Comparison

LongRange vs AskNicely

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

Head to head
About

LongRange

Enhance your IBM i 5250 applications with a modern user interface on your mobile devices. Integrate data from various sources like GPS and cameras without altering your existing RPG, COBOL, or CL programs.

Highlights
  • Enhanced IBM i 5250 UI
  • Mobile data integration (GPS, camera)
  • No changes to RPG/COBOL/CL programs
  • Pickers, menus, enhanced navigation
  • Image, sound, location capture
Features
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LongRange allows IBM i (formerly AS/400) 5250 server based applications to present an enhanced user interface. Information presented on iPhones or iPads may be combined with information from other sources - such as files, documents, GPS, cameras, voice recorders, web pages, etc. Key features: - The classic IBM i 5250 user interface may be extended and enhanced by the addition of pickers, menus, enhanced navigation techniques, date pickers, image, sound and location capture, etc. - Companies can gain the benefits of application mobility without changing their current RPG, COBOL or CL program development approaches. This is the LongRange client component. You also need a LongRange server component installed on your IBM i server.

About

AskNicely

This AI-powered platform helps businesses manage customer experience by collecting and responding to feedback in real-time. It identifies areas for improvement, suggests focus areas for teams, and helps set company-wide growth goals.

Highlights
  • Real-time customer feedback collection
  • AI-powered customer experience management
  • CSAT and NPS performance tracking
  • Actionable feedback with templates and workflows
  • Team focus areas and coaching tips
  • Goal setting for business growth
Features
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Manage the customer experience from your iPhone or iPad. Collect and respond to customer feedback instantly with an AI-powered customer experience management platform. Designed to enable action, AskNicely suggested focus areas, improvement opportunities, and helps you set company-wide goals to help your business grow. With AskNicely: Stay on top of individual and team CSAT and NPS performance daily. Act on feedback fast with templates, workflows, and AI-enabled dynamic surveys. Set focus areas for your team to help them determine what to work on first, highlight areas for improvement, and provide coaching tips based on customer feedback. Feedback from AskNicely customers "AskNicely changed our coaching conversations. We now have regular examples of excellent customer service to coach from, and our team leads actually compete to get to the top of the AskNicely leaderboard." — Wayne Pointon, Global General Manager, Service Delivery. “We chose AskNicely versus something more traditional in healthcare. It helps spot trends that may seem like one-off incidents or track positive trends.” — Julie Gessin, Chief Operating Officer, PA-C “The ability to see real-time customer feedback allows our crew to adjust their approach immediately, whether it’s improving communication, upselling a popular product, or addressing service gaps. We’re seeing a much more engaged and proactive team as a result.” — Chris Luong, Business Analyst at Jetstar Requires an AskNicely account Book a call with an AskNicely rep today to learn more. About AskNicely: AskNicely helps you collect and transform CX feedback into frontline action by equipping distributed teams with clear, AI-driven goals, and reinforcing habits that reduce churn fast. Unlike traditional CX programs that stall at insight, AskNicely accelerates change through dynamic surveys, tailored coaching tasks, and in-app behavior tracking, making improvement a habit, not a project.

Screenshots

LongRange4 screens
AskNicely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LongRange at 100% against AskNicely's 42%. LongRange also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). AskNicely's advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 2). 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

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

LongRange holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AskNicely has 47 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of LongRange's written reviews are positive against 42% of AskNicely's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LongRange ships an update every 2 months, AskNicely monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LongRange versus AskNicely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLongRangeAskNicely
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better2.1 (47 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better42.1% of reviews
Number of ratings247 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLANSA Holdings Inc.AskNicely

Customer experience

LongRange

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AskNicely

All ratings47 ratings
Positive27.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative72.3%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive42.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.9%

In-app purchases

None

LongRange

No in-app purchases

None

AskNicely

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LongRange free?
LongRange is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AskNicely free?
AskNicely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LongRange or AskNicely?
LongRange is rated higher. LongRange averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while AskNicely averages 2.1 from 47 ratings.
Do LongRange or AskNicely have ads?
Neither LongRange nor AskNicely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LongRange or AskNicely?
LongRange ships an update every 2 months, and AskNicely monthly. Most recently, LongRange was updated on August 28, 2026 and AskNicely on September 4, 2026.

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