Comparison

Radio Echo vs Rap Lab

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

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About

Radio Echo

This app provides Russian-speaking listeners in the Chicago area with news, entertainment, and live call-in shows. It caters to a diverse audience and offers customized radio advertisements for businesses.

Highlights
  • Russian-language news and information
  • Live call-in shows
  • Arts and entertainment reviews
  • Russian entertainment and concerts
  • Customized radio advertisements
  • Translation and script writing services
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Radio Echo has been providing Russian-speaking listeners residing in the Chicago Metropolitan Area with truthful and objective information for over twenty years. The original concept of “American radio station in the Russian language” has worked since 1987 and continues to grow as more & more Russian-speaking people have immigrated to Chicago. The popularity and growth of New Horizons Radio is unprecedented. Our audience demographics cater to not only Russians, but also Ukrainian, Belarusian, Armenian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Polish, Bulgarian and other Russian-speaking people. New Horizons Radio has more than 500,000 listeners. The largest Population Russian speaking lives in Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, Wheeling, Skokie, Northbrook, and Highland Park. Our programs currently feature a whole variety of radio shows. We have live call-in shows, arts and entertainment reviews etc. specifically tailored to our audience. Some features and specific news broadcasts are even “sponsored” by our advertisers. In addition, we provide Russian entertainment and concerts that are very popular with our listeners and often sell out the first day. . This large coverage area makes our radio station accessible for the sizeable Ukrainian community residing in Ukrainian village as well as for thousands of Lithuanians living on the south side & suburbs all advertising campaigns on our radio station have proved to be extremely successful. New Horizons can produce any kind of radio advertisement customized for your company. We staff an advertising department that offers a full range of services including translation, interpretation, script writing, and full production. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Rap Lab

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Anybody can have bars. Rap Lab is the recording studio for rappers who don't have a studio. Import your own beat, step into the Vocal Booth, and record your bars. Then use the Wave Timeline to see your vocal sitting right against the beat — and Line It Up to shift your timing until it locks. Export the whole mix as one clean audio file and share it anywhere. WHAT RAP LAB DOES: Beat Deck — Import any audio file as your backing track. Adjust beat volume with a live slider. Vocal Booth — Record your bars with a real-time live meter showing your vocal energy. Wave Timeline — See your beat waveform and vocal waveform side-by-side. Watch the playhead move through your track. Line It Up — Slide your vocal take −2 to +2 seconds against the beat until your timing is on point. Studio Transport — Play your beat and vocal mix together in real time before committing to export. Mixdown Export — Renders your beat and vocal into one finished .m4a audio file with your volume levels and timing baked in. Share it to SoundCloud, WhatsApp, iMessage, or anywhere. ONE PURCHASE. NO MONTHLY BILL. Rap Lab is built for artists who shouldn't have to pay monthly rent just to record a verse. Try one full session free, then unlock once and keep the full studio forever — unlimited recording, full mixdown export, and every feature in the app. No subscription. No recurring charge. No gotcha. BUILT FOR BEGINNERS STARTING OUT: You don't need a producer. You don't need studio time. You don't need expensive gear. Record a freestyle over a beat you found online, line up your vocal timing, and mix it down on your phone. The Wave Timeline makes it easy to hear exactly where your flow sits in the track — something most studio apps never show you. "This is the first app that actually showed me where my timing was off. The waveform timeline changed how I record." — early beta user Rap Lab requires microphone access to record vocals. Free tier includes 1 session with 1-minute recording cap. One-time in-app purchase removes all limits. No subscription.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Radio Echo at 2 against Rap Lab's —. Radio Echo also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.4). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Radio Echo sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Rap Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Radio Echo versus Rap Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRadio EchoRap Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — better—
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB4 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperEcho of the PlanetMaxwell Kelly

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Radio Echo

Subscriptions2
  • EchoRadio Ad-Free Monthly$2.991 Month
  • EchoRadio Ad-Free Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time6
  • Donation $5$5.00
  • Donation $10$10.00
  • Donation $20$20.00
Show 3 more
  • Donation $50$50.00
  • Donation $100$100.00
  • Donation $200$200.00
1 purchases

Rap Lab

One-time1
  • Full app purchase$2.99

Questions

Is Radio Echo free?
Radio Echo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rap Lab free?
Rap Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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