Comparison

Topilo Notes vs Echo

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

Head to head
About

Topilo Notes

Capture and organize all your thoughts and ideas effortlessly. This app allows for instant note-taking without titles, letting you structure your thoughts later. It offers a rich text editor, cross-device syncing, and a clean, minimal design.

Highlights
  • Instant thought capture
  • Structure in hindsight
  • Local and offline-first
  • Sync across devices
  • Rich text editor
  • Dark mode
  • Quick navigation
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Capture thousands of thoughts and make them all useful. A notes app reimagined for handling your every thought and idea while making it easy to process, organize and review them later. - Instant thought capture with title-less notes - Structure in hindsight - capture first, organize later And of course, all must have features in a modern note app included. - Local and offline-first - Sync across devices - Rich text editor with internal links, bullet lists, etc. - Dark mode - Minimal and clean design - Quick navigation dialog for fast browsing and tagging

About

Echo

Features
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Most thoughts worth keeping arrive when typing is too slow, and most voice memos end up in a pile nobody plays back. Echo exists so that saying a thought out loud is enough. Talk for a minute about an idea, a decision, or something you need to remember, and Echo writes the note up, titles it, summarizes it, and files it under one of your categories. After a few weeks you have a searchable journal of your own thinking that you never had to organize. Capturing a thought takes one tap in the app, or a long-press on the Echo icon and New note from your Home Screen. Your words appear as you speak, so you can see the app is hearing you. There is nothing to name, tag, or file afterwards. Echo records in English (US and UK), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish (Mexico and Spain), and writes the title, summary, and tags in the language you spoke. A language is offered only when your iPhone can recognize it on the device. The app's menus are in English. Every note keeps two versions. The written-up one drops false starts and filler words but keeps your wording, numbers, and names. The original transcript is one tap away for when you want to check what you actually said. Your library is ordered by recency, category chips narrow it to one subject, and search covers titles, summaries, transcripts, and tags. Echo Pro adds search by meaning, so headache finds the note where you said migraine, and lets you ask a question across all your notes and get an answer drawn from them, with links back to each source. The Library shows how many days in a row you have recorded, and an optional daily reminder opens the recorder at a time you pick. On This Day brings back what you said a month ago and, after a year, on the same date last year. Journaling prompts help when you are not sure where to start. Echo starts with six categories and adds new ones when your notes call for them. Move a misfiled note and Echo learns from the correction. Transcription runs on your iPhone through Apple's speech recognition. The recording stays on the device, and only the text is sent to be written up. Turn on Require Face ID and Echo locks on open and after a minute away, with a cover in the app switcher. You can still record while it is locked, since a new note reveals nothing stored. Notes sync through your Apple or Google account, and recording, transcription, reading, and keyword search work offline. A free account includes unlimited recording, on-device transcription, keyword search, streaks, reminders, On This Day, the Face ID lock, sync, and 25 AI-filed notes a month of up to three minutes each. Echo Pro removes the monthly limit, allows notes of fifteen minutes, and adds search by meaning, questions across your notes, and follow-up questions. It costs $39.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $5.99 a month. Subscription Details: • Echo Pro - Annual Subscription: $39.99 per year, auto-renewable, with a 7-day free trial • Echo Pro - Monthly Subscription: $5.99 per month, auto-renewable • Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends • You can manage or cancel your subscription any time in Account Settings on the App Store • Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription Write to contact@quantdesk.in if something goes wrong or there is something you want Echo to do. Support: contact@quantdesk.in | https://quantdesk.in/support Privacy Policy: https://quantdesk.in/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://quantdesk.in/terms

Screenshots

Topilo Notes3 screens
Echo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Topilo Notes at none against Echo's 2. Topilo Notes also leads on device support (4 vs 1). Echo's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Topilo Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Topilo Notes ships an update every 8 months, Echo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Topilo Notes versus Echo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTopilo NotesEcho
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon BengtssonQuantdesk

In-app purchases

None

Topilo Notes

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Echo

Subscriptions2
  • Echo Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Echo Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Topilo Notes free?
Topilo Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Echo free?
Echo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Topilo Notes or Echo have ads?
Neither Topilo Notes nor Echo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Topilo Notes or Echo?
Topilo Notes ships an update every 8 months, and Echo every 3 weeks. Most recently, Topilo Notes was updated on September 30, 2026 and Echo on October 9, 2026.

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