Echoes vs Sounds from Beyond
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Echoes
Experience a real-time text thriller where your choices directly impact a woman's survival. Receive messages as she navigates danger, and guide her escape through branching storylines and meaningful decisions. The narrative unfolds dynamically, mirroring real-world time.
- Real-time text-based gameplay
- Branching storylines and multiple outcomes
- Meaningful player choices
- Dynamic narrative progression
- Immersive ambient audio
- Character emotional state tracking
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YOUR CHOICES. HER FATE. Echoes is a tense, real-time text thriller where your words may be the only thing keeping Jacky alive. Inspired by the acclaimed Lifeline series, you become the lifeline for a woman trapped, isolated, and in grave danger: reaching out to you, a stranger, for help. A STORY THAT FEELS REAL Jacky messages you in real-time as she explores her dark, unfamiliar surroundings. She’s scared. She’s resourceful. And she’s counting on you to help her escape. Every decision you make shapes her path, influences her state of mind, and determines how the story unfolds. The game comes with multiple outcomes and branching storylines. REAL-TIME SUSPENSE THAT FOLLOWS YOU The story plays out in sync with your day. When Jacky is hiding, moving, or waiting for danger to pass, time passes for you too. You’ll receive messages when she needs you—sometimes at unexpected or critical moments—drawing you back into the tension of her world. FEATURES - A Riveting Narrative: Dive into a dark, twist-filled thriller that keeps you guessing to the end. - Meaningful Choices: Every response matters. Your decisions shape the story, Jacky’s fate, and how much of the truth you uncover. - Real-Time Gameplay: Stay connected to the story as it unfolds naturally over hours or even days. - Immersive Audio: Ambient music and sound effects heighten suspense (customizable in settings). - Emotional Depth: Track Jacky’s emotional state and inventory: each can change what she says, does, or can even survive. - Inspired by Lifeline: A modern re-imagining of the beloved real-time text adventure genre. Can you earn Jacky’s trust? Can you uncover the truth? Or will your choices lead her deeper into the dark? Download Echoes now and answer when she calls.
Sounds from Beyond
Experience a fully voiced, interactive noir mystery with cinematic illustrations and atmospheric sound. Make choices that shape the narrative as you uncover clues and confront fragmented memories. This engaging story can be completed in one evening.
- Interactive noir mystery
- Fully voiced narration
- Cinematic illustrations
- Atmospheric sound design
- Branching narrative choices
- Available in English and Spanish text
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She said yes. By morning, she was gone. Two years later, Jack Holloway is still listening for her. A forgotten clue pulls him back into the case, and into memories he may not be able to trust. Sounds from Beyond is a fully voiced interactive noir mystery told through cinematic illustrations, atmospheric sound, and a fractured first-person perspective. Read or listen as the story unfolds, then decide how Jack responds at key moments. A story you can finish in one evening, and one that stays with you longer than that. Chapter One is free, and a single purchase unlocks the rest. FEATURES • A complete noir mystery, written for iPhone and iPad • Narrated in English and Spanish, with atmospheric music and immersive sound • Bold graphic-noir illustrations • Decide how Jack responds at key moments • Read and listen in English or Spanish • No ads, subscriptions, accounts, or email sign-up Best experienced with headphones. Some memories lie. Some refuse to stay buried.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Echoes at none against Sounds from Beyond's 1. Echoes also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Sounds from Beyond sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Echoes asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Echoes against 5.0 for Sounds from Beyond. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echoes has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Echoes | Sounds from Beyond |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 250 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | +12 |
| Developer | AnLune LLC | Carlos Marcano |
Customer experience
Echoes
Sounds from Beyond
In-app purchases
Echoes
No in-app purchases
Sounds from Beyond
- Full Game Access$1.99
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