Thon Hotels vs Vander
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thon Hotels
Book hotel stays quickly and easily, with exclusive discounts and a best price guarantee. Features include mobile check-in/out, room key access, and convenient payment options. Stay informed with notifications about your trip.
- Exclusive THON+ membership discounts
- Best price guarantee on direct bookings
- In-app mobile check-in and check-out
- Phone as room and elevator key
- Multiple payment options including Vipps and Apple Pay
- Overview of past and upcoming stays
- Notifications for pre-stay and during-stay updates
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Our app helps you book your hotel stay in a quick and easy way. Save money – up to 12% off with THON+ membership Best price guarantee – always the lowest price when booking direct Skip the queue – check in and out in the app Your phone is your key – unlock your room and access elevators Easy payments – Vipps, Apple Pay, cards or bonus points Full overview – see all your past and upcoming stays Stay updated – get notifications before and during your stay Exclusive deals – special rates via work or organizations Search & compare – hotels in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands
Vander
Unlock your apartment using your smartphone. Receive and use an electronically generated key on your mobile device after authorization by the system. This app eliminates the need for physical keys and reduces waiting times.
- Electronic key generation
- Unlock doors with smartphone
- Authorized access
- Eliminates physical keys
- Reduces reception queues
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Vander KEY APP means the end of lost key hassles, reception ques and wasted time. Unlock your apartment with your own mobile phone. Now you can receive a key generated electronically on your smartphone, previously identified and authorised by the Vander systems. This is the easiest way for you to unlock the assigned doors. Just use your private Vander KEY Mobile app and your own mobile phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vander at 5.0 against Thon Hotels's 4.6. Vander also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
Vander holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of Thon Hotels's written reviews are positive against 50% of Vander's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Thon Hotels ships an update monthly, Vander fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thon Hotels | Vander |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 147 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thon Gruppen As | Bjørvika Apartments |
Customer experience
Thon Hotels
Vander
In-app purchases
Thon Hotels
No in-app purchases
Vander
No in-app purchases
