Buzzit vs HushedEchoes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buzzit
Discover and book services from talented students on your campus, including beauty, tutoring, and photography. Connect directly with providers, build your brand, and enjoy a completely free marketplace verified by .edu email.
- Discover campus talent
- Book services in seconds
- In-app chat and coordination
- Build your provider brand
- Search and filter services
- .edu verified users
- 100% free to use
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Buzzit is the local marketplace for UC Davis students and the Davis community. Sell what you no longer need, offer a service you are good at, or post a request for something you are looking for, and deal directly with people nearby. BROWSE WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT Home, search, listings and the Requests board are open to read. Sign in only when you want to save, reserve, message or post. TWO WAYS IN UC Davis students sign in with their university email. People who live in the Davis area join with a phone number and a Davis-area ZIP code, and confirm they are 18 or older. There is no password either way: we send a one-time code, and that is the whole sign-in. KNOW WHO YOU ARE DEALING WITH Every person shows a Student, Community or Team badge. A badge says only how someone joined. Students can keep a listing or request for students only, and can choose to see only what students posted. LISTINGS AND SERVICES Post items or services with photos, a price and a meet-up spot, or give something away for free. Buyers reserve, you confirm, and you settle between yourselves. Buzzit never takes payment and never charges a fee. REQUESTS Looking for something? Post a request and let people nearby reply. MESSAGES AND REVIEWS Chat inside the app to arrange a meet-up, then leave a review once an order is done. A SAFER LOCAL MARKETPLACE Every listing, request, review and message can be reported, and any person can be blocked. Sellers can add self-reported credentials to their profile; Buzzit does not verify them. PRIVACY No ads, no trackers, no location tracking. Photo location data is removed before upload. Read the full policy at legal.thebuzzitapp.com/privacy.
HushedEchoes
This app allows you to speak your thoughts and tasks aloud, and it automatically organizes them. It can create reminders, capture your feelings, and allow trusted contacts to help with tasks. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with end-to-end encrypted chats.
- Voice-activated task creation
- Mood journaling
- Private sharing circles (Umbrellas)
- End-to-end encrypted chats
- Anonymous public posting
- AI assistance for tasks and queries
- Multi-language support (English, Hindi, Hinglish)
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Say it once, out loud. That is the whole app. Talk about your day for a minute and HushedEchoes does the sorting. What needs doing becomes a task with a reminder. What it felt like stays yours. And the people you trust can quietly take something off your plate, without you having to ask twice. No forms. No typing. No streaks to keep up. SPEAK, AND IT SORTS ITSELF Open it and talk, even from the lock screen or with Siri. Your own words come back as your own words, with the next steps pulled out and timed for you. One recorder, everywhere. YOU ALWAYS KNOW WHO CAN SEE IT Every echo says it in one word: just me, your umbrella, or the world. You choose when you save, and you can take a share back. UMBRELLAS: YOUR PEOPLE, WITHOUT THE EXPLAINING An umbrella is a private circle. Family. Your partner. The two friends who actually show up. A team. Every single time you share, you choose what travels: • The moment, in your words • How the day felt, or nothing at all • The tasks, so someone can pick one up Then somebody takes the bank call off your list before you get to it. QUIET BY DEFAULT No notification asks for permission until you set your first reminder. Your mood stays quiet unless you choose to send it. Your words never leave your account unless you share them. Chats inside an umbrella, including voice messages, are end to end encrypted. No ads, no feed, no likes, no follower count. SPEAK THE WAY YOU ACTUALLY SPEAK English, Hindi and Hinglish work in the same sentence. You never have to translate yourself first. ASK ECHO Ask about your day, your tasks, or what is still open in an umbrella. It shows you what it can do, confirms what it did, and anything that changes something shared asks you first. Undo is one tap away. A WORLD THAT LISTENS Post your words anonymously under a board name and read what other people are carrying today. Only your words go to the world, never your voice. Nobody is counting anybody's likes. WHAT YOU CAN COUNT ON • Free right now • You decide what every umbrella sees • AI features ask for your consent. Audio and text may be sent securely for transcription or an answer • Delete your account and its data from inside the app • For adults age 18 and older HushedEchoes supports everyday planning and reflection. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition. It is not a therapy or emergency service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Buzzit at 19 against HushedEchoes's 1. HushedEchoes's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Buzzit against 5.0 for HushedEchoes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buzzit has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Buzzit ships an update every 10 days, HushedEchoes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buzzit | HushedEchoes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Parinita Gupta | Harshal Goyal |
Customer experience
Buzzit
HushedEchoes
In-app purchases
Buzzit
No in-app purchases
HushedEchoes
No in-app purchases









