Comparison

Echo Platform vs SideCheck

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

Head to head
About

Echo Platform

Features
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SIPA's Echo Platform mobile app supercharges the interaction between SIPA and its customers and completes the ec(h)osystem by offering an additional channel for accessing information and managing resources in real time. It also aligns with SIPA's ECO2 philosophy by promoting environmental friendliness while operating within the digital world. [:mav: 2.3.8]

About

SideCheck

This utility helps you verify information by quickly fact-checking text copied from news or social media. It integrates with your device's clipboard and offers voice commands for seamless verification. Access it via widgets, share extensions, or Siri.

Highlights
  • Copy and paste text for fact-checking
  • In-app browser for search results
  • Universal Clipboard integration
  • iPad SplitView and SlideOver support
  • Widgets for quick access
  • Share Extension support
  • Siri Shortcuts for voice commands
Features
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SideCheck is a fact-check companion while reading news or social media. In this age of firehose of information it is the responsibility of each one of us  as a responsible citizen to fact check before sharing anything we read on social media or on the internet. Either sharing by word of mouth or on social media. SideCheck helps in this endeavor by making fact-checking as a one-step process. Just copy the text of what you want to feat-check. Go to the SideCheck app, click on the "Fact-Check !" button. Voila ! The app opens an in-app browser sheet that searches your text using the search engine of your choice ! You can click through links , browse and when you are done , just swipe down the sheet to dismiss. The app becomes especially useful as it utilizes the Universal Clipboard feature of the apple ecosystem. You can copy text to fact-check on any of your Apple Devices and use SideCheck on iPhone and iPad. The app especially shines as an iPad app in SplitView or SlideOver. It can be your side companion fact-check app while your news/social media content takes up the roomy screen content. Depending on the usage frequency you can have the app as a SlideOver window or SplitView app ! Update in 2.0 SideCheck gets two new abilities: Widgets and Share Extension support ! Two new gorgeous widgets help you to access SideCheck in newer, easier ways with just a single tap on the widgets ! Also wherever you can select text on screen, after selecting text, Tap on the " " on the overlay menu till you see "Share", Tap on "Share" Choose "SideCheck" from the iOS share-sheet, SideCheck automatically opens  an in-app browser sheet that searches the text you just shared, using the search engine of your choice ! You can click through links, browse and when you are done, just swipe down the sheet to dismiss ! Optionally, change your search engine and click the Fact-Check button to fact-check the text you just shared to SideCheck :) Bonus : SideCheck now remembers your search engine choice across app launches ! Updates in 3.0 Fact Check with just your voice ! Just select and copy the text you want to fact check and launch Siri and say "Fact Check with SideCheck" ! With the magic of Siri Shortcuts, SideCheck launches and searches the text you selected with the search engine of your choice ! Because its implemented with AppIntents, you can access it from Spotlight , inside the Shortcuts app and integrate it with your other Shortcut implementations. Hope you like using SideCheck !

Screenshots

Echo Platform4 screens
SideCheck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Echo Platform at monthly against SideCheck's every 6 months. Echo Platform also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo Platform ships an update monthly, SideCheck every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Echo Platform versus SideCheck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho PlatformSideCheck
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSIPA S.p.A Società di Industrializzazione Progettazione e AutomazioneSiva Pari

In-app purchases

None

Echo Platform

No in-app purchases

None

SideCheck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Echo Platform free?
Echo Platform is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SideCheck free?
SideCheck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Echo Platform or SideCheck have ads?
Neither Echo Platform nor SideCheck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo Platform or SideCheck?
Echo Platform ships an update monthly, and SideCheck every 6 months. Most recently, Echo Platform was updated on September 17, 2026 and SideCheck on September 11, 2026.

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