Guesty For Hosts vs RemoteLock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guesty For Hosts
Manage short-term rentals efficiently from your mobile device. This platform consolidates reservations, guest communication, team tasks, and financial reporting from multiple booking channels into one easy-to-use application.
- Universal reservation calendar
- Unified guest inbox
- Team task management
- Automated guest communication
- Direct booking website
- Financial reporting
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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
RemoteLock
Manage and monitor connected locks from a single interface. Grant temporary access codes remotely for rental properties and update user and device information. Search for specific devices and access a knowledge base for support.
- View lock activity
- Grant temporary access codes
- Update property portfolios
- Add users and devices
- Search for devices
- Access knowledge base
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The new RemoteLock app makes it easy to manage and monitor all of your connected locks. • View activity on one or many locks through the easy-to-use mobile interface. • Provide temporary access codes remotely for your rental property with the RemoteLock mobile app • Update property portfolio, including adding users, devices and locations. • Use search to find specific devices if you have multiple devices. • Access RemoteLock's knowledge base.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Guesty For Hosts at 3.1 against RemoteLock's 2.1. Guesty For Hosts also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 11%) and ratings volume (154 vs 49). RemoteLock's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Guesty For Hosts holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 154 and 49 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Guesty For Hosts's written reviews are positive against 11% of RemoteLock's.
Guesty For Hosts ships an update every 3 weeks, RemoteLock every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Guesty For Hosts | RemoteLock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (154 ratings) — better | 2.1 (49 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.8% of reviews — better | 10.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 154 — better | 49 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LOCASOFT BV | LockState |
Customer experience
Guesty For Hosts
RemoteLock
User reviews
Guesty For Hosts
From 154 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤖 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
Room to improve
- 🐛 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
RemoteLock
From 49 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Integrates with Airbnb
- 👍 Can group doors
- 👍 Sends guest instructions
- 👍 Can check lock status
- 👍 Can lock remotely
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 App is unstable
- 🐛 App is unusable
- 🐛 App doesn't work
- 🐛 App requires reinstallation often
Bugs and requests
Guesty For Hosts
Reported bugs
20 issues- 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
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- 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
Requested features
12 requests- 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
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- 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
RemoteLock
Reported bugs
24 issues- App crashes on opening
- App force closes instantly
- App becomes unusable
- App doesn't work
- App requires frequent reinstallation
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- Login errors
- Syncing issues
- Inconsistent event logging
- App won't launch after reinstall
- Error messages like "oops..." and "snap" unavailable
- Can't add new guests
- Remote unlock unreliable
- App doesn't work with OS updates
- Login required after updates
- Can't edit pre-populated Airbnb codes
- App doesn't work with older locks
- No longer supports older devices
- Can't view/edit/send guest email template from app
- Activity log lacks detail
- Half the users no longer appear in the app
- Can't see battery percentage when clicking on location/lock
- Removed consolidated events view
- User codes in plain view
- Security holes in RBAC
Requested features
14 requests- Add more RBAC options, including devices
- Ability to stay signed in
- Better user interface
- App that launches when opened
- Ability to sort event history by date
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- Add another view to list all devices and events
- User codes should be masked by default
- Ability to configure other options on the lock (e.g., auto-lock)
- Push notifications
- Subscription should include more than one lock
- View, edit, or send guest email template from the app
- More detail on activity log (e.g., who opened the door)
- Activity log for each guest when clicking on their name
- Option to save username and password
In-app purchases
Guesty For Hosts
No in-app purchases
RemoteLock
No in-app purchases
