Lightyear vs Tenzo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightyear
Automate purchasing and accounts payable processes for large businesses. Streamline approvals, extract data with AI, and gain real-time financial insights. Offers a secure, reliable solution to eliminate errors and improve cash flow management.
- Automated purchase orders and bill approvals
- AI-powered data extraction
- Real-time payables overview
- Business intelligence for cash flow
- Eliminates human error
- Mobile document upload and approval
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Lightyear is an award-winning, 5* cloud app built to automate large SMEs & Enterprise level Purchasing & Accounts Payables processes. Our end-to-end approvals workflows allow purchase orders & bills to be approved in seconds, saving businesses more than 80% of their costs and time. Lightyear's instant AI data extraction enables businesses to get a real-time overview of their payables data & our business intelligence feature allows them to make smarter & better-informed cash flow & forecasting decisions. Lightyear provides a reliable, secure, stress-free automation solution that eliminates human error, so businesses can confidently move forward with their business goals. With 24-hr local support, partnership programs & referral schemes, plus our 30-day free trial, you can be sure of a smooth transition into automated success! —----------------------------------------- Please note: This is a companion mobile app for Lightyear’s desktop app. You must have a Lightyear account to use the app. The Lightyear mobile app is designed to create purchase orders, scan bills, receipts and credit notes and approve bills on the go. —------------------------------------------- Mobile App Features Upload documents including bills, receipts and credit notes Approve bills Attach documents to a bill Leave notes against bills View received and actioned tasks Switch between entities or accounts View mentions from other users Create purchase orders Cloud accounting integrations: Xero, Sage Intacct, Quickbooks Online, Oracle NetSuite, MYOB, Abcom, WCBS, Iplicit, AccountsIQ Desktop accounting integrations: Sage 50, Sage 200, Pronto, Infor, SunSystems, Sassu, Reckon, Adept Inventory sync: Bepoz, SDS POS Magic, SwiftPOS, SenPOS, IdealPOS, Order Mate, Retail Technology, iControl
Tenzo
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Tenzo's mobile app gives you the same great experience as you've come to expect on desktop in the palm of your hand. Supercharge your restaurant's performance with Tenzo, the powerful Restaurant PerformanceOps platform. Bring all your operational data into one place thanks to integrations with your POS, labour scheduler, inventory management and more. Get real-time information to make in the moment data-backed decisions and shift from surviving to thriving. To use Tenzo's mobile app, an active Tenzo account is needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tenzo at every 6 days against Lightyear's every 5 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Lightyear ships an update every 5 weeks, Tenzo every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on August 6, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightyear | Tenzo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Access UK Ltd | Tenzo |
In-app purchases
Lightyear
No in-app purchases
Tenzo
No in-app purchases









