Aviatter vs Echo for Lemmy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aviatter
Track aircraft sightings, discover what others are spotting, and access detailed aircraft information. Connect with fellow aviation enthusiasts, share your discoveries, and contribute to a growing database of aircraft data.
- Track aircraft sightings
- View and search sightings
- Look up detailed aircraft information
- Submit aircraft data and photos
- Connect with friends' sightings
- Customizable sightings feed
- Supports dark mode
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It is, quite simply, the go-to app for plane spotter enthusiasts! Plane spotting is a popular hobby, as it’s a lot of fun. Some people take it quite seriously (and so should you!). Aviatter lets you track your aircraft sightings, see what other people are spotting and help you look up aircraft information. Features include: + Latest Sightings posted by enthusiasts. + Customize the sightings feed by keyword or distance from you. + Search the sightings to see where your favorite aircraft was spotted. + Use the map or your current location for the sighting, or use an undisclosed location for those sensitive sightings. + Link to an aircraft with it's registration. + Look up aircraft to see it's detailed information. + Submit new aircraft or changes to aircraft information in our database. + Submit cover photo suggestions for aircraft. + Submit aircraft privacy requests for those sensitive aircraft. + Look up your friends and see their sightings. + View and search your own sightings. + Supports dark mode. It's like social networking for aviation enthusiasts!
Echo for Lemmy
This app provides a native iOS interface for Lemmy, a decentralized social platform. Discover communities, sort content, and engage with posts and comments. It offers advanced search, bookmarking, and multi-account support.
- Connect with Lemmy communities
- Sort and filter content feeds
- Upvote/downvote posts and comments
- Powerful search functionality
- Create posts via share extension
- Bookmark content
- Push notifications
- Multi-account support
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Echo for Lemmy is an iOS client for Lemmy, a community based link & text sharing decentralized social platform. - Connect with communities based on your interests. - Sort your feed by most active, trending posts, new posts, and many more. - Upvote and downvote posts & comments. - Powerful search experience to find the content you're looking for. - Create posts using share extension from any app on your device. - Bookmark posts to easily find later. - Push notification support for staying up to date with the content you care about. - Sign into multiple accounts at once and quickly switch between them. Even across multiple Lemmy instances/servers. - Fully native application with dark mode support & accessibility features. --- Upgrade to Echo+ for $1.49 USD per month or $11.99 USD per year to unlock the ability to create & edit posts, comment on posts, enable push notifications, unlock multiple account support, customize the app icon, and support future development of Echo. Echo+ auto-renews every month or year (depending on which term you select). Price may vary by location. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You may cancel/stop your auto-renewing subscription by going to your iTunes/App Store Account Settings to manage your subscription. --- Terms of Use: https://echo.rrainn.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://echo.rrainn.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Echo for Lemmy at 100% against Aviatter's 0%. Aviatter's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Aviatter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month and Echo for Lemmy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Aviatter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Aviatter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Echo for Lemmy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Aviatter ships an update every 3 days, Echo for Lemmy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aviatter | Echo for Lemmy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alan Richert | rrainn, Inc. |
Customer experience
Aviatter
Echo for Lemmy
In-app purchases
Aviatter
- Monthly Subscription$2.491 Month
- Annual Subscription$15.991 Year
Echo for Lemmy
- Standard$1.491 Month
- Standard$11.991 Year
Questions
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