Vrbo Owner vs Amenitiz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vrbo Owner
Manage your vacation rental business on the go. Stay connected with travelers, respond to inquiries, and manage bookings and your calendar from your smartphone. Update listing details and policies with ease.
- Receive booking alerts
- Reply to inquiries
- Approve/decline bookings
- Manage guest messages
- Update reservation calendar
- Edit listing details
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The Vrbo Owner Mobile App makes it easy to manage your vacation rental. Stay connected with travelers, manage your bookings, and run your business, anytime and anywhere. NEVER MISS A BOOKING Get alerted every time you receive an inquiry or booking request! You can reply to an inquiry and approve or decline bookings directly from your smartphone. QUICKLY REPLY TO MESSAGES It’s easy to stay connected to guests before, during, or after their booking. You can read and reply to your messages quickly, with all of your conversations in one place. EASILY UPDATE YOUR CALENDAR Add, edit, or cancel a reservation in your calendar in just a few taps. Need to block dates? That’s easy, too. AND MORE Edit your listing, update your house rules and policies, and stay in control with the convenience of an app.
Amenitiz
This all-in-one hotel management tool helps independent hoteliers save time and increase direct bookings. It integrates website, PMS, and channel manager functionalities to streamline operations and prevent overbookings through synchronized calendars.
- All-in-one hotel management
- Direct booking driver
- Integrated website, PMS, channel manager
- Real-time availability checks
- Synchronized calendars
- Manual booking creation
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Amenitiz is the first all-in-one tool that allows independent hoteliers to save time, while driving direct bookings. No need to switch between a bunch of tools to check what is happening at your property: the website, PMS and channel manager all work together. What our partners love: overbookings are a thing of the past, our channel manager synchronises all your calendars! Our apps allow us to manage bookings via the PMS, create manual bookings and check your availabilities in real time. Get onboard!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vrbo Owner at 4.6 against Amenitiz's 4.2. Vrbo Owner also leads on ratings volume (152K vs 17) and monetization model (ad-supported vs freemium). Amenitiz's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
Vrbo Owner holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vrbo Owner has 152K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Vrbo Owner's written reviews are positive against 17% of Amenitiz's.
Vrbo Owner ships an update weekly, Amenitiz fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vrbo Owner | Amenitiz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (152K ratings) — better | 4.2 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.9% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 152K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 329 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HomeAway.com, Inc. | Amenitiz |
Customer experience
Vrbo Owner
Amenitiz
User reviews
Vrbo Owner
From 152K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful customer service
- 💡 Useful marketing tool
- 🚀 Great exposure for listings
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitchy app and website
- 🔒 Lacks guest verification
- 💰 High fees and commissions
- 👎 Poor communication with owners
- 🔒 Inadequate owner protections
Amenitiz
From 17 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good for managing OTAs
- 👍 Efficient for short-term rentals
- 👍 Some users find it useful daily
- 👍 Good for managing multiple booking channels
Room to improve
- 😞 Poor mobile app experience
- 😞 Difficult to use interface
- 😞 Slow performance and freezing
- 😞 Lack of essential mobile features
- 😞 Unresponsive customer service
Bugs and requests
Vrbo Owner
Reported bugs
4 issues- Calendar sync issues
- Booking request problems
- Unreliable notifications
- Frequent login issues
Requested features
5 requests- Improved mobile app functionality
- Better calendar management tools
- More transparent pricing and fees
- Enhanced owner-guest communication
- Stronger fraud prevention measures
Amenitiz
Reported bugs
20 issues- Calendar freezes
- App crashes
- Interface is slow and freezes
- Double-clicking issues
- Calendar scrolls too fast and locks
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- Reservation data not appearing
- Overbooking issues
- Pricing not working as expected
- Bugs that last for weeks
- Items are confusing
- Cannot go back to account after opening help center
- Channel manager ineffective from the app
- Stock not updating
- Touch commands not working on some elements
- Login screen freezes
- App is not intuitive
- Smart pricing gives incorrect suggestions
- Some reservations did not pull through
- Payment links not automatic
- Mobile version is a browser version, not a true app
Requested features
20 requests- Improve mobile app design and functionality
- Add more options to the mobile app
- Allow language changes
- Improve financial tracking and reporting
- Implement color coding for booking sources in the calendar
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- Allow blocking rooms
- Make the app more intuitive
- Improve customer support responsiveness
- Develop a V2 of the app
- Allow minimum night changes from the app
- Integrate all booking channel messages
- Improve housekeeping view for cleaners
- Allow sending payment links via WhatsApp and email
- Make the app faster and more stable
- Allow viewing all reservation data on mobile
- Improve calendar usability
- Allow manual reservation registration
- Make the interface more user-friendly
- Provide more operational possibilities on mobile
- Make the app compatible with older devices
In-app purchases
Vrbo Owner
No in-app purchases
Amenitiz
No in-app purchases
