Guesty For Hosts vs ProhostAI
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
ProhostAI
Streamline vacation rental management with AI. Automate guest communication, schedule cleaning, and manage maintenance tasks. Integrates with popular platforms and your communication channels for a unified inbox.
- AI-powered guest messaging
- Automated cleaning scheduling
- AI maintenance ticketing
- Unified inbox for WhatsApp and Gmail
- Reservation calendar
- Integration with rental platforms
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AI-powered messaging, Cleaning Scheduling, AI Workflows, AI Maintenance Ticketing and reservation calendar for hosts on Airbnb, Hostaway, Guesty, Hospitable and OwnerRez. Connect your WhatsApp Business and Gmail accounts for a unified inbox. Respond to guests with high quality AI messages to boost your response times, automatically detect & manage maintenance tasks with AI. View reservation and listing details.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ProhostAI at 4.4 against Guesty For Hosts's 3.1. ProhostAI also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 53%) and monetization model (free vs freemium). Guesty For Hosts's advantage is ratings volume (151 vs 14) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ProhostAI holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guesty For Hosts has 151 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Guesty For Hosts's written reviews are positive against 92% of ProhostAI's.
Guesty For Hosts ships an update every 3 weeks, ProhostAI weekly. The most recent releases landed on July 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guesty For Hosts | ProhostAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (151 ratings) | 4.4 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.2% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 151 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LOCASOFT BV | Prohost |
Customer experience
Guesty For Hosts
ProhostAI
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
ProhostAI
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Guesty For Hosts
No in-app purchases
ProhostAI
No in-app purchases
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