Retra UWT vs VS Relay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Retra UWT
This app connects to compatible flash devices, allowing users to monitor usage statistics, receive firmware updates, and access user manuals. It serves as a comprehensive tool for managing and maintaining your flash hardware.
- Connect to Retra Flash devices
- View usage statistics
- Receive firmware updates
- Access user manuals
- Device management
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The companion App for Retra Flash devices. Connect your Retra Flash via the App, check usage statistics, get firmware updates, access user manuals and more.
VS Relay
This app optimizes waste collection routes and provides real-time updates on container status. It helps teams efficiently manage trash pickup, report damages, and track collection progress, transforming waste management into a data-driven system.
- Real-time container fill level monitoring
- Turn-by-turn navigation to containers
- Team member notifications for collection
- Damage and relocation reporting
- Interactive list of containers needing emptying
- Customizable alert triggers
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Optimize your trash collection with Relay. Best used in conjunction with Relay sensors on your outdoor waste containers, this app lets you know when a trash can needs to be emptied, and can provide turn-by-turn routing to navigate you to it. You can notify your team members that a container was collected, submit reports if you notice a trash can was damaged or relocated, and receive an interactive list of every container that needs to be emptied at any given time. Join Pittsburgh, Denver, and cities all over the country that are using Relay to transform their trash collection process into an efficient system—one driven by data and not by the status quo. Highlights: · Efficient resource allocation saves an estimated 70-90% in collection expenses · Optimization of collection fleet reduces fuel waste, traffic congestion, and environmental impact · Monitoring of containers provides holistic view of an area’s trash and recycling status and helps increase landfill diversion rates · Improved waste collection system enhances environment livability and community satisfaction · Customizable alert triggers and push notifications can provide real-time information on fill level spikes, overflows, rodent activity, and more Visit victorstanley.com/relay for more information
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VS Relay at 5.0 against Retra UWT's 4.7. Retra UWT's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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.
VS Relay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Retra UWT ships an update every 3 months, VS Relay every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retra UWT | VS Relay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Retra UWT, Ltd. | Bryan Slaughenhoupt |
Customer experience
Retra UWT
VS Relay
In-app purchases
Retra UWT
No in-app purchases
VS Relay
No in-app purchases
