Comparison

a&o Hostels vs Teilapplication

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

Head to head
About

a&o Hostels

Book budget-friendly accommodation in over 39 hostels across Europe. Check in online and use your smartphone to unlock your room door, streamlining your travel experience.

Highlights
  • Book accommodation
  • Online check-in
  • Digital room key
  • Find hostels in 23 cities
  • View room categories
  • 24-hour service
Features
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a&o Hostels App – Book, Check In, Open the Door Book accommodation, check in online, open your room door – your app for everything! With over 40 hostels in more than 30 cities, a&o is Europe’s largest hostel provider, offering affordable and centrally located accommodations in the most popular cities. Available room categories include single, double, family, and dorm rooms. Backpackers, business travelers, couples, families, and larger groups such as school classes or clubs will find the right bed or room here—equipped with a private bathroom with shower/toilet, hairdryer, and toiletries. There’s also free high-speed Wi-Fi throughout the building, as well as 24/7 service and a snack bar that’s open at all times. Aachen – Antwerp – Berlin – Bremen – Brighton – Brussels – Budapest – Dortmund – Dresden – Düsseldorf – Edinburgh – Florence – Frankfurt – Graz – Hamburg – Cologne – Copenhagen – Leipzig – London – Milan – Manchester – Munich – Nuremberg – Prague – Rotterdam – Salzburg – Stuttgart – Venice – Warsaw – Weimar – Vienna a&o – everyone can travel YOUR FEATURES AT A GLANCE Booking: Whether a bed or a room – select your desired city and easily book your affordable and centrally located accommodation on the go at the best a&o price! Check-in: Skip the trip to the front desk! You can check in on your own—no waiting, just a few clicks, starting 24 hours in advance. Open the door: Say goodbye to room keys. With the app, you can open your room door. Turn on Bluetooth, hold your smartphone up to the lock, tap, and you’re done!

About

Teilapplication

Features
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Your personal touristic voice guide when you travel. TrippyOne has a growing database of monuments, attractions, and points of interest all over Italy. When you launch the App, it anonymously geolocalize your position, and when you get close to one of these hotspots, TrippyOne will start to read you, with a nice voice, a short description of what is useful to know about that monument, attraction, etc. No more need to stop and open a book to know what is the monument you are looking at: TrippyOne will do it for you, automatically! TrippyOne respects your privacy because no registration is needed and it doesn't collect any personal data about you.

Screenshots

a&o Hostels4 screens
Teilapplication4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Teilapplication at none against a&o Hostels's shown. a&o Hostels's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 13 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

a&o Hostels ships an update every 9 days, Teilapplication every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
a&o Hostels versus Teilapplication: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametera&o HostelsTeilapplication
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (100 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews26.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings100 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 13 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA&O HOTELS and HOSTELS HOLDING AGBUSSOLINO SITCAP SAS DI GIOVANNI BUSSOLINO

In-app purchases

None

a&o Hostels

No in-app purchases

None

Teilapplication

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is a&o Hostels free?
a&o Hostels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Teilapplication free?
Teilapplication is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do a&o Hostels or Teilapplication have ads?
a&o Hostels shows ads; Teilapplication does not.
Which is updated more often, a&o Hostels or Teilapplication?
a&o Hostels ships an update every 9 days, and Teilapplication every 13 months. Most recently, a&o Hostels was updated on October 14, 2026 and Teilapplication on September 30, 2026.

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