Lightspeed Activate vs Relay Smart Agent
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightspeed Activate
This educational app allows teachers to remotely control classroom audio systems, listen to student groups, and communicate with them. It also enables recording of teaching and learning moments for later review.
- Control classroom audio system
- Listen to student groups
- Communicate with student groups
- Record audio and video
- Gain insights into student learning
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Lightspeed Activate app pairs with a Lightspeed Instructional Audio system to control the Activate System, record video and audio in the classroom, and other advanced features. From their iOS device, teachers can simultaneously select individual 2-way audio Pods to listen into student small group collaboration, gaining critical insights to the learning process. Teachers can also speak to individual groups and enable student sharing from the palm of the hand. Finally, within the app, teachers can capture audio and video recordings of critical teaching and learning moments in the classroom.
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: Lightspeed Activate at 4.4 against Relay Smart Agent's 1.2. Lightspeed Activate also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Relay Smart Agent's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (33 vs 7). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Lightspeed Activate holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 33 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Lightspeed Activate ships an update every 7 months, Relay Smart Agent every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightspeed Activate | Relay Smart Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | 1.2 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 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 | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lightspeed Technologies Inc. | Lightspeed Solutions, LLC |
Customer experience
Lightspeed Activate
Relay Smart Agent
In-app purchases
Lightspeed Activate
No in-app purchases
Relay Smart Agent
No in-app purchases
Questions
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