Comparison

Play Impossible Gameball vs SoundEcho

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Play Impossible Gameball

This app connects to a smart ball to bring digital gaming into physical play. Enjoy a variety of active games, track your skills, and compete with friends. It's designed for active fun indoors and outdoors.

Highlights
  • Connects to smart ball via Bluetooth
  • 10+ free connected ball games
  • Track ball skills and compete
  • Indoor and outdoor active play
  • Rapid charging for extended play
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The Play Impossible Gameball™ is an active gaming system that brings the digital action indoors and outdoors with free connected ball games you can play on your own or with friends. The app now has 10 free games, and more are on the way! More than ‘just a ball,’ the inflatable Gameball is embedded with patent-pending sensor technology that connects to the Play Impossible app via Bluetooth, bringing a new twist to a favorite play and sport object. Connect, compete and challenge your ball skill with the popular new game Impossible; see how long it takes to reach your vertical limit in Skyscraper; use brains and brawn in a new version of ‘keep away’ with Jostle. See how fast you can throw or how much spin you can get in Sport Labs. The Play Impossible Gameball is recommended for ages nine and higher. When your Gameball runs low on energy, refuel in 20 seconds with the Rapid Charger for another complete hour of fun! Play Impossible Gameball™ is sold separately from this application. Please be aware that because of the significant number of different models, variants, and manufacturing standards of available devices.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Play Impossible Gameball4 screens
SoundEcho3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Play Impossible Gameball at none against SoundEcho's 1. Play Impossible Gameball also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (964 vs 3). SoundEcho's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 72%). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SoundEcho sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Play Impossible Gameball asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Play Impossible Gameball holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Play Impossible Gameball has 964 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Play Impossible Gameball's written reviews are positive against 100% of SoundEcho's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Play Impossible Gameball ships an update every 6 weeks, SoundEcho every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Play Impossible Gameball versus SoundEcho: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlay Impossible GameballSoundEcho
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (964 ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews71.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings964 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB7 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSperry Labs LLCKristof Nijs

Customer experience

Play Impossible Gameball

All ratings964 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive71.8%
Neutral10.3%
Negative17.9%

SoundEcho

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Play Impossible Gameball

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Gameball won't connect or charge
  • Connectivity issues on different platforms

Requested features

3 requests
  • Better menu system to navigate levels
  • Compatibility with Apple TV
  • Individualized high score tracking

SoundEcho

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Play Impossible Gameball

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SoundEcho

One-time1
  • Purchasing the app$4.49

Questions

Is Play Impossible Gameball free?
Play Impossible Gameball is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SoundEcho free?
SoundEcho is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Play Impossible Gameball or SoundEcho?
Play Impossible Gameball is rated higher. Play Impossible Gameball averages 4.8 out of 5 from 964 ratings, while SoundEcho averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Play Impossible Gameball or SoundEcho have ads?
Neither Play Impossible Gameball nor SoundEcho shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Play Impossible Gameball or SoundEcho?
Play Impossible Gameball ships an update every 6 weeks, and SoundEcho every 5 weeks. Most recently, Play Impossible Gameball was updated on October 24, 2026 and SoundEcho on September 25, 2026.

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