Comparison

ALE Rainbow vs Octopus Authenticator

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

Head to head
About

ALE Rainbow

This app facilitates seamless collaboration through secure chat, voice, and video calls. It allows users to share screens and files easily, integrate with existing business processes, and manage communications efficiently. Connect with colleagues and external contacts to streamline workflows and enhance productivity.

Highlights
  • HD audio and video calls
  • Group chats (bubbles)
  • External guest access
  • Large meeting capacity (120 participants)
  • Content sharing (files, videos, etc.)
  • Contact management with presence
  • Calendar integration
Features
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Rainbow by Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise is a secure and relationship-building engine that facilitates quick, seamless collaboration between its users. It allows users to swiftly interact with each other through chat, voice or video and to share screens and files with astonishing ease. But Rainbow goes beyond simple messaging and sharing. Rainbow leverages the latest technologies to securely integrate into your organization’s existing business processes, applications, and workflows, while streamlining user adoption, minimizing user disruption, and solving customer challenges. Rainbow helps you connect to the future through optimized time-management, secure platform access, and strict data integrity. COMMUNICATE AND COLLABORATE - Initiate high-definition audio and video calls. - Start group chats (bubbles) to communicate with your teams and business contacts. - Add people from outside your organization (Guests) in your conversations. - Create or join audio and video meetings with up to 120 participants. - Use channels to broadcast information inside or outside your organization. - Always stay connected so you never miss messages, calls, meetings or any other event. - Manage your phone calls (via the cellular network or using Voice over IP) through your enterprise telephony system, access your voicemail and much more. ORGANIZE AND SHARE - Share contents you want in your conversations (pictures, files, videos, animated GIFs, voice memos, locations). - Search for people, bubbles, channels, files or text messages. - Manage your contact network, see presence of your colleagues or people outside your company. - Share you calendar information (free, busy, out of office) to let others know if you are available. DATA INTEGRITY AND PRIVACY We respect privacy. We don’t use data to monetize additional services and we respect international privacy laws and data privacy. Data of our partners and customers is private, safe and secure. Only our partners and customers process their own data. Transparency and traceability are critical elements of Rainbow and all regulatory requirements are respected.

About

Octopus Authenticator

This app eliminates the need for passwords, offering a seamless and consistent login experience for users throughout their workday. Organizations benefit from enhanced security and control over credentials for various accounts and applications.

Highlights
  • Passwordless login
  • Seamless user experience
  • High assurance security
  • Credential control
  • Cross-domain authentication
Features
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With Secret Double Octopus, users no longer need to manage passwords and can enjoy a consistent seamless login experience throughout their work day. Organizations gain the benefits of high assurance and credential control across domain accounts, VPN, cloud applications and legacy apps.

Screenshots

ALE Rainbow4 screens
Octopus Authenticator3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ALE Rainbow at 4.5 against Octopus Authenticator's 2.4. ALE Rainbow also leads on review sentiment (45% vs 22%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Octopus Authenticator's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ALE Rainbow holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 159 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of ALE Rainbow's written reviews are positive against 22% of Octopus Authenticator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ALE Rainbow ships an update fortnightly, Octopus Authenticator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ALE Rainbow versus Octopus Authenticator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterALE RainbowOctopus Authenticator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (62 ratings) — better2.4 (159 ratings)
Positive reviews44.8% of reviews — better22.4% of reviews
Number of ratings62159 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperALE InternationalSecret Double Octopus

Customer experience

ALE Rainbow

All ratings62 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral12.0%
Negative43.2%

Octopus Authenticator

All ratings159 ratings
Positive32.1%
Neutral5.7%
Negative62.3%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive22.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative71.4%

Bugs and requests

ALE Rainbow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Octopus Authenticator

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • Bluetooth notification impossible to get rid of
  • App pops up asking for Bluetooth access even when not needed
  • Update wiped out all account info
  • Constant issues: connection problems, app locks up, pings but won't respond
  • Apple Watch app hangs 90% of the time
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  • Psychotic notification sound
  • Apple Watch notification only works sometimes
  • App crashes on launch
  • Push notifications for Apple Watch broken for months
  • Cannot accept request from phone Lock Screen
  • Apple Watch component stuck at 'Loading...'
  • Must manually launch Watch app before prompt
  • Apple Watch app does not work
  • Clicking notification does not open app
  • Not receiving welcome email or setup email
  • Apple Watch app has never worked
  • App will not send authentication to new phone
  • No Apple Watch app
  • App crashes immediately on startup after OS update

Requested features

12 requests
  • Fix Bluetooth notification issue
  • Allow opting out of Bluetooth notifications
  • Improve Apple Watch app reliability
  • Allow authentication from notification
  • Fix watch app hanging issue
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  • Fix push notifications for Apple Watch
  • Allow accepting requests from phone Lock Screen
  • Set time limit for facial recognition
  • Provide instructions for new phone registration
  • Allow users to supply their email address for setup
  • Fix app crashes on launch
  • Fix app not opening after OS updates

In-app purchases

None

ALE Rainbow

No in-app purchases

None

Octopus Authenticator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ALE Rainbow free?
ALE Rainbow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Octopus Authenticator free?
Octopus Authenticator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ALE Rainbow or Octopus Authenticator?
ALE Rainbow is rated higher. ALE Rainbow averages 4.5 out of 5 from 62 ratings, while Octopus Authenticator averages 2.4 from 159 ratings.
Do ALE Rainbow or Octopus Authenticator have ads?
Neither ALE Rainbow nor Octopus Authenticator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ALE Rainbow or Octopus Authenticator?
ALE Rainbow ships an update fortnightly, and Octopus Authenticator every 2 months. Most recently, ALE Rainbow was updated on October 8, 2026 and Octopus Authenticator on October 14, 2026.

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