Comparison

Echo Grid vs Layers

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Neural network decryption gameplay
  • Cyberpunk aesthetic
  • Glassmorphism UI
  • Synthwave soundtrack
  • Logic-based challenges
  • Pattern echoing mechanics
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Four daily mini-games
  • Final sixteen-word connection puzzle
  • LetterLock, Anagram, Crossword, Word Search
  • Daily new puzzles
  • Streak tracking
  • Stats tracking
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Echo Grid4 screens
Layers4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo Grid ships an update every 11 days, Layers monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Echo Grid versus Layers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho GridLayers
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (137 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—137 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#195 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKalika MathurHidden Layer Labs LLC

Customer experience

Echo Grid

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Layers

All ratings27 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Echo Grid

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Layers

Subscriptions2
  • Layers+ Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Layers+ Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Echo Grid free?
Echo Grid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Layers free?
Layers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Echo Grid or Layers have ads?
Both Echo Grid and Layers show ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo Grid or Layers?
Echo Grid ships an update every 11 days, and Layers monthly. Most recently, Echo Grid was updated on October 16, 2026 and Layers on October 31, 2026.

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