HelloShift vs Stayntouch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HelloShift
This platform streamlines hotel operations by replacing traditional logbooks and spreadsheets with a modern, user-friendly interface. It facilitates instant staff communication and task management across devices, while also enabling direct SMS communication with guests.
- Instant staff communication
- Task management
- Computer and mobile access
- Guest SMS communication
- Replaces logbooks and spreadsheets
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HelloShift is a communication platform for hotel staff and guests. It replaces handwritten logbooks, sticky notes and complicated spreadsheets with a familiar, Facebook-like interface that lets staff communicate instantly and work together to complete tasks on their computers and mobile devices. HelloShift enables SMS communication with guests, from booking through guest stay and beyond.
Stayntouch
This hotel management application enhances existing property management systems with mobility. Hotel staff can check guests in and out, manage payments, and update room status from anywhere with an internet connection. It facilitates communication between cloud services, payment, and key interfaces.
- Mobile check-in/check-out
- Payment management
- Room status updates
- Key creation
- PMS integration
- Cloud-based services
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StayNTouch Rover is a PMS overlay application that connects to hotels existing property management system to enhance it with mobility. Using Rover, hotel staff can now check guests in and out anywhere as long as the iPad is connected to the internet using a wifi or cellular network. Rover connects to the StayNTouch cloud application and database. With Rover hotels can create keys, manage payments, update room status for guests in hotels. The app enables communication between StayNtouch cloud based services, payment and key interfaces.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: HelloShift at 100% against Stayntouch's 0%. HelloShift also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Stayntouch's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HelloShift holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of HelloShift's written reviews are positive against 0% of Stayntouch's.
HelloShift ships an update every 5 months, Stayntouch every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HelloShift | Stayntouch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Helloshift Inc | StayNTouch Inc. |
Customer experience
HelloShift
Stayntouch
In-app purchases
HelloShift
No in-app purchases
Stayntouch
No in-app purchases
