# Guesty For Hosts — Formerly Your Porter App

> Mobile platform for managing short-term rental properties and guest communications. (iPhone/iPad app by LOCASOFT BV.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guesty-for-hosts/id1032870693 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [LOCASOFT BV](https://appshunter.io/developer/975024555)
- Category: Productivity, Travel
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.10/5 from 151 App Store ratings · 124 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 31 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2016-01-12
- Data updated: 2026-07-22
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guesty-for-hosts/id1032870693/reviews.md

## What is Guesty For Hosts?

Guesty For Hosts, previously Your Porter App, is an intuitive & affordable app to manage short-term rentals on-the-go. The only mobile-first rental management platform of its kind, Guesty For Hosts was built to enable hosts & small-scale property owners to access our full suite of tools in the easiest way possible.

With the Guesty For Hosts app, you can:

- Manage reservations from Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and more — all on one universal calendar
- Communicate with guests from all booking channels via one Unified Inbox
- Seamlessly manage your team and assign their tasks
- Automate your guest communication & save 40+ hours a week
- Manage your own booking website to drive more direct bookings
- Keep track of your revenue & payments with detailed financial reports

## Key features

- Universal reservation calendar
- Unified guest inbox
- Team task management
- Automated guest communication
- Direct booking website
- Financial reporting

## What do users think of Guesty For Hosts?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🤖 Automated messaging saves significant time
- 📅 Unified calendar syncing across multiple platforms
- 💬 Centralized messaging from all booking platforms
- 🔗 Seamless integration with Airbnb, Booking.com, VRBO
- 🏠 Direct booking website builder included
- 💰 Affordable flat-rate pricing model
- 🔐 Smart lock integration (Schlage)
- 📊 Financial reporting and income tracking
- 👥 Helpful customer service (when responsive)
- ⚙️ Easy setup and user-friendly interface

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
- 🐌 Slow loading times and sluggish performance
- 📱 Poor mobile app experience compared to web version
- 🔄 Double booking issues and calendar sync failures
- 💬 Messaging feature is buggy and difficult to use
- 📞 Extremely poor customer support responsiveness
- ❌ No phone support, only slow email responses
- 🚫 App abandonment and lack of updates post-acquisition
- 🔐 Login issues and authentication problems
- 💸 Billing and payment processing difficulties
- 🎨 Outdated and clunky user interface
- ⚠️ Critical bugs causing financial losses to users
- 🔌 Unreliable push notifications
- 📵 App won't open or function on certain devices

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes and won't open
- Login credentials not recognized
- Calendar fails to load properly
- Double bookings despite blocked dates
- Smart lock codes not generated for reservations
- Cleaner notifications failing to send
- Auto-messages failing to send
- Push notifications not working
- Message text deleted when sending photos
- Typing interface covers content on screen
- Navigation back arrow disappears on certain pages
- iCal sync not working reliably
- Pricing changes not syncing to listings
- Guest phone numbers and emails not syncing to calendar
- Instant book toggle turning off unexpectedly
- App signing out randomly
- Messaging feature takes excessive time to load
- Notifications don't navigate to relevant features
- iPad multi-calendar won't load
- Password reset links not being sent

**Most requested features**

- Dark mode option
- Ability to customize amenities accurately
- Emoji support in listing descriptions
- Multi-user account access for team members
- Cleaner feedback and photo upload functionality
- Improved analytics and reporting dashboard
- Integration with additional OTA platforms beyond Airbnb/VRBO/Booking.com
- French language translation
- Better iPad/tablet optimization
- Faster message thread loading
- Customizable calendar view options
- Monthly revenue view without custom date selection

## Recent user reviews (10 of 124)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guesty-for-hosts/id1032870693/reviews.md

### 1/5 — No support?

*2026-07-11, version 6.8.11*

Did they stop supporting host? Will switch if so. It’s too much money not to be supported

### 1/5 — Terrible app

*2025-03-28, version 6.8.6*

This app has been abandoned. Super buggy and slow. Nothing works

### 1/5 — Can't login

*2025-03-26, version 6.8.6*

I can't login with the same credentials I use with the Guesty app so what's the point

### 5/5 — Excellent service, easy to use app

*2024-10-29, version 6.8.6*

GFH is a rock solid property management software that I’ve been using for 12+ months. The interface is easy to use and the calendar is easy to update on the fly. It works seamlessly across Airbnb/Booking.com/VRBO to ensure price matching occurs in all platforms without double bookings. Guesty has top notch customer service and are quick to respond with valuable solutions. Can’t imagine running my str without Guesty!

