity answers in your language: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean or Chinese • Silence is an answer too, and the whole session is saved to a log you can share EMF METER EM-33 • Live readings from the built-in magnetometer in microtesla • Needle dial, K-II style LED ladder, history graph, peak hold and reset EVP RECORDER RX-33 • Ghost tapes that unlock as you catch apparitions • Stereo VU meters and tape deck controls CASE FILE • Every apparition is stored with the time and the EMF reading • Share a photo or a Ghost Box session in a tap FREE AND PREMIUM Ghost Detector is free to play: 20 ghost catches a day, 12 Ghost Box replies a day and the standard entities. Premium removes the limits: • Unlimited ghost scans • Unlimited Ghost Box replies • Every entity, including the rarest ones • Evidence photos without a watermark SUBSCRIPTION • Weekly — $3.99 with a 3-day free trial • Yearly — $24.99 Prices are in US dollars and may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A free trial converts into a paid weekly subscription unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before it ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://thirtythreeapps.com/ios-ghost-detector-privacy-policy FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY Ghost Detector: Ghost Box is a simulation made for fun and for a good scare. Ghosts, spirit box replies and radar contacts are generated by the app. The EMF meter shows real magnetometer values, but the app does not detect real paranormal activity. Rated 13+ for horror themes.

Screenshots

Ghost Camera4 screens
Ghost Detector4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ghost Camera at none against Ghost Detector's 2. Ghost Camera also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). Ghost Detector'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. Ghost Detector sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Ghost Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ghost Camera ships an update daily, Ghost Detector every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Ghost Camera versus Ghost Detector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGhost CameraGhost Detector
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB84 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperZee WeaselThirty Three Apps

In-app purchases

None

Ghost Camera

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Ghost Detector

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Premium Yearly$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Ghost Camera free?
Ghost Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ghost Detector free?
Ghost Detector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ghost Camera or Ghost Detector have ads?
Ghost Camera shows ads; Ghost Detector does not.
Which is updated more often, Ghost Camera or Ghost Detector?
Ghost Camera ships an update daily, and Ghost Detector every 5 days. Most recently, Ghost Camera was updated on October 11, 2026 and Ghost Detector on October 3, 2026.

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