Comparison

Competitions vs Echo

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

Head to head
About

Competitions

Features
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Competitions is your personal competition diary for endurance sports. Record your completed racesβ€”from 5 km to Ironmanβ€”for triathlon, running, swimming, and cycling. Save times, distances, rankings, and personal notes, compare seasons, identify trends, and celebrate personal bests. Discover public profiles of other athletes and be inspired by their competition histories – with clear privacy settings, you remain in control at all times. Highlights Record competitions: date, distance, time, pace/speed, ranking, notes – quickly and in a structured way. Multisport: triathlon (all distances), running, swimming, cycling. Progress & personal bests: trends across seasons, personal records, milestones. Filter history: sport, year, event – always keep track. Discover profiles: View public profiles, draw motivation from the community Share (optional): Share results with friends or your club Optional: Data synchronization with Strava/Garmin (if activated) Why Competitions? Everything in one place instead of chaotic spreadsheets Visible progress motivates in the long term Slim, fast, no distractions – focus on the essentials Privacy & control Fine-grained visibility: you decide what is public (profile, events, times) GDPR-friendly, transparent settings, changeable at any time Make your competition history visible – from your first 5K run to long distance. Start now with Competitions and tell your sports story! EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.manuel-hohlwegler.de/competitions/datenschutz

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Echo

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Echo creates one complete Strava activity from your equipment data and watch heart rate. It also puts split activities back together β€” when your watch died mid-run, you accidentally stopped, or you paused too long between sets. When you do a spinning or rowing class, your gym equipment records power, cadence, and speed β€” while your watch records heart rate. Both end up on Strava as separate, incomplete activities. Your equipment shows fake heart rate data. Your watch is missing power and cadence. Echo fixes this in one tap. And when a single workout ends up as two or three separate activities β€” because of a gap, a restart, or a device switch β€” Echo finds the pieces and puts them back together. HOW IT WORKS 1. Work out as normal β€” gym equipment, watch, or both 2. Open Echo β€” it finds matching activities and shows what data comes from where 3. Tap to upload β€” one complete activity on Strava, originals hidden from your feed Your Strava activity now shows real heart rate alongside power, cadence, and speed. Strava computes Relative Effort and Training Load from the actual data. WORKS WITH Gym equipment: β€’ Spinning bikes via Spivi, Technogym, Peloton β€’ Rowing machines via ErgData / Concept2 β€’ Any equipment that syncs via a vendor app Running and outdoor: β€’ Runna, Garmin, COROS, Polar β€’ Any app that records to Strava or Apple Health Heart rate from your watch via Apple Health. PRIVACY All processing happens on your iPhone. Echo sends anonymous usage statistics to help improve the app β€” no names, no activity data, no health data. No third-party analytics. No ads. Full privacy policy: echo.stephankurz.com/privacy DETAILS β€’ Power, cadence, speed, distance, altitude, GPS, and heart rate β€’ Combines split activities with pause events preserved β€’ Standard FIT files with per-source device attribution β€’ Preserves activity name, type, gear, and description β€’ Hides originals from your Strava feed (optional) β€’ Skips already-uploaded activities Requires a Strava account and iOS 17+.

Screenshots

Competitions4 screens
Echo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Echo at none against Competitions's 3. Competitions's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Competitions sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Echo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Competitions ships an update weekly, Echo every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Competitions versus Echo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCompetitionsEcho
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly β€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size106 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer/ HOHLWEGLERStephan Kurz

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Competitions

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$44.99
None

Echo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Competitions free?
Competitions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Echo free?
Echo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Competitions or Echo have ads?
Neither Competitions nor Echo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Competitions or Echo?
Competitions ships an update weekly, and Echo every 3 weeks. Most recently, Competitions was updated on October 13, 2026 and Echo on September 29, 2026.

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