Hangouts vs Echo Too
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
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 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
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 4.4. 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.
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.
| Parameter | Hangouts | Echo Too |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 91.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — 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 | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sriram Krishnan | Benaya Assefa |
Customer experience
Hangouts
Echo Too
In-app purchases
Hangouts
No in-app purchases
Echo Too
No in-app purchases









