Beyond Haunted vs SpiritTrace
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
SpiritTrace
This app uses your iPhone's magnetometer to detect and display magnetic field changes in real-time. Explore different visual outputs, capture evidence clips, and enhance your paranormal investigations with optional audio and haptic feedback.
- Real-time magnetic field detection
- Four sensor-driven display modes
- 15-second evidence clip export
- Geiger-style audio feedback
- Haptic feedback intensification
- Built for paranormal experiments
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Measure real magnetic-field changes with SpiritTrace, a paranormal EMF instrument powered by your iPhone’s built-in magnetometer. REAL SENSOR. NO SCRIPTED SPIKES. The meter reacts to genuine magnetic-field readings from the same sensor used by your phone’s compass. Bring it near speakers, wiring, motors, magnets, metal, and electronics to see the field respond in real time. FOUR SENSOR-DRIVEN DISPLAYS Switch between Analog, Digital, 5-Bar, and Dual displays. Every face uses the same live sensor data. CAPTURE THE MOMENT Export the previous 15 seconds as a shareable evidence clip with readings, peak level, graph, and timestamp. FEEL EVERY CHANGE Optional Geiger-style audio and haptic feedback intensify with the field, so you can investigate without watching continuously. BUILT FOR PARANORMAL EXPERIMENTS Use SpiritTrace for ghost-hunting atmosphere, field experiments, and exploring how everyday objects affect the magnetometer. IMPORTANT SpiritTrace measures magnetic-field strength. It cannot verify paranormal activity or identify hazardous electromagnetic radiation. It does not replace professional safety equipment. Paranormal interpretation is for entertainment. SUBSCRIPTION The complete app requires an active subscription or introductory trial. Eligible new yearly subscribers receive three days free. The monthly plan has no trial. Your localized price and terms appear before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before renewal. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://617sw.com/emf/terms Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://617sw.com/emf/privacy Support: https://617sw.com/emf/support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beyond Haunted at none against SpiritTrace's 2. Beyond Haunted also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. SpiritTrace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Beyond Haunted asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Beyond Haunted against 5.0 for SpiritTrace. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Beyond Haunted | SpiritTrace |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joshua Nason | 617SW, LLC |
Customer experience
Beyond Haunted
SpiritTrace
In-app purchases
Beyond Haunted
No in-app purchases
SpiritTrace
- SpiritTrace EMF Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- SpiritTrace EMF Pro Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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