Ears Word Cookie vs SoundEcho
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ears Word Cookie
A word game accessible to both sighted and visually impaired players. Create words from a given set of letters, progressing through levels and cookie packs. Offers in-app upgrades for additional content.
- Fully accessible for visually impaired
- Rapid audio play
- Create words from letter sets
- Multiple levels per cookie
- In-app word pack upgrades
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Ears Word Cookie is a fully accessible word game for both sighted and visually impaired people, designed for rapid audio play. Your objective is to create as many words as possible using a set of letters. In each cookie, there are from 5 to 20 levels. Each level has a set of letters, and you have to find all the words that can be created from those letters. You can use the letters multiple times. For example, the practice cookie has one level, and has the letters "C", "A", "T". Words must be at least 2 letters long, so you can easily create the words CAT, ACT, and AT. Since you can use a letter multiple times, you can also create the word TAT by using the letter "T" twice and the word TATA by using the letters "T" and "A" twice. Once you have completed a level, you move on to the next level. Once you have completed all the levels for a cookie, you move on to the next cookie. Cookie word packs are available as in-app upgrades. Ears Word Cookie was suggested by several blind game players who enjoy Word Search.
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
Ears Word Cookie and SoundEcho both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SoundEcho's written reviews are positive against 67% of Ears Word Cookie's. SoundEcho also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Ears Word Cookie's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Ears Word Cookie sells 8 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Ears Word Cookie against 4.3 for SoundEcho. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Ears Word Cookie's written reviews are positive against 100% of SoundEcho's.
Ears Word Cookie ships an update every 3 weeks, SoundEcho every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ears Word Cookie | SoundEcho |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (9 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kid Friendly Software, Inc | Kristof Nijs |
Customer experience
Ears Word Cookie
SoundEcho
In-app purchases
Ears Word Cookie
- PACK-1$2.99
- PACK-2$2.99
- PACK-3$2.99
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- PACK-4$2.99
- PACK-5$2.99
- PACK-6$2.99
- PACK-7$2.99
- Bundle$12.99
SoundEcho
- Purchasing the app$4.49
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