WAVE PTX vs Akamai Zero Trust Client
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WAVE PTX
This app enables secure, reliable push-to-talk communication across various networks and devices. It extends existing two-way radio services to broadband users, enhancing team productivity with instant messaging and multimedia sharing.
- Secure broadband PTT communication
- Carrier-independent network use
- Emergency calling
- Real-time streaming video
- Voice and text messaging
- User location tracking
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Take Push-To-Talk Further: Based on 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Mission Critical Push-To-Talk (MCPTT) standards, WAVE PTT provides fast, secure, reliable broadband PTT communication across any network, any device. Expand existing land mobile radio (LMR) service to include broadband users on the devices and networks they already have. Extend two-way radio push-to-talk communication to phones, tablets and PCs and increase team productivity with instant communication anywhere you have a network or Wi-Fi connection. • Carrier-independent, use any 3G/4G LTE, public Wi-Fi, or private data network connection • Emergency calling and other critical communications features • Real time streaming video • Voice messaging, pre-recorded or record-and-send • Group and private 1-1 PTT calls • Group and private 1-1 text messaging • Persistent threaded history of messages, texts, multimedia • Interoperability to LMR networks • Multimedia - share images, videos, or files • Locate and track users on a map WAVE PTT is not available for use by individual consumers. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Akamai Zero Trust Client
Securely access your organization's applications and resources from your mobile device. Protects network traffic from threats by inspecting DNS and HTTP/HTTPS traffic.
- Secure application access
- Network traffic protection
- Single sign-on authentication
- DNS and HTTP/HTTPS traffic inspection
- Malware and phishing protection
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Akamai Zero Trust Client for iOS and iPadOS lets you securely access your organization’s applications and resources directly from your mobile device, while also protecting your network traffic from security threats. The client works in conjunction with Akamai’s Zero Trust service deployed by your organization. It leverages your organization credentials and single sign-on (SSO) authentication to provide you with a secure way to access your organization’s network. Zero Trust Client unique technology combines VPN Service, to steer mobile applications network traffic on your device, with Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to route the traffic to Akamai Cloud and then, securely onward to the organization's application servers. To safeguard enterprise mobile devices from threats such as malware, phishing attempts, and command-and-control callbacks, the client securely routes DNS and HTTP/HTTPS traffic to Akamai Cloud for inspection. To get started with Akamai Zero Trust Client, follow the instructions provided by your organization’s IT department. For more information about Akamai’s Zero Trust solutions, visit https://www.akamai.com/solutions/security/zero-trust-security
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Akamai Zero Trust Client at 100% against WAVE PTX's 36%. Akamai Zero Trust Client also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7). WAVE PTX's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 1). 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.
Akamai Zero Trust Client holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WAVE PTX has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of WAVE PTX's written reviews are positive against 100% of Akamai Zero Trust Client's.
WAVE PTX ships an update every 4 months, Akamai Zero Trust Client every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WAVE PTX | Akamai Zero Trust Client |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (38 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 38 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Motorola Solutions, Inc | Akamai Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
WAVE PTX
Akamai Zero Trust Client
In-app purchases
WAVE PTX
No in-app purchases
Akamai Zero Trust Client
No in-app purchases
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