Comparison

Echosy vs Steli Companion

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

Head to head
About

Echosy

Features
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Stop taking notes. Start listening. Echosy records, transcribes, and summarizes your meetings, lectures, and interviews — so you can focus on the conversation instead of scribbling. Everything runs on your iPhone, using Apple Intelligence and on-device speech recognition. No cloud required. No subscription. No account. KEY FEATURES • On-device transcription in 60+ languages Powered by iOS 26's new continuous speech engine for English, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Cantonese, Hong Kong), Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese — with seamless long-form recording and no 60-second break points. Other languages use Apple's built-in speech framework, supporting Hindi, Thai, Dutch, Vietnamese, Arabic, Russian, and many more. • Automatic AI summaries The moment you stop recording, Echosy drafts a structured summary — overview, key points, decisions, action items — using Apple Intelligence on-device. No prompt engineering, no API juggling. Just tap record, speak, and read the summary. • Ask AI about your recordings Got a question about what was discussed? Open the chat drawer and ask. Echosy answers using the full transcript as context — completely offline. • Bring your own AI (optional) Prefer a cloud AI provider instead of the on-device engine? Echosy supports a range of services through a standard API endpoint — including DeepSeek, local Ollama servers, and any compatible provider you configure. Flip one switch in Settings and Echosy routes summaries and chat through your preferred service. • Fully private by default Audio never leaves your iPhone unless you explicitly enable a cloud provider. No account creation. No analytics on your voice. No training data. Just transcription. • Re-transcribe, edit, and export Saved recordings can be re-transcribed in a different language, edited inline, and exported as Markdown, plain text, or the native .echo bundle. • Beautiful, distraction-free interface Glass-morphism design, dark and light modes, onboarding that gets out of the way. LANGUAGES SUPPORTED English (US, UK, AU, CA, IE, IN, NZ, SG, ZA), Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Hong Kong, Cantonese), Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Spain, Mexico, US, Chile), French (France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland), German (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Hindi, Thai, Dutch, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malay, Turkish, Polish, Ukrainian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian, Greek, Hebrew, Catalan, Arabic, Russian, and more. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone running iOS 17 or later • iOS 26 required for the new continuous transcription engine and on-device Apple Intelligence summaries • iOS 17–25 uses the classic speech recognition engine (still works, no downgrade) PRIVACY FIRST Echosy is designed so your voice never leaves your phone. No telemetry on your recordings. No cloud uploads unless you opt in. No sign-in. Delete the app and every trace is gone. Record better. Listen more. Let Echosy handle the rest.

About

Steli Companion

This AI assistant acts as your chief of staff, managing calls, tasks, and follow-ups to keep you organized. It can capture leads, summarize conversations, and prepare daily briefings, ensuring you never miss important business actions.

Highlights
  • AI call assistant for missed calls
  • Call transcripts and summaries
  • Lead capture and qualification
  • Daily executive briefings
  • Task and reminder creation
  • Draft email replies
  • Business memory and context awareness
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Your AI Chief of Staff Steli Companion helps business owners and busy professionals turn calls, meetings, reminders, and follow-ups into organized action. It can answer missed or forwarded calls, capture leads, summarize conversations, track callbacks, prepare daily briefings, and help you stay on top of the work that happens between customer conversations. Steli is available on mobile and web, with optional desktop workflow support through SteliDesk for approved workspaces. Never Miss What Matters • AI call assistant for missed and forwarded calls • Call transcripts, recordings, and executive summaries • Lead capture and qualification • Spam and solicitation detection • Callback reminders and follow-up tracking • Caller history and relationship awareness Start Every Day Prepared • Daily executive briefings • Priority follow-ups • Meetings and calendar events • Open tasks and reminders • Suggested next actions • Pending approvals and outstanding items Your Business Memory Steli keeps important context from calls, meetings, notes, and business knowledge so you can quickly find what happened and what needs attention. • Call history and transcripts • Meeting notes and recordings • Business knowledge and FAQs • Growth Profile learning • Assistant memory and context awareness Get Work Done • Create tasks and reminders • Draft email replies • Manage follow-ups • Place owner-approved outbound assistant calls • Support appointment and lead workflows • Chat with your assistant Work Anywhere Use Steli Companion from iPhone, the web dashboard, and optional SteliDesk Desktop Connector. With SteliDesk, approved workspaces can extend assistant workflows to selected desktop actions such as searching approved files, reading approved documents, opening files, organizing folders, and supporting legacy workflows where APIs are unavailable. Built for business owners, entrepreneurs, consultants, insurance agencies, service businesses, real estate professionals, and teams that need help staying organized. Most AI assistants answer questions. Steli Companion helps manage outcomes. Some features require an active Steli workspace, connected services, workspace setup, subscription plan, or admin approval. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stelitech.com/privacy

Screenshots

Echosy4 screens
Steli Companion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Steli Companion at none against Echosy's shown. Echosy's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Echosy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Steli Companion sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echosy ships an update weekly, Steli Companion monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Echosy versus Steli Companion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchosySteli Companion
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPong Ning WongSERVIO,O SANCHEZ

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Echosy

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
4 purchases

Steli Companion

Subscriptions4
  • Steli Companion Hydrogen7 Days trial2 variants$59.991 Month
  • Steli Companion Professional7 Days trial$99.991 Month
  • Neutronium7 Days trial$179.991 Month
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  • Steli Companion Neutronium$199.991 Month

Questions

Is Echosy free?
Echosy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Steli Companion free?
Steli Companion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Echosy or Steli Companion have ads?
Echosy shows ads; Steli Companion does not.
Which is updated more often, Echosy or Steli Companion?
Echosy ships an update weekly, and Steli Companion monthly. Most recently, Echosy was updated on October 24, 2026 and Steli Companion on October 25, 2026.

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