Comparison

Echoes vs Sounds from Beyond

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time text-based gameplay
  • Branching storylines and multiple outcomes
  • Meaningful player choices
  • Dynamic narrative progression
  • Immersive ambient audio
  • Character emotional state tracking
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Interactive noir mystery
  • Fully voiced narration
  • Cinematic illustrations
  • Atmospheric sound design
  • Branching narrative choices
  • Available in English and Spanish text
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Echoes4 screens
Sounds from Beyond4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sounds from Beyond sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Echoes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Echoes versus Sounds from Beyond: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchoesSounds from Beyond
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (14 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB250 MB
Age rating17++12
DeveloperAnLune LLCCarlos Marcano

Customer experience

Echoes

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sounds from Beyond

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Echoes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sounds from Beyond

One-time1
  • Full Game Access$1.99

Questions

Is Echoes free?
Echoes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sounds from Beyond free?
Sounds from Beyond is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Echoes or Sounds from Beyond?
Echoes and Sounds from Beyond are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 14 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Echoes or Sounds from Beyond have ads?
Neither Echoes nor Sounds from Beyond shows ads.

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