Comparison

Echo Step vs Northdown

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

Head to head
About

Echo Step

Features
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A path that closes behind you. Find the way out with the echo, which copies your every move. [Simple rules, deep play] โ€ข White collapses the moment you leave it. โ€ข Gold stays safe, every time. โ€ข Red takes the whole board with it the moment you leave one. โ€ข The echo moves with you, erasing the path alongside you. Trap the echo, or use it? Every stage has a solution that has been verified. Don't be afraid to fail - make your own way through. [Four characters, four abilities] โ€ข ANGEL - crosses up to two squares. โ€ข ROBOT - turns the block under it gold, so it holds. โ€ข GHOST - trades places with its echo. โ€ข ALIEN - comes back to life, and picks where. [Features] โ€ข Light enough for one hand, in portrait or landscape โ€ข Nothing to interrupt you (no forced ads, no sign-up) โ€ข 200 stages

About

Northdown

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Northdown is a 3D gravity puzzle. Your character cannot climb โ€” so you tip the whole world instead. Swipe, the world rotates, the blocks tumble, and a wall becomes a floor. 100 hand-built levels. Free, offline, no wifi needed. A GRAVITY PUZZLE GAME WHERE THE WORLD MOVES, NOT YOU Gravity is the move. Rotate the world 90ยฐ and every block falls somewhere new โ€” including you. Each level is a small floating world with exactly one way out, and finding it feels like a trick you taught yourself. If you have played a gravity puzzle before, you have not played one that turns the whole map. 100 LEVELS ACROSS 21 PAINTED PLACES Balloon skies, waterfall islands, a red canyon, temples in the clouds, the aurora, deep space, and lava spires at the very end. The sky changes every fifth level, and the light on the blocks follows it. A 3D GRAVITY MAZE IN YOUR POCKET Every stage is a small 3D maze built out of gravity blocks. Walk, tip, watch it fall, walk again. Simple to pick up, and the later levels are a genuine brain teaser. STARS, NOT TIMERS Every level has a shortest route. Match it for three stars. Nothing counts down, nothing runs out, nothing blocks you from playing. A relaxing puzzle game you can put down and pick straight back up. A NEW PUZZLE EVERY DAY The daily puzzle is the same one for everybody in the world. Build a streak โ€” one free streak freeze a week forgives a missed day. SIX CHARACTERS TO EARN Sprocket the field medic, Rajan, Kofi, Zahra, Wisp and Bolt. Each has their own walk, their own voice and their own way of celebrating. Unlocked by playing, never by paying. PLAYS OFFLINE, ANYWHERE No account, no sign-in, no internet. An offline puzzle game for flights, commutes and dead zones. BUILT FOR ONE HAND Two on-screen pads: left walks, right tips the world. Portrait only, one thumb, any time. ACCESSIBLE Reduce-motion and colour-blind modes are built in. Coins are earned by playing and spent on hints, an extra undo, or a skip when you are truly stuck. Optional ads pay coins, and a one-time purchase removes the ads between levels forever. If you like gravity puzzles, isometric puzzle games, 3D logic games and brain teasers, Northdown was built for you.

Screenshots

Echo Step4 screens
Northdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Echo Step at none against Northdown's 5. Northdown's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Northdown sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Echo Step asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo Step ships an update every 3 weeks, Northdown every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Echo Step versus Northdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho StepNorthdown
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size16 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJOO HYUN SUNGRevelar Solutions Private Limited

In-app purchases

None

Echo Step

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Northdown

One-time5
  • 500 coins$0.99
  • 2,000 coins$2.99
  • Remove ads$5.99
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  • 6,000 coins$6.99
  • Everything pack$8.99

Questions

Is Echo Step free?
Echo Step is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Northdown free?
Northdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Echo Step or Northdown have ads?
Both Echo Step and Northdown show ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo Step or Northdown?
Echo Step ships an update every 3 weeks, and Northdown every 3 days. Most recently, Echo Step was updated on October 24, 2026 and Northdown on October 31, 2026.

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