Comparison

SeatBoost vs Häfele Access Hotel

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

Head to head
About

SeatBoost

Enhance your flight experience with last-minute upgrades. Participate in live auctions or purchase instant upgrades for premium seating. You only pay if you win your bid.

Highlights
  • Live seat upgrade auctions
  • Instant upgrade purchases
  • Check flight eligibility
  • Bid for companions
  • Pay only if you win
  • Automatic upgrade and boarding pass
Features
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SeatBoost Upgrade your seat to a premium flight experience with SeatBoost’s live, last-minute auctions or through an instant purchase. **HOW IT WORKS** - Download the free SeatBoost app - Starting 24 hours before your flight's departure, check if your flight is eligible by retrieving your booking in the SeatBoost app - Join the live auction for your desired cabin and bid for an upgrade or purchase an upgrade right away - You can bid for yourself as well as for your traveling companions - You pay only if you win - Winners receive their upgrade and new boarding pass automatically at the end of the auction **AVAILABLE AIRLINES** SeatBoost is currently available on Avianca, Condor Airlines, Iberia, LATAM Airlines and TAP Air Portugal, with more airlines coming soon! **QUESTIONS** You can contact us at https://seatboost.com/#contact-us Personal data disclosure: www.seatboost.com/privacy-policy/#purposes-for-which-we-will-use-your-personal-data

About

Häfele Access Hotel

Features
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With the “Häfele Access Hotel" app, you open your hotel doors via smartphone. The digital key Smartphone-Key allows you as a guest access to the hotel room and all authorized areas in your booked hotel easily via smartphone. It supplements or replaces the mechanical key or the key card. Your Smartphone-Key will be sent to your smartphone before arrival at your hotel. A push message informs you about the receipt of a digital key in the Häfele Access Hotel app. When Bluetooth is activated, the door can be opened by intuitively swiping the Smartphone-Key in the app. For that please hold your smartphone in front of the respective door or wall terminal reader. The latest Bluetooth technology ensures secure communication from the digital key to the electronic locking system. 
About Häfele 
Häfele is an international corporate group with its headquarters in Nagold, Germany. The family-owned company was founded in 1923 and serves today the hotel industry worldwide with electronic locking systems and LED lighting as well as furniture and building hardware.

Screenshots

SeatBoost4 screens
Häfele Access Hotel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SeatBoost at every 3 weeks against Häfele Access Hotel's every 18 months. Häfele Access Hotel's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SeatBoost ships an update every 3 weeks, Häfele Access Hotel every 18 months. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SeatBoost versus Häfele Access Hotel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeatBoostHäfele Access Hotel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (977 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings977 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeatBoost Inc.Haefele SE & Co KG

Bugs and requests

SeatBoost

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App reporting outdated version
  • Technical errors during bidding
  • Upgrades not honored after winning bid

Requested features

5 requests
  • More airline partners
  • Clearer upgrade availability information
  • Longer bidding timeline
  • Ability to cancel or amend bids
  • Better customer support

Häfele Access Hotel

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SeatBoost

No in-app purchases

None

Häfele Access Hotel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SeatBoost free?
SeatBoost is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Häfele Access Hotel free?
Häfele Access Hotel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SeatBoost or Häfele Access Hotel have ads?
Neither SeatBoost nor Häfele Access Hotel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SeatBoost or Häfele Access Hotel?
SeatBoost ships an update every 3 weeks, and Häfele Access Hotel every 18 months. Most recently, SeatBoost was updated on November 11, 2026 and Häfele Access Hotel on November 11, 2026.

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