Yeah, basically they just let you do a whole lot more with echo then the native features. The question is whether you think the set up process is worth it for the results. That’s an individual question: some people love it and jump right in, some people are like “isn’t there anything simpler?” Some people don’t get more than about halfway down the page before they decide they’re willing to give up some of the extra features, all they want is to have echo say something when a switch comes on.
For those people the echo routines method is often a good fit.
