Comparison

Boba Story vs Echo Line

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

Head to head
About

Boba Story

Restore a charming shop by creating custom milk tea drinks with unique ingredients and adorable toppings. Decorate your cafe with aesthetic furniture and play mini-games to unlock special boba flavors and earn rewards. Serve delicious snacks inspired by Asian cuisine to help a forest spirit win an award.

Highlights
  • Create custom milk tea drinks
  • Add unique boba and toppings
  • Decorate shop with aesthetic furniture
  • Play mini-games for boosts
  • Unlock special boba flavors
  • Serve international snacks
Features
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Joji, a strawberry forest spirit, shows up and needs your help to restore their old shop. Can you show these adorable spirits and animals why boba is so special?

 You can create all kinds of drinks with ingredients like blueberry popping boba, custard pudding, taro tea, thai tea, brown sugar milk tea, lychee jelly, and red bean!
 You can even add froggy, bunny, cat, and axolotl lids to your drinks!

 Brew tea, shake some bubbles, fill your cup with tapioca pearls and jelly, and catch falling fruit and cheese foam in mini-games to get boosts for your custom drinks!

 Mix and match furniture and windows. We’ve got mushroom style counters and tables, frog chairs and windows, and cottagecore elements to make your shop look aesthetic and magical!

 Brew potions and experiments in the magic den to unlock special types of boba like cow boba, rainbow sprinkles, and gummy bears! Serve delicious, aesthetic snacks inspired by popular foods from Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, and China to earn extra star fragments for your cafe. Come help Joji restore their honor and earn them a “Royal Favorite Thing” award from the monarchs of this land! No wifi is needed to play this game. Available offline!

About

Echo Line

Features
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Echo Line is a rhythm-puzzle for iPhone: draw a line with your finger, then watch and hear sound travel the path. Reflectors bounce the signal. Absorbers drain energy. Tempo gates open only on the beat. Clear fifty handcrafted rooms across five chapters — Sakura, Marble Nights, Floyd, After Hours, and Metal — each with its own look and ambient bed. Features • Draw → Play pathing on night marble stages • Reflectors, absorbers, and tempo gates • Five themed chapters (50 levels) • Stars, local progress, and Game Center global board • Achievements and player titles • Ten UI languages (device language, English fallback) • Portrait, short sessions (about 1–3 minutes per level) How to play 1. Open a level and draw from the cyan emitter to the amber receiver 2. Tap Play — sound follows your line 3. Adjust the path if energy drains or gates close 4. Earn up to 3 stars; climb the global board when Game Center is signed in No account required beyond optional Game Center.

Screenshots

Boba Story4 screens
Echo Line4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Echo Line at none against Boba Story's 7. Echo Line also leads on ads (none vs shown). Boba Story's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Boba Story sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Echo Line asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Boba Story ships an update every 10 days, Echo Line monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Boba Story versus Echo Line: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBoba StoryEcho Line
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5.9K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings5.9K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperB-Tech Consulting Group LLCParide Di Lazzaro

Bugs and requests

Boba Story

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistent ingredient drop rates from magic fireplace
  • Occasional loss of in-game currency progress
  • Graphical glitches or screen freezing on older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to name and save custom drinks
  • More employee roles (e.g., food order taker, money collector)
  • Seasonal or event-based content updates
  • Multiplayer or social features (e.g., visit friends' shops)
  • More drink bases, toppings, and lid options

Echo Line

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Boba Story

One-time7
  • Gem Pack 2$1.99
  • Gem Pack 3$4.99
  • Gem Pack 4$9.99
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  • Unlimited 15x Customer Promo$9.99
  • Unlimited Kokoro Trinkets$12.99
  • Reveal All Magic Den Hints$14.99
  • Gem Pack Mega$19.99
None

Echo Line

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Boba Story free?
Boba Story is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Echo Line free?
Echo Line is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Boba Story or Echo Line have ads?
Boba Story shows ads; Echo Line does not.
Which is updated more often, Boba Story or Echo Line?
Boba Story ships an update every 10 days, and Echo Line monthly. Most recently, Boba Story was updated on November 11, 2026 and Echo Line on October 31, 2026.

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