Comparison

Echo vs Tribes

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

Head to head
About

Echo

This app allows users to receive and send anonymous questions and confessions from friends and others. Users can respond with text, photos, or stories, and engage with content anonymously. It also features communities and trends for broader interaction.

Highlights
  • Receive anonymous questions
  • Send anonymous questions
  • Answer with text, photo, or video
  • Anonymous commenting and liking
  • Join interest-based communities
  • Participate in daily trends
  • Share personal link for questions
Features
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Echo is a place where people ask you honestly. Friends send you anonymous questions and confessions, and you answer the way you want: with text, a photo or a story. No one knows who asked — so people ask about things they'd never say out loud. Here you can: - Get anonymous questions from friends and from people who've wanted to write to you for a long time. - Ask anyone anything — your name stays with you. - Answer story-style: photo, text, video. - Vote in polls about your friends and find out why they picked you. - Send emotions and crushes when words are hard. - Comment on and like your friends' answers anonymously. - Join communities based on your interests and find people nearby. - Join trends and answer the question of the day together with everyone. - Share your link in your story — and collect questions from there. How it works: 1. Create a profile and get your personal link. 2. Drop it in your story, a chat or your profile bio. 3. Read what people wrote to you and answer. Echo is about curiosity, not rudeness. You can block anyone, turn off questions, and no one can make you publish an answer. Echo Plus is an auto-renewable subscription: see who viewed your stories and get statistics for your posts. The price and period are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://echovibe.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://echovibe.app/privace.html

About

Tribes

Features
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Meet people around the world through shared interests. Chat across 9 languages with real-time translation, let AI keep the conversation going when you're stuck, and watch your world map light up with every new country. Whether you're into photography, travel, indie music, fitness, gaming, or looking for a language exchange partner, Tribes helps you find people you genuinely click with. ■ Feed: Let People Find You Through Your Interests Share what you care about, and AI automatically adds interest tags to your posts so like-minded people can find you. Posts from other countries are automatically translated into your language, too. Like what you see? Follow them. Want to talk? Send a message and say hi — just start chatting. ■ Meet Someone, Light Up a Country Every time you meet someone from a new country, that country lights up on your world map. Your map starts out all gray. Watch your progress climb across the six continents, then share "My World Map" with friends. ■ Stuck? Let AI Keep It Going When a conversation stalls, tap Keep It Going. AI looks at where your chat left off and suggests a direction for your next line, in the tone you choose: Friendly, Witty, Curious, and more. Whether to send it or edit it is always up to you. (Keep It Going is available in conversations that have already started, with a usage limit.) ■ Language Is No Barrier: Real-Time Translation in 9 Languages You type in English, they read it in their own language. Chat messages and feed posts are translated automatically across 9 languages: Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and German. ■ Interests, Personality Traits & MBTI Introduce yourself with interest tags, personality traits, and your MBTI, so you know whether you'll click before you even say hello. ■ Free Sign-Up, No Phone Number Needed Sign up with just your email — no phone number, no credit card. Complete your basic profile to get: ・The feed with AI interest tags ・Follow people you're interested in and message them directly ・Real-time translation in 9 languages for chats and posts ・Light up and share your world map ・Explore people from around the world by country ■ Tribes Is for You If You... ・Have clear interests and want to meet people you genuinely click with ・Are learning a language and want a partner to actually speak with ・Are getting ready to travel, study abroad, or go on a working holiday and want to meet locals first ・Want to meet people from different cultures and countries ■ Start Safe, Get to Know People at Your Own Pace All accounts require email verification, uploaded photos are reviewed, and Tribes is for users 18+ only. Report or block inappropriate behavior in one tap. Content and accounts that violate our Community Guidelines will be handled accordingly. Questions or suggestions? Contact us at service@tribes.asia Privacy Policy: https://www.tribes.asia/en/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.tribes.asia/en/terms

Screenshots

Echo4 screens
Tribes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tribes at none against Echo's 6. Echo's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support 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 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Tribes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo ships an update every 8 days, Tribes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Echo versus Tribes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchoTribes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews3.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB214 MB
Age rating+1717+
DeveloperECHOCOM OUBrainstorm Digital Communications Corp.

Bugs and requests

Echo

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Cannot register or log in
  • Payments not received
  • Emotions not appearing
  • App not loading/crashing
  • Login issues after update
Show 14 more
  • Authorization problems
  • Balance discrepancies (coins disappearing)
  • Notifications not always received
  • App not loading at all
  • Error on answering questions
  • Cannot cancel subscription
  • Stories hidden in VK
  • Issues with daily trends
  • Free functions becoming paid
  • Cannot search for people
  • Cannot unblock users
  • Login fails repeatedly
  • App crashes on startup
  • Cannot log in via VK

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add unblock user function
  • Integrate VK profile
  • Add VK login option
  • Add more login methods (not just iCloud)
  • Clarify purpose of emotions
Show 1 more
  • Open comments in VK group

Tribes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Echo

Subscriptions1
  • Echo Plus$0.997 Days
One-time5
  • 100 Coins$0.99
  • 300 Coins$2.99
  • 500 Coins$4.99
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  • 1000 Coins$9.99
  • 2500 Coins$24.99
None

Tribes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Echo free?
Echo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tribes free?
Tribes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Echo or Tribes have ads?
Tribes shows ads; Echo does not.
Which is updated more often, Echo or Tribes?
Echo ships an update every 8 days, and Tribes every 5 days. Most recently, Echo was updated on November 5, 2026 and Tribes on October 31, 2026.

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