Comparison

Echo Mind vs Nimbus8

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

Head to head
About

Echo Mind

This AI-powered assistant transforms spoken thoughts into organized journal entries, actionable tasks, and insightful summaries. Capture ideas hands-free and reflect on your thoughts and mood over time. Designed for simplicity, it helps you focus on your thinking.

Highlights
  • Voice journaling
  • AI task extraction
  • Smart summaries
  • Reflection and mood tracking
  • Hands-free productivity
  • Simple interface
Features
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Echo Mind turns your voice into organized thoughts. Just speak naturally and Echo Mind transforms your voice into journal entries, tasks, and insights instantly. ********* Echo Mind is your AI-powered voice journal and thinking assistant. Instead of typing notes, simply speak. Echo Mind captures your thoughts and organizes them into meaningful summaries, tasks, and reflections. Perfect for: • journaling your day • capturing ideas • organizing tasks • reflecting on your thoughts • thinking out loud KEY FEATURES Voice Journaling Speak naturally and instantly turn your thoughts into structured journal entries. AI Task Extraction Mention something you need to do and Echo Mind converts it into actionable tasks. Smart Summaries Your voice entries are summarized into clear insights so you can review them later. Reflection & Mood Understand how you think and feel over time. Hands-Free Productivity Capture ideas anywhere - while walking, driving, or working. PRIVATE & SIMPLE Echo Mind is designed for simplicity and clarity so you can focus on your thoughts. ********* For the Terms of Use (EULA) please refer to the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Nimbus8

Run powerful AI models directly on your iPhone or iPad without sending data to servers. This app offers local chat, coding assistance, image generation, translation, and more, with advanced features available through a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • On-device AI model execution
  • Local chat and coding assistance
  • Image generation and translation
  • Background agents and scheduling
  • Hybrid local/web search
  • Speech-to-text and text-to-speech
  • Cross-module memory and recall
Features
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Nimbus8 is an on-device AI studio for iPhone and iPad. Run open models locally — chat, code, search, vision, image generation, audio, translation, and background agents — with nothing sent to Nimbus servers for inference. Gale (chat) is free forever. Download models from Hugging Face, attach photos and PDFs, and stream replies entirely on your device. Nimbus8 Pro (one-time in-app purchase) unlocks: • Cirrus — repo-aware coding agent with inline diffs • Ashe — confirm-first background agents and scheduled Hands • Mist — hybrid local search with optional web layer • Mirage — on-device image generation • Stratus — camera, OCR, and vision Q&A • Overture — speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and audio tools • Zephyr — on-device translation • Haze — cross-module memory and recall Built native in Swift with a Rust core. No Nimbus account required. Optional cloud inference. No telemetry. Models you choose are downloaded to your device and run locally. Processing stays on your phone unless you explicitly enable optional network features (such as web search or a BYOK cloud provider in Cirrus). Purchase Nimbus8 Pro once through Apple In-App Purchase. Restore anytime with your Apple ID. Family Sharing follows Apple's IAP rules. Privacy policy: https://trynimbus.org/privacy.html

Screenshots

Echo Mind4 screens
Nimbus83 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Nimbus8 at 6 against Echo Mind's 1. Echo Mind's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Echo Mind sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Nimbus8 sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Echo Mind holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nimbus8 has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Echo Mind versus Nimbus8: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho MindNimbus8
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—88.9% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB270 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAnatolii LukovnikovRobert Georges Jr.

Customer experience

Echo Mind

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Nimbus8

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Echo Mind

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Nimbus8

One-time2
  • 3-day TrialFree
  • Nimbus8 Pro - Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Echo Mind free?
Echo Mind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nimbus8 free?
Nimbus8 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Echo Mind or Nimbus8?
Echo Mind is rated higher. Echo Mind averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Nimbus8 averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Echo Mind or Nimbus8 have ads?
Neither Echo Mind nor Nimbus8 shows ads.

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