Blindfold Bowling vs SoundEcho
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blindfold Bowling
Experience a fully accessible audio bowling game designed for the visually impaired. Play solo, against AI, or with friends, using intuitive flicking gestures to throw the ball and hear the action unfold. Customize your experience with in-app upgrades for unlimited play and enhanced challenges.
- Fully accessible audio gameplay
- Single-player, AI opponents, and side-by-side multiplayer
- Intuitive flicking gesture controls
- Realistic sound effects for ball and pins
- In-app upgrades for customization and unlimited play
- Social media score sharing
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Blindfold Games are entertainment apps provided as a service to the visually impaired community by Objective Ed. Your in-app upgrades pay for the development and support of these games. Bowling is an fully accessible audio game that's similar to the ten pin bowling. In Blindfold Bowling, you can play by yourself, against a variety of computer opponents, or side-by-side with another person. You throw the bowling ball by either flicking with one finger, or aiming with one finger and flicking, or setting the exact angle with your thumb and forefinger, and then flick. The faster you flick, the faster you throw the ball. You hear the ball rolling down the alley, and hitting pins. Like real bowling, you can get a strike, or a spare, or even miss completely with a gutter ball. And you can post your high scores to Facebook or Twitter. Bowling was suggested by several blind gamers who enjoyed Blindfold Pong and Blindfold Spades. The game includes several in-app upgrades, including a starter pack for unlimited play, an ability to customize your ball and the pins to make the game harder, to let you pick and customize your competitors, and side-by-side mode.
SoundEcho
A fun and accessible memory game using sound cues. Players match pairs of buttons that produce the same sound to clear the board. Supports multiple sound themes and player counts, with Game Center integration.
- Sound-based memory matching
- VoiceOver accessibility
- Animal and computer sound themes
- Multiple difficulty levels (10, 15, 20 sounds)
- 2-4 player real-time multiplayer
- Game Center integration
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SoundEcho is a memory game with sounds that is easy to play and fully accessible with VoiceOver. SoundEcho is enjoyable for blind, low vision and sighted players alike. The gameplay is simple. Buttons showing a letter, number or smiley are spread across the screen. Tap a button to hear a sound. If two different buttons produce the same sound, they disappear. Find all matching sounds as quickly as possible with as few taps as you can. Choose from 4 sound categories: the classic animal and computer sounds, or the alternative traffic and musical instrument sounds. Each game contains 10, 15 or 20 sound pairs. SoundEcho integrates Game Center so you can compare scores, track achievements and play real-time matches with 2 to 4 players. SoundEcho was nominated for the 2023 Golden Apple Awards by the AppleVis website. Try SoundEcho for free today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SoundEcho at 100% against Blindfold Bowling's 38%. SoundEcho also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.6) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Blindfold Bowling's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Blindfold Bowling sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and SoundEcho sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SoundEcho holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blindfold Bowling has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Blindfold Bowling's written reviews are positive against 100% of SoundEcho's.
Blindfold Bowling ships an update monthly, SoundEcho every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blindfold Bowling | SoundEcho |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (20 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | marty schultz | Kristof Nijs |
Customer experience
Blindfold Bowling
SoundEcho
In-app purchases
Blindfold Bowling
- 20 Coins$0.99
- Unlock 2 Player Mode$3.99
- 250 Coins$5.99
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- Unlimited Coins$6.99
SoundEcho
- Purchasing the app$4.49
Questions
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