Echo Tracking vs Whiteboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Echo Tracking
This app allows users to share their real-time location with a trusted group. It sends notifications when a user starts a journey and allows group members to track each other's progress for safety.
- Create and invite members to groups
- Notify group of your movement
- Real-time location tracking
- Receive proximity notifications
- Share location with group members
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Echo Tracking is an app to notify people you love when you are on the way. When you start a ride, you can notify everyone in your group that you are moving so they can track you real time to ensure that you are safety during the travel. * Create a group and invite people * Notify everybody in the group that you are moving * See and share real time location from/with other group members * Receive notifications when group members are getting close to the group destine
Whiteboard
Share drawings, photos, and messages directly to friends' home screen widgets. This app offers creative drawing tools and group messaging for fun, visual communication.
- Send doodles, drawings, and photos to widgets
- Customizable drawing tools with saved presets
- Add photos from library or camera
- Create and message in groups
- Multiple widget options for different views
- Private by default friend connections
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Send doodles, drawings, messages, and more directly to your friends’ widgets! Whiteboard makes staying connected fun and creative. Share quick sketches, notes, photos, and even group messages that appear right on your friends’ home screens. ------- Drawing Choose from different pen styles, thicknesses, and colors—or create your own custom colors and save them as presets. Add backgrounds, photos from your library or camera, text, and more. Save drafts to finish your creations later. ------- Friends Your account starts as private so only friends can send you messages. Switch to public if you’d like anyone in the app to connect with you. Finding friends is simple—search nearby, sync your contacts, or share your invite code. ------- Groups Create groups to share doodles and messages between multiple friends all in one widget. Think of it as group chat, but more fun and visual. ------- Widgets Add multiple widgets to keep up with all your messages. Choose from: - Recent Messages: See the latest updates from friends and groups. - Friend Widget: View the most recent message from a specific friend. - Group Widget: View the most recent message from a group.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Echo Tracking at none against Whiteboard's 7. Echo Tracking also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 43%) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads and device support 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. Whiteboard sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Echo Tracking asks for nothing beyond the download.
Echo Tracking ships an update every 6 days, Whiteboard fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Echo Tracking | Whiteboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.2 (465 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 43.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 465 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | OLYMPUS DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SOFTWARE LTDA | Ample Software LLC |
Customer experience
Echo Tracking
Whiteboard
Bugs and requests
Echo Tracking
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Whiteboard
Reported bugs
17 issues- Widget displays blank or grey, doesn't show messages
- App freezes and crashes when zooming in on drawings
- Undo function causes drawings to disappear or app to crash
- Color selection doesn't apply to drawings
- Zoom feature removed in recent update, breaking functionality
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- Eyedropper tool doesn't work properly after update
- Erase option missing after update
- Messages fail to send to friends and groups
- Drawings get deleted when attempting to send
- Group chat rooms don't appear on widget
- Bucket tool erases entire drawing instead of filling
- Recent chats won't load
- Widget impossible to add on some devices
- Drafts significantly lower drawing quality with white line artifacts
- Zoom glitch makes zoomed section become full drawing
- Loading popup gets stuck and won't stop
- Doodles display as blank white space
Requested features
15 requests- Zoom in/out functionality for detailed drawing
- Eyedropper/color picker tool
- Layer support for complex drawings
- Ability to delete drawings from profile
- Ability to delete groups
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- Custom color saving
- Nicknames for contacts (like Snapchat)
- Better bucket fill tool (non-destructive)
- Multiple widgets for different contacts
- Separate tabs for friends vs recommendations when sending
- Widget dark line removal/redesign
- More brush textures and colors
- Automatic widget updates without opening app
- Color code input option
- Better color wheel functionality
In-app purchases
Echo Tracking
No in-app purchases
Whiteboard
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Doodle - 1 Day Boost$0.99
- Small Tip$0.99
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- Medium Tip$2.99
- Large Tip$4.99
- Huge Tip$9.99
- Mountainous Tip$19.99
Questions
Is Echo Tracking free?
Is Whiteboard free?
Do Echo Tracking or Whiteboard have ads?
Which is updated more often, Echo Tracking or Whiteboard?
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