Echo for Lemmy vs Arctic For Lemmy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Arctic For Lemmy
This native iOS client provides a private and ad-free way to experience the Fediverse. Browse feeds with embedded content, engage in conversations with a rich markdown editor, and enjoy customizable features for seamless navigation and notifications.
- Ad-free and tracker-free experience
- Native media viewing (photos, videos, GIFs)
- Rich markdown editor for content creation
- Customizable swipe gestures
- Unlimited account switching
- Push notifications for accounts and communities
- Content filtering by keyword
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Arctic For Lemmy is a free and native iOS client for Lemmy. In the spirit of the Fediverse, Arctic is completely free and private. No data of any kind will be collected from your device, and no pesky advertisements, Ever. Arctic was built specifically for iOS and runs natively on pure Swift. Enjoy browsing feeds with embedded content that keeps you out of the browser, and in the app. Engage in the conversation using the rich markdown editor, and intuitive post composer Key Features: • No advertisements or trackers, ever • Native support for media, photos, videos, gifs, etc • Robust media viewer to view content in full detail • Rich link previews in posts and comments • Customizable swipe gestures to make navigation a breeze • Account quick switcher, supports unlimited accounts • Community switcher, quickly jump between communities • Account push notifications, badges, replies, mentions, messages, reports, applications • Community push notifications. customizable notifications for communities based on filters • Content filters, exclude content by keyword • Smart cache keeps browsing fast, and storage freed • Rich markdown editor for composing new content • Upload manager for keeping control of uploaded media • Highly customizable UI with custom theme support • Lemmy Explorer integration, browse Lemmy Explorer directly in the app • Full-featured client, if you can do it on this website, you can do it in Arctic Visit Arctic's community at !arctic@lemmy.world to keep up with the latest changes and provide feedback.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Echo for Lemmy at 100% against Arctic For Lemmy's 55%. Echo for Lemmy also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). Arctic For Lemmy's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (23 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Arctic For Lemmy sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Arctic For Lemmy holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Arctic For Lemmy has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Echo for Lemmy's written reviews are positive against 55% of Arctic For Lemmy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Echo for Lemmy ships an update every 5 days, Arctic For Lemmy every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Echo for Lemmy | Arctic For Lemmy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.4 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | rrainn, Inc. | Dana Buehre |
Customer experience
Echo for Lemmy
Arctic For Lemmy
In-app purchases
Echo for Lemmy
- Standard$1.491 Month
- Standard$11.991 Year
Arctic For Lemmy
- Kind Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$5.99
- Bountiful Tip$9.99
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- Supporter Tip$19.99
Questions
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