Tablet Hotels vs Nobu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tablet Hotels
Discover and book unique boutique and luxury hotels worldwide. This app offers a curated selection of stylish accommodations with exceptional service and personality. Enjoy exclusive discounts and personalized assistance from travel experts.
- Curated hotel selection
- Book best rates
- Insider Sale discounts
- Verified guest reviews
- Concierge-grade customer service
- Tablet Plus VIP upgrades
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Tablet Hotels — The original curated hotel selection. Tablet is your source for booking the world’s most exciting hotels — places where you’ll find a memorable experience, not just a room for the night. Along with a hand-picked selection of unforgettable hotels. It’s all the places you want to go, all in one place. For over twenty years the travel experts at Tablet have scoured the earth to find hotels that stand out for their extraordinary style, service, and personality. We don’t have every hotel — we have every hotel that matters. From hip indie boutiques to grand old palaces, the Tablet app allows you to seamlessly book their best rates, including Tablet’s private Insider Sale discounts. To help ensure that our selection stays fresh and vital, reviews from verified Tablet guests are used to create the Tablet Score, a running tabulation of what you think about a hotel. And what you think matters — if a hotel's scores are less-than-stellar, we’ll remove them. App users receive concierge-grade customer service from Tablet’s Travel Specialists, who are available to assist with every step of your journey. There’s no cost to use the app and no membership is required. Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Tablet Plus and you’ll receive VIP upgrades and amenities at hundreds of participating hotels. See new places. Eat amazing meals. Take the Tablet Hotels app wherever you go. Download today.
Nobu
Book hotel stays and restaurant reservations, manage your itinerary, and communicate with hotel staff. Enjoy convenient mobile check-in/out, in-room dining, and local recommendations. Access your mobile key for seamless entry.
- Book hotel stays
- Reserve dinner
- View itinerary
- Chat with hotel teams
- Mobile check-in/out
- 24-hour in-room dining
- Local recommendations
- Mobile key access
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This is the official Nobu app connecting you to the world of Nobu Hotels and Restaurants. Our app delivers a streamlined approach to your guest journey and places you in the middle of all the action. WHY DO I NEED THIS APP? - Reserve your stay, confirm your dinner, and view your itinerary - Chat whenever and however you want with our hotel teams on multiple platforms in a variety of languages - Check-in and check-out is as simple as Click-in and Click-out - Take Nobu to bed with 24-hour in-room dining - Let’s get personal with local recommendations from the property team on the surrounding neighborhood - Retrieve your mobile key and stop mistaking the plastic one for your credit card - Ultimate access to the amazing world of Nobu
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tablet Hotels at 55% against Nobu's 0%. Tablet Hotels also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (4.3K vs 19). Nobu's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). 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.
Tablet Hotels holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tablet Hotels has 4.3K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Tablet Hotels's written reviews are positive against 0% of Nobu's.
Tablet Hotels ships an update monthly, Nobu every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tablet Hotels | Nobu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.3K ratings) — better | 4.2 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.3K — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tablet Inc | Nobu |
Customer experience
Tablet Hotels
Nobu
Bugs and requests
Tablet Hotels
Reported bugs
4 issues- Search functionality not working properly
- Frequent app crashes and errors
- Tablet Plus benefits not applying correctly
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
5 requests- More hotel variety and locations
- Improved search and filtering options
- Ability to check availability without booking
- Notification system for bookings
- iPad-specific app version
Nobu
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tablet Hotels
No in-app purchases
Nobu
No in-app purchases
Questions
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