EchoVision vs SPECTAREA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EchoVision
Experience the world through the eyes of a bat with this mixed reality art installation. Using a bat-shaped mask and your smartphone's LiDAR, visualize echoes and understand echolocation. It offers a unique perspective on non-human sensory perception and promotes ecological appreciation.
- Simulates bat echolocation
- Mixed reality art experience
- Handheld bat-shaped masks
- Smartphone LiDAR integration
- Visualizes propagating echoes
- Promotes ecocentric design perspective
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EchoVision is an interactive mixed reality art experience that simulates bat echolocation using custom-designed, handheld, bat-shaped masks based on the open-source HoloKit headset. As users initiate sounds, they experience echolocation—the remarkable navigation method bats employ in darkness—through visual representations of propagating echoes mapped onto the real-world 3D shape of the surrounding environment, scanned in real-time by the LiDAR sensor of a smartphone mounted on the masks. By providing a unique glimpse into how non-human creatures perceive their sensory world, EchoVision promotes an ecocentric design perspective, fostering interspecies understanding and appreciation.
SPECTAREA
Experience three-dimensional images without special glasses. Explore immersive 3D landscapes, architecture, and objects through a unique viewing technique. Unlock more content with the PRO version for an expanded journey into the third dimension.
- 3D image viewing without glasses
- Explore 3D landscapes and objects
- Special viewing technique required
- Includes instructions and tips
- SPECTAREA-PRO for more content
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Discover a new dimension of vision. SPECTAREA opens your way into the third dimension even without special glasses. On a magical stage the curtain opens and suddenly three-dimensional images appear ... three-dimensional landscapes ... three-dimensional architecture ... three-dimensional objects ... three-dimensional worlds. Get the SPECTAREA app on your iPhone or iPad and just try out if you can succeed the exciting journey into the third dimension. But you’ll need to look at SPECTAREA by using a special technique. As a help, you will also find some mysterious instructions and several tips And then you can also discover the entire three-dimensional world of SPECTAREA-PRO with many more magical images and numerous mysterious phenomena.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: EchoVision at 80% against SPECTAREA's 0%. SPECTAREA's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
EchoVision ships an update every 2 months, SPECTAREA monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EchoVision | SPECTAREA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Holo Interactive US, Inc. | Joachim Hartwig |
Customer experience
EchoVision
SPECTAREA
In-app purchases
EchoVision
No in-app purchases
SPECTAREA
No in-app purchases









