Comparison

SpiritTrace vs GhostLab

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

GhostLab

This app uses your device's LiDAR scanner to create a 3D map of your surroundings in real-time. Visualize rooms with colored dots representing distance, capture stills and video, and explore your scanned environment.

Highlights
  • Real-time 3D room mapping
  • LiDAR-based distance measurement
  • Wireframe and dot visualization modes
  • Color-coded distance display
  • Freeze scan and explore
  • In-app photo and video recording
  • Save and share scans
Features
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This app needs the LiDAR scanner built into iPhone Pro and iPad Pro models. Your iPhone's LiDAR scanner fires a grid of infrared laser dots and times how long each one takes to come back. Spirit Detector draws every one of those measurements where it was taken, so sweeping a dark room builds the room out of light. Walk around and the picture fills in. Walls, furniture, doorways and anything standing in the room arrive as points in mid-air, coloured by how far away they are. Near is warm, far is cold. Nothing is guessed and nothing is drawn from the camera picture: every dot is a distance the scanner actually measured. WHAT YOU CAN DO Sweep a room and watch it build, live, at sixty frames a second. Switch between a drifting sheet of dots and the room as a wire model. Colour by distance with three looks. Freeze the map and walk around what you have captured. Take stills and record video straight to the in-app Library. Save anything to Photos or share it anywhere. REQUIRES A LiDAR SCANNER This app needs the LiDAR scanner built into iPhone Pro and iPad Pro models. There is no software substitute for the sensor, so on other devices it will tell you so and do nothing else. Check your model before buying. FREE FOR 48 HOURS The whole app is free for 48 hours from your first scan. After that, one payment of $4.99 keeps it for good. No subscription, no advertising, and nothing charged again. Nothing here detects, measures or infers anything paranormal, and it does not claim to.

Screenshots

SpiritTrace4 screens
GhostLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SpiritTrace at 5.0 against GhostLab's 3.7. GhostLab's advantage is monetization model (paid vs subscription) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SpiritTrace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and GhostLab sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpiritTrace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
SpiritTrace versus GhostLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpiritTraceGhostLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionPaid — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB7 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer617SW, LLCJack Miller

Customer experience

SpiritTrace

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

GhostLab

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SpiritTrace

Subscriptions2
  • SpiritTrace EMF Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • SpiritTrace EMF Pro Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
3 purchases

GhostLab

One-time3
  • 3D Map & Clips$4.99
  • Spirit Detector$4.99
  • Spirit Detector Pro$9.99

Questions

Is SpiritTrace free?
SpiritTrace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GhostLab free?
GhostLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SpiritTrace or GhostLab?
SpiritTrace is rated higher. SpiritTrace averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while GhostLab averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do SpiritTrace or GhostLab have ads?
Neither SpiritTrace nor GhostLab shows ads.

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