Spirit box apps compared
A fair look at spirit box style apps people actually shop: GhostLab Dead Channel, the spirit box inside Paranormal Toolkit, Necrophonic, EchoVox, Spirit Talker, and GhostTube. You decide what you hear.
Prices below are from the public U.S. App Store listings checked Nov 2, 2026. Confirm the price in the store before you buy. Stores we did not open are left without a price.
Side by side
| App | What you get | Price we could verify |
|---|---|---|
| GhostLab: Dead Channel | Eight banks of recorded voices, breaths, and static. The microphone stays off, so the app plays its own audio. Sessions save on the device for later review. iPhone, iPad, and Android. | 48 hours free, then $7.99 once. Our price. |
| GhostLab: Paranormal Toolkit | Spirit box on the same grid as EMF, EVP, Spirit Speak, Music Box, and SLS. Classic Scan stays free. Pro adds sound banks and carrier effects. Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 31 App Store ratings (version 1.36) and 4.8 out of 5 from 57 Google Play reviews. | Free to download. Pro is $9.99 once. Our price. |
| Necrophonic | The U.S. App Store listing (version 1.7, chris rogers) describes eight sound banks of phonemes, partial words, and reverse audio, plus an optional white-noise bank, echo, and reverb. | $9.99 on the U.S. App Store listing checked Nov 2, 2026. |
| EchoVox | The App Store description for version 3.2 describes reverb, a voice bank, mono WAV recording at 44.1, and reversed playback, and it says the learning curve is steep. | $19.99 on the U.S. App Store listing checked Nov 2, 2026. Other stores omitted. |
| Spirit Talker | The public listing presents spoken words from a communication app, driven by the phone's sensors. It is a word instrument people shop beside spirit boxes. | $4.99 on the U.S. App Store listing checked Nov 2, 2026. Other stores omitted. |
| GhostTube | A suite. The Original app describes sensor readings, a customizable dictionary, and session video. VOX is their spirit-box style app. See GhostLab vs GhostTube for the wider toolkit comparison. | Free download. The U.S. App Store listing checked Nov 2, 2026 shows subscriptions at $2.99 a month, $11.99 a year, and a bundle at $49.99. Confirm before you buy. |
Pick Dead Channel for one spirit box purchase and sessions that stay on the device.
Pick the Toolkit when you want EMF, EVP, and a spirit box in the same app.
Pick another listing when Necrophonic, EchoVox, Spirit Talker, or GhostTube already matches the session you run. Read the current store page first.
Which GhostLab this is
GhostLab on ghostlab.icu is the paranormal investigation toolkit from Adirondack Cyber Security.
Get the GhostLab spirit box you want.
Dead Channel is the standalone spirit box. The Toolkit spirit box ships inside Paranormal Toolkit.
