Comparison

Ghost vs Echo Too

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

Head to head
About

Ghost

This messaging app prioritizes user privacy with end-to-end encryption and anonymous profiles. It collects minimal metadata, ensuring conversations remain confidential and invisible to third parties.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Anonymous profiles
  • Minimal metadata collection
  • No phone number required
  • Secure file sharing
Features
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Ghost is your ultra-private messaging companion—designed from the ground up for total peace of mind. With Ghost, your conversations stay truly yours: End-to-End Encryption Every message, image, and file is encrypted on your device and only decrypted on the recipient's device. Not even we can read your chats. Encrypted Voice Calling Make crystal-clear, one-on-one voice calls protected by the same encryption standards as your messages. Calls ring through even when your phone is locked, so you never miss an important call. Anonymous Profiles No phone numbers, no email addresses. Connect with friends and communities without revealing personal information. Group Chats Bring your circle together in encrypted group conversations without sacrificing the privacy you expect from every one-on-one chat. Minimal Metadata We collect only what's strictly necessary—such as app version and crash logs—to keep the service running smoothly. No ad tracking. No analytics. Whether you're a privacy advocate, a whistleblower, or simply someone who values discretion, Ghost keeps your conversations—and your calls—private and protected from prying eyes. Download now and start talking with complete confidence.

About

Echo Too

Discover and share local hangouts, experiences, and meetup ideas. Browse nearby posts, save plans, and connect with friends around activities. Find and organize spontaneous, social, or memorable experiences.

Highlights
  • Discover nearby hangouts
  • Share meetup ideas
  • Save plans to try
  • Connect with friends
  • Organize experiences
Features
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Echo Too helps you discover places, events, and hangouts — and find people to go with. Browse spots and activities near you, save plans and itineraries, and turn “we should go sometime” into a real outing. When you want company, Duo connects you one-to-one around the same plan, and Group Up helps you join group hangouts. After you connect, keep talking in messages so the details stay in one place. Share what you’re doing with photos and videos, follow friends, and build a simple profile so people know what you’re into. Whether you’re looking for a place to go, an event to join, or someone to go with, Echo Too keeps plans and people together. Features: • Places, events, and hangouts to explore • Plans and itineraries you can save and revisit • Duo — meet one person around the same plan • Group Up — join group hangouts and chats • Messages after you connect • Photos and videos on posts and profiles • Report and block tools to help keep the community safe Echo Too is designed for people 13 and older. Be respectful, follow Community Guidelines, and report anything that doesn’t feel right.

Screenshots

Ghost4 screens
Echo Too4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ghost at every 4 weeks against Echo Too's every 2 months. Ghost also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Echo Too's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Echo Too holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ghost has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ghost ships an update every 4 weeks, Echo Too every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Ghost versus Echo Too: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGhostEcho Too
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKacper OselkaBenaya Assefa

Customer experience

Ghost

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Echo Too

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

In-app purchases

None

Ghost

No in-app purchases

None

Echo Too

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ghost free?
Ghost is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Echo Too free?
Echo Too is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ghost or Echo Too?
Echo Too is rated higher. Ghost averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Echo Too averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Ghost or Echo Too have ads?
Neither Ghost nor Echo Too shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ghost or Echo Too?
Ghost ships an update every 4 weeks, and Echo Too every 2 months. Most recently, Ghost was updated on October 3, 2026 and Echo Too on October 7, 2026.

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