Ghost Sounds is an entertainment app for iOS that provides a library of 29 horror-themed audio clips for ringtones and pranks.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Entertainment
Sentiment
4.1
41 reviews
Nemesis
Scary Sounds & Noises
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app to facilitate social pranks and personalize phone alerts with niche horror content, serving a recurring need for shock-value expression.
For Horror genre enthusiasts looking for custom ringtones and shock-value sound effects to use on friends and family.
What does it look like?
Key features
Collection of 29 distinct horror-themed audio clips.
Configurable timer that automatically stops audio playback.
Functionality to set horror sounds as custom phone ringtones.
How much does it cost?
The app operates on a free model with no visible subscription or IAP gates, relying on ad-supported engagement.
Velocity
Dormant developmentopaqueShow more...
The app has not received a single update in over nine years, indicating that development has ceased entirely. The last recorded release was a minor maintenance update in 2016. There is no evidence of ongoing support, feature development, or live operations. The project is effectively abandoned.
Who built it?
Javed Khan Pathan
6 apps tracked · Entertainment
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
Read the full review analysisCompetition
Competitive landscape for Ghost Sounds - Scary Sounds,Horror Sounds
How's the Entertainment market?
The app occupies a stagnant niche in the Entertainment category, relying on a 2016 codebase that lacks the modern OS integration found in active competitors.
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This app directly competes for the same horror-enthusiast audience by providing a soundboard of frightening audio effects intended for pranks and atmosphere.
- Offers deep customization by allowing users to assign specific horror sounds as custom ringtones.
- Maintains a significantly larger user base with over 1,300 reviews, indicating higher discoverability and trust.
- Frequent maintenance updates ensure compatibility with modern iOS versions, unlike this app's stagnant update cycle.
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Key takeaways for Ghost Sounds - Scary Sounds,Horror Sounds
Where is it heading?
The horror-entertainment market is consolidating around apps with frequent live-ops and social sharing features. This app remains in maintenance-mode, signaling that it will continue to lose market share to competitors that provide a more reliable and interactive experience.
- The lack of updates since 2016 signals abandonment, which forces users to migrate to competitors with active maintenance cycles.
The SWOT
- Curated ghost-specific audio collection provides niche focus
- Lightweight interface avoids soundboard clutter
- Implement social sharing for audio clips
- Add wearable integration for remote-triggered pranks
Next best moves
Refresh codebase to support current iOS versions because the app has been stagnant since 2016 → prevent total platform churn.
The counter-intuitive read
The app's lack of updates is its primary…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Social sharing integration (available in Ghost in Photo App) +2
Since the last report: The app's competitive position has declined as the market shifts toward interactive and high-fidelity horror experiences, while this app remains stagnant.
Bottom line
The app relies on a niche audio collection to retain users, but the lack of updates since 2016 makes it a legacy product, so the PM must prioritize a codebase refresh to prevent total obsolescence.
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