Comparison

Lost Echo vs Arrog

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

Head to head
About

Lost Echo

Embark on a sci-fi mystery adventure to find a missing girlfriend. Explore 3D environments, solve puzzles, and interact with characters to uncover the truth behind her disappearance. This story-driven experience captures the spirit of classic adventure games.

Highlights
  • Story-driven sci-fi mystery
  • Point-and-click adventure gameplay
  • Explore fully 3D environments
  • Solve puzzles
  • Interact with characters
  • Uncover the truth
Features
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"A richly defined, innovative experience [...] capturing the spirit of traditional adventure gaming with all the potential the platform has to offer." > 4.5/5 AdventureGamers.com In the near future Greg's girlfriend Chloe mysteriously disappears in front of him. He starts a desperate search for her. What happened? Why does no-one else remember her? Solve puzzles, explore fully 3d environments, interact with numerous characters, solve the mystery and find the truth. But will the truth be enough? Lost Echo is a story driven, visually ambitious, sci-fi mystery point and click adventure game.

About

Arrog

Embark on a short, enigmatic puzzle adventure through dreams. This hand-drawn, black-and-white game with color accents explores themes of death and acceptance, guided by a poetic narrative and a unique soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Hand-drawn art
  • Black-and-white world with color accents
  • Enigmatic puzzles
  • Poetic narrative
  • Hand-crafted soundtrack
  • Latin American folklore themes
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Help a man travel through his dreams, as he must learn to accept his own death. Arrog is an enigmatic puzzle adventure game featuring hand-drawn art and set in a black-and-white world with color accents. • Playtime between 20-30 min • Make sense of a bizarre world made out of traditional animations and portrayed in a unique black-and-white artstyle in this intense narrative experience • A hand-crafted soundtrack will accompany you as you progress through each segment of the story • Discover puzzles along your journey that you will decipher through simple interactions and logic • Experience another view about death and what it represents, based on Latin American folklore • Immerse yourself in this short but poetic tale without words

Screenshots

Lost Echo4 screens
Arrog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lost Echo at 4.6 against Arrog's 3.6. Lost Echo also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 54%). Arrog's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.49) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Lost Echo costs $4.49 and Arrog $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lost Echo holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 86 and 110 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Lost Echo's written reviews are positive against 54% of Arrog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lost Echo ships an update fortnightly, Arrog every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lost Echo versus Arrog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLost EchoArrog
Price$4.49$2.99 — better
Rating4.6 (86 ratings) — better3.6 (110 ratings)
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews — better53.6% of reviews
Number of ratings86110 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size444 MB233 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperKickBackPlaydigious

Customer experience

Lost Echo

All ratings86 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews575 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral8.2%
Negative15.8%

Arrog

All ratings110 ratings
Positive55.5%
Neutral19.1%
Negative25.5%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive53.6%
Neutral17.1%
Negative29.3%

User reviews

Lost Echo

From 86 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent story and plot
  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics and visuals
  • 🎶 Immersive soundtrack
  • 👍 Engaging and thought-provoking gameplay
  • 💡 Unique and innovative concept

Room to improve

  • 🐢 Slow pacing and excessive dialogue
  • 🤔 Confusing and unsatisfying ending
  • 👨‍💻 Awkward character animations and interactions
  • 🌐 Issues with translation and grammar

Arrog

From 110 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Stunning hand-drawn artwork and visual design
  • 🎵 Beautiful atmospheric music and sound design
  • 🧩 Creative and unique puzzle mechanics
  • 😌 Relaxing and meditative gameplay experience
  • 🌍 Intriguing and original world-building

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Extremely short gameplay duration (15-30 minutes)
  • 💰 Poor value for money given length
  • 🤔 Confusing and unclear story narrative
  • 🎮 Minimal actual gameplay and puzzle challenge
  • ❓ Unclear interaction mechanics and instructions

Bugs and requests

Lost Echo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game progress getting deleted after updates
  • Inability to progress past certain points

Requested features

4 requests
  • More challenging puzzles
  • Multiple endings or branching storylines
  • Improved character development
  • Sequel or expansion to continue the story

Arrog

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Black screen with gamepad connection message on Apple TV
  • Incompatibility with Apple TV 3rd generation
  • Progress not saving between sessions
  • Japanese language translation issues
  • Inconsistent tutorial timing

Requested features

9 requests
  • Longer gameplay with more levels and content
  • Additional episodes or sequel
  • Skippable cutscenes and animations
  • Tutorial or clearer instructions on interactions
  • Background information on Latin American folklore
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  • More challenging puzzles
  • Extended story development
  • Save progress feature
  • Adjustable pacing controls

In-app purchases

None

Lost Echo

No in-app purchases

None

Arrog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lost Echo free?
Lost Echo costs $4.49, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrog free?
Arrog costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lost Echo or Arrog?
Lost Echo is rated higher. Lost Echo averages 4.6 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while Arrog averages 3.6 from 110 ratings.
Do Lost Echo or Arrog have ads?
Neither Lost Echo nor Arrog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lost Echo or Arrog?
Lost Echo ships an update fortnightly, and Arrog every 9 days. Most recently, Lost Echo was updated on September 29, 2026 and Arrog on October 1, 2026.

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