Comparison

Echo Step vs Ballaze

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — 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] • White collapses the moment you leave it. • Gold stays safe, every time. • Red takes the whole board with it the moment you leave one. • 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] • ANGEL - crosses up to two squares. • ROBOT - turns the block under it gold, so it holds. • GHOST - trades places with its echo. • ALIEN - comes back to life, and picks where. [Features] • Light enough for one hand, in portrait or landscape • Nothing to interrupt you (no forced ads, no sign-up) • 200 stages

About

Ballaze

Features
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Tilt the whole board. Every marble rolls until it hits a wall. Line up three of a kind and they vanish. No timer. No move limit. Nothing chasing you. Ballaze is a puzzle you solve with your head, not your reflexes. Swipe in any direction and the entire board shifts at once — every marble on it. Read the board, plan the cascade, watch it fall into place. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT Every level has a mathematically proven minimum number of moves. We ran a solver over each one before shipping it, so when you earn three stars, you matched the optimal solution. No level is padded, no level is impossible. Marbles never spawn. The board only empties. Every move is reversible with one tap. HOW IT PLAYS • Swipe up, down, left or right — the whole tray tilts • Marbles roll until something stops them • Three or more in a row or column clear • Chain reactions happen on their own • Clear the board to finish the level WHAT YOU'LL MEET Stone pillars that block the roll. Bridges you build by dropping a marble into a hatch. Vortexes that swallow the marbles you don't need. Pits you have to steer around. Each one is introduced on its own level, with nothing else in the way, so you learn it before it matters. ALSO INSIDE • 120 levels, hand-verified • Daily tasks and a login streak • Marble skins and board themes to unlock • Hints when you're stuck • Works offline — no account, no internet • Seven languages Free to play.

Screenshots

Echo Step4 screens
Ballaze3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Echo Step at none against Ballaze's 1. Ballaze's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). 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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Ballaze sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Echo Step asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Echo Step ships an update every 3 weeks, Ballaze every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Echo Step versus Ballaze: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEcho StepBallaze
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJOO HYUN SUNGMaksym Kiryanov

In-app purchases

None

Echo Step

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Ballaze

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$5.99

Questions

Is Echo Step free?
Echo Step is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ballaze free?
Ballaze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Echo Step or Ballaze have ads?
Both Echo Step and Ballaze show ads.
Which is updated more often, Echo Step or Ballaze?
Echo Step ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ballaze every 4 days. Most recently, Echo Step was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ballaze on October 27, 2026.

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