iOvilus
reviews and complaints

It would randomly say words that made no sense. There were no directions on how to use the device, what to expect from the device. It was sold with no understanding of the product to the novice user. That makes the device frustrating to users. I hope in the future, they take the time to write up some directions and expectations of its use. Like how it works? What are principal’s that make it work? Can the Iphone cause false words or readings? You see at a $1.99 if a million people bought it the developer will have made just under 2 million dollars, and if the science behind it is phony, then all of us who bought it, will have egg on our face.

I was interested in the ovilus because of the show Ghost Adventures and found this app in looking for one. This has nothing but random garble with airplane mode on or off. It doesn't work, and I really don't see how anything on the other side could use it, or even figure it out if it was usable.

I was excited to try it out, but it really doesnt do anything. The other reviewers who say they've had their name said, I'd like to know how many random words they went through to finally hear something of relevance (which can be attributed to coincidence) .. I would like to try a real ovilus someday, so for those considering this app, it doesn't work.

I'm a long-time fan of Digital Dowsing products and couldn't be happier that iPhone/iPod apps are now a part of the line-up.

Got some impressive results with my first run including, "Mad, mad, grandma, hi". My initials are MAD and I'm very close with my grandmother on the other side. 

Of course, I got lots of random words that had no apparent relevance but did find the greeting extremely intriguing as well as the word "cat" being spoken just as my  came in the room and sat next to me.

When I asked if people in spirit could use this app to communicate, I got a response of, "yes, energy". There were other appropriate responses but this gives an example of the possibilities.

Well worth the  in my opinion

Not completely sure this thing is all that accurate. I turned it on and it started spitting words at me like I was in a speed racing spelling bee. No two words linked together.

I did drop my wallet and it said "drop" so I started paying a bit more attention to it. Though, I'm leaning more on the BS side of things. Out of 1000 words, I've already gotten a number of repeats.

I'm sorry to bust your bubble people. But all of the words that you've said that your ovilus said when you asked it a question... Yea, I've already heard those words several times over.

It just keeps spitting out names.. Like, "Frank" when I asked who Frank was, it responded "Aunt".. Do I have a gay Aunt Frank?...not that I'm aware of.. Pretty bummed of this app.

I don’t know if this app is a hoax, it just kept saying random in related words but there’s something that kinda made me freak out and by kinda I mean a lot, so I have been needing a scare lately so I dowloaded that board game to contact spirits and I was asking it’s name and it said she was a girl named jean anyway I said goodbye cause it got a little boring but I go to this app next and the first words it says after I get on was goodbye jean, made me a little freaked out so I waited and then it said bunny and hockey which I have one of those you bunny animals that when you push it’s side it makes an angry face with sharp teeth and on top of that it was sitting next to a bobble head of a hockey player, so I left and haven’t been back on since

For a project in school my friend and I decided to team up and go ghost hunting with a paranormal group. Strange project, I know, but it was so much fun. I discovered this app from the paranormal group we worked with for the project. They use the app as one of their devices when ghost hunting. We even got evidence from the investigation we did at a historical hotel of something saying "family" and then the iOvilus going off saying "children". I didn't expect the app to actually work, but maybe there is something to it. Sometimes it will say things that completely make sense, for example, It was snowing outside and I turned it on and it said "freezing" right away. Whether you want to use it seriously or just for fun it is a very entertaining app.

In the Bible it says do not worship false gods. What is this app then? It's a false god. Are you looking to it for answers? Stop yourself for a moment. Be still. Think quietly. Our Lord God Almighty creator of Heaven and Earth has every answer to every question you'll ever have in your life. Don't look to an app that spits out random words. That's exact what the enemy wants you to do. He wants to kick back watching you search for answers and laugh at you. No no. Don't give him that satisfaction. Tell him instead to fu$k off and turn to God. Trust me. God will answer every question you have plus..Because you turned to God..sit back and await for the blessings He yearns to bestow upon you! Remember this: God is good all the time. And all the time? GOD IS GOOD! God bless to all!

