DeskBell vs Trip Mate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DeskBell
This app offers a convenient way to access all hotel information, including dining, entertainment, and special offers. It features an in-app messenger to connect with other guests, making your hotel stay more comfortable and informed.
- Detailed restaurant and bar information
- Full menus with pricing and photos
- Hotel telephone directory
- Entertainment and activity schedules
- Information on special events and offers
- Intra-hotel guest messenger
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Application DeskBell provides quick, easy and convenient orientation in the hotel you are staying in. No more need to use the room booklets with the description of your hotel options. All the information will be stored in the convenient application of your mobile phone. In the DeskBell app you’ll find: − The most detailed description of restaurants and bars of your hotel with photos, work time and possible information on dress code and age limit. − Convenient menus of all restaurants with photos, descriptions and pricing. − All necessary hotel telephone numbers. No need to ask how to call your friend at the reception, in the SPA or from the cleaner. − Full information on entertainment activities at the hotel. Timing and rules of attending the beach and the swimming pool. Place and time of animation programs and sporting events, opening time of a child’s room. Rental of different equipment. − Always valuable information on time and place of special events taking place at the hotel. − Information on discounts and special offers. Want to know who else stays in your hotel as well? Get to know each other and have a coffee? Intra-hotel messenger has been already implemented in our app and works in more than a million hotels all over the world! Application DeskBell is convenience and comfort! Now, coming to a new hotel you’ll always know where the information you need is. It is a unique application for the entire hotel you are visiting. Make your stay at the hotel more COMFORTABLE! Our contacts: https://deskbell.io office@deskbell.io
Trip Mate
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Second Innings built the Trip Mate for those who loves to travel and those who need to organise and showcase trip memories. A simple and powerful tool to organise, track and manage your trips. Easily plan your journey with this trip planner application. Additionally there are lots of features available for managing your trips. - Add new trips on the mytrip tab - Manage your expense with the help of built in trip expense calculator tool - Manage or update trips using trip calculator or road trip planner tool - Split expense equally or unequally among friends - Graphical representation of expense for user convenience - Add goals in trip - Share trip details as pdf - Add friends to your trips or follow other friends - Add trip mate or non trip mate friends - Watch friends or followers trips ( if they allowed ) - Get trip alerts of friends or your own trips - Add image/thumbnails to keep your trip memories - Allow permissions to your trip friend's to edit trip data - Best quality customer support - Feed back/ suggestion portal Let's plan your vacation journey with this awesome journey planning app. Besides these there are lots of upcoming features too. Also you can suggest feature, our users are always first priority! Go ahead and lets begin your trip with trip mate!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: DeskBell at none against Trip Mate's shown. DeskBell also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.4). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DeskBell ships an update every 6 weeks, Trip Mate monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DeskBell | Trip Mate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IDEI | Albin V J |
In-app purchases
DeskBell
No in-app purchases
Trip Mate
No in-app purchases









