Comparison

Ghost Detector vs GhostLab

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

Head to head
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.

About

GhostLab

This app simulates a spirit box using eight voice banks to generate audio fragments and words. Ask questions aloud and listen for potential messages, with sessions recorded and saved. It's an instrument for exploring generated sounds, not proof of the paranormal.

Highlights
  • Eight distinct voice banks
  • Generated audio fragments and words
  • Session recording and saving
  • Adjustable sweep rate
  • Offline functionality
  • No ads or microphone use
Features
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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).

Screenshots

Ghost Detector4 screens
GhostLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ghost Detector at 5.0 against GhostLab's 4.5. 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 and GhostLab sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ghost Detector holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ghost Detector ships an update every 5 days, GhostLab every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Ghost Detector versus GhostLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGhost DetectorGhostLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB98 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperThirty Three AppsJack Miller

Customer experience

Ghost Detector

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

GhostLab

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ghost Detector

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

GhostLab

One-time2
  • 2-Day TrialFree
  • Dead Channel Lifetime Unlock$7.99

Questions

Is Ghost Detector free?
Ghost Detector 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, Ghost Detector or GhostLab?
Ghost Detector is rated higher. Ghost Detector averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while GhostLab averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Ghost Detector or GhostLab have ads?
Neither Ghost Detector nor GhostLab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ghost Detector or GhostLab?
Ghost Detector ships an update every 5 days, and GhostLab every 4 days. Most recently, Ghost Detector was updated on October 3, 2026 and GhostLab on October 17, 2026.

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