Symphony vs echo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Symphony
This app transforms your Apple Music listening experience into a personalized dashboard. Track your top songs, artists, and listening habits with detailed statistics, custom charts, and home screen widgets. It also integrates features like Shazam, Last.fm scrobbling, and local file playback.
- Detailed listening statistics
- Customizable widgets
- Shazam integration
- Last.fm scrobbling
- Local file playback
- CarPlay support
- Customizable themes and icons
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Symphony turns Apple Music into your personal listening dashboard. See your stats like never before, top songs, artists, albums and genres, total listening time, daily trends, streaks, and a year-round calendar of everything you play. Then go further: identify songs with Shazam, scrobble to Last.fm, play local files, and take it all to CarPlay. Symphony Connect: switch audio seamlessly between multiple devices. YOUR LISTENING STORY • Top songs, artists, albums & genres • Listening time, daily trends & streaks • Listening calendar heatmap & clock • Weekly standouts & all-time favorites • Hidden gems in your library • Build custom charts in Insights Lab • Home Screen stat widgets • Apple Intelligence powered AI summary for Music Insights. MAKE APPLE MUSIC YOURS • Themes, 10 accent colors & app icons • Fully customizable CoverFlow • Playlist artwork collages • Custom library sorting & tabs • Crossfade & sleep timer • Mini player controls & Seek HUD DISCOVER & MANAGE MORE • Shazam from the Lock Screen or Control Center • Apple Music Radio • Play local MP3s & audio files • Artist info & upcoming concerts • Block artists you don't want to hear • Playlist backup & restore • Last.fm scrobbling • CarPlay & Siri Symphony makes Apple Music feel personal, visual, and powerful, without the clutter. Download Symphony and rediscover your music. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
echo
This app unifies your music listening experience by allowing you to share tracks across Spotify, Apple Music, and SoundCloud. Discover new music, find local events, and see where friends are attending.
- Cross-platform music sharing
- Discover new music
- Find local concerts and festivals
- Share photos and event locations
- See friends' event attendance
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Share music seamlessly across Spotify, Apple Music, and SoundCloud. Echo brings your favorite platforms together, making it easy to share what you're listening to and discover new music. Discover local concerts and festivals, share your photos and see where your friends are going as well. Echo is music sharing reimagined.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: echo at none against Symphony's 3. echo also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 59%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. Symphony sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. echo asks for nothing beyond the download.
echo holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 89 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Symphony's written reviews are positive against 85% of echo's.
Symphony ships an update every 9 days, echo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Symphony | echo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (35 ratings) | 4.6 (89 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews | 84.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 | 89 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Heshan Pathirana | Garner Hasler |
Customer experience
Symphony
echo
In-app purchases
Symphony
- Symphony Pro: Apple Music Stats$4.991 Month
- Symphony Pro: Apple Music Stats$12.991 Year
- Symphony Pro Lifetime$29.99
echo
No in-app purchases
