Relay | Communicator vs Beckify
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Beckify
A native iPhone and iPad field electrical toolbox for engineers and technicians. It offers jobsite calculators, power tools, and control system aids. The app also includes basic electrical references and saved job functionality.
- Jobsite calculators (voltage drop, wire size, conduit fill)
- Motor nameplate analyzer
- Power tools for AC/DC, transformers, solar design
- Control system tools (4-20mA scaling, PID)
- Network instrument tools (Wi-Fi/Cellular Path)
- Electrical basics and references
- Saved jobs and favorites
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Beckify puts the calculations and references you reach for on the job into one fast toolbox. Size a feeder, check a raceway, look up motor current, or work through a control loop without digging through tables or switching between a dozen apps. SEE THE RESULT, NOT JUST THE NUMBER Conduit Fill draws the raceway cross-section with every conductor inside it, shows percent fill against the allowed limit, and gives you a clear pass or fail. Conductor sizing ranks parallel-set options by modeled first-cost so you can compare choices side by side. Share any chart or cross-section as an image straight from the tool. JOBSITE TOOLS - Voltage drop - Wire size and ampacity - Conduit fill with a live cross-section - Conductor cost comparison - Motor FLA tables - Receptacle and jobsite references - Spanish translator POWER AND AC - kVA and transformer calculations - Reactance and resonance - Solar and UPS calculations - Magnetics Lab and magnetic circuits CONTROLS - Control-system step response: compare open loop, P, PI, and PID on one plot - Loops, panels, phasors, and Modbus references ELECTRONICS ESSENTIALS - Ohm's law: solve any two of V, I, and R - Voltage divider - Series and parallel resistors and capacitors - Resistor color code, 4-band and 5-band - 555 timer, astable and monostable - Frequency, wavelength, and LC resonance - LED current-limit resistor and RC time constant - Unit converter: SI prefixes, dB, temperature, length, mils/mm - Circuit explorer with schematic and breadboard views INSTRUMENTS Turn your iPhone's sensors into quick field checks: - Wi-Fi and cellular path: connection status, signal, and round-trip time - BLE scanner for nearby Bluetooth activity - Noise meter and acoustic imager with a live spectrum - Level history you can drag to read and pinch to zoom - Bubble level for pitch, roll, and plumb - Magnetometer with heading and field strength BUILT FOR THE FIELD - Search every tool instantly - Pin the tools you use most and jump back to recent ones - Tools organized into shelves: Jobsite, Power & AC, Controls, and more - Favorites and Jobs tabs to keep your work close - One-tap examples to see how each tool works - Copy any answer to paste into notes, texts, or reports - Dark interface that is easy on the eyes on site Beckify is a reference and calculation aid. Always verify results against the code edition adopted in your jurisdiction, manufacturer data, and your authority having jurisdiction. Phone-based instruments are uncalibrated and intended for quick checks, not certified measurement.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Relay | Communicator at 437 against Beckify's 4. Beckify's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, 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.
Beckify holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Relay | Communicator has 437 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Relay | Communicator ships an update every 2 weeks, Beckify every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Relay | Communicator | Beckify |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (437 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 437 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Relay, Inc | Trevor Beck |
Customer experience
Relay | Communicator
Beckify
In-app purchases
Relay | Communicator
No in-app purchases
Beckify
No in-app purchases
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