Akia vs VRMA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Akia
This AI-powered platform streamlines hospitality operations and enhances guest satisfaction. It offers automated messaging, mobile check-in, digital menus, and personalized mobile experiences without requiring app downloads.
- AI-powered guest journey platform
- Automated operations
- Guest satisfaction enhancement
- Mobile check-in
- Digital surveys and menus
- Personalized mobile experiences
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Akia is the leading AI-powered guest journey platform designed to streamline operations and elevate guest satisfaction – through advanced automation, messaging, mobile check-in, digital surveys, F&B menus, arrival guides, marketing, VoIP, and much more. All this is accomplished through Mini Apps: a personalized mobile experience that doesn’t require developers or downloads. Akia helps hospitality businesses deliver exceptional guest experiences.
VRMA
This app serves as the official mobile platform for a global community of short-term vacation rental professionals. It offers educational resources, industry information, networking opportunities, and advocacy to help members grow their businesses and enhance guest experiences.
- Educational resources
- Industry information
- Networking opportunities
- Professional advocacy
- Business growth tools
- Guest experience enhancement
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The official mobile app for the Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA). The Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA) is the leading and largest global community for short-term vacation rental professionals. VRMA provides education, information, connections, and advocacy so our members can grow and strengthen their businesses to create enjoyable, memorable guest experiences and profitably manage the properties in their care. VRMA also promotes the value of the short-term vacation rental experience to the public and serves as the collective voice that drives industry growth and professionalism.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Akia at every 2 months against VRMA's every 10 months. Akia also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 1) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). VRMA's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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.
VRMA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Akia has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Akia ships an update every 2 months, VRMA every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Akia | VRMA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Akia Syndicate | Vacation Rental Management Association |
Customer experience
Akia
VRMA
In-app purchases
Akia
No in-app purchases
VRMA
No in-app purchases
