Comparison

Guesty For Hosts vs Mr. Tapioca

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

Mr. Tapioca

This app helps you focus by timing your work sessions with a virtual boba shop. It blocks distracting apps and rewards you with in-game currency to customize your shop. Enjoy break games and ambient soundscapes while building your boba collection.

Highlights
  • Cozy focus timer with virtual boba shop
  • Real app blocking using Screen Time
  • Live Activity countdown
  • In-game currency for customization
  • Boba map of nearby shops
  • Study Squad for shared focus sessions
  • Break games and ambient soundscapes
Features
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Your phone has a tiny boba shop in it now. The guy who runs it is a round tapioca pearl, and he would really love it if you put your phone down for a bit. Mr. Tapioca is a cozy focus timer. Set a custom session from 15 minutes to 4 hours, or work toward the daily focus goal you choose. While you focus, he brews your boba. Finish and the drink goes in your collection. The part that keeps you honest: real app blocking. Mr. Tapioca uses Apple's Screen Time technology to shield the distracting apps you choose during a session. Blocking is optional. Turn it on and those apps stay unavailable until you pause or finish. What's inside: - Custom drinks with tea bases, toppings, and a shelf for everything you finish - Real app blocking, not just a guilt trip - A Live Activity countdown on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Optional reminders when your drink is ready - Pearls earned by focusing, to spend on skins, toppings, and shop backgrounds - A map of nearby bubble tea shops, with participating partner shops marked - Partner perks on iPhone earned from verified focus time and redeemed with one-time codes - Study Squad: share a code and compare focus totals, drinks, and streaks with friends (optional) - Break games, daily quests, achievements, streaks, music, and ambient soundscapes I'm Melchior. I'm a college student, this is my first app, and I built it with my girlfriend Dasha because every focus app we tried was either a spreadsheet with a timer attached or a subscription in a trench coat. A few extra skins and backgrounds are small one-time purchases if you ever feel like supporting us. Everything else you earn by focusing. Free to download. No ads. No subscriptions. No tracking. Just you, a proud little pearl, and the thing you've been putting off.

Screenshots

Guesty For Hosts4 screens
Mr. Tapioca4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mr. Tapioca at 100% against Guesty For Hosts's 53%. Mr. Tapioca also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Guesty For Hosts's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ratings volume (151 vs 11). On price, ads and monetization model 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. Mr. Tapioca sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Guesty For Hosts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mr. Tapioca holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guesty For Hosts has 151 ratings behind it against 11, 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 100% of Mr. Tapioca's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guesty For Hosts ships an update every 3 weeks, Mr. Tapioca every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Guesty For Hosts versus Mr. Tapioca: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuesty For HostsMr. Tapioca
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (151 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings151 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLOCASOFT BVMelchior Goldfarb

Customer experience

Guesty For Hosts

All ratings151 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral12.6%
Negative43.0%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive52.8%
Neutral8.8%
Negative38.4%

Mr. Tapioca

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Mr. Tapioca

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Guesty For Hosts

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Mr. Tapioca

One-time8
  • Ninja Skin$1.99
  • Wizard Skin$1.99
  • Angel Skin$1.99
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  • Winter Cocoa Background$1.99
  • Galaxy Dream Background$1.99
  • Devil Skin$1.99
  • Honeymilk Library$1.99
  • Mango Sunset$1.99

Questions

Is Guesty For Hosts free?
Guesty For Hosts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mr. Tapioca free?
Mr. Tapioca is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Guesty For Hosts or Mr. Tapioca?
Mr. Tapioca is rated higher. Guesty For Hosts averages 3.1 out of 5 from 151 ratings, while Mr. Tapioca averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Guesty For Hosts or Mr. Tapioca have ads?
Neither Guesty For Hosts nor Mr. Tapioca shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Guesty For Hosts or Mr. Tapioca?
Guesty For Hosts ships an update every 3 weeks, and Mr. Tapioca every 8 days. Most recently, Guesty For Hosts was updated on October 8, 2026 and Mr. Tapioca on October 9, 2026.

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