Comparison

Echo vs Tookoo

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

Head to head
About

Echo

This app provides real-time translations for videos and apps, displaying captions in a floating window. It supports various platforms and offers both live audio and on-screen text translation, with options to save and share translated moments.

Highlights
  • Live translated captions over any video or app
  • Floating Picture-in-Picture window
  • Automatic language detection
  • On-screen text and live audio translation
  • Save and share translated sessions
  • On-device translation for speed and offline use
Features
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Live captions, floating over the app you are already watching. Echo listens to whatever is playing — a livestream, a video, the room around you — and floats the translated captions in a small window on top of it. Nothing gets covered. Nothing gets missed. THREE WAYS TO TRANSLATE • Live audio. Sound coming from any other app — Weverse, bubble, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok — translated as it plays. • On-screen text. Comments, chats, posts and menus, translated right where you are reading them. • Around me. Point your iPhone or iPad at a concert, a TV or a conversation and read along live. BUILT FOR THE HARDEST VERSION OF THIS Echo was built for K-pop fans, which is this problem with no margin for error: the live happens once, it is in Korean, and the names have to be right. • 300+ group names, member names and fandom terms, spelled the way fans actually write them. • 40+ languages, with the spoken language detected automatically. • Captions arrive while they are still talking, not after. • iPhone and iPad. On iPad, Home, history, sharing, setup and the plan screen are laid out for the bigger display. KEEP EVERY MOMENT • Every session is saved and named for you, like "Friday night live". Free keeps your latest three; Echo Plus keeps them all, to reread, copy or share. • Turn the best lines into share cards. Five styles: a single quote, both languages together, or the conversation exactly as it was said. • A translation came out wrong? One tap tells us. We read every thumbs-down. QUIET BY DEFAULT • On-screen text can translate on device, where your iPhone or iPad supports it — faster, and it works offline. Live audio always needs a connection. • No sign-up, no account. Open it and go. • Echo is not a screen recorder. It uses only the audio or screen text you choose to translate, and never bypasses DRM or platform protections. FREE EVERY DAY Echo includes a free daily translation allowance. Two optional upgrades remove it. Echo Plus. Translate past the free daily allowance, up to a 5-hour daily fair-use limit set out in the Terms of Use. Your full session history instead of only the latest three, synced across your devices. Eligible new subscribers start with 3 days free on the weekly plan, where available. Day Pass. One night, no subscription. 90 minutes of translation, valid 24 hours. — — — Echo Plus is an auto-renewing subscription available weekly, monthly or yearly. Eligible new subscribers start with a 3-day free trial on the weekly plan, where available. Some new subscribers are offered a discounted first year; it renews at that offer's own yearly price, and both the first-year and renewal prices are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in App Store settings. Price and renewal terms are shown before purchase. Day Pass is a one-time purchase granting 90 minutes of translation, valid 24 hours. It is not a subscription and does not auto-renew. Unused time expires, and a used pass cannot be restored. Privacy Policy: https://echokpoptranslate.live/privacy Terms of Use: https://echokpoptranslate.live/terms Echo is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Weverse, Bilibili, or any third-party service mentioned. Third-party names are used only to identify compatible services.

About

Tookoo

Features
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Tookoo turns two phones into a live interpreter. You speak your language — the other side hears theirs, translated in real time by AI. THREE MODES • Push-to-Talk: hold the button while you speak, like a walkie-talkie. • Talk-to-Talk: hands-free — translation starts automatically when you speak. • Listen: interprets the conversation around you discreetly into your ear, with a hold-to-reply button. INVITING IS EASY Share a QR code or a link. The other side joins right in the browser — no app, no account. Their language is already preselected from your invitation. MADE FOR REAL CONVERSATIONS • 79 languages • Live transcripts of both sides • Speaker, earpiece or headset output — tap the active output again to mute and just read • A delay gauge shows how far the translation runs behind FREE Tookoo is free and shows a short ad before a conversation starts. Conversations are limited to 60 minutes — reconnecting takes one tap. Tookoo needs an internet connection and microphone access. Voice audio is processed in the cloud for translation — see the privacy policy at tookoo.drawla.app.

Screenshots

Echo4 screens
Tookoo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tookoo at none against Echo's 1. Tookoo also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Echo's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.99 per month. Tookoo asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Echo versus Tookoo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEchoTookoo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHau-Ben ShihBritta Grabowski

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Echo

Subscriptions1
  • Echo Unlimited$5.991 Month
None

Tookoo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Echo free?
Echo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tookoo free?
Tookoo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Echo or Tookoo have ads?
Tookoo shows ads; Echo does not.

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