Comparison

Murmur vs Echo

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

Head to head
About

Murmur

This app allows you to privately record your thoughts, emotions, and stories as an audio diary. Simply speak your mind instead of typing, and revisit your memories by listening to your recordings. It offers features like personalized reminders and PIN lock for security.

Highlights
  • Private audio recording
  • Emotion selection
  • Customizable emotions
  • Voice to text summarization
  • Personalized reminders
  • PIN lock security
  • Recording statistics
Features
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How was your today? Some moments are hard to write down, but easy to say. Murmur is a private AI voice diary that captures your day in your own voice. Speak your thoughts, feelings, and stories — and an AI companion quietly listens and writes back. ■ Just Speak, It Becomes a Diary Tap a date on the calendar or press the + button to start recording. Pick one of five emotions and tell the story of your day. You can customize the emotions to fit you. ■ An AI Companion That Writes Back When you save an entry, AI listens to your voice, reads the emotion in it, and leaves you a warm reply. Comfort on hard days, shared joy on good ones. ■ Voice to Text, Feelings to Insights Your words are transcribed automatically, with a summary, keywords, and emotion analysis. The monthly report shows how your mood flowed through the month. ■ Question of the Day On days you don't know what to say, a fresh daily question opens the conversation. It can even remember yesterday's story and ask what happened next. ■ Warmth Streak The more consistently you record, the more warmth you build. Murmur helps your daily reflection become a habit. ■ Widgets on Your Home Screen See this month's moods at a glance with the emotion calendar widget. ■ Your Year, Wrapped At the end of the year, Murmur gathers your voices and emotions into a personal recap. Turn favorite moments into emotion cards and share them with friends. ■ Private and Safe Protect your space with app lock (PIN and biometrics), and keep your entries safe across devices with cloud backup. ■ Murmur Premium - Recording time 10 → 20 minutes - AI emotion analysis, summary & keywords - Replies from your AI companion - Photo attachments & monthly report - Cloud backup - No ads Your voice is your most honest diary. Start telling your story today.

About

Echo

Features
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Echo is a private voice diary - built for people who want to journal every day but hate typing. Speak your thoughts, capture your day, and keep a personal audio journal that lives entirely on your device. No account. No cloud. No compromise on privacy. SPEAK, DON'T TYPE Recording a diary entry takes less than ten seconds. Open Echo, tap record, speak freely. Your voice memo is saved instantly as a private diary entry - timestamped, organised by date, and ready to replay whenever you want. OFFLINE AI TRANSCRIPTION Echo converts your voice recordings to text using on-device AI. No audio ever leaves your phone. No internet required. Your words stay with you. Choose from three quality levels - Low, Medium, or High - depending on the storage you can spare. A CALENDAR BUILT FOR YOUR MEMORIES Every entry lives on your personal calendar. Jump back to any day, week, or month and relive your thoughts exactly as you recorded them. Echo also surfaces past entries from the same date in previous years - your own "this day in history." CATEGORIES & COLOUR CODING Create custom categories - Work, Family, Travel, Health, Ideas, Mood - and colour-code every entry. Your calendar fills with colour as your diary grows. Filter any category to find the right moment in seconds. PRIVACY FIRST - ALWAYS - Everything stored on your device only - Optional PIN lock for extra security - No account, no sign-up, no login - No ads, no tracking, no analytics - Full GDPR compliance - Your voice recordings never leave your phone DAILY REMINDER Set a personalised reminder at any time of day. Echo will nudge you to record your thoughts - so building a daily journaling habit becomes effortless. LOCK ENTRIES UNTIL A DATE Write yourself a message for the future. Lock a diary entry until a specific date and rediscover it when the time comes. BEAUTIFUL & MINIMAL DESIGN Echo is designed with a clean, distraction-free interface. Full dark mode, light mode, and automatic system theme support. Set your display name and make Echo feel personal from day one. WHY ECHO? Most diary and journal apps require an account and sync your private thoughts to a cloud server you don't control. Echo doesn't. There is no account to create, no server to trust, and no subscription to pay. Your voice, your words, your memories - they exist only on your device, and nowhere else. Echo is not just a voice recorder. It is a private, personal audio journal built for everyday life - quiet, honest, and completely yours. Download Echo and start speaking your mind. Privacy Policy: https://7oaker.github.io/echo/privacy-policy.html Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Murmur4 screens
Echo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Echo at none against Murmur's 4. Echo also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Murmur sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Echo asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Murmur versus Echo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMurmurEcho
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (81 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings81 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJunhyeok HeoKlaus Siebeneicher

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Murmur

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription Pass$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription Pass$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Server Synchronization$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

Echo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Murmur free?
Murmur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Echo free?
Echo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Murmur or Echo have ads?
Murmur shows ads; Echo does not.

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