Zimi vs Echotag
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zimi
Control your smart home devices like lighting, fans, and appliances with this app. Schedule actions, set timers, monitor energy usage, and integrate with voice assistants for a convenient, hands-free experience.
- Control lighting, fans, and appliances
- Voice assistant integration
- Daily scheduling
- Auto-off timers
- Energy monitoring
- Device pairing
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Zimi is the smart app to control all your Powermesh, Senoa and Zimi devices. Make all your lighting, fans, appliances, switches and power points smarter with Zimi. Enjoy the freedom to control it how you want, with the app, your voice and the switch. Add a daily schedule for convenience, an auto-off timer for safety, or view your power use in the energy monitor. It's never been this easy. Connect Zimi to your favourite voice assistant for a simple hands-free lifestyle. Download the Zimi App, pair your devices in a flash, and start living smarter now.
Echotag
This app decodes sound pulses from an alarm via your smartphone's microphone. It provides real-time data visualization of the alarm's current status and historical records, offering a concise and efficient way to monitor your device.
- Real-time data reception via microphone
- Alarm sound pulse decoding
- Data visualization
- Current status monitoring
- Alarm records viewing
- Efficient data access
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The sound pulses generated by the alarm can be received and decoded through the microphone on the smartphone and the Echotag application, making it easy to obtain real-time data from the device and visualize it for users to view the current status and alarm records of the alarm in a concise and efficient manner, saving users time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Echotag at weekly against Zimi's every 5 weeks. Echotag also leads on iOS requirement (13 vs 16.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Zimi ships an update every 5 weeks, Echotag weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zimi | Echotag |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZIMI INNOVATIONS PTY LTD | K.P.S. AUSTRALIA PTY LTD |
Customer experience
Zimi
Echotag
In-app purchases
Zimi
No in-app purchases
Echotag
No in-app purchases
