Comparison

iMCare vs Relay | Communicator

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

Head to head
About

iMCare

This mobile application streamlines facility maintenance by managing work orders, preventive maintenance schedules, and asset information. It allows maintenance teams to access and update tasks, track project time, and receive important notifications directly from their mobile devices, freeing them from desktop constraints.

Highlights
  • Work order management
  • Preventive maintenance scheduling
  • Asset management
  • Asset scanning
  • Vendor management
  • Time tracking
Features
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Maintenance Care CMMS Facility Management Software. Manage work orders, preventive maintenance and all of the assets in your facility using the iMCare App. Must have a Maintenance Care membership to access your app. The iMCare App allows your maintenance team to utilize mobile devices so as to not be tied down to a desktop computer everyday. The app allows a user to manage tasks, calculate time spent on a project, receive notifications for preventive maintenance and lookup asset information from their mobile device of choice. Works in conjunction with your online Maintenance Care membership. - Task Management - Asset Management - Asset Scanning - Vendor Management *compatible with iOS16.1+

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.

Screenshots

iMCare4 screens
Relay | Communicator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Relay | Communicator at 67% against iMCare's 17%. Relay | Communicator also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 11 months). iMCare's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). 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 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Relay | Communicator has 438 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of iMCare's written reviews are positive against 67% of Relay | Communicator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iMCare ships an update every 11 months, Relay | Communicator every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iMCare versus Relay | Communicator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriMCareRelay | Communicator
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings)4.8 (438 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3438 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaintenance CareRelay, Inc

Customer experience

iMCare

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative50.0%

Relay | Communicator

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

In-app purchases

None

iMCare

No in-app purchases

None

Relay | Communicator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iMCare free?
iMCare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Relay | Communicator free?
Relay | Communicator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iMCare or Relay | Communicator?
Relay | Communicator is rated higher. iMCare averages 3.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Relay | Communicator averages 4.8 from 438 ratings.
Do iMCare or Relay | Communicator have ads?
Neither iMCare nor Relay | Communicator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iMCare or Relay | Communicator?
iMCare ships an update every 11 months, and Relay | Communicator every 2 weeks. Most recently, iMCare was updated on September 30, 2026 and Relay | Communicator on October 9, 2026.

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