### 1/5 — Worts ever

*2024-09-08, version 6.8.6*

A lot of stuff just simply doesn’t work, 
Lack of customer service? The fact that they have phone costumer support is the worse ever, the only way to communicate is via email which you usually have to wait 3 days for response, the entire platform just fails none stop. Once the costumer support team gets able to get to your ticket they just pass on to someone else and no body does anything. 

I waited over a month a bug on there end to be fix and they haven’t yet.

### 1/5 — Buggy product, worse business

*2024-07-21, version 6.8.6*

Guesty’s app has an antiquated, clunky interface that’s hard to use and constantly needs to be refreshed because screens often don’t load correctly. Messaging, one of the most important tools, is particularly difficult to use on a phone, and very buggy. They haven’t really made any improvements to the app in the year that I’ve been using it. Even worse, they had a bug in their software that caused me to lose $2500 in Vrbo revenue. They completely admitted to it, yet refused to reimburse me, because apparently they don’t actually stand by their product. A subscription costs hundreds of dollars a year but the product has now cost me thousands. I would not recommend Guest to any host.

### 1/5 — Scammy Damage protection charges

*2024-06-30, version 6.8.6*

It’s impossible to reach anyone by phone for this company. I wish I would not have picked this vendor. Automated messaging is great. Most of the other features are not. I keep having to contact over missing reservations. I received another charge for damage protection after cancellation and I never received a refund for the previous charges. A scammy offer from Guesty to swindle hosts for services that are included with most booking sites. They offer a website builder but cannot offer a protection plan for any direct bookings. Not something I’d recommend.

### 5/5 — La meilleure application de gestion

*2024-06-02, version 6.8.6*

La meilleure du monde

### 1/5 — This app is a nightmare

*2024-02-21, version 6.8.5*

First of all : when you place your email and password, they don’t recognize the password. Then they keep mentioning that they will email you a reset link and they don’t !!!! Secondly : Then after this your Airbnb is locked ! You can not find a phone number or a human . I can’t get my Airbnb to work because now it’s controlled by this crazy app that I don’t have access to 😫! This is a definition of nightmare !

### 2/5 — Easy to use but full of bugs

*2024-02-11, version 6.8.5*

The app is easy to use and has all the features you’ll need but it’s littered with bugs.

## Frequently asked questions about Guesty For Hosts

### What does Guesty For Hosts do?

Guesty For Hosts is a mobile-first platform designed to help hosts and small property owners manage their short-term rental businesses. It allows you to manage reservations from various booking channels, communicate with guests, assign tasks to your team, automate guest messages, and track your finances.

### What are the key features of Guesty For Hosts?

Key features include a universal calendar for managing reservations across platforms like Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com, a unified inbox for all guest communications, team management with task assignment, automated guest messaging to save time, tools to create your own booking website for direct bookings, and detailed financial reports.

### Is Guesty For Hosts free to use?

The application is described as intuitive and affordable, with a focus on providing a full suite of tools in an easy way. While specific pricing tiers are not detailed, the absence of in-app purchases or ads suggests a freemium or subscription-based model where core functionality may be free with premium features available.

### What booking platforms does Guesty For Hosts support?

The app supports managing reservations from major booking channels including Airbnb, Vrbo, and Booking.com. It aims to consolidate these into a single, easy-to-use interface for hosts.

### How can Guesty For Hosts help me save time?

Guesty For Hosts can help you save over 40 hours a week through its automation features. This includes automating guest communication, streamlining reservation management across multiple platforms, and simplifying team task assignments, allowing you to focus on other aspects of your rental business.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 6.8.11 — 2025-07-09

We did some fine-tuning and made small fixes to improve general performance.

### 6.8.9 — 2025-04-18

We did some fine-tuning and made small fixes to improve general performance.

### 6.8.6 — 2024-04-08

We did some fine-tuning and made small fixes to improve general performance.
What’s new?
All existing integrations are now shown under your Vrbo dashboard.

### 6.8.5 — 2023-09-05

We did some fine-tuning and made small fixes to improve general performance.
What’s new?
All existing integrations are now shown under your Vrbo dashboard.

### 6.8.4 — 2023-08-07

We did some fine-tuning and made small fixes to improve general performance.
What’s new?
All existing integrations are now shown under your Vrbo dashboard.

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