Comparison

SpeakMinder vs Echo

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

Head to head
About

SpeakMinder

Set hands-free reminders that speak a custom phrase at a specific time or location. Avoid checking your phone for notification sounds by having the app announce exactly what you need to know, when and where you need it.

Highlights
  • Hands-free voice reminders
  • Time-based alerts
  • Location-based alerts
  • Customizable spoken phrases
  • Reminder count indicator
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This is a hands free reminder app. You set it for either a location or at a time and it will speak a phrase you enter without having to touch the device. How many times has your phone played a sound, just so you can pick up the phone to find out why it was making the noise? This app speaks exactly what you want to say, exactly when or where you want to say it. You can also use it for a location. You can set it to say "Go in and talk to the teacher" when you pull into the school's parking lot, or "Pay the light bill" when you pull into your driveway. The icon will have a number, telling you how many reminders you have set. (English Only)

About

Echo

This app helps you remember repetitive daily or weekly tasks with customizable alerts. It blends alarm and habit-tracking features to encourage healthy routines and mindfulness. Track your progress and stay on top of important self-care actions.

Highlights
  • Natural language reminder setup
  • Customizable alert frequency
  • Daily, weekly, or custom day repetition
  • Habit tracking and performance stats
  • Sound pack customization
  • Start reminders on launch
Features
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Simple, frequent alerts scheduled to remind you of repetitive tasks throughout the day (or week). Set beautiful, easy to understand reminders using natural language. Want to be reminded to regularly stand up and move? Be alerted to drink water every day? Take walks on weekends? Or call Mom on Sunday? Echo was born out of necessity. Echo is the perfect blend between an alarm app and a habits app, enabling you to take care of yourself on a daily basis. We are all aware of the things we need to take care of every day, but we frequently forget about the small things that are meant to improve the quality of life. That's where Echo comes in, reminding you to relax from time to time, go for a walk, do some exercises, eat a meal, drink some water, etc. In the end, it's all about developing healthy and mindful habits. Echo can be used for a lot of things, but our main goal was to encourage our users to remember the smaller things in life that can help if done regularly. You can set up reminders as frequently as every 10 minutes, have them start at a particular time or after you launch Echo, and repeat until an end time or until a number of cycles is reached. You can have echoes repeat every day, on weekdays, on weekends, or setup your own custom day frequency. Track how frequently you perform an action from the “Stats” screen and measure your performance. Echo is free to download and supports three simultaneous reminders (echoes) without unlocking. Customize your echoes further with our unique sound pack and add some fun to your reminders.

Screenshots

SpeakMinder4 screens
Echo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Echo at Free against SpeakMinder's $2.99. Echo also leads on ratings volume (68 vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). SpeakMinder's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Echo is free to download; SpeakMinder costs $2.99 up front. Echo sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SpeakMinder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpeakMinder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echo has 68 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of SpeakMinder's written reviews are positive against 67% of Echo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpeakMinder ships an update every 4 months, Echo every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
SpeakMinder versus Echo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeakMinderEcho
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.8 (68 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings268 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDark Mouse Software LLCBlinky LLC

Customer experience

SpeakMinder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative40.0%

Echo

All ratings70 ratings
Positive68.6%
Neutral5.7%
Negative25.7%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral10.4%
Negative22.9%

Bugs and requests

SpeakMinder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Echo

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Reminders are randomly dropped
  • Notifications are not reliably delivered
  • Purchased sounds do not work on Apple Watch
  • Editing reminders is difficult and requires multiple steps
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  • Stats graph is unclear and lacks labels
  • App does not work for night shift schedules
  • Dismissing a reminder takes the user into the app
  • App sends a second notification asking to continue reminders if not tapped immediately
  • Reminders need to be re-enabled daily
  • App freezes on the input screen for the first reminder
  • App asks to confirm continued reminders if not responded to within 60 seconds
  • Hourly reminders are skipped
  • Does not keep uppercase/lowercase consistent in notifications

Requested features

16 requests
  • Add more sound options
  • Allow custom sound uploads
  • Improve clarity of stats display
  • Add a 5-minute period timer
  • Enable Apple Watch version
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  • Add snooze option for reminders
  • Allow editing of reminder text
  • Improve efficiency of editing existing reminders
  • Add groups or folders for reminders
  • Longer text box for affirmations
  • Add a clear indicator or number for stat completions
  • Allow input of Chinese characters for reminder names
  • Option to disable the 'keep receiving reminders' prompt
  • Integrate iTunes tones
  • Keep uppercase/lowercase consistent in notifications
  • One-touch access to stats

In-app purchases

None

SpeakMinder

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Echo

One-time2
  • Unlock Sounds$0.99
  • Unlimited Echoes$2.99

Questions

Is SpeakMinder free?
SpeakMinder costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Echo free?
Echo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SpeakMinder or Echo?
SpeakMinder is rated higher. SpeakMinder averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Echo averages 3.8 from 68 ratings.
Do SpeakMinder or Echo have ads?
Neither SpeakMinder nor Echo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpeakMinder or Echo?
SpeakMinder ships an update every 4 months, and Echo every 5 weeks. Most recently, SpeakMinder was updated on October 7, 2026 and Echo on October 18, 2026.

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