SoundEcho vs Tessel Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SoundEcho
A fun and accessible memory game using sound cues. Players match pairs of buttons that produce the same sound to clear the board. Supports multiple sound themes and player counts, with Game Center integration.
- Sound-based memory matching
- VoiceOver accessibility
- Animal and computer sound themes
- Multiple difficulty levels (10, 15, 20 sounds)
- 2-4 player real-time multiplayer
- Game Center integration
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SoundEcho is a memory game with sounds that is easy to play and fully accessible with VoiceOver. SoundEcho is enjoyable for blind, low vision and sighted players alike. The gameplay is simple. Buttons showing a letter, number or smiley are spread across the screen. Tap a button to hear a sound. If two different buttons produce the same sound, they disappear. Find all matching sounds as quickly as possible with as few taps as you can. Choose from 4 sound categories: the classic animal and computer sounds, or the alternative traffic and musical instrument sounds. Each game contains 10, 15 or 20 sound pairs. SoundEcho integrates Game Center so you can compare scores, track achievements and play real-time matches with 2 to 4 players. SoundEcho was nominated for the 2023 Golden Apple Awards by the AppleVis website. Try SoundEcho for free today.
Tessel Run
Navigate a physics-based puzzle platformer where colored surfaces alter the rules of gravity and movement. Roll through hand-drawn levels, using color-coded tessels to overcome obstacles and reach the goal. Precision and experimentation are key to mastering the dynamic challenges.
- Physics-based puzzle platforming
- Color-coded physics mechanics
- Hand-drawn tangram level design
- Precision and momentum gameplay
- Dynamic tessellations
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You are a ball in a world of hand-colored tessels where color changes the rules of physics. Tessel Run is a physics-based puzzle platformer where color-coded tessels modify how the world behaves. Roll across different colored surfaces to flip gravity, remove obstacles, bounce higher, and chain effects together to reach the goal. Each level is built from hand-drawn tangram shapes, scanned from real paper drawings by the developers and assembled into dynamic tessellations. Precision, momentum, and experimentation matter. And falling is part of learning the path.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tessel Run at 5.0 against SoundEcho's 4.3. Tessel Run also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. SoundEcho sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tessel Run asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tessel Run holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | SoundEcho | Tessel Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kristof Nijs | Micah Arvey |
Customer experience
SoundEcho
Tessel Run
In-app purchases
SoundEcho
- Purchasing the app$4.49
Tessel Run
No in-app purchases
