Lichess vs Echo Heist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lichess
Play chess online with millions of users, participate in tournaments, solve puzzles, and analyze games. This free and open-source application offers a comprehensive chess experience for players of all levels, with features for learning and casual play.
- Real-time and correspondence chess
- Arena tournaments
- Chess puzzles
- Game analysis with Stockfish
- Interactive study feature
- Chess clock
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Lichess is a free/libre, open-source chess application powered by volunteers and donations. Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. The following features are available right now: - play real time or correspondence chess - play arena tournaments - play against online bots - solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline - race against the clock in Puzzle Storm - analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server - board editor - study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature - learn board coordinates - play over the board with a friend - watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments - watch Lichess TV and online streamers - use a chess clock for your over the board games - many different board themes and piece sets - custom background themes - translated into 55 languages
Echo Heist
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Rob impossible vaults with a crew made entirely of… you. Every few seconds, Echo Heist records your movements and spawns an Echo — a ghost of your past self that repeats exactly what you just did. That Echo can hold a pressure plate, bait a guard, or stand watch while the present-day you slips through the lasers and takes the prize. One rule changes everything: security hardware can't see Echoes — but human guards can. Lasers and cameras ignore your ghosts; guards get distracted and follow them. Use yourself as bait. THIRTY HANDCRAFTED VAULTS Six themed chapters — Training Vault, Neon Casino, Haunted Museum, Arctic Bank, Velvet Encore and Deep Cold. One new trick per room: multi-plate doors that need three of you at once, cameras that watch each other's kill switches, sweeping laser lattices, counter-rotating blade rings, and a finale where the exit itself must be held open by your final Echo. A NEW VAULT EVERY DAY The Daily Vault gives everyone the same room, once per day. Post your score to the daily leaderboard, keep your streak alive, reroll the layout if you dare. THE ENDLESS VAULT Procedurally assembled rooms that get meaner the deeper you go. One life. How deep can you get? MAKE THE HEIST YOURS Thirty legendary artifacts to recover, ten thief skins, six Echo trail styles, daily missions, Game Center leaderboards and achievements. BUILT FAIR Every hazard telegraphs its full range. Every room is beatable — the game proves it before it ships. Retry in under three seconds. No energy systems, no paywalls on progress: every purchase is cosmetic or convenience, forever. Offline-friendly: the entire campaign works with no connection and no account. Your past is the crew. Get in, get the artifact, get out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lichess at none against Echo Heist's 4. Lichess also leads on ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#81 vs unranked). On price 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
Both are free to download. Echo Heist sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Lichess asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Lichess | Echo Heist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (604 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 51.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 604 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #81 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LICHESS.ORG | Przemyslaw Jakubski |
Bugs and requests
Lichess
Reported bugs
1 issue- Swipe-to-go-back gesture interferes with piece placement
Requested features
3 requests- Name of opening in opening explorer
- Ability to add and subtract additional things on the homepage
- Reset/replay button on puzzles
Echo Heist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lichess
No in-app purchases
Echo Heist
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Starter Pack$1.99
- Neon Heist Pack$3.99
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- Supporter Pack$6.99
Questions
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