Echo Grid vs Layers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Echo Grid
Engage in a challenging cyberpunk puzzle game where you decrypt grids by echoing patterns. Navigate complex nodes to maintain system stability in a visually stunning environment with a synthwave soundtrack.
- Neural network decryption gameplay
- Cyberpunk aesthetic
- Glassmorphism UI
- Synthwave soundtrack
- Logic-based challenges
- Pattern echoing mechanics
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Experience a high-fidelity puzzle challenge in Echo Grid. Dive into a cyberpunk-inspired world of "Neural Network Decryption" where logic meets aesthetics. Your mission: decrypt the grid by echoing patterns and navigating complex nodes to keep the system stable. With a stunning glassmorphism UI and a deep synthwave soundtrack, Echo Grid offers a focused mental challenge that is as beautiful as it is demanding.
Layers
Engage in a daily word puzzle featuring four mini-games that reveal words for a final challenge. Uncover hidden connections by grouping words on a sixteen-word board. Enjoy a new puzzle each day and track your progress.
- Four daily mini-games
- Final sixteen-word connection puzzle
- LetterLock, Anagram, Crossword, Word Search
- Daily new puzzles
- Streak tracking
- Stats tracking
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Four mini-games. Sixteen words. One final puzzle. Layers is a daily word puzzle with a twist: every puzzle contains four mini-games, and each one reveals a word you’ll need for the final board. Solve LetterLock, Anagram, Crossword, and Word Search to uncover four hidden words. Then bring those words into the final challenge: a sixteen-word board with four hidden connections. Tap four words, submit your guess, and try to find every group before your chances run out. Some connections are easy to spot. Others are designed to trick you. A word might look like it belongs in one group, but actually fits somewhere else. The best solves come from slowing down, spotting patterns, and thinking sideways. Every day brings a new puzzle that everyone plays together. Keep your streak alive, track your stats, and share your results without spoiling the answers. Every puzzle includes: LetterLock — Guess the hidden five-letter word Anagram — Unscramble the letters Crossword — Solve the clues Word Search — Find the hidden word Final Board — Use what you unlocked to solve four hidden connections Layers is built for people who love word games, crossword clues, anagrams, word searches, pattern puzzles, and those satisfying “wait, I see it now” moments. With Layers+, you get: Full archive — Play every past puzzle No ads — Just the game Streak recovery — Protect your progress after a missed day Hints — Get help when you’re stuck Four mini-games. Four hidden connections. One daily puzzle with layers to uncover. Terms of Use: https://hiddenlayerlabs.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://hiddenlayerlabs.com/privacy Subscription auto-renews monthly or annually at the rate shown at purchase. Cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Echo Grid at none against Layers's 2. Echo Grid also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly). Layers's advantage is chart position (#195 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Layers sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Echo Grid asks for nothing beyond the download.
Echo Grid ships an update every 11 days, Layers monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Echo Grid | Layers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (137 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 137 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #195 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kalika Mathur | Hidden Layer Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Echo Grid
Layers
In-app purchases
Echo Grid
No in-app purchases
Layers
- Layers+ Monthly$4.991 Month
- Layers+ Yearly$39.991 Year









