Comparison

Relay Smart Agent vs Rugs alive™ Plus

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

Rugs alive™ Plus

This app uses augmented reality to bring educational rugs to life in 3D. Students can interact with zoo animals, practice letter and animal identification, and engage in collaborative learning activities. It's designed to enhance classroom engagement and introduce early STEM concepts.

Highlights
  • 3D Augmented Reality animal animations
  • Alphabet and animal identification
  • Habitat matching games
  • Virtual animal placement
  • Photo capture of AR animals
  • Supports collaboration and communication
Features
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Our colorful and vibrant classroom alphabet/habitat rugs come to life in 3D Augmented Reality with help from the Rugs alive™ Plus mobile app. Not only are our rugs perfect for practicing upper and lowercase letters, animal identification, and animal/habitat matching, they also have 26 zoo animals that spring to life right in your classroom! Teachers and early learners love the interaction! Your students will be challenged to match a Habitat Card with an animal that lives there to be rewarded with that animal joining the class through the magic of 3D Augmented Reality. The Rugs alive Plus app allows placement of the animals virtually anywhere in your real world environment! Alive Studios’ rugs and the Rugs alive Plus app can also be utilized for increasing student collaboration, building relationships, and effective communication as well as early concepts of STEM and problem solving. The Rugs alive Plus app allows users to take photos of the zoo animals, which may or may not include other people. The photos taken are automatically saved locally into the device’s photo section, if permitted by the user. Rugs alive Plus does not require user accounts or logins, nor does it collect user data.

Screenshots

Relay Smart Agent1 screens
Rugs alive™ Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rugs alive™ Plus at 100% against Relay Smart Agent's 0%. Rugs alive™ Plus also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.2) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). Relay Smart Agent's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Rugs alive™ Plus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Relay Smart Agent has 33 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Relay Smart Agent's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rugs alive™ Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Relay Smart Agent ships an update every 2 months, Rugs alive™ Plus every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Relay Smart Agent versus Rugs alive™ Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRelay Smart AgentRugs alive™ Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.2 (33 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings33 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB326 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLightspeed Solutions, LLCAlive Studios, LLC

Customer experience

Relay Smart Agent

All ratings32 ratings
Positive6.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative93.8%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Rugs alive™ Plus

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Relay Smart Agent

No in-app purchases

None

Rugs alive™ Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Relay Smart Agent free?
Relay Smart Agent is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rugs alive™ Plus free?
Rugs alive™ Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Relay Smart Agent or Rugs alive™ Plus?
Rugs alive™ Plus is rated higher. Relay Smart Agent averages 1.2 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Rugs alive™ Plus averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Relay Smart Agent or Rugs alive™ Plus have ads?
Neither Relay Smart Agent nor Rugs alive™ Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Relay Smart Agent or Rugs alive™ Plus?
Relay Smart Agent ships an update every 2 months, and Rugs alive™ Plus every 3 days. Most recently, Relay Smart Agent was updated on November 2, 2026 and Rugs alive™ Plus on October 30, 2026.

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