Ghost vs Echo Too
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- End-to-end encryption
- Anonymous profiles
- Minimal metadata collection
- No phone number required
- Secure file sharing
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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.
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.
- Discover nearby hangouts
- Share meetup ideas
- Save plans to try
- Connect with friends
- Organize experiences
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Ghost | Echo Too |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kacper Oselka | Benaya Assefa |
Customer experience
Ghost
Echo Too
In-app purchases
Ghost
No in-app purchases
Echo Too
No in-app purchases









