Comparison

Spaces vs StavPay

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Spaces

Find and book flexible workspaces like meeting rooms, private offices, or co-working desks. Choose by the hour or day without contracts. Access thousands of locations globally for your professional needs.

Highlights
  • Book meeting rooms
  • Private offices
  • Co-working desks
  • Business lounges
  • Hourly and daily booking
  • Global locations
Features
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Sick of working in noisy coffee shops? Need to hold a meeting in a professional environment? Spaces is the world's largest provider of short-term workspaces, with over 4000 locations, in over 120 countries. Our centers offer meeting rooms, private offices, co-working desks and business lounges. Just choose the space that you need, book via our app and show up. Book by the hour or by the day. No contracts, no sign-up fees. Create your free Spaces account today and use our app to book a great space to work, wherever you need. Any type of workspace: Meeting rooms, private offices, co-working desks or business lounges. Pick the space that suits your needs. Any duration: Book by the hour, by the day, or upgrade to our unlimited Businessworld monthly subscription. Easy to use: No contracts to sign. Just book via the app and show up at the IWG center. Spaces everywhere: With over 4,000 locations around the world, you will find a space anywhere you need.

About

StavPay

Automate your company's entire business spending process, from vendor management to invoice approval and payment. Gain real-time data and insights to allocate expenses across unlimited layers and attributes. Approve payments and track invoices on the go for enhanced control and reduced delays.

Highlights
  • End-to-end business spend automation
  • Unlimited expense allocation by attribute
  • Real-time data and reporting
  • Invoice and payment approval on mobile
  • Integration with third-party financial systems
  • Audit-ready transparency
Features
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StavPay: Business Spend and Expense Allocation SaaS for Complex Businesses StavPay fully automates the end-to-end business spend process for your enterprise while providing data and insights in real-time. It turns your process into Approve or Reject. StavPay sits above all other software in your technology stack, capturing, housing, and managing vendors, contracts, and invoices while giving you the ability to allocate expenses in unlimited ways and layers using any attribute. StavPay offers: True End-to-End Automation – A Digital Worker for your Firm Allocate expenses in unlimited ways and layers using any attribute Audit-Ready Transparency Integrated with all your relevant third parties (GLs, Banks, Wire Platforms, Fund Admins, etc.) Dedicated Business Process Operations (BPO) Team Robust and Dynamic Reporting in real time Scalable Architecture Now you can Approve on the Go! Review, approve, and track invoices in real-time, whether in the office or on the move. Stay in control of business spend and reduce invoice processing delays with a tap. Benefit from Visibility That Moves With You. See all invoice details at a glance—whether it's payment status, audit trails, or due dates. Everything is centralized in one mobile dashboard. Payments: Approve payments directly from StavPay with a single click. Connect directly to banks, wire networks, and fund administrators. View account balances, statements, and transactions in real time. Credit Card Management (Coming Soon): Manage your business spend with customizable user and vendor-level controls while earning cash back on all payments. For Finance Teams That Need to Move Faster Whether you are a CFO, Controller, or in Accounts Payable, StavPay helps you stay connected to your business spend. Say goodbye to manual checklists, email threads, and payment delays. Designed for Complex Businesses. Powered by Stavtar

Screenshots

Spaces4 screens
StavPay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: StavPay at 5.0 against Spaces's 3.4. StavPay also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Spaces's advantage is ratings volume (118 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StavPay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spaces has 118 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spaces ships an update fortnightly, StavPay monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Spaces versus StavPay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpacesStavPay
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (118 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings118 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size244 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPathway IP II GmbHStavtar Solutions, Inc.

Customer experience

Spaces

All ratings118 ratings
Positive55.9%
Neutral4.2%
Negative39.8%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive7.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative83.8%

StavPay

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Spaces

Reported bugs

36 issues
  • Door unlock is a buggy mess
  • App crashes constantly
  • App won't load after update
  • App forgets login details after updates
  • App keeps erroring and restarting login process
Show 31 more
  • App does not work on phone
  • Confirmation email not arriving after update
  • Login stopped working after update
  • Slow to load Bluetooth options
  • Secure link for login sent too slowly
  • Email authentication issues
  • App signs out automatically
  • App not working
  • Cannot register, stalls
  • Progress indicator animation badly drawn
  • App asks to add payment account daily
  • Cannot book coworking space
  • Virtual key never works
  • Login screen shows blank screen
  • App requires download for internet access
  • App automatically chooses Greek language
  • App doesn't work
  • Cannot login or register
  • Unacceptable content-type text/html error
  • App doesn't remember details
  • Code sending issues (text and email)
  • App prevents using Apple Wallet
  • App doesn't generate password automatically
  • App doesn't support iPhone XS Max full screen
  • App crashes all the time
  • Cannot change credit card details for months
  • App doesn't accept Citibank Mastercard
  • Duplicate reservations with no warnings
  • App doesn't let you book office space since December update
  • Registration process too short for email delivery
  • App doesn't work with Office 365 email addresses

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add Apple Pay
  • Add Apple Watch app
  • Make app available on Apple Watch
  • Make app usable in landscape mode on iPad
  • Improve UI for finding Wi-Fi code
Show 6 more
  • Add dark mode
  • Improve font size and contrast for readability
  • Allow adding pass to iPhone Wallet
  • Improve login process with password managers
  • Add option to save payment methods
  • Make check-in a one-click system

StavPay

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Spaces

No in-app purchases

None

StavPay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spaces free?
Spaces is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is StavPay free?
StavPay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spaces or StavPay?
StavPay is rated higher. Spaces averages 3.4 out of 5 from 118 ratings, while StavPay averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Spaces or StavPay have ads?
Neither Spaces nor StavPay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spaces or StavPay?
Spaces ships an update fortnightly, and StavPay monthly. Most recently, Spaces was updated on October 10, 2026 and StavPay on September 29, 2026.

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