Snap&Read Universal vs Relay Smart Agent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snap&Read Universal
This app reads text aloud from various sources like websites, images, and PDFs. It can simplify complex vocabulary, translate text into over 100 languages, and annotate documents. Offline access to saved images is also available.
- Reads text aloud from images, PDFs, and websites
- Simplifies complex vocabulary
- Translates text into over 100 languages
- Annotates PDFs and images
- Offline access to saved images
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Snap&Read Universal reads both accessible and inaccessible text aloud from websites, images, photographs, PDFs, and more. Snap&Read also adjusts complex text to be more readable, and can translate text into over 100 languages. You can even take a picture and have the text within that picture read aloud. Snap&Read has both an App (for reading aloud, translating, simplifying, and annotating PDFs and Images) and a Safari extension (for reading, simplifying, and translating websites). If difficult vocabulary is too challenging, Snap&Read can dynamically level the text. Essentially, Snap&Read will pick out the difficult words/phrases and swap them out for easier to comprehend vocabulary/phrases. To see the original word, just tap on it to toggle between the original word and the simplified word. THIS... "The Time Traveller was expounding a recondite matter to us." BECOMES... "The Time Traveller was explaining a unknown matter to us." Finally, if you have paper, magazine, book, etc... you can use the Camera feature to take a picture and read. If you’re on the go and don’t want to bring your books… you can save the images to your picture library and access them all later right from the Snap&Read App even if you have no internet connection.
Relay Smart Agent
This application offers web filtering and safety features for iOS devices, ensuring CIPA compliance for schools. It provides on and off-campus protection and reports on student activity, acting as a hardware-free cloud solution.
- CIPA compliant web filtering
- On/off campus safety
- Student activity reporting
- Hardware-free cloud solution
- Anytime, anywhere filtering
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This app provides anytime, anywhere filtering, safety, and reporting on iOS devices for schools using the Relay web filter from Lightspeed Systems. With the Relay Smart Agent for iOS, schools get: CIPA compliant web filtering On/off campus safety Reporting on student activity A hardware-free cloud solution And more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Snap&Read Universal at 2.7 against Relay Smart Agent's 1.2. Snap&Read Universal also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Relay Smart Agent's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 10). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Snap&Read Universal holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 1.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Snap&Read Universal's written reviews are positive against 0% of Relay Smart Agent's.
Snap&Read Universal ships an update every 3 months, Relay Smart Agent every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Snap&Read Universal | Relay Smart Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (10 ratings) — better | 1.2 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Don Johnston Incorporated | Lightspeed Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
Snap&Read Universal
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In-app purchases
Snap&Read Universal
No in-app purchases
Relay Smart Agent
No in-app purchases
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