I was so FOOLISH for downloading this app! It opened Satan's door into my apt! I'm not lying! Please hear me when I say that multiple Demons (Not Spirits!) followed me for days within the second time of using this app! They scratched me on my arms and neck, and made my skin burn! One literally tried to rape me in my sleep! He was on top of me, hands around my neck, and was trying to shove his d!*{ in my mouth! They threw screws off of my kitchen counter all the way across the room! I've barely slept the last few days.. I've prayed and prayed, and overcome how scared I was so that I wouldn't show it to them.. And I told them Jesus was my lord and they couldn't have me ever! I told them they only made my faith stronger! And then the floor and lights started, just, flickering! I'm at peace in this moment, but I don't even know if they are gone for good! DO NOT USE THIS APP! It will turn your life upside down!

I had to delete it because things got very weird very fast. I kept getting the words “daddy”, “bible”, “wheat”, “prayer”. This was strange because recently my father was discussing the “the wheat from the tares” bible verse. It then said my late grandmother’s nickname which is extremely specific. After a while it proceded with saying “water, bacon, legion”... I thought this was random, until it hit me like a ton of bricks. In the Bible when Jesus spoke to the possessed man, He asked the the demon his name. “Legion for we are many” is what he responded with. The demons begged Jesus not to be sent away and asked if they could posses a heard of pigs nearby. They jumped from the man to the heard of pigs. The pigs ran to a lake and drowned themselves. Bacon, water, legion. It mentioned legion several times. I deleted it because right after this it said, “yourself and threat”. I took that as a cue that I needed to let this app go. Play at your own risk.

I tried it. It was $1.99 so I thought whatever. It spits out random words. Seems very automated to me. Especially because I would turn it on and leave it lay and the pattern of words were almost the same 3 days in a row. You can see it in the log that keeps track of them. I just think any logical adult who takes this type of subject seriously knows the risk they're taking when they download something off of iTunes to assist in paranormal research. I knew what I was getting myself into so I wasn't and am not upset about it being how can I say, fake. Not trying to insult the app just stating the truth. If your serious about this type of work you know where to obtain the real tools that you need to do the job. For the record I do believe in the paranormal and that is why I can say this app is crap. Buy a song or game and avoid these types of apps. But It was a fun idea at first. No stars from me. Actually iTunes made me give it at least one star before I could submit this so... Lol.

got this app a week ago- the first time i used it - the first words it said was "friend" "Mark" - my bestest friend mark died a few years ago! then i placed it out of sight and was reading an mag article about the royal family and upcoming birth and how william was excited about being a dad. the app said "charles" "kate" "daddy".

the next day i was watching tv - and app said "chris" - 2 mins later - the tv showed the name chris. then it said my name, "mother " and both my parents names! my mother died several years ago! then it said "jackie" - couldnt figure it out- had a brain bloop - jackie was my mothers favorite dog who died 15 years ago!

i totally believed that was my mother communicating- also - this is a new phone and is not billed under my name - i never texted or said these names around this phone for it to have picked it up any other way. also the phone said a friends name who came to visit this weekend.

totally better than ghost app, which just comes out with nonsensical words- love this app!

At first I thought the iOvilus was just showing me random words. Then as I gave it more time, and responded to it's choice of words, I began to realise that its responses were too related to my questions and activities to be coincidence. Last night on a road trip alone I left it running and was really impressed at the conversations I was having with it and how observant it was of my surroundings. While approaching King City, CA it said, "Exit King" just as I was passing the first exit. I also noticed every time I was just starting to pull up a mountain grade or hill it would say "Push". Every time. All night. This morning I injured my left ring finger and put a bandaid on it. When I first turned on iOvilus it said, "Injury Left Finger" I was astonished, and asked who it was.
The reply was even more astonishing. It was "Derrick Walker" an old friend who recently passed, I had not seen in years. Altho I've been impressed, I still do better recording EVP's the conventional way. That's why I only gave it 4 out of 5 stars.

