Comparison

Echotations vs Gartic Phone

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

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About

Echotations

Compete with friends to imitate sounds as accurately as possible. This ad-free offline game supports 1-9 players and features over 300 sounds, with the ability to add your own. Achieve the highest score by matching pitch and frequency.

Highlights
  • Sound imitation competition
  • Supports 1-9 players
  • Ad-free offline gameplay
  • Over 300 included sounds
  • Create and add custom sounds
  • Customizable categories and sounds
Features
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Echotations is a party game where players compete with each other to see who can come the closest to imitate sounds. - This is an ad free offline game. - Each game consists of 1 to 9 players each trying to imitate a set of sounds. - The player that closest matches across all sounds in a game wins. - The game includes 300+ sounds, and you can easily create and record and add your own sounds to the game. Starting the Game: (1) Choose number of players (1 to 9 players supported). (2) Choose Category you want to choose sounds from (3) Choose number of sounds (1 to 10) for that game. (4) You can then choose which sounds you want from the selected category or allow a random selection to be chosen. Playing Game: - A game consists of a set of sounds to imitate. - For each sound, each player tries to imitate the sound. - Scores are from 0% to 100% match, with 100% being the highest possible score. - Compare scores with other players and your imitated sounds. - Player that matches the most across all sounds wins. Adding Sounds and Modifying Categories: - You can add/create new categories. Up to 100 categories are supported. - You can merge categories as well as delete them. - You can create and add new sounds to a given category. Up to 100 sounds can be supported within a single category - Sounds created are stored on your device in the application game/data directory Improving Your Score: Echotations matches your imitation based on frequency/pitch, so for the highest score focus on matching the pitch over the course of the sound.

About

Gartic Phone

This is a hilarious online telephone game where players take turns drawing sentences and then guessing drawings. Watch the original idea get hilariously lost through the chain of interpretations. It's free, easy to learn, and perfect for parties and online hangouts.

Highlights
  • Sentence to drawing interpretation
  • Drawing to sentence guessing
  • Animated GIF sharing
  • Multiple game modes
  • Creative drawing tools
  • Online multiplayer
Features
Currently charting
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Gartic Phone is the hilarious online telephone game with drawings! Start with a sentence. The next player draws it. The player after that writes what they see. On it goes, sentence to drawing to sentence, until the original idea is gloriously, ridiculously lost. Then watch the whole chain play back and laugh together at how it all went wrong. Free, easy to learn, and impossible to play with a straight face. Perfect for friends, family, classrooms, parties and online hangouts, and no drawing skills required. The worse the art, the better the game! HOW TO PLAY • Create a room and invite friends with a link or QR code, or jump into a quick game. • Everyone writes a starting sentence. • Pass it on: take turns drawing the sentence above you, then guessing the drawing below. • When the round ends, flip through every album and relive the chaos. LOADS OF GAME MODES Keep every game fresh with a huge variety of modes, including: • Normal: the classic write-and-draw telephone • Knock-Off: everyone draws the same first sentence • Animation: build frame-by-frame animated chains • Background & Solo: draw over a shared scene or play on your own • Secret, Masterpiece, Compliment Sandwich and many more CREATIVE DRAWING TOOLS • Pencil, eraser, shapes, fill bucket, eyedropper and notes • Full color palette with adjustable thickness and opacity • Pinch to zoom, pan, and a dedicated landscape drawing mode for extra room • Undo, redo and an optional grid SHARE THE LAUGHS • Save and share your favorite albums as animated GIFs • Replay each drawing stroke by stroke PLAY YOUR WAY • 100% free and online — play with friends near or far • Available in 40+ languages • Custom avatars and rooms you control Gather your friends and start a round now. Chaos guaranteed!

Screenshots

Echotations4 screens
Gartic Phone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Echotations at none against Gartic Phone's shown. Echotations also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Gartic Phone's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 10) and chart position (#183 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Echotations holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gartic Phone has 1.1K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Echotations's written reviews are positive against 86% of Gartic Phone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echotations ships an update every 6 days, Gartic Phone weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Echotations versus Gartic Phone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchotationsGartic Phone
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better4.8 (1.1K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better86.4% of reviews
Number of ratings101.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
Best chart rank—#183 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size256 MB67 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCloud Living, LLCGartic

Customer experience

Echotations

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Gartic Phone

All ratings1,065 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews162 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative8.0%

In-app purchases

None

Echotations

No in-app purchases

None

Gartic Phone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Echotations free?
Echotations is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gartic Phone free?
Gartic Phone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Echotations or Gartic Phone?
Echotations is rated higher. Echotations averages 5.0 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Gartic Phone averages 4.8 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Echotations or Gartic Phone have ads?
Gartic Phone shows ads; Echotations does not.
Which is updated more often, Echotations or Gartic Phone?
Echotations ships an update every 6 days, and Gartic Phone weekly. Most recently, Echotations was updated on October 13, 2026 and Gartic Phone on October 17, 2026.

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