RemoteLock vs Hostify Tasks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RemoteLock
Easily manage and monitor all connected locks from a single interface. Grant temporary access codes remotely and update your property portfolio by adding users, devices, and locations.
- View lock activity
- Grant temporary access codes
- Update property portfolio
- Add users, devices, and locations
- Search for specific devices
- Access knowledge base
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The new RemoteLock app makes it easy to manage and monitor all of your connected locks. • View activity on one or many locks through the easy-to-use mobile interface. • Provide temporary access codes remotely for your rental property with the RemoteLock mobile app • Update property portfolio, including adding users, devices and locations. • Use search to find specific devices if you have multiple devices. • Access RemoteLock's knowledge base.
Hostify Tasks
This app simplifies task management for vacation rental properties. Property managers and staff can create, assign, and track tasks, and communicate directly within the application to ensure properties are well-maintained for guests.
- Task creation and assignment
- Task tracking
- In-app communication
- Integration with Hostify PMS
- Property maintenance organization
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Hostify Tasks is a simple task management app for vacation rental and short-term rental properties. Property managers and cleaning/maintenance staff can easily create, assign, and track tasks, and communicate within the app. Fully integrated with the Hostify PMS, Hostify Tasks is the perfect solution for organizing and streamlining daily tasks and ensuring that vacation rentals and short-term rental properties are well-maintained and ready for guests
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: RemoteLock at 48 against Hostify Tasks's 1. RemoteLock also leads on review sentiment (11% vs 0%). Hostify Tasks's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.1 for RemoteLock against 2.0 for Hostify Tasks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RemoteLock has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 11% of RemoteLock's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hostify Tasks's.
RemoteLock ships an update every 2 weeks, Hostify Tasks fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RemoteLock | Hostify Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (48 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 10.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rocky Mountain Ventures, LLC | Hostify |
Customer experience
RemoteLock
Hostify Tasks
In-app purchases
RemoteLock
No in-app purchases
Hostify Tasks
No in-app purchases
