Comparison

ECHO vs eliza

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

Head to head
About

ECHO

Features
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"Find Resonance in Your Solitary Exploration." See the threads, and the questions not yet asked. Right after a session ends is often when your mind is fullest. Countertransference lingers, a boundary question remains unresolved, and an unasked question keeps circling—yet your next human supervision session is still days away. ECHO is not a clinical supervisor and does not provide professional supervision. It is a case-reflection and independent client-management workspace for counselors and psychotherapists—supporting everyday reflection, client organization, and preparation for your next session or qualified human supervision. [ CORE CAPABILITIES ] - Independent Client Profiles & Session History Create a dedicated profile for each client to organize consultation type, frequency, core concerns, risk observations, and session progress over time. Client profiles, scheduling, and session records work independently without requiring a reflection report. - Practice Calendar & Clinical Scales Manage upcoming appointments and daily session flow in one view. Prepare and send standard clinical scales (PHQ-9, GAD-7, PCL-5) before sessions begin. - On-Device Transcription & Selective Submission Capture what stayed with you in text or use on-device audio transcription to review pauses, repetitions, and key moments locally—then decide which de-identified excerpts to submit for reflection. - Framework-Informed Case Reflection Using psychology frameworks, ECHO organizes therapeutic technique, working alliance, ethical boundaries, and transference/countertransference clues into testable hypotheses and structured reflection questions—keeping private reflection separate from SOAP notes, DAP notes, and formal clinical records. - Practice Statistics & PDF Handover Review consultation hours, active clients, and session trends locally on your device. Export clean A4 PDF reflection reports for your physical case folder or to share with your human supervisor (for remote or in-person supervision). - Privacy by Design & Private iCloud Continuity Activate across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with one License Key—no traditional account registration required. Session text is encrypted in the app's local database (AES-256), with continuity across your Apple devices through your own private iCloud container. Off-device analysis begins only when you actively submit selected text. ECHO performs a two-pass identifiable-information check before analysis and before report delivery; if safe processing cannot be confirmed, analysis stops, no report is returned, and the credit is refunded. [ PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES & DISAMBIGUATION ] ECHO is designed strictly for licensed counselors, psychotherapists, and qualified mental health practitioners (and supervised trainees within applicable ethical rules). It is not intended for client or patient use. ECHO does not provide professional supervision, establish a supervisory relationship, diagnose conditions, issue treatment instructions, handle crisis intervention, serve as an EHR or formal medical-record system, or replace qualified human supervision and professional judgment. ECHO on echo.gifts is not affiliated with Project ECHO or Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes. Privacy Policy: https://echo.gifts/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://echo.gifts/terms/

About

eliza

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Eliza is an AI-assisted clinical supervision workspace for therapists, mental health professionals, and psychology learners. It helps you think through cases with more structure, clarity, and continuity. Bring together case material, clinical reflections, session notes, and training work in one calm workspace; then use AI support to draft summaries, explore formulation angles, prepare session-support materials, and practice with simulated client conversations. With Eliza, you can: - Create and manage case workspaces. - Organize structured or open-text case material. - Generate AI-assisted summaries, case formulation support, session plan drafts, and to-do lists. - Save important outputs and reflections to a therapy journal. - Practice with simulated client conversations in training mode and receive feedback. - Use supported languages, including English and Turkish. Eliza is designed to support professional thinking, supervision, and training. It does not replace your clinical judgment. You remain responsible for confidentiality, consent, ethical obligations, professional decisions, and review of all AI-assisted outputs. Eliza is not a crisis service, emergency service, medical device, electronic health record, diagnosis tool, treatment tool, or replacement for professional judgment. Eliza is free to download and includes a Basic plan. Some advanced features require an optional Pro auto-renewable subscription purchased separately through Apple In-App Purchase. Pricing, billing period, and renewal terms are shown in the app before purchase and may vary by country or region. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://eliza-dev-ee2df.web.app/index.html

Screenshots

ECHO4 screens
eliza4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ECHO at none against eliza's shown. eliza's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. ECHO sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and eliza sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
ECHO versus eliza: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterECHOeliza
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB27 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLIANG SHANBref Games

In-app purchases

4 purchases

ECHO

One-time4
  • 10 Credits$12.99
  • 50 Credits$51.99
  • 100 Credits$90.99
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  • ECHO License$149.00
1 purchases

eliza

Subscriptions1
  • Eliza Pro$4.991 Month

Questions

Is ECHO free?
ECHO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is eliza free?
eliza is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ECHO or eliza have ads?
eliza shows ads; ECHO does not.

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