I recommend it to whomever needs to talk to there loved ones from the beyond.
It says my name when it knows who I am, usually grandma comes up and it will not stop until she has said her say. Then it says my mothers name quite frequently but she's alive & it says she's alive. Then it brings up my uncles on my dads side of the family. What will happen is that my uncle Larry will say write; I get a pen & paper and he gives me a message for his family up North. It also says stuff about my other uncle Gregg who is alive that stuff is written down for him too. I have pages and pages of stuff.

For those of you who get womens names are not in tune with the afterlife. You're not dowsing properly. You must either think or ask it if there's a message for you or a loved one.
Plus you have a choice, to tell it you're not in the mood and nothing will bother you. But if you want it, again you must inquire to what you want. IT DOES WORK!

I do however get this little girl that comes to me cause she used to live around here until she was abused, raped & killed and they can't find her body. It's been almost 2 years. She tells me where she is at but I'm not familiar with the area.

Thanks Digital Dowsing... This has really put a relief to things that go bump in the night.

Another way to get action for you is to get acquainted with your own Spirit Guides.

If you need to know more, write a review & I'll respond with my Eee Male.

I don’t even know if I should share my experience because it’s just so messed up. This App BLEW MY MIND!
We found a dead female body floating in my backyard development pond the other day. Yes I was on news and everything. They’re still investigating to determine if it was suicide, accident or foul play. This happened literally 10 yards from my back patio. We made a nice memorial for her along the grassy bank of the pond with flowers, candles, a cross and things of that nature.

Last night I took the iOvilus App to where we found her body and I started asking it specific questions. I really didn’t expect much as I thought this was strictly an entertainment App. Wholly “words I can’t say on here”! It was throwing words at me every 3 seconds! Words that told a story about what “could” have happened to her. I could copy and paste the entire log but it’s pretty darn long. Here’s a more than a dozen or so key words that it said and it blew me away! Decompose - Water - Creek - Grassy - Bank- Murder - 5 - AM - Crawling - Threat - Prayer - Telepathy - Fear - Spring - Flowers - Knife (someone said they found a knife in the grass at the crime scene and found stab wounds on the victim) Man - Push - Rage - Stomach - Attack - Mommy - Cotton - (She was wearing a light cotton hoodie) Grass - Lake - Follow - Malevolent - Dope - Winds - Gravity - Sorry - Soul - Chant - Bury - Teen - Important - Capital S - Several Names That I Won’t Mention - Often - Cry - Phone - Astral - Threat (said several times) Eye - Beg - Stones - Fear - Under - Slain - Water - Hidden - Human - Moist - Momma - Tremor - Face - (wounds to her face) - Law - Fury - Mist - Morning - Yank - Push - Disembodied - Person - Sink - Demon - Earthen - Witch - Fall - Discovered - Moss - Water - Pray - Reveal - Hope - Nose - Justice - Purified - Leg - Levitation - Crawl and Push (said several times) - Afraid - Drag - Shock - Threat - Drunk.

I could go on and on because the list is incredibly long of what appears to be accuracy! I’m no detective, but all of these random words seem to tell a story. The App may or may not work for you but this is just to mind blowing to ignore. It was worth the money for sure:)) I rarely write reviews and sorry this is so long but how could I not write one about my insane experience?

Okay so it kept repeating words. Also I don’t think it’s the real one. Dave your money and buy the real ovilus.

This is just for entertainment I think. Honestly they should change it to “ Just for fun”. Bascislly only use for it is to scare your friends. ThaTs it. Nothing more. It’s an joke. Might have more luck with an spirit box.

I thought this might be a good app to see if anything would respond because of noises in our home but it just keeps on spitting out random words so there is no way to even ask a question. The words make no sence at all so I get to hear all 1000 words in the dictionary. I still do not know why it has a dictionary tab and AM1004.C on the front.

As others have reviewed, loves to say the word Legion I guess to freak you out. No thanks I have enough activity in my place but I don’t need to be freaked out! However I recently used tar water and everything seems to have stopped and it is still saying legion. I don’t need to hear this crap so I’m deleting. Don’t let this app freak you out!

I've seen a lot of solid evidence with a real device, but this app is for fun only. Honestly it spits out a lot of names and words at random, stuff that doesn't even relate in areas not even known for haunting. Mark seems to be one of its favorite, which makes me feel bad for the guy who reviewed saying it talked about his friend mark who died.

Moonshade, people are looking for something that works, not just five stars for the creepiness factor.

Anyway, I had the same issues others had, I got random gibberish and lots of ladies names. Nothing useful or anything that made sense. Nothing that could be verified, just crap gibberish.

I prefer Ghost Radar to this, many more useful features and accurate.

Not REAL. Reading these other reviews and I’ve come to the realization that this app spits out the same words in pretty much the same order to everyone. It constantly says legion, wheat, prayer, knit, spring and drank. If you keep reading the reviews, you will see that other people get these words constantly too. I haven’t been able to get a direct or intelligent or even somewhat relevant response since buying it.

Saw that all the same words are generated - just compare. I had installed on both ipad & iPhone - all the exact same - then saw other people's lists of words- all the same! Dave, son, Jim, grandma, Terry, Karen, Carol, heart, pray, death, back, school, ... Every number pops up - it's all programmed. You will try & match the words to people & events - & it's essentially an app of words - shame on them for misleading the public.

I agree with the other people, I have had this app for awhile and I would have rated it 5 stars back then, but when I updated it, I thought something was wrong with my phone, because the voice is completely non understandable! I used to under stand every word, but now I want to just delete it and go back to ghost radar, at least I can hear the words, real or not! Please change soon! Back to old voice! With I had left update alone!

I was really looking forward to this application and so far have been very disappointed. It keeps repeating the same words; in looking back over the log, every 4th word is the same word and it's repeated 4 times. So I thought it was an anomaly, got out of the program and waited until the next day. Same thing, same words...so I tried a different app altogether and it has been much more successful. I am not that pleased with this app.

Based on the "variety" of words used and the elapsed time between them i don't really believe this application is worth the money nor it's current rating. It gives off way 2 much evps. Yes, it did pronounce my name & used it in a combination that helped me believe it functioned for it's purpose,but it did this far 2 late. After already predicting about 50 unrelated terms. NOT WORTH WHAT IT'S SOLD FOR! try the M2 paranormal application I really,really,really,recommend that!

I belong to a paranormal group. We go on several investigations and enjoy trying out controversial equipment. Among our equipment we have the Ovilus III. This app is suppose to work the same as the Ovilus III. During an investigation I put them next to each other. While the Ovilus III never went off, this app kept going off every few seconds. It spit out random words that had no connection to the situation. We also tried to do a session with the app running. It was annoying and kept going off. It interrupted several times and we ended up turning it off. Not legit.

This software really turned me off to the people in the paranormal community. After reading all of the reviews, I can see that customers are experiencing the same words as me. It regularly displays words that seem to be randomly generated in different time intervals. I think the manufacture notices a chance to get what little profit they can from people who want to explore something they're interested in. People like this hinder any advancement with paranormal science, and thinking. My advice, save the $2 for a fun game. Support artist, and developers, who want you to have a good time.

That was the sound of you being ripped off as you eagerly await the download of your very own Ovilus! Yes, iOvilus, from the makers of the Ovilus I. Production of the physical devices stopped, and for good reason! With the IPhone's built-in laser micrometer, chronometer accurate to within one millionth of a second, and enough hard memory to compute the math needed to detect and quantify paraphysical fluctuation, who needs to pay $300 for an actual Ovilus I? Standby... what's this? The iPhone doesn't contain that hardware? It can't see quantum particles?! Then, what does this app do...? Better go buy an actual Ovilus... Ha!