Echo vs BlurtMe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
BlurtMe
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ADHD brain? Overthinking mind? BlurtMe is your private brain dump — catch thoughts before they're gone. Open. Type. Done. No folders, no decisions, no setup. Just capture it and move on. Built for ADHD, anxiety, and anyone who feels mentally overwhelmed. —————————————————— BLURT FIRST. ORGANIZE NEVER. —————————————————— BlurtMe looks like a messaging app — because you already know how to use one. Just type. Add a #tag and the app automatically sorts it: → #todo becomes a task with optional due date → #note becomes a saved reference → #moment becomes a private journal entry No tag? It lands in your Inbox. Decide later — or never. —————————————————— BUILT FOR ADHD & NEURODIVERGENT BRAINS —————————————————— One screen. One input. Zero cognitive load. • No streak counter. No shame mechanic. No productivity pressure. • No folders, no categories, no "where does this go?" • Works offline. No account required. • Messy thoughts welcome. —————————————————— YOUR PRIVATE MENTAL SPACE —————————————————— Use it for anxiety journaling, daily brain dumps, quick idea capture, mood logging, or just getting intrusive thoughts out of your head. Everything you type is encrypted on your device. Your key never leaves your phone. We can't read your messages. Nobody can. BlurtMe is 100% offline-first. Your thoughts stay on your device. —————————————————— BLURTME+ — UNLIMITED —————————————————— Free tier: 20 messages to try everything — no account needed. BlurtMe+ unlocks: • Unlimited messages • Encrypted cloud backup across all your devices • Restore everything on a new device instantly • Weekly and yearly plans available —————————————————— NO DARK PATTERNS. EVER. —————————————————— • No ads • No data selling • No content scanning • No algorithm deciding what you see • Cancel anytime. Restore purchases on any device. --------- By using BlurtMe, you acknowledge and agree to the following: • Terms of Service: https://blurtme.app/terms • Privacy Policy: https://blurtme.app/privacy-policy • EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: BlurtMe at daily against Echo's every 5 weeks. Echo's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Echo sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and BlurtMe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Echo ships an update every 5 weeks, BlurtMe daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Echo | BlurtMe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (68 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blinky LLC | Quoc Truong Phu |
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
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- 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
BlurtMe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Echo
- Unlock Sounds$0.99
- Unlimited Echoes$2.99
BlurtMe
- Weekly$2.997 Days
- Yearly$59.991 Year









