Tablet Hotels vs Opulist
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.
Opulist
Discover stunning hotels, restaurants, and bars with a curated guide to design-forward locations. Find beautiful places based on city, category, or desired vibe, with gorgeous photography to preview your next destination.
- Curated guide to stunning places
- Search by city, category, or vibe
- Gorgeous photography previews
- Design-forward hotels, restaurants, bars
- Discover spots near you and while traveling
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Ever wish there was a Yelp, but only for the beautiful places? Same. That's why we built Opulist: a hand-picked, curated guide to the most beautiful hotels, restaurants, and bars actually worth your time. No messy reviews. No bad lighting. Just design-forward spots worth visiting. WHAT YOU GET • A curated guide to stunning places to stay, eat, and drink • Search by city, category, or the exact vibe you're after • Gorgeous photography, so you see a place before you ever set foot in it • Design-forward hotels, restaurants, bars, and cafes, hand-picked not crowd-sourced • Beautiful spots near you and wherever you travel next Flip through the photos. Find somewhere stunning. Go. Because where you go should feel as good as it looks. Download Opulist and discover the most beautiful places to stay, eat, and drink, in your city and beyond.
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Verdict
Tablet Hotels and Opulist both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Opulist's written reviews are positive against 55% of Tablet Hotels's. Opulist also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Tablet Hotels's advantage is ratings volume (4.3K vs 30). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Tablet Hotels against 5.0 for Opulist. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tablet Hotels has 4.3K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Tablet Hotels's written reviews are positive against 100% of Opulist's.
Tablet Hotels ships an update monthly, Opulist every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tablet Hotels | Opulist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (4.3K ratings) | 5.0 (30 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.3K — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tablet Inc | Opulist |
Customer experience
Tablet Hotels
Opulist
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
Opulist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tablet Hotels
No in-app purchases
Opulist
No in-app purchases
