Comparison

Relay | Communicator vs Office Connect

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

Head to head
About

Relay | Communicator

This app provides two-way communication and location tracking for teams. It includes features like a panic button and work tracking to enhance team performance and operational efficiency.

Highlights
  • Two-way communication
  • Panic button
  • GPS tracking
  • Work tracking
  • Radio replacement
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Relay turns the phone in your pocket into the most capable radio your team has ever carried. Built for frontline teams who don't work at desks, Relay puts push-to-talk, worker safety, and real-time location on one screen. Nationwide range. No line of sight. No dead channels. PUSH TO TALK, ANYWHERE Push to talk and your voice reaches your whole channel instantly, whether they're across the building or across the country. Switch channels in a tap and catch what you missed. Live Audio keeps the conversation running in the background while you work. CHAT AND PHOTOS WHEN VOICE ISN'T RIGHT Send text to a channel or directly to a teammate, right alongside the voice traffic in the same conversation. And now you can send photos, too — snap the broken fixture, the spill, the delivery, the whiteboard, and share it in seconds. Some things are so much faster to show than to describe. EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS EVERYONE Language shouldn't slow a team down. TeamTranslate translations appear right in the conversation, so a multilingual crew works as one. PANIC, WITH SOMEONE ON THE OTHER END Slide to confirm and Relay broadcasts a panic alert with your live location to the people who can actually respond. Responders acknowledge, follow your location as you move, and resolve the incident once you're safe. It's the difference between an alarm and a lifeline. INCIDENTS, DISPATCHED AND DOCUMENTED Dispatch an incident with a single button, mapped to the workflows your organization has already built. Track it as it unfolds, add details along the way, review the full message history, and close it out with a resolution. Every incident is kept in history for the review that comes later. FIND ANYONE, INSIDE OR OUT Outdoor maps place your team across a site or a city. Indoor positioning takes it further — the right building, the right floor, the right room — so "where are you?" stops being a question. Geofence alerts let you know the moment someone crosses a boundary that matters. YOUR ATTENTION, ON YOUR TERMS Availability Modes put you in control of what reaches you and when. Choose Available to hear everything as it comes in, Critical Alerts to let only the urgent stuff through while you focus, or Silenced for quiet when you need it. One tap to switch, so you're never fumbling with settings mid-shift. BUILT FOR THE WORK YOU DO Manufacturing floors, hotels, casinos, hospitals, campuses, golf courses, and large venues. Wherever your team moves, Relay moves with them. Relay is made for organizations running on the Relay platform. An active Relay account is required to sign in — check with your administrator, or visit relaypro.com to learn more.

About

Office Connect

This business communication app provides voice calling, call transfer, and conferencing features for mobile users. It integrates with various address books and supports high-definition voice codecs. Requires a valid login for Kandy Business Solutions.

Highlights
  • Voice Calling
  • Call Transfer
  • Voice Conferencing
  • Do Not Disturb
  • Address Book Integration
  • High-Definition Voice
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Smart Office Connect delivers business voice services on your mobile. It can be used as a user’s primary communication application or in concert with standards-based SIP phones and other Smart Office clients. Supported services include: • Voice Calling • Blind and Consultative Call Transfer • Voice Conferencing • Do not disturb • Access to mobile address book • Enterprise address book • Google address book • Configurable quick dial contacts • High-definition voice via Opus and G.722 codecs PLEASE NOTE: The Smart Office Connect client requires a valid login and password for Kandy Business Solutions

Screenshots

Relay | Communicator4 screens
Office Connect3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Relay | Communicator at 4.8 against Office Connect's 2.0. Relay | Communicator also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (438 vs 2). 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

Relay | Communicator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Relay | Communicator has 438 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Relay | Communicator ships an update every 2 weeks, Office Connect every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Relay | Communicator versus Office Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRelay | CommunicatorOffice Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (438 ratings) — better2.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings438 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRelay, IncAmerican Virtual Cloud Technologies, Inc.

Customer experience

Relay | Communicator

All ratings438 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

Office Connect

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Relay | Communicator

No in-app purchases

None

Office Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Relay | Communicator free?
Relay | Communicator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Office Connect free?
Office Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Relay | Communicator or Office Connect?
Relay | Communicator is rated higher. Relay | Communicator averages 4.8 out of 5 from 438 ratings, while Office Connect averages 2.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Relay | Communicator or Office Connect have ads?
Neither Relay | Communicator nor Office Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Relay | Communicator or Office Connect?
Relay | Communicator ships an update every 2 weeks, and Office Connect every 6 months. Most recently, Relay | Communicator was updated on October 9, 2026 and Office Connect on October 1, 2026.

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