Echo for Lemmy vs Interstellar
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
Interstellar
Access and interact with communities across Mbin, Lemmy, and PieFed. This open-source client provides a unified platform for engaging with your favorite fediverse content.
- Access Mbin, Lemmy, and PieFed accounts
- Interact with fediverse communities
- Open-source platform
- Bug reporting via GitHub
- Feature requests via magazine
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Interstellar is a free and open source, fediverse client, allowing you to access your Mbin/Lemmy/PieFed accounts and interact with your favorite communities. If you encounter any bugs or would like to request a feature, please report it on the GitHub repository (github.com/interstellar-app/interstellar) or the Interstellar magazine (kbin.earth/m/interstellar).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Interstellar at 4.8 against Echo for Lemmy's 3.0. Interstellar also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). Echo for Lemmy's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Interstellar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Interstellar holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Echo for Lemmy ships an update every 5 days, Interstellar every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Echo for Lemmy | Interstellar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | rrainn, Inc. | John Randall |
Customer experience
Echo for Lemmy
Interstellar
In-app purchases
Echo for Lemmy
- Standard$1.491 Month
- Standard$11.991 Year
Interstellar
No in-app purchases
Questions
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