Comparison

Echo for Lemmy vs Bubble for Mastodon

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Bubble for Mastodon

A lightweight, user-friendly Mastodon client designed for a seamless experience. It offers essential features like content filtering, multiple timelines, and a rich post composer, with optional enhancements for power users.

Highlights
  • Powerful content filter
  • Multiple timeline views
  • Rich post composer
  • Grouped notifications
  • Attachment saving (Bubble+)
  • Multiple account support (Bubble+)
Features
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Bubble is a very simple native lightweight Mastodon client, that is meant to look soft and easy-to-use. It integrates perfectly with your Mastodon account, and matches your vibe, while having Mastodon-only features. Bubble also includes a ton of features you know and love: - A powerful content filter - Report user content - All of your favorite timelines: Home, Trending, Local, and Federated - Trending hashtags - A rich post composer with polls, emojis, and attachments - Suggestions - Grouped Notifications - A restricted user list Bubble+ also allows you to get a handful of useful features such as attachment saving, more accounts... And there is so much more to see! ==================================================== Bubble+ Terms of Service: https://d.lumaa.fr/tosplus Bubble is not affiliated with Mastodon gGmbH.

Screenshots

Echo for Lemmy4 screens
Bubble for Mastodon4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Echo for Lemmy at 100% against Bubble for Mastodon's 50%. Echo for Lemmy also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). Bubble for Mastodon's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 for Lemmy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Bubble for Mastodon sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bubble for Mastodon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Echo for Lemmy's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bubble for Mastodon's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo for Lemmy ships an update every 5 days, Bubble for Mastodon every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Echo for Lemmy versus Bubble for Mastodon: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho for LemmyBubble for Mastodon
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB34 MB
Age rating17+17+
Developerrrainn, Inc.Philippe Bondevine

Customer experience

Echo for Lemmy

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bubble for Mastodon

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Echo for Lemmy

Subscriptions2
  • Standard$1.491 Month
  • Standard$11.991 Year
3 purchases

Bubble for Mastodon

Subscriptions3
  • Bubble+ • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Bubble+ • 3 Months$4.793 Months
  • Bubble+ • Yearly$17.991 Year

Questions

Is Echo for Lemmy free?
Echo for Lemmy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bubble for Mastodon free?
Bubble for Mastodon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Echo for Lemmy or Bubble for Mastodon?
Bubble for Mastodon is rated higher. Echo for Lemmy averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Bubble for Mastodon averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Echo for Lemmy or Bubble for Mastodon have ads?
Neither Echo for Lemmy nor Bubble for Mastodon shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo for Lemmy or Bubble for Mastodon?
Echo for Lemmy ships an update every 5 days, and Bubble for Mastodon every 3 weeks. Most recently, Echo for Lemmy was updated on October 4, 2026 and Bubble for Mastodon on October 1, 2026.

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