Comparison

ECHO vs Parqués

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

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ECHO

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Your echoes are your teammates. ECHO is a time-loop puzzle: every run is recorded, and when you press ECHO, your past self replays it - step by step, loop after loop. Hold plates for each other, open doors across time, and thread paths no single runner could ever take. EASY TO LEARN, DEEP TO MASTER - 100 campaign levels across ten decades, from gentle first steps to choreographed finales - Mechanics that weave together: chained doors, counter-doors, double doors, fragile floors, beat walls, paradox boards and mirror echoes that replay your run backwards - Handcrafted signature levels where every single step must be planned FOUR WAYS TO PLAY - Campaign: 100 levels with a carefully tuned difficulty curve - Daily puzzle: one fresh board every day - keep your streak alive - Zen: endless generated puzzles in six difficulties - Time challenge: how many boards can you solve in one run against the clock? MADE WITH CARE - Completely offline: no account, no ads, no tracking, no data collection - Music is synthesized live on your device - no two sessions sound the same - Home-screen widget that grows with your streak - and hides a secret level - Game Center leaderboards and achievements - Available in 7 languages ECHO is free and complete from the first minute. The only purchases are voluntary tips for the developer - they unlock nothing. Your past self is waiting.

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Parqués

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The parqués everyone grew up with, now online and with the house rules. Two dice, four pieces and one rule that changes everything: capturing is compulsory. If you could capture and you didn't, anyone at the table can call you out and your piece goes to jail. That makes every turn two questions at once: what suits me, and what did the others notice. It is what makes this parqués and not ludo. THE REAL RULES, NOTHING TRIMMED • You leave jail on a double, or on a 1 or a 6 — which frees all four pieces at once. • The piece that captures stays put for the rest of the turn. • Three doubles in a row: your last moved piece crowns or goes to jail, whichever the table agreed. • Safe squares and the home-column entrance are off limits. • And the call-out, with its own punishment for calling it wrongly. BOARDS FOR 4, 6 AND 8 PLAYERS The eight-seat board is a party: eight colours, eight starting squares and a lap so long there is always somebody within reach. FOUR OPTIONAL VARIANTS Walls, a 20-square bonus for capturing, a 10-square bonus for crowning, and a cap of four pieces per square. You pick them when you create the table, and anyone joining sees them before sitting down. BOTS THAT ACTUALLY PLAY Three levels, and what tells them apart is not cheating but how much they fear danger. The hard one weighs what it risks on every square, watches you, and calls you out if you slip. Good for playing alone at three in the morning, and for keeping a game alive when somebody's wifi dies. NOBODY GETS STRANDED A configurable turn timer, or games with no clock and a pause everyone has to agree on. Lose connection and the game plays for you for two minutes, then hands your pieces back where it left them. If everyone drops, the game freezes and nobody loses their seat. WITH WHOEVER YOU LIKE Public tables, an invite link to drop in the group chat, friends by player number, a block list, and spectators who watch without touching anything. AND THE SMALL THINGS THAT MATTER You choose the colour others see you in. Reactions with sound, to needle the player across the table. A replay of every move, so you don't miss what happened while you looked away. Twelve achievements that come from your own record, not from a separate list. All of it in Spanish and English. No sign-up required: pick a nickname and you're in. The email account is optional and only exists so you can take your profile to another phone. THE SUBSCRIPTION, WHICH IS OPTIONAL Parqués is free and complete as it is. The subscription only removes the ads and gives unlimited lives. Monthly — USD 1.99 per month, auto-renewing. The price for your country is shown inside the app before you pay. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. It is managed and cancelled in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://pixeldunord.com/products/parques/privacy Terms of Service: https://pixeldunord.com/products/parques/terms Pixel du Nord · contact@pixeldunord.com

Screenshots

ECHO4 screens
Parqués4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ECHO at none against Parqués's 1. ECHO also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, 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. Parqués sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. ECHO asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
ECHO versus Parqués: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterECHOParqués
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucas HesseldieckBjorn Martin

In-app purchases

None

ECHO

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Parqués

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month

Questions

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

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