Thunder for Lemmy vs Echo for Lemmy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thunder for Lemmy
An open-source client for exploring the fediverse, offering multi-account support and extensive customization. Navigate communities, posts, and comments with swipe gestures and a Safari extension for seamless linking. Still in early development with more features planned.
- Open source client
- Multi-account support
- Customizable settings
- Swipe gestures
- Safari extension
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Thunder is an open source Lemmy/PieFed client for the fediverse, fully free of advertisements and trackers. Here's a peek at what Thunder offers: - Multi-account support: Login to all your accounts, and switch between them at ease - Fully customizable settings: Choose your own splash of accent, customize your own gestures, and much more - Swipe gestures: Navigate and interact with your favourite communities, posts, and comments all through customizable swipe gestures. - Safari extension: Opens Lemmy links in Thunder Thunder is still very early on in development and many more features are yet to be available!
Echo for Lemmy
This app provides a native iOS interface for Lemmy, a decentralized social platform. Discover communities, sort content, and engage with posts and comments. It offers advanced search, bookmarking, and multi-account support.
- Connect with Lemmy communities
- Sort and filter content feeds
- Upvote/downvote posts and comments
- Powerful search functionality
- Create posts via share extension
- Bookmark content
- Push notifications
- Multi-account support
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Echo for Lemmy is an iOS client for Lemmy, a community based link & text sharing decentralized social platform. - Connect with communities based on your interests. - Sort your feed by most active, trending posts, new posts, and many more. - Upvote and downvote posts & comments. - Powerful search experience to find the content you're looking for. - Create posts using share extension from any app on your device. - Bookmark posts to easily find later. - Push notification support for staying up to date with the content you care about. - Sign into multiple accounts at once and quickly switch between them. Even across multiple Lemmy instances/servers. - Fully native application with dark mode support & accessibility features. --- Upgrade to Echo+ for $1.49 USD per month or $11.99 USD per year to unlock the ability to create & edit posts, comment on posts, enable push notifications, unlock multiple account support, customize the app icon, and support future development of Echo. Echo+ auto-renews every month or year (depending on which term you select). Price may vary by location. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You may cancel/stop your auto-renewing subscription by going to your iTunes/App Store Account Settings to manage your subscription. --- Terms of Use: https://echo.rrainn.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://echo.rrainn.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Thunder for Lemmy at 3.6 against Echo for Lemmy's 3.0. Thunder for Lemmy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). Echo for Lemmy's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price and ads 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 for Lemmy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Thunder for Lemmy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Thunder for Lemmy holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thunder for Lemmy has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Thunder for Lemmy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Echo for Lemmy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Thunder for Lemmy ships an update every 2 weeks, Echo for Lemmy every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thunder for Lemmy | Echo for Lemmy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (14 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hamlet Jiang Su | rrainn, Inc. |
Customer experience
Thunder for Lemmy
Echo for Lemmy
In-app purchases
Thunder for Lemmy
No in-app purchases
Echo for Lemmy
- Standard$1.491 Month
- Standard$11.991 Year
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