Echo vs Basic Mode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Echo
This app transcribes spoken conversations, extracts key insights, and organizes them into structured notes. It helps users stay focused during meetings and calls by ensuring all important information is captured and easily accessible.
- AI-powered summaries
- Smart key points extraction
- Ask Echo AI questions
- Google Meet integration
- Easy sharing of notes
- Team access and Workspaces
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Echo records your meetings and writes the notes for you. It works for online calls and in person conversations, transcribes in 100+ languages, and hands you a summary with the key points and action items when the meeting ends. Downloaded 360,000+ times by professionals, students, and teams.* Most note takers only handle online meetings. They send a bot into the call, it sits in the attendee list, and someone always asks what it is. Echo records from your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch instead. Nothing to invite, nothing to set up. DOES ECHO WORK FOR IN PERSON MEETINGS? That is what it was built for. Client meetings, 1:1s, interviews, lectures, site visits. Phone on the table, one tap, and you can stop writing and start listening. CAN ECHO RECORD ZOOM, TEAMS, AND GOOGLE MEET CALLS? Yes, and any other call too. Echo records from your iPhone the same way it records a conversation in the room, so the platform does not matter and there is nothing to connect. WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN THE MEETING ENDS? The full transcript, a summary of what was discussed, the key points, and the action items. Enough to write the follow up email without opening the recording again. And when you need one specific thing out of an old meeting, just ask. Echo AI searches the recording for you: what the client agreed to, when the deadline is, who owns what. FEATURES Summaries that give you the decisions and the next steps Key points, so you can jump to the part that mattered Ask Echo AI for answers about any recording Recording on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, so you can start from whatever is closest Works with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, and calls on any other platform Upload audio you already have and get it transcribed Transcription in 100+ languages Sharing by message, email, or anywhere else you work Folders and search across everything you have recorded Workspaces that keep your whole team on the same notes WHAT USERS SAY From App Store reviews in the US: "One touch and my 90min zoom meeting was summarized in seconds afterwards. This is a career changing tool for me." "If you're in a meeting, this is a must have tool. Never miss anything important!" "Really an amazing tool and very accurate transcriptions with great AI built in features." WHO USES ECHO Salespeople and consultants who need a record of what the client actually said Managers running back to back 1:1s Students recording lectures and seminars Teams that keep losing decisions between meetings IS ECHO FREE? Free to download, and you can record your first meeting straight away. Echo Plus adds longer recordings, unlimited notes, audio file uploads, and sharper summaries, and it starts with a free trial. IS MY DATA PRIVATE? Your recordings, transcripts, and summaries are end to end encrypted, and Echo follows European data protection standards. Download Echo and stop taking notes in meetings. *Total downloads as of 2026. Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/27023519 Terms of Use: https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/27023519 Questions or feedback? Reach out to us at echo.support@tappz.com
Basic Mode
Transform your phone into a focused device on a schedule. Block distracting apps, categories, and websites while keeping essential functions accessible. Create custom modes for work, sleep, or family time, with an emergency unlock option.
- Customizable focus modes
- Block apps, categories, and websites
- Scheduled blocking sessions
- Emergency app unlock
- Essential app access
- Privacy-focused design
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Basic Mode turns your iPhone into a dumb phone — on your schedule. Pick a mode — Work, Night, Family, Deep Reset, or your own — choose which apps, categories, and websites go quiet, and start a session. Distractions get blocked. Essentials like calls, messages, maps, and camera stay available. • Saved modes for work, sleep, family time, and deeper resets • Block by app, category, or website — you decide • Timeboxed emergency unlock when you truly need it • Always reversible — restore app access anytime • 100% private: no account, no tracking, everything stays on your device Built on Apple's Screen Time. Basic Mode is free to use. Pro is an optional subscription that unlocks scheduled sessions, Commitment Lock, and custom modes. Cancel anytime. Terms of Use (EULA): https://probabilityapps.com/basic-mode/terms Privacy Policy: https://probabilityapps.com/basic-mode/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Basic Mode at 100% against Echo's 39%. Basic Mode also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Echo's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 1) and chart position (#139 vs unranked). 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. Echo sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Basic Mode sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Basic Mode holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echo has 3.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Echo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Basic Mode's.
Echo ships an update every 3 weeks, Basic Mode monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Echo | Basic Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.8K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #139 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 192 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tappz Labs | PROBABILITY LLC |
Customer experience
Echo
Basic Mode
Bugs and requests
Echo
Reported bugs
2 issues- Notes not saving properly
- Transcription issues
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to save and edit notes
- Folder organization for notes
- Better customer support options
Basic Mode
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Echo
- Echo Plus (Weekly)2 variants$7.997 Days
- Echo Plus (Weekly)3 Days trial$7.997 Days
- Echo Plus (Weekly Trial)3 Days trial$7.997 Days
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- Echo Plus$14.991 Month
- plus3 Days trial$16.991 Month
- Echo Plus (Yearly)$59.991 Year
- Echo Plus (Yearly)$79.991 Year
- Echo Plus Yearly7 Days trial$89.991 Year
Basic Mode
- Basic Mode Weekly Lite$2.997 Days
- Basic Mode Weekly$4.997 Days
- Basic Mode Weekly Plus$7.997 Days









