Comparison

Hangouts 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

Hangouts

This app simplifies coordinating plans and events with friends. It allows group planning for rides, money requests, and conflict resolution. Users can also share photos and track ETAs to see friends' locations.

Highlights
  • Coordinate and manage events
  • Create and join rides
  • Request money from friends
  • Report and vote on conflicts
  • Track friend ETAs and locations
  • Upload to group photo albums
  • Smart chat for conflict detection
Features
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HANGOUTS - MAKING PLANS WITH FRIENDS JUST GOT EASIER Hangouts lets you coordinate and manage events with friends - all in one place! Create a Hangout and invite your friends. PLAN WITH FRIENDS Create and join rides, request money from your friends, chat, and sort out conflicts. Finally, everyone can plan together in one place. TRACK ETAs Toggle your location on for a specific Hangout, and see a map of where your friends are and how long it will take them to get to the location. This is useful for planning, or while waiting for friends while you’re at the Hangout. UPLOAD TO A GROUP PHOTO ALBUM Attendees of the Hangout can upload pictures to a group photo album. Pictures last for 30 days, so friends can download photos long after the Hangout ends. Download all photos with the tap of a button. DISCOVER PLACES NEARBY Wanting to plan with friends but don’t know where to go? Hangouts will suggest nearby places, and with one tap, you can plan an event there. CREATE PUBLIC & COMMUNITY EVENTS The public events feature allows you to plan events for people nearby. After a review process, you can create public and community events for people in a 40 mile radius. More is on the way! Check our social media platforms for more information!

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

Hangouts4 screens
Echo Too4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Echo Too at 5.0 against Hangouts's 4.4. Hangouts's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). 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 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hangouts has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hangouts ships an update every 4 weeks, Echo Too every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hangouts versus Echo Too: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHangoutsEcho Too
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (15 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB30 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSriram KrishnanBenaya Assefa

Customer experience

Hangouts

All ratings15 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

Echo Too

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

In-app purchases

None

Hangouts

No in-app purchases

None

Echo Too

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hangouts free?
Hangouts 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, Hangouts or Echo Too?
Echo Too is rated higher. Hangouts averages 4.4 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Echo Too averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hangouts or Echo Too have ads?
Neither Hangouts nor Echo Too shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hangouts or Echo Too?
Hangouts ships an update every 4 weeks, and Echo Too every 2 months. Most recently, Hangouts was updated on October 11, 2026 and Echo Too on October 24, 2026.

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