Comparison

LORE vs Echoes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LORE

Explore your city's streets to solve weekly murder mysteries. Uncover clues by walking to real-world locations, interrogate suspects, and name the killer within seven nights. Track your progress and compete on a detective leaderboard.

Highlights
  • Location-based clue discovery
  • Narrative-driven murder mysteries
  • Interactive suspect interrogation
  • Detective leaderboard
  • Walking streak tracking
  • Optional membership for extra content
Features
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Every week, a body. Seven nights to name the killer. Lore turns the streets you already walk into a crime scene. Each case unfolds over seven nights, and the clues are scattered across the real map around you. Head out and let your steps do the detecting — walk near a location and its clue unlocks, read into the evidence, and piece the night together. A voice in your ear. A noir narrator reads you into every case and every clue you turn up — or follow along in Story mode, where the words light up as they’re spoken. Interrogate the suspects. Everyone has a motive and an alibi. Question them in their own words, present the evidence you’ve gathered, and watch their story bend. The truth is in the contradictions. Name the killer. On the seventh night, make your accusation. Get it right and the case closes in your favour; get it wrong and it stays on your record. Your archive remembers every verdict. Walk more, solve more. Lore runs on your steps. Set a daily goal, keep your walking streak alive, and climb the detective leaderboard. Missed a night? Catch up on the trail. Join the Bureau. An optional membership unlocks replayable cases, early access to each week’s mystery, cosmetic inks and detective titles, a walking-streak freeze, and the long record of your stats. Your city has a secret. Go find it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.discoverlore.app/legal/privacy

About

Echoes

Engage in a real-time murder mystery through your phone. Investigate a disappearance by interacting with characters via chat, calls, and video, making choices that shape the narrative. Uncover clues through news feeds and an investigation board.

Highlights
  • Real-time chat and messaging gameplay
  • Branching narrative based on player choices
  • Investigative tools like a digital board
  • Live news feed integration
  • Multi-language support
  • Audio and video call sequences
Features
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A stranger adds you to a group chat by mistake. Or was it a mistake? Echoes is an interactive murder-mystery thriller where you're pulled into a crime through your phone. Set in India, the story unfolds through group chats, private messages, phone calls, and video calls — all happening in real time on your screen. Aarav, a film student, has vanished. His closest friends are desperate for answers, and somehow your number ended up in their group. Now you're caught between suspects who all have something to hide. PLAY DETECTIVE FROM YOUR PHONE Investigate the disappearance through realistic chat conversations. Read between the lines, question suspects, and piece together what happened to Aarav. EVERY CHOICE MATTERS Your decisions shape relationships with each character. Build trust or raise suspicion. The story branches based on what you say, who you believe, and what you reveal. FOLLOW THE NEWS A local news feed runs alongside the case. Jump into live comment threads, spar with journalist Priya Nair, and dig up sidestories and clues the official story leaves out. NOW IN 6 LANGUAGES Play in English, Português (Brasil), Français, Español, Deutsch, or Italiano — full dialogue, not just menus, reviewed line by line by native speakers. IMMERSIVE FEATURES - Live audio and video call sequences that put you in the moment - Subtitles on video calls, with a CC toggle you control - A digital investigation board to connect evidence and track leads - Voice clone technology that puts YOUR voice into the story - Atmospheric soundtrack and cinematic storytelling DESIGNED TO FEEL REAL Every notification, every typing indicator, every read receipt — Echoes blurs the line between game and reality. The characters feel alive because they respond to you, not at you. Episodes 1 through 6 are available now. New episodes coming soon. Download Echoes. Read the messages. Trust no one.

Screenshots

LORE4 screens
Echoes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Echoes at 50% against LORE's 0%. Echoes also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). LORE's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). 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. LORE sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Echoes sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Echoes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echoes has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of LORE's written reviews are positive against 50% of Echoes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LORE ships an update every 4 days, Echoes monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LORE versus Echoes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLOREEchoes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB285 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKresimir GalicAnubhav Sahu

Customer experience

LORE

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Echoes

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

LORE

Subscriptions2
  • The Bureau Monthly$3.991 Month
  • The Bureau Yearly$22.991 Year
One-time5
  • Coffee$0.99
  • New Case$2.99
  • City Pass$3.99
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  • Patron$8.99
  • The Bureau · Founding$69.00
5 purchases

Echoes

One-time5
  • Voice Re-record$1.99
  • Media and Premium choices Pack$2.99
  • Voice Pack$2.99
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  • AI Chat Access$2.99
  • Premium Pass$6.99

Questions

Is LORE free?
LORE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Echoes free?
Echoes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LORE or Echoes?
Echoes is rated higher. LORE averages 3.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Echoes averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do LORE or Echoes have ads?
Neither LORE nor Echoes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LORE or Echoes?
LORE ships an update every 4 days, and Echoes monthly. Most recently, LORE was updated on October 24, 2026 and Echoes on October 25, 2026.

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