PoolPass vs ResortPass for Hotels
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PoolPass
Manage members and streamline front desk check-ins for pools and clubs. Automate traditional paper passes and logbooks by scanning barcodes or searching by name. Visualize facility usage and member data with insightful charts.
- Member management
- Front desk check-in
- Barcode/QR code scanning
- Guest usage tracking
- Membership suspension
- Data visualization charts
- Email members
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PoolPass is a member management and front desk check-in solution for community swimming pools and other facilities. Choose the standalone version to manage all data on your iPad or iPhone, no internet needed. Or connect to your PoolPass cloud account from multiple devices. If you're managing a membership-based swimming pool, gym, club, or other organization, PoolPass provides a solution for keeping track of your members, checking them in at the front desk, and monitoring facility usage. PoolPass helps you automate the traditional paper passes, manual member lookup, and log books. Scan barcodes or QR codes at check-in from your device's camera or a wireless bluetooth barcode scanner. Or search by name to check-in members without membership cards. You can check-in and keep track of guest usage as well. With PoolPass you can suspend memberships or members not in good standing, set expiration dates, limit the number of entries by member, email members, view member data in a spreadsheet format, and search for members or member data. PoolPass also provides several charts to help you visualize your data. Track member and guest check-ins by day or hour, check membership counts over time, check current facility occupancy, and see who is checking in most often. The PoolPass iOS app is completely free to use with your PoolPass cloud account. For standalone use, you can manage up to 50 members free. You can upgrade the number of members you can manage with In-App purchases.
ResortPass for Hotels
This amenity management solution helps hotels optimize revenue by offering amenities like pools and spas to registered day guests. Hotels can control pricing and availability, tapping into local and traveling guests for new ancillary revenue streams.
- Amenity management
- Revenue optimization
- Guest check-in
- Real-time pricing adjustments
- Inventory management
- New guest acquisition
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Join thousands of hotels who are capturing new guests and unlocking up to $3,000,000 annually in new ancillary revenue. The ResortPass for Hotels app is an amenity management solution that allows hotels to optimize their property’s revenue and tap into a new segment of leisure guests. Hotels and resorts of all types are driving significant new revenue by offering pool, cabana, fitness, spa, activities, and events to a new channel of registered hotel day guests. With complete control over availability and pricing, hotels can efficiently tap into local and traveling guests nearby and on-demand when they can use a boost such as off-peak times and weekdays. With over 3+ million daycations booked, ResortPass is the fast-growing new market in the leisure and travel space. From an iPhone, hotel staff can: • Check-in guests and view details about upcoming reservations • Adjust pricing and inventory in real time on the go • Optimize revenue and efficiently yield manage inventory for both overnight guests and day guests • Easily create new reservations for your overnight guests Note: this app is for Hotels using ResortPass. For information on becoming a Hotel Partner please visit https://partners.resortpass.com/ Our concierge team is available to assist you with any questions. concierge@resortpass.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ResortPass for Hotels at none against PoolPass's 6. ResortPass for Hotels also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). PoolPass's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. PoolPass sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. ResortPass for Hotels asks for nothing beyond the download.
ResortPass for Hotels holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 10 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | PoolPass | ResortