Digital Geiger Counter Downloads & RevenueDigital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector · App Store
Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector is #31 in Entertainment Paid in Australia and charting in 12 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector update history & changes
Last change · 24 events since 9 Jun 2011Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 23 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector entered the top 100Top Paid · Entertainment · AU
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector charting in a new countryAustralia
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · IT
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector entered the top 100Top Paid · Entertainment · BR
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector entered the top 100Top Paid · Entertainment · ES
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · PL
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Entertainment · AR · Top Paid · Entertainment · JP
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector charting in a new countryJapan
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector charting in a new country in 3 chartsArgentina · Colombia · Poland
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector new best rank in the overall chart: #121Top Paid · All Apps · CA
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · SE
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector entered the top 10Top Paid · Entertainment · FR
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector entered the top 100Top Paid · Entertainment · SE
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector entered the top 100Top Paid · Entertainment · DE
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector entered the top 100Top Paid · Entertainment · MX
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector entered the top 100Top Paid · Entertainment · US
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector charting in a new countryUnited States
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Entertainment · NL · Top Paid · Entertainment · TR
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector charting in a new countryTurkey
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector charting in a new country in 2 chartsIndonesia · India
- 📈Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector charting in a new country in 5 chartsGermany · France · Mexico · Netherlands · +1 more
- 🆕Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector first spotted by AppInsider#7 in Top Paid · Entertainment · Canada
- 🆕Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-27. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A paid entertainment app that simulates a Geiger counter for pranks, targeting users seeking humorous social interactions rather than actual radiation detection. The app holds a strong #3 position in the Polish Paid Entertainment chart but shows significantly lower traction in major markets like the US (#92) and Italy (#74), indicating niche regional popularity.
Similar apps: Fake Radar, Prank Detector, Fake Metal Detector
Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector on the App Store
App details
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Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
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Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| EntertainmentPaid | #31 | |
| EntertainmentPaid | #25 | |
| EntertainmentPaid | #83 | |
| EntertainmentPaid | #87 | |
| EntertainmentPaid | #167 | |
| EntertainmentPaid | #109 | |
| EntertainmentPaid | #177 | |
| EntertainmentPaid | #171 | |
| EntertainmentPaid | #166 | |
| EntertainmentPaid | #112 | |
| EntertainmentPaid | #98 | |
| EntertainmentPaid | #147 |
Apps near Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector on the chart
Entertainment Paid, around #31.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector
From the 9 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users are sharply divided between those who enjoy the prank functionality and those who feel misled by the app's name. Complaints focus on inconsistent sensor response and lack of clear instructions for triggering effects.
Mostly negative (44% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
About Digital Geiger Counter - Prank Radiation Detector
"Good radiation prank app!! ***** Worth to buy!" - Radin Fikri (Malaysia App Store)
"Awesome! ***** Can't wait to try this in different parts of the world to "prove" that some places have more natural radiation than an exploded power plant!" - Erich Meatleg (US App Store)
"Good App...Nice to fool people with!" - austinmu_ (US App Store)
"It's great! My friend thought it was totally real."
"...had a lot of fun with it...convince your 16-year old son that he must have stood in something radioactive because his sneakers make the count rate zoom up" - EE Times review
"Rad u ***** Now I can prove to everyone that they are indeed radioactive. And i can refuse to give rides to deadbeats at work if the geiger counter detects radiation on their shoes." - Callagene (Canada App Store
"***** Eccellente" - Lucasteno (Italy App Store)
"Valutazione **** Semplice ed ottimo strumento di rilevazione Buono" - Ermanred (Italy App Store)
FEATURES
• easy-to-read LCD display measures spurious hazards from background to extreme levels
• oversized numeric meter easily switchable from microsieverts to millirem or count per minute scales
• realistic digital counter from 0.10 μSv/h to 100 μSv/h (0.01 mrem/h to 10 mrem/h)
• authentic audio click rate, easily mutable for library or classroom use
• versatile alpha, beta, and gamma modes
• dual tilt-sensitive and touch-sensitive controls
• audio synchronized iPhone camera flash adds to the tension
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Hold Digital Geiger Counter flat and face up.
2. Smoothly tilt Digital Geiger Counter's face to the left or right on the x-axis to increase levels.
3. Surreptitiously touch and hold the yellowish radiation symbol on the bottom left of the screen with your thumb to boost levels if necessary. The outside circle edge gives minimal boost, slowly increasing to maximum boost in the bottom left hand corner of the screen.
4. For best results with Digital Geiger Counter, practice subtly combining both tilt and touch control methods. Also try twisting Digital Geiger Counter as you move it towards your target. Be slow and smooth.
WARNING
Digital Geiger Counter is meant for entertainment purposes only and is entirely ineffective at detecting actual ionizing radiation. Digital Geiger Counter is factory-calibrated to the x-axis and contains no user-serviceable parts.
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