Hostme v2 vs Simple Reservation Manager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hostme v2
Streamline restaurant operations with a comprehensive front-of-house system. Manage reservations, waitlists, guest databases, and seating with customizable tools and real-time insights. Connect with various platforms and POS systems for seamless integration.
- Unlimited reservations and waitlists
- Online booking and waitlist options
- Guest database with history and preferences
- Customizable deposits and cancellation rules
- Floor plan and alert customization
- Real-time operational reports
- Integrations with Wix, Google Reserve, WhatsApp, POS
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Hi! We're Hostme. For years we've been the reservation book, the waitlist and the floor plan behind thousands of restaurants — from tiny cafes to growing groups. This update is the biggest thing we have ever shipped: we rebuilt Hostme from scratch. Not repainted buttons — rebuilt. It's noticeably faster, smarter and, honestly, just nicer to use. Everything you had is still here, and most of what you kept asking us for finally is too. What's inside: • Guest book and a real CRM — we remember every guest: visit history, favorite table, allergies, birthdays. Tags and auto-tags sort your guests for you, and from there — segments, campaigns, reports and funnels. A guest walks in a second time and it feels like you've known each other for years. • Floor timeline — the whole day's load at a glance. You instantly see where it's busy, where it's empty and where to seat a party of eight. • Floor plan — drawn like in a proper editor, not a millimeter at a time with the mouse. You can even generate it from a photo or a hand-drawn sketch. • Waitlist done properly — promised wait time, place in line and a call timer, with the guest kept in the loop. • Chats from every channel in one window — SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram and the rest are no longer scattered across ten tabs. • Call history — who called, when and what about. Nothing gets lost. • Dashboard and clear reports — bookings, guests and floor load on one screen. In plain language, no spreadsheets to decode. • "Restaurant today" widget on your Home Screen and Lock Screen: floor occupancy, bookings, requests, the waitlist and the guests worth preparing for — VIPs, birthdays, large parties, allergies. • Online bookings from your website, Instagram, Facebook and Google — with deposits, prepayments and your own cancellation rules. Plus a dark theme, push notifications about bookings, and a search that finds any setting and any help article at once — in a couple of seconds. And what hasn't changed: one simple subscription. No per-cover fees. Ever. Noticed something odd, or got an idea? Write to us — we read every message and fix things fast. Your wins are our wins, and the rough edges are ours to fix. Thanks for being with us. Let's go! — The Hostme team
Simple Reservation Manager
This app helps businesses manage customer bookings and appointments. It offers features like reservation reminders, a calendar view, and search functionality. Data syncs automatically across Apple devices via iCloud.
- Reservation management
- Customer management
- iCloud automatic sync
- Reservation reminder notifications
- Calendar view
- Search functionality
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Simple reservation and customer management. Easily manage reservations and customers with simple operations. Features: * Reservation and customer management * iCloud automatic sync. Data can be automatically synced across Apple devices. * iCloud data storage. Syncing requires iCloud to be enabled on your devices and a network connection. * Reservation reminder notifications * Calendar view of reservations * Search for reservations and customers * Up to 10 reservation registrations per month are free. Paid Features: Unlimited reservation registrations Terms of use:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hostme v2 at 75% against Simple Reservation Manager's 0%. Hostme v2 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.4 vs 4.0). Simple Reservation Manager's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Simple Reservation Manager sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per month. Hostme v2 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hostme v2 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hostme v2 has 53 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Hostme v2's written reviews are positive against 0% of Simple Reservation Manager's.
Hostme v2 ships an update every 5 months, Simple Reservation Manager fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hostme v2 | Simple Reservation Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (53 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HostMe LLC. | Yohei Tamura |
Customer experience
Hostme v2
Simple Reservation Manager
In-app purchases
Hostme v2
No in-app purchases
Simple Reservation Manager
- Premium Plan$0.491 Month
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