Guestia vs Viya
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guestia
This app helps travelers and event attendees by providing personalized, up-to-date information, eliminating the need for paper itineraries and emails. It aims to enhance the guest experience for events and travel.
- Personalized event information
- Up-to-date travel details
- Paperless itineraries
- Event and travel management
- Enhanced guest experience
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Guestia is an essential app for anybody travelling or attending your event. Our platform and mobile app allows you to provide users with personalized, important, useful and up-to date information about your event and their travel and removes the need for paper itineraries, spreadsheets, information packs and emails. Let’s go paperless!
Viya
Discover exclusive rewards and experiences across Dubai's top restaurants, leisure destinations, and golf courses. Access a world of offers at cafes, gyms, spas, pools, and private beaches, all within a free-to-download app.
- Lifestyle rewards
- Exclusive offers
- Restaurants and cafes
- Leisure destinations
- Golf courses
- Gyms, spas, pools, beaches
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Viya is Dubai’s lifestyle rewards app, offering residents and visitor’s rewards and experiences across leading restaurants, leisure destinations and golf courses. The Viya app is free to download and provides exclusive access to offers at various locations across Dubai. From restaurants and cafes, to gyms, spas, golf courses, pools and private beaches; Viya provides access to the good life in Dubai. The Viya lifestyle rewards app is part of Wasl Hospitality and Leisure.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Viya at 4.6 against Guestia's 3.0. Viya also leads on ratings volume (355 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Guestia's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). 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.
Viya holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Viya has 355 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Guestia ships an update every 2 weeks, Viya every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guestia | Viya |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (355 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 29.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 355 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 198 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guestia Limited | Wasl |
Customer experience
Guestia
Viya
Bugs and requests
Guestia
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Viya
Reported bugs
30 issues- OTP not received via SMS
- OTP not received via email
- App crashes
- App not working
- Registration not possible
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- Login issues
- Spouse pass not working
- Voucher not working
- Payment methods cancel payments
- Unable to connect phone
- Booking system errors
- Cannot change junior golfer status
- Cannot log in
- Verification code never sent
- Passcode won't work
- Endless loop of OTPs
- App requires constant updates
- New version asks for details again
- New version doesn't work
- Invalid mobile number error
- Cannot update info because of OTP code
- Visa card not accepted for payment
- Setting up profile is challenging
- OTP email not received
- OTP doesn't come through
- Blocked from trying features
- Foreign phone numbers not accepted
- Mobile verification code does not work
- Delete account button doesn't work
- OTP arrives hours too late
Requested features
20 requests- Allow spouse pass to work
- Fix OTP issues for registration and login
- Improve customer service responsiveness
- Provide clear and transparent information
- Allow refunds for unused passes
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- Extend points expiry
- Improve venue selection
- Add search function to main page
- Fix booking system errors
- Allow cancellation or changes to bookings
- Add dark mode
- Make delete account button functional
- Allow use of foreign phone numbers for registration
- Improve app usability and navigation
- Fix issues with changing junior golfer status
- Allow easier login with different numbers
- Bring back removed restaurant offers
- Improve payment processing
- Allow updating personal details without OTP issues
- Test app updates more comprehensively
In-app purchases
Guestia
No in-app purchases
Viya
No in-app purchases
