Comparison

Echo Blade vs Pickasso

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

Head to head
About

Echo Blade

This is a strategic slash 'em up puzzle game with satisfying gameplay. Explore unique worlds, conquer challenging levels, and face diverse enemies with intuitive one-touch controls. Available through a subscription service.

Highlights
  • Strategic slashing gameplay
  • 3 unique worlds
  • 21 challenging levels
  • 4 unique enemy types
  • Intuitive one-touch controls
  • No ads or in-app purchases (for subscribers)
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Available exclusively for Halfbrick+ members - Echo Blade is in Early Access! Slash, Repeat Conquer! Enjoy an uninterrupted experience with no ads. From the creators of Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, we bring you Echo Blade! A strategic, satisfying, slash 'em up puzzle game that will have you hooked from the first swipe. Ready to join our hero on a thrilling quest across 3 unique worlds? Harness your strategic skills across 21 thrilling levels, facing off against diverse enemies, each with their own distinct behaviors. FEATURES: ● Experience the juicy thrill of slashing through enemies ● 3 unique worlds to explore and conquer ● Master 21 challenging levels ● Strategically navigate through 4 unique enemy types ● Enjoy intuitive one-touch controls ● No ads - no in-app purchases WHAT'S HALFBRICK+ Halfbrick+ is a mobile games subscription service featuring: ● Exclusive access to the highest-rated games ● No ads or in app purchases ● Brought to you by the makers of Award-winning mobile games ● Regular updates and new games ● Curated by hand - for gamers by gamers! Kick off your Guest Access with 60 minutes of gameplay! If you like what you see, start your One Month free trial and play all our games without ads, in app purchases, and fully unlocked games! Your subscription will auto-renew after 30 days, or save money with an annual membership! If you have any questions, please contact our support team https://support.halfbrick.com **************************************** View our privacy policy at https://www.halfbrick.com/halfbrick-plus-privacy-policy View our terms of service at https://www.halfbrick.com/subscription-agreement

About

Pickasso

Features
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You're a painter on the factory floor. Colored pixels tumble down the supply pipe onto a moving conveyor belt, and whatever rides off the end drops straight into your canvas — bottom row first, left to right. Grab the right pixels, drop them in the right order, and the picture comes together. Get it wrong and it's part of your painting forever. PICK. PLACE. PAINT. Walk the belt with your painter. Tap a pixel to pick it up, carry it where you want it, and set it back down with PLACE. The frame fills automatically as blocks reach the end of the belt, so the whole game is a race to get the right color into the right slot before it lands. TWO WAYS TO PLAY EASY streams endless blocks with distractor colors mixed in — toss anything you don't want on the discard pile and wait for a better one. HARD deals you exactly the blocks the image needs, shuffled, with no discards. Every block must go somewhere. Every mistake is permanent. EARN YOUR POWER-UPS Power-ups aren't handed out at random — place five pixels correctly in a row and one comes down the pipe. Catch it before it rides off the end: • SLOW-MO — the belt drops to half speed (and the music slows with it) • PAINT BUCKET — arms a wildcard: the next block to land becomes exactly the color that cell needs • CHISEL — pops your most recent wrong pixel back out • MAGNET — carry it, place it, and every block on the belt slides over to gather there • PREVIEW LENS — ghosts the finished picture inside your frame for six seconds 13 HAND-CRAFTED PICTURES From a two-color 5×5 Heart to a seven-color 10×10 Rocket, auto-ranked by size, palette, and complexity. Ghosts, mushrooms, invaders, ducks, houses, fish and more. Finish a level and the next one starts automatically — the belt speeds up as you go, but never faster than you can walk. BEAT THE CLOCK Every level is timed. Placing blocks near the end of the belt saves seconds, and your fastest run is saved per level — but only a flawless 100% painting sets a record. Speed only counts when the picture is right. YOUR OWN GALLERY Every painting you finish is saved exactly as you made it, mistakes and all. Browse them all in the Gallery, and watch them fill the workshop wall in gold frames as you work through a run. PURE 8-BIT An '80s workshop rendered in chunky pixels: spinning belt rollers, a flickering work lamp, weather drifting past the windows, and a chiptune soundtrack synthesized live — a brand new melody composed for every single level. Optional CRT scanlines if you want the full cathode-ray experience. No account. No sign-up. No internet required to play. Your progress stays on your device. Pickasso is free, supported by ads between levels — or remove them forever with a single purchase.

Screenshots

Echo Blade4 screens
Pickasso4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pickasso at fortnightly against Echo Blade's every 2 months. Echo Blade's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 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. Echo Blade sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Pickasso sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo Blade ships an update every 2 months, Pickasso fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Echo Blade versus Pickasso: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho BladePickasso
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews10.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size332 MB5 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHalfbrick StudiosStackRef

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Echo Blade

Subscriptions5
  • Halfbrick+2 variants$2.991 Month
  • Halfbrick+ (Early Adopter)6 Months trial$2.991 Month
  • Halfbrick+1 Month trial$2.991 Month
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  • Halfbrick+3 variants$29.991 Year
  • Halfbrick+1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Halfbrick+$99.99
1 purchases

Pickasso

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Echo Blade free?
Echo Blade is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pickasso free?
Pickasso is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Echo Blade or Pickasso have ads?
Both Echo Blade and Pickasso show ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo Blade or Pickasso?
Echo Blade ships an update every 2 months, and Pickasso fortnightly. Most recently, Echo Blade was updated on October 20, 2026 and Pickasso on October 9, 2026.

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