Echochops vs Yamabiko
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Echochops
This app creates a feedback delay effect on sounds from your device's microphone, mimicking an echo. It allows for creative musical patterns and ambient sound experiences through adjustable delay times and filters. Experiment with various audio effects for both musical and experimental purposes.
- Adjustable delay time up to 60 seconds
- Feedback rate control
- Four audio filter types
- Parameter control via tilt and rotation
- Glitch and Funny delay modes
- Background audio playback
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The extreme delay machine that you've never heard before. In short: This is a Karaoke echo machine. Words spoken in the iPhone's microphone will come back a few seconds later. It's like the echo effect you can hear at a mountain. You can get various kinds of effects by changing the delay time and the feedback rate. To make music: Tap on the table - it sounds like "tock"......"tock"....."tock"..... Clap your hands - you'll hear "tock", "clap", "tock", "clap", "tock", "clap"... You can produce simple musical patterns this way. Daily life use: Leave it as it is. It's fun to hear repeating sounds of ordinary life. You can use the stereo headset with the mic. Take a walk with the iPhone in your pocket and enjoy the repeating sounds around you. In detail: "Echochops" produces a feedback delay effect (an echo effect) on the sounds from the iPhone's microphone. The feedback delay is widely used to produce rich vocal and guitar sounds. It is also used as a special kind of musical performance. You can use "Echochops" not only as a "musical" application but also as a "noisy" experiment. Features: - Input and output level meter - Input and output level setting - Delay time setting, within 60 seconds. - Feedback rate setting, from 0% to 100% - Direct and Delay balance setting - Four types of audio filters (Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, Notch) - Audio filter frequency setting - Audio filer Q setting - Parameter control by audio input/output levels - Parameter control by tilting - Parameter control by rotating (a compass-equipped device only) - Mode setting to change delay time, "Glitch" or "Funny". - Output route setting, headphone/receiver or speaker. - Tilt angle setting for controlling - Upside-down portrait mode for efficient use of microphone and speaker - Delayed sound can be erased - Works with iPod audio simultaneously - Background audio playback (iOS 4.0 and later) [[ ATTENTIONS ]] Due to a latency of an audio input and output, the actual delaying time will be slightly longer than the setting. A natural feedback through the air may happen because the microphone and speaker are placed closely on the iPhone. Distorted sounds or harsh grating noises will be produced depending of the setting of parameters. It would be better NOT to use this application if you cannot stand noisy sounds. [[ Address of Gratitude ]] Thanks to Mr. Kaoru Sato (EP-4)
Yamabiko
Practice your singing with this karaoke app. It allows you to sing along to music and immediately hear your performance after you finish. Check your vocal performance in real-time.
- Sing along to music
- Real-time performance feedback
- Immediate playback
- Vocal practice tool
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Sing while pressing the button, and play immediately when released. You can practice karaoke while checking your own singing voice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Yamabiko at Free against Echochops's $0.99. Yamabiko also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 63%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On update cadence, 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
Yamabiko is free to download; Echochops costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Echochops ships an update every 15 months, Yamabiko every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Echochops | Yamabiko |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | Hiroshi Kaito |
Customer experience
Echochops
Yamabiko
In-app purchases
Echochops
No in-app purchases
Yamabiko
No in-app purchases









