Comparison

Echo vs Smart Alarm

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

Head to head
About

Echo

This app helps you remember repetitive daily or weekly tasks with customizable alerts. It blends alarm and habit-tracking features to encourage healthy routines and mindfulness. Track your progress and stay on top of important self-care actions.

Highlights
  • Natural language reminder setup
  • Customizable alert frequency
  • Daily, weekly, or custom day repetition
  • Habit tracking and performance stats
  • Sound pack customization
  • Start reminders on launch
Features
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Simple, frequent alerts scheduled to remind you of repetitive tasks throughout the day (or week). Set beautiful, easy to understand reminders using natural language. Want to be reminded to regularly stand up and move? Be alerted to drink water every day? Take walks on weekends? Or call Mom on Sunday? Echo was born out of necessity. Echo is the perfect blend between an alarm app and a habits app, enabling you to take care of yourself on a daily basis. We are all aware of the things we need to take care of every day, but we frequently forget about the small things that are meant to improve the quality of life. That's where Echo comes in, reminding you to relax from time to time, go for a walk, do some exercises, eat a meal, drink some water, etc. In the end, it's all about developing healthy and mindful habits. Echo can be used for a lot of things, but our main goal was to encourage our users to remember the smaller things in life that can help if done regularly. You can set up reminders as frequently as every 10 minutes, have them start at a particular time or after you launch Echo, and repeat until an end time or until a number of cycles is reached. You can have echoes repeat every day, on weekdays, on weekends, or setup your own custom day frequency. Track how frequently you perform an action from the “Stats” screen and measure your performance. Echo is free to download and supports three simultaneous reminders (echoes) without unlocking. Customize your echoes further with our unique sound pack and add some fun to your reminders.

About

Smart Alarm

This productivity tool ensures you never miss an event with its reliable alarms and advanced timer features. It integrates seamlessly with iOS, offering control from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.

Highlights
  • Bulletproof alarm reliability
  • Dynamic Island and widget integration
  • Advanced multi-step timers
  • Intuitive and fast interface
  • Countdown functionality
Features
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Never Miss an Event Again: The Ultimate iOS Productivity Companion! Tired of unreliable native alarms and complicated timer apps? Smart Alarm is engineered for bulletproof reliability and designed to leverage the best of your iPhone, making time management effortless. We turn your phone into a powerful, multi-purpose scheduling tool. Top-Tier Features (The Smart Difference) These features make us the perfect upgrade from the basic clock app: Reliability First: Our alarms are designed to be fully dependable, ensuring you wake up or start a task exactly when intended. Dynamic Island & Widgets: View and control your active timers and countdowns directly from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island for true iOS integration. Advanced Timers: Perfect for cooking, deep-focus studying, managing work intervals, or exercising with multi-step support. Intuitive & Fast: Set, customize, and manage all your scheduling needs with just a few taps. Download now and take control of your time like never before! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Echo4 screens
Smart Alarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Echo at 67% against Smart Alarm's 0%. Echo also leads on ratings volume (68 vs 11) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.6). Smart Alarm's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.8) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Echo sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Smart Alarm sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Alarm holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echo has 68 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Echo's written reviews are positive against 0% of Smart Alarm's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo ships an update every 5 weeks, Smart Alarm fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Echo versus Smart Alarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchoSmart Alarm
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (68 ratings)4.6 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings68 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlinky LLCDavid Leyva Abrahantes

Customer experience

Echo

All ratings70 ratings
Positive68.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative25.7%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral10.4%
Negative22.9%

Smart Alarm

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Echo

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Reminders are randomly dropped
  • Notifications are not reliably delivered
  • Purchased sounds do not work on Apple Watch
  • Editing reminders is difficult and requires multiple steps
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  • Stats graph is unclear and lacks labels
  • App does not work for night shift schedules
  • Dismissing a reminder takes the user into the app
  • App sends a second notification asking to continue reminders if not tapped immediately
  • Reminders need to be re-enabled daily
  • App freezes on the input screen for the first reminder
  • App asks to confirm continued reminders if not responded to within 60 seconds
  • Hourly reminders are skipped
  • Does not keep uppercase/lowercase consistent in notifications

Requested features

16 requests
  • Add more sound options
  • Allow custom sound uploads
  • Improve clarity of stats display
  • Add a 5-minute period timer
  • Enable Apple Watch version
Show 11 more
  • Add snooze option for reminders
  • Allow editing of reminder text
  • Improve efficiency of editing existing reminders
  • Add groups or folders for reminders
  • Longer text box for affirmations
  • Add a clear indicator or number for stat completions
  • Allow input of Chinese characters for reminder names
  • Option to disable the 'keep receiving reminders' prompt
  • Integrate iTunes tones
  • Keep uppercase/lowercase consistent in notifications
  • One-touch access to stats

Smart Alarm

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Echo

One-time2
  • Unlock Sounds$0.99
  • Unlimited Echoes$2.99
2 purchases

Smart Alarm

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$6.991 Year

Questions

Is Echo free?
Echo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Alarm free?
Smart Alarm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Echo or Smart Alarm?
Smart Alarm is rated higher. Echo averages 3.8 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while Smart Alarm averages 4.6 from 11 ratings.
Do Echo or Smart Alarm have ads?
Neither Echo nor Smart Alarm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo or Smart Alarm?
Echo ships an update every 5 weeks, and Smart Alarm fortnightly. Most recently, Echo was updated on November 2, 2026 and Smart Alarm on November 3, 2026.

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