EchoChat vs Microfone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EchoChat
Discover real-time happenings in your local area from genuine people, cutting through social media clutter. Connect with like-minded individuals nearby and share authentic moments that persist.
- Real-time neighborhood updates
- Connect with local people
- Share persistent authentic moments
- Instant discovery of like-minded individuals
- Direct connections without small talk
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See what's really happening in your neighborhood right now. Pure signal from real people, not social media noise. Connect with minds like yours in the actual world around you. "Drop Memory" - Share your authentic moments that keep working for you 24/7 "Find Now" - Instantly see who's thinking like you in SF right this second "Jump In" - Connect with anyone, anywhere, without the small talk
Microfone
Engage in anonymous voice conversations within communities centered around shared interests. Express your unfiltered thoughts and opinions without the pressure of personal branding or appearance. Experience authentic communication where voice conveys nuance lost in text.
- Anonymous voice communities
- Connect with creators and podcasters
- Unfiltered conversations
- Voice-based communication
- Create your own community
- No personal branding
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Welcome to Microfone, the only place for actual conversation online. Connect in anonymous voice communities with your favorite creators, podcasters, and anyone who shares your interests. It's the comment section if the comment section were funny, loud, and didn't care what you look like. Cook a hot take. Try to roast a comedian. Or even discuss the heavy stuff. Nobody sees your face, nobody knows your handle, so you can say what you actually think. Voice beats text. Text flattens everything. Sarcasm dies, tone vanishes, the joke doesn't land. Voice gets the meaning and gets you: your timing, delivery, and energy. You hear a real person, not a wall of words. Why anonymous? No personal brand to manage. No reputation on the line. Say what you really think, ask what you're actually wondering, be as unfiltered as the moment calls for. What do people talk about? Honestly, whatever your corner of the internet likes. If you don't find a community for you, start one.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: EchoChat at fortnightly against Microfone's every 4 months. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for EchoChat against 5.0 for Microfone. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
EchoChat ships an update fortnightly, Microfone every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EchoChat | Microfone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Iditor, Inc. | Microfone Holdings Inc |
Customer experience
EchoChat
Microfone
In-app purchases
EchoChat
No in-app purchases
Microfone
No in-app purchases
