Comparison

AKKO vs EconShot

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

Head to head
About

AKKO

Simplify your tech protection with this app. It offers bundled coverage against accidental damage, theft, and mechanical failure for all your important items. Enjoy unlimited claims and avoid expensive carrier insurance or extended warranties.

Highlights
  • Bundled protection plans
  • Accidental damage coverage
  • Theft protection
  • Mechanical failure coverage
  • Unlimited claims
  • Simplified item addition
Features
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Coverage, Simplified. The last protection plan you'll ever need. Stop getting ripped off by your carrier's phone insurance. Stop buying the extended warranty. Save time and simplify your life with AKKO. Add your items, take photos, and you’re done! Unlimited claims! Protect your items against accidental damage, theft, and mechanical failure with bundled protection for all your most important stuff. - "Consistently affordable" – Investopedia - "Excellent value" – Gadget Review - Rating of 4.8 out of 5 from Trustpilot users For more info: getAKKO.com

About

EconShot

Quickly create and share professional economic charts from live data sources. Customize your visuals with branding and annotations, then post directly to social media or export for presentations. Streamline your data visualization workflow in under a minute.

Highlights
  • Live economic data integration (FRED, BLS, World Bank, Treasury)
  • One-minute chart creation workflow
  • Customizable branding (colors, logo)
  • Direct social media posting (LinkedIn, Bluesky)
  • Automatic alt text generation
  • Dashboard for pinned indicators
  • Home Screen widgets for data tracking
Features
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EconShot turns live economic data into beautiful, branded charts you can share in under a minute — right from your phone. Pull the latest numbers from FRED, BLS, the World Bank, and the U.S. Treasury, drop them into a clean chart with recession shading and your own colors, and post straight to LinkedIn or Bluesky. No more pulling data in R, fighting a spreadsheet, exporting a PNG, and resizing it for every platform. THE 60-SECOND WORKFLOW • Browse categories or search thousands of series across four trusted public data sources • Tap to chart — recession shading and sensible date ranges are on by default • Add an annotation, overlay a second series, or index to 100 to compare • Export at the perfect size for LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Threads, or a presentation • Post to LinkedIn and Bluesky directly from the app MAKE IT YOURS • Your colors, your logo, your handle on every chart • Clean, serious, publication-quality styling out of the box • Alt text generated automatically for accessible posts STAY AHEAD OF THE DATA • Pin the indicators you watch to a glanceable Dashboard • Add Home Screen widgets for the series you track • Pull to refresh the moment new data drops BUILT FOR ECONOMISTS EconShot is made by an economist, for economists, analysts, data journalists, and anyone who shares macro charts. It's fast, native, and opinionated about good defaults. FREE & PRO EconShot is free to use with FRED data, unlimited exports (with a small "Made with EconShot" credit), and direct posting to LinkedIn and Bluesky. EconShot Pro unlocks BLS, World Bank, and Treasury data, full custom branding, and removes the attribution. See the in-app upgrade screen for pricing and a free trial. Data provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED®), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the World Bank, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. EconShot is not affiliated with or endorsed by these agencies.

Screenshots

AKKO4 screens
EconShot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: EconShot at 100% against AKKO's 49%. EconShot also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4). AKKO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (98 vs 2). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. EconShot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. AKKO asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

EconShot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AKKO has 98 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of AKKO's written reviews are positive against 100% of EconShot's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
AKKO versus EconShot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAKKOEconShot
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (98 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings98 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAKKO Inc.Isaac Gerber

Customer experience

AKKO

All ratings98 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral1.0%
Negative41.8%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive48.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative51.1%

EconShot

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AKKO

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

EconShot

Subscriptions2
  • EconShot Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • EconShot Pro - Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is AKKO free?
AKKO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is EconShot free?
EconShot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AKKO or EconShot?
EconShot is rated higher. AKKO averages 3.4 out of 5 from 98 ratings, while EconShot averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do AKKO or EconShot have ads?
Neither AKKO nor EconShot shows ads.

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