Comparison

Echoed vs Osmium Chat

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

Head to head
About

Echoed

A private space for close-knit groups to connect through servers, direct messages, and voice/video calls. Organize events, manage tasks, and customize your experience without ads or algorithms.

Highlights
  • Servers and DMs
  • Voice and video calls
  • Event and task management
  • Customizable profiles and themes
  • Real-time messaging
  • No ads or algorithms
Features
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Not an office, not a feed, not another thing trying to sell you something. A private space for the people who matter — your friend group, your gaming crew, your small community — built warm and weird on purpose. — WHAT YOU GET — Servers and DMs Drop into a server for your crew or slide into DMs. Channels, categories, roles, pins, replies, reactions, threads, stickers, custom emoji — everything you'd expect, none of the enterprise bloat. Voice and video calls One-tap voice for quick chats, group video for movie nights, and full server voice channels so you can keep the conversation going while you play. Events and tasks, right in the chat Plan the next session without leaving the server. Calendar channels for events and RSVPs, task boards for coordinating who's doing what. No more third-party schedulers. Make it yours Custom status, per-server profiles, themes, activity indicators, stickers, emoji packs. The app feels like your space, not ours. Real-time and reliable Built on a modern realtime stack so messages, calls, and presence just work — fast, live, no refresh-button energy. Quiet by default No ads. No algorithm. No "people you may know." We don't data-mine your conversations. You choose who sees what. — THE VIBE — Echoed is dark-first, warm, and a little bit rebellious. Golden accents because we're not sterile-corporate-blue. Late-night-basement vibes because that's where the good conversations happen. Design that respects the fact that you're talking to people you actually know. — FOR — • Friend groups that want a private place that feels like home • Gaming squads coordinating raids, drops, watch-parties • Small communities, book clubs, study groups, creative collabs • Anyone tired of platforms that treat a chat app like a billboard — COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION — • Belarusian translation revised and enhanced by @lenify Echoed is free, private, and built with care. Your people. Your space. Your echo.

About

Osmium Chat

Experience fast, reliable, and private messaging with a global server network. This app offers a free, public API for developers and is independently owned with a privacy-first approach, ensuring no ads or data harvesting.

Highlights
  • Fast global messaging
  • Reliable on unstable connections
  • Private data infrastructure
  • Free public API for developers
  • No ads or data harvesting
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FAST - Built on a network of servers distributed around the world to keep messaging and voice fast anywhere. OPEN - Free, public API lets developers build custom bots, integrations, and clients without restrictions. RELIABLE - Built to deliver your messages even on slow or unstable connections. PRIVATE - Your data is stored in your region in our custom-build private infrastructure. INDEPENDENT - Privately owned and privacy first - no ads, no data harvesting, just messaging.

Screenshots

Echoed4 screens
Osmium Chat3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Echoed at 5.0 against Osmium Chat's 4.0. Echoed also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and device support (3 vs 1). Osmium Chat's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Echoed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmium Chat has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Echoed's written reviews are positive against 60% of Osmium Chat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echoed ships an update monthly, Osmium Chat every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Echoed versus Osmium Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchoedOsmium Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB71 MB
Age rating17++12
DeveloperMashrafi RahmanUncollapse

Customer experience

Echoed

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Osmium Chat

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Echoed

No in-app purchases

None

Osmium Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Echoed free?
Echoed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Osmium Chat free?
Osmium Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Echoed or Osmium Chat?
Echoed is rated higher. Echoed averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Osmium Chat averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Echoed or Osmium Chat have ads?
Neither Echoed nor Osmium Chat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Echoed or Osmium Chat?
Echoed ships an update monthly, and Osmium Chat every 2 weeks. Most recently, Echoed was updated on November 9, 2026 and Osmium Chat on October 31, 2026.

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