Sada vs Echo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sada
This app converts audio and video into text, summaries, and translations using on-device AI. It supports Arabic and English, ensuring all your recordings and transcripts remain private on your device. Ideal for meetings, lectures, interviews, and more, it offers a free tier with daily limits and an optional Pro upgrade.
- Transcribe audio and video
- Record and transcribe in-app
- Summarize long recordings
- Translate transcripts
- Import various file types
- Share transcripts
- Offline AI processing
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Turn audio and video into text, summaries, and translations, completely offline. Sada transcribes Arabic and English with on-device AI. Nothing you record or import ever leaves your device — no uploads, no cloud processing. (AI models for Arabic transcription and summarization are a one-time download; after that, everything works fully offline.) Import a video or audio file, record directly in the app, and turn spoken content into accurate, readable text. What you can do • Transcribe audio and video to text • Record and transcribe directly in the app • Summarize long recordings in seconds • Translate transcripts into other languages • Import videos, audio files, and recordings • Copy, review, and share your transcripts • Keep your recordings and transcripts private on your device Perfect for: • Meetings • Lectures and classes • Interviews • Podcasts • Voice notes • Videos • Personal recordings Whether it's a quick voice note or a long meeting or video, Sada helps you turn spoken content into useful text without sending your data to the cloud. Sada is free to use for up to 5 minutes of transcription per day. Upgrade to Sada Pro for unlimited transcription, available as a weekly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Privacy Policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Echo
This app records meetings, calls, and lectures, providing summaries, decisions, and to-dos. It offers full transcripts with timestamps and allows users to ask questions about the conversation. Supports Arabic and English, with templates for various use cases.
- AI-powered meeting transcription
- Conversation summarization
- To-do list extraction
- Ask questions about recordings
- Arabic and English support
- Live transcript display
- Export notes as PDF/Word
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Talk in Arabic, English, or both. Echo hands back what matters. Echo listens to your meetings, calls and lectures, remembers every word, and gives you the summary, the decisions and the to-dos. So you can stay in the conversation, not in your notes. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap to start at the top of a meeting, a lecture or a quick thought. 2. Put your phone down and join the conversation. 3. When you stop, Echo hands back a short summary of what was said and decided, to-dos pulled from the conversation, and the full transcript with timestamps, so you can jump to any moment. BUILT FOR ARABIC AND ENGLISH Speak Arabic, English, or both in the same sentence. Echo understands Gulf, Levantine, Egyptian and Maghrebi dialects as well as Modern Standard Arabic, and the whole app works in Arabic and English. ASK ECHO Ask anything about a conversation, like "What did we decide about pricing?", and get answers drawn from what was actually said. FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR STUDIES Client meetings, team check-ins, interviews, lectures, study groups. Choose a template (meeting minutes, client meeting, lecture notes, interview and more) and keep clients, classes and projects apart in folders. SHAPED AROUND YOUR DAY • Watch the transcript appear live while Echo listens • Live Activity on your Lock Screen • Meeting reminders from your calendar, a minute before each one starts • A dictation keyboard for getting words down fast • Import audio files you already have • Attach photos to a note • Export and share notes as PDF or Word YOU STAY IN CONTROL Echo informs. You decide. It never sends, books or replies on your behalf. ECHO PRO Echo is free to try, with a monthly allowance of minutes. Echo Pro gives you unlimited minutes, unlimited Ask Echo questions and faster processing. • Echo Pro is available as a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription. The yearly plan includes a free trial. • You'll see the price and any trial length on Apple's confirmation screen before you pay. • Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. • The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.meetwithecho.ai/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.meetwithecho.ai/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Echo at 5.0 against Sada's 3.7. Echo also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Sada's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Sada sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Echo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Echo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Sada ships an update every 5 days, Echo every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sada | Echo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Basel Baragabah | CNTXT - FZCO |
Customer experience
Sada
Echo
In-app purchases
Sada
- Sada Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- Sada Pro Lifetime$39.99
Echo
- Echo Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
- Echo Pro Monthly$12.991 Month
- Echo Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year









