Comparison

Beyond Haunted 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

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
Features
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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

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

Beyond Haunted4 screens
Ghost Detector4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Beyond Haunted at 5.0 against Ghost Detector's 4.4. Beyond Haunted also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Beyond Haunted asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beyond Haunted holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beyond Haunted ships an update every 5 days, Ghost Detector weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Beyond Haunted versus Ghost Detector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeyond HauntedGhost Detector
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.4 (7 ratings)
Number of ratings37 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB84 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperJoshua NasonThirty Three Apps

Customer experience

Beyond Haunted

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ghost Detector

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Beyond Haunted

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Ghost Detector

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

Questions

Is Beyond Haunted free?
Beyond Haunted is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ghost Detector free?
Ghost Detector is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Beyond Haunted or Ghost Detector?
Beyond Haunted is rated higher. Beyond Haunted averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Ghost Detector averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Beyond Haunted or Ghost Detector have ads?
Neither Beyond Haunted nor Ghost Detector shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beyond Haunted or Ghost Detector?
Beyond Haunted ships an update every 5 days, and Ghost Detector weekly. Most recently, Beyond Haunted was updated on October 11, 2026 and Ghost Detector on October 24, 2026.

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