Venty vs Echo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Venty
This AI companion offers a private space to discuss any topic, providing personalized support and insights. It remembers your conversations, helps you understand yourself better, and offers tailored guidance for emotional growth and stress management.
- AI-powered conversational support
- Personalized emotional insights
- Ongoing conversation history
- Relationship analysis from messages
- Guided 12-session growth plans
- Private and secure communication
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Venty is an AI emotional support companion you can talk to about anything, any time. It remembers your story, helps you understand yourself, and checks in when it matters. Work stress, overthinking, worry, family, friendships, relationships, loneliness, or a day that just didn't go right. Venty listens, asks the questions that help you see why, and helps you work out what to do next. More than 500,000 messages have been sent to Venty. Venty requires a subscription. You can download it and answer a few questions about what you'd like help with for free. Everything below needs an active Venty subscription. WHAT YOU GET WITH A VENTY SUBSCRIPTION TALK IT THROUGH Type or speak to Venty whenever something's on your mind, day or night. It's one ongoing conversation, so you never have to start from scratch. IT REMEMBERS YOUR WHOLE STORY Venty remembers the people, events and patterns you've talked about, and keeps a timeline of what's changed. You can see what Venty has learned about you and remove anything you don't want it to keep. SUPPORT THAT FITS HOW YOU FEEL Choose how Venty responds: listen while you get it all out, help you explore why, or offer advice on what to try next. Make it gentler or more direct, just for today or for good. SEE YOUR RELATIONSHIPS CLEARLY Import a conversation from iMessage, WhatsApp or Instagram and get a private relationship report: communication compatibility, attachment styles, how you two really talk, and green, yellow and red flags. Ask questions about your messages and see the moments behind each answer. KNOW WHAT TO SAY Use Venty inside iMessage to turn a rough draft into the message you actually mean, before you send it. MAKE PROGRESS OVER TIME Follow a personalised 12-session plan built around what you want to change. Each session builds on the last. A CHECK-IN, WHEN IT MATTERS Venty can check in after a big moment or at a time you choose, then pick up right where you left off. YOUR THOUGHTS STAY PRIVATE Lock Venty with Face ID. What you share is encrypted on the way to Venty and is never sold or used for advertising. To reply, Venty sends what you share to the secure AI and storage services that power it. You can delete an imported conversation, or your whole account, at any time. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION - Venty offers auto-renewing subscriptions. Plans, lengths and prices are shown in the app before you buy. - Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. - Your subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. - Manage or cancel your subscription any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.useventy.com/ios-terms-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.useventy.com/ios-privacy-policy IMPORTANT Venty is a self-help and emotional support tool, not a healthcare provider. It isn't therapy, medical care or a crisis service, and it doesn't diagnose or treat any condition. If you're in crisis or thinking about harming yourself, contact your local emergency number or a crisis line right away. In the US, call or text 988.
Echo
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Echo is a journal that listens back. Most journaling apps give you a blank page. Echo gives you something that actually responds — a quiet, thoughtful presence that reads what you write and reflects it back with honesty, not empty validation. Write or speak whatever's on your mind. Echo listens, remembers across entries, and helps you notice the patterns you can't see yourself — the loops, the avoidances, the things that keep coming up. — Brain-dump by text or voice, whenever you need to — Echo reflects back with real insight, never generic affirmations — Notices patterns and themes across your entries over time — A weekly reflection that shows you the shape of your week — Private by design, built for how you actually think Echo isn't a therapist and isn't a replacement for one. It's a space to think out loud and be met with something that pays attention. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hiecho.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Echo at none against Venty's shown. Echo also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Venty sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Echo sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Venty ships an update fortnightly, Echo weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Venty | Echo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (681 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 43.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 681 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Malachy Doyle | Timothee Le Roy |
In-app purchases
Venty
- Venty Monthly$9.991 Month
- Venty Weeky$9.997 Days
- Venty Premium Monthly$14.991 Month
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- Venty Monthly2 variants$14.991 Month
- Venty Monthly$19.991 Month
- Venty Yearly2 variants$49.991 Year
- Venty Annual$59.991 Year
- Venty Annual3 Days trial$79.991 Year
Echo
- Echo Plus$6.991 Month
- Echo Pro Monthly$10.991 Month
- Echo Plus Annual$49.991 Year
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- Echo Pro Annual$79.991 Year









