Echometer
5.5Psychology-backed retros and team health checks for engineering teams
Echometer is a German retrospective and 1:1 meeting platform built around recurring health-check pulses, structured retros, and longitudinal team development tracking. It pitches itself to engineering managers, scrum masters and agile coaches who want research-grounded surveys rather than a blank whiteboard.
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Metro Retro
3.0Rebranded twice — Metro Retro became Ludi, now Spreo; the playful retro whiteboard lives on
Metro Retro was a fun, freeform online whiteboard built for sprint retrospectives, known for its playful templates, timer and engagement features. The product has since been rebranded twice by its maker, Deqo Software Limited: to Ludi in August 2025, then to Spreo. The metroretro.io domain now 301-redirects all the way through to spreo.io. If you are searching for Metro Retro, the product you want is Ludi/Spreo; the original Metro Retro brand and domain are no longer maintained.
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Echometer scores 5.5 overall and is best for engineering managers and agile coaches who want recurring health-check pulses tied to retros, with EU data residency and a research-flavoured question library. It offers a free tier.
Metro Retro scores 3.0 overall and is best for searchers looking for Metro Retro — the product now exists as Ludi/Spreo. Use it (or a dedicated retro tool) instead. It offers custom pricing.
Echometer leads on ease of use, retro toolkit, value, AI & insights, integrations and enterprise-grade. Metro Retro leads on fun factor and open platform.
Across our eight scoring dimensions, Echometer edges ahead with an overall score of 5.5. That said, the right pick depends on your team — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown below.
Scores compared
| Detail | Echometer | Metro Retro |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retrospectives | Whiteboard |
| Team size | Mid-market | Small |
| Free tier | Yes | No |
| Free limit | Starter: 1 team, 25 workspace members, 1 retro/month after trial, 2-retro archive per team | |
| Starting price | €29/team/mo | Free |
| Est. 3 teams × 8 people | €87/mo billed annually (3 teams × €29 Pro) | N/A — rebranded as Ludi/Spreo; see the Ludi listing |
| Enterprise | Yes | No |
| Founded | 2019 | — |
| HQ | Münster, Germany | United Kingdom |
| Data residency | Germany | — |
| Languages | 2 (English, German) | English only |
| Export formats | PDF · Markdown · Email | PDF · CSV · HTML · Markdown · JSON · Jira |
| Features | 44 | 7 |
| Integrations | 1 | 0 |
Feature & integration comparison
Side-by-side checklist across features, integrations and security. Hover a note for details.
| Capability | Echometer | Metro Retro |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| AI Summaries | ✓note | — |
| AI grouping/clustering | ✓note | — |
| AI action items | ✓note | — |
| Action tracking | ✓ | — |
| Team Insights | — | — |
| Polling | ✓ | — |
| Action dashboard | ✓ | — |
| Custom templates | ✓ | — |
| Anonymous input | ✓ | — |
| Independent voting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Async mode | ✓ | — |
| Agile Estimations | — | — |
| Health Checks | ✓ | — |
| Team Kudos | — | — |
| Whiteboard | ✓ | ✓ |
| Integrations | ||
| Asana | — | — |
| Azure DevOps | — | — |
| Basecamp | — | — |
| ClickUp | — | — |
| Confluence | — | — |
| GitHub | — | — |
| GitLab | — | — |
| Jira | ✓ | — |
| Linear | — | — |
| Microsoft Teams | — | — |
| Monday.com | — | — |
| Notion | — | — |
| Shortcut | — | — |
| Slack | — | — |
| Trello | — | — |
| Security & Privacy | ||
| SOC 2 | — | — |
| GDPR | ✓ | — |
| SSO / SAML | ✓note | — |
| SCIM provisioning | — | — |
| ISO 27001 | — | — |
| On-premises | — | — |
| Public API | — | — |
| Webhooks | — | — |
| MCP server | — | — |
Echometer — pros
- + Health-check question library grounded in University of Münster psychology research
- + Strong longitudinal pulse and team-radar reporting tied to retros
- + EU-only data residency (Open Telekom Cloud, Germany) with GDPR DPA
- + AI Co-Pilot clusters ideas and proposes SMART action items
Echometer — cons
- − Thin chatops integrations — no native Slack, Teams or Confluence
- − No SOC 2; relies on ISO 27001 datacenters and EU residency
- − 1:1 meetings and the deepest AI live in a separate paid product
- − No native scheduling or recurring retros — sessions start manually
Metro Retro — pros
- + The product you remember still exists — it's now called Spreo (renamed from Ludi on 1 July 2026)
- + Carried its playful templates, timer, GIFs and icebreakers into the rebrand
- + Freeform whiteboard canvas that's friendly for engagement-first retros
Metro Retro — cons
- − The Metro Retro brand and metroretro.io domain are retired (the domain now redirects through to spreo.io)
- − Two brand changes in under a year (Metro Retro → Ludi → Spreo) can leave stranded searchers chasing a moving target
- − No standalone free tier under the new brand — it's a 30-day trial then paid
- − Not a dedicated retro platform — it's a general whiteboard you adapt for retros
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