Comparison

HOA vs Echo

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

Head to head
About

HOA

Manage your home owners association with ease. Residents can view account details, make payments, book facilities, and submit service requests. Managers can oversee multiple associations, track members, and manage invoices.

Highlights
  • View account information
  • Make payments
  • Unlock facilities
  • Create service requests
  • Manage multiple HOAs
  • View members and invoices
Features
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Home Owners Association (HOA) Residents 1. View account information and make payments 2. Unlock facilities and access common areas 3. Create service requests Managers 1. Switch and manage multiple home owners associations 2. View members, invoices, payments

About

Echo

This app transcribes spoken conversations, extracts key insights, and organizes them into structured notes. It helps users stay focused during meetings and calls by ensuring all important information is captured and easily accessible.

Highlights
  • AI-powered summaries
  • Smart key points extraction
  • Ask Echo AI questions
  • Google Meet integration
  • Easy sharing of notes
  • Team access and Workspaces
Features
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Echo records your meetings and writes the notes for you. It works for online calls and in person conversations, transcribes in 100+ languages, and hands you a summary with the key points and action items when the meeting ends. Downloaded 360,000+ times by professionals, students, and teams.* Most note takers only handle online meetings. They send a bot into the call, it sits in the attendee list, and someone always asks what it is. Echo records from your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch instead. Nothing to invite, nothing to set up. DOES ECHO WORK FOR IN PERSON MEETINGS? That is what it was built for. Client meetings, 1:1s, interviews, lectures, site visits. Phone on the table, one tap, and you can stop writing and start listening. CAN ECHO RECORD ZOOM, TEAMS, AND GOOGLE MEET CALLS? Yes, and any other call too. Echo records from your iPhone the same way it records a conversation in the room, so the platform does not matter and there is nothing to connect. WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN THE MEETING ENDS? The full transcript, a summary of what was discussed, the key points, and the action items. Enough to write the follow up email without opening the recording again. And when you need one specific thing out of an old meeting, just ask. Echo AI searches the recording for you: what the client agreed to, when the deadline is, who owns what. FEATURES Summaries that give you the decisions and the next steps Key points, so you can jump to the part that mattered Ask Echo AI for answers about any recording Recording on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, so you can start from whatever is closest Works with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, and calls on any other platform Upload audio you already have and get it transcribed Transcription in 100+ languages Sharing by message, email, or anywhere else you work Folders and search across everything you have recorded Workspaces that keep your whole team on the same notes WHAT USERS SAY From App Store reviews in the US: "One touch and my 90min zoom meeting was summarized in seconds afterwards. This is a career changing tool for me." "If you're in a meeting, this is a must have tool. Never miss anything important!" "Really an amazing tool and very accurate transcriptions with great AI built in features." WHO USES ECHO Salespeople and consultants who need a record of what the client actually said Managers running back to back 1:1s Students recording lectures and seminars Teams that keep losing decisions between meetings IS ECHO FREE? Free to download, and you can record your first meeting straight away. Echo Plus adds longer recordings, unlimited notes, audio file uploads, and sharper summaries, and it starts with a free trial. IS MY DATA PRIVATE? Your recordings, transcripts, and summaries are end to end encrypted, and Echo follows European data protection standards. Download Echo and stop taking notes in meetings. *Total downloads as of 2026. Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/27023519 Terms of Use: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/27023519 Questions or feedback? Reach out to us at echo.support@tappz.com

Screenshots

HOA4 screens
Echo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HOA at 100% against Echo's 36%. HOA also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 9). Echo's advantage is ratings volume (3.4K vs 6) and chart position (#127 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Echo sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. HOA asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HOA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echo has 3.4K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of HOA's written reviews are positive against 36% of Echo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HOA ships an update monthly, Echo every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
HOA versus Echo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHOAEcho
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.5 (3.4K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better36.1% of reviews
Number of ratings63.4K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#127 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB192 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHOA Alchemy LLCTappz Labs

Customer experience

HOA

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Echo

All ratings3,443 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews238 reviews
Positive36.1%
Neutral7.6%
Negative56.3%

Bugs and requests

HOA

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Echo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Notes not saving properly
  • Transcription issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to save and edit notes
  • Folder organization for notes
  • Better customer support options

In-app purchases

None

HOA

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Echo

Subscriptions8
  • Echo Plus (Weekly)2 variants$7.997 Days
  • Echo Plus (Weekly)3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Echo Plus (Weekly Trial)3 Days trial$7.997 Days
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  • Echo Plus$14.991 Month
  • plus3 Days trial$16.991 Month
  • Echo Plus (Yearly)$59.991 Year
  • Echo Plus (Yearly)$79.991 Year
  • Echo Plus Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year

Questions

Is HOA free?
HOA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Echo free?
Echo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, HOA or Echo?
HOA is rated higher. HOA averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Echo averages 4.5 from 3.4K ratings.
Do HOA or Echo have ads?
Neither HOA nor Echo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HOA or Echo?
HOA ships an update monthly, and Echo every 4 weeks. Most recently, HOA was updated on June 3, 2026 and Echo on September 25, 2026.

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