Echo vs Snippet Keyboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Echo
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Record anything in high quality, then read it back as searchable text ā all on your phone. Echo is a complete voice recorder with on-device transcription: no time limits, no account, no cloud. Your recordings never leave your device. Capture lectures, meetings, interviews, memos, and song ideas with a single tap, then turn your voice into text you can search, copy, and export ā privately, even in airplane mode. WHY ECHO Most transcription apps live in the cloud, lock you into a subscription, and cap your free recordings. Echo flips that: unlimited recording length and count, lossless WAV and FLAC, an editor for WAV recordings, and on-device speech to text ā free, offline, and private. RECORD WITHOUT LIMITS - Unlimited recording length and number of recordings ā never capped - Record in M4A (AAC), WAV, or lossless FLAC - Mono or stereo recording - Pause and resume; drop markers to bookmark key moments - Background and lock-screen recording that survives a screen-off - Auto-save on interruption ā a call or low battery never loses your audio - A beautiful live waveform that reacts to your voice in real time ON-DEVICE TRANSCRIPTION - Turn speech into text right on your device ā no internet required - Tap any line of the transcript to jump to that moment in the audio - Karaoke-style highlighting that follows along as you listen - Copy, edit, or export the full transcript as plain text - Works in many languages, depending on what your device supports FIND ANYTHING YOU SAID - Full-text search across every recording title AND every transcript - Find that one thing someone said in seconds - Organize with folders, color tags, notes, and favorites EDIT WAV RECORDINGS - Trim, split, delete sections, and fade ā all on your device - Every edit is saved as a new recording; the original is always kept - Rename and organize without sending audio anywhere LISTEN YOUR WAY - Playback speed from 0.5x to 3x, silence-skip, A-B repeat, skip forward and back - Background playback, sleep timer, and markers on the waveform PRIVATE BY DESIGN - Recording, transcription, and editing work offline, on your device - No account, no sign-up ā your recordings and transcripts are never uploaded - Back up and restore your audio and transcripts yourself, on your terms - Import audio files from your phone to transcribe them - Perfect for sensitive interviews, meetings, and personal memos WHO IT IS FOR - Students recording lectures and study notes - Professionals capturing meetings and quick memos - Journalists recording and transcribing interviews - Musicians saving melodies and song ideas - Anyone who wants a fast, private, reliable voice recorder Echo is free and supported by ads shown only at natural breaks ā never during a recording, never during playback, and never over your transcript. An optional one-time upgrade removes the ads where it is offered; every feature stays free without it. Note: Call recording is not supported, in line with platform rules and consent laws. Transcription runs on-device and is best-effort ā availability and accuracy vary by device and language; recording always works regardless. Download Echo and start capturing ā in high quality, fully searchable, and completely private.
Snippet Keyboard
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Snippet Keyboard does exactly one job: it puts your saved phrases one tap away, in every app. Switch to it with the globe key when you need it, tap a bubble, and your full snippet is inserted ā greetings, work replies, addresses, emails, anything you type over and over. Then switch right back to your normal keyboard. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT ⢠No typing engine, no autocorrect, no bloat ā it's a snippet panel, not a keyboard replacement ⢠Tiny and fast: inserts are instant ⢠Organize snippets into categories with emoji labels ⢠Filter bubbles narrow a category in one tap: A+B needs both, A,B needs either ⢠Multi-line snippets, and long-press any bubble to preview the full text ⢠Undo takes back the last insert; the Clear key wipes what you were typing, and Undo brings it back ⢠Keyboard size: Compact, Standard or Tall ⢠Starter packs: ready-made customer-support replies in English, Chinese, French, Spanish and Vietnamese ⢠Import/export your library as a simple YAML text file ā the same file works on iOS and Android ⢠Dark and light mode, iPhone and iPad ⢠Available in 15 languages NEW: POP-UP BUBBLES Press and hold a pop-up bubble, slide to a snippet, let go ā it's inserted. Snippets inside a pop-up are hidden from the main keyboard, so even a big library sits behind a few fixed buttons that never move. Filters still work exactly as before. DYNAMIC SNIPPETS Create a snippet from any https:// URL you choose ā tapping it fetches and inserts live content (your public IP, a status line, anything your server returns). ⢠Extraction rules pick out just the value you need from a JSON or HTML reply ⢠Add text before and after the reply, so a live value lands inside a full sentence ⢠Optionally send the text you're typing to your URL and replace it with the reply ā handy for rewriting or translating a sentence. It's off by default and set per snippet, under Advanced; Undo puts your text back PRIVACY FIRST ⢠No analytics, no tracking, no ads, no accounts ⢠Your snippets stay on your device ⢠The network is used ONLY when you tap a dynamic https:// snippet you created yourself ⢠No typing engine: the keyboard doesn't store what you type, and only sends it for a dynamic snippet you've set to do so ⢠Full Access is optional ā it's needed only for dynamic snippets. Static snippets work fully without it PLANS ⢠Free: 20 inserts a day, unlimited snippets ⢠Pro: 100 inserts a day ā one-time purchase, no subscription ⢠Unlimited: no daily limit ā auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly Bought Pro before these plans existed? You keep unlimited inserts. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The Unlimited subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trinh.uk/snippetkeyboard/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Echo at none against Snippet Keyboard's 1. Snippet Keyboard's advantage is update cadence (daily vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Snippet Keyboard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Echo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Echo ships an update monthly, Snippet Keyboard daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Echo | Snippet Keyboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 16.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gunawan Santoso | SENPRINTS LLC |
In-app purchases
Echo
No in-app purchases
Snippet Keyboard
- Snippet Keyboard Pro$4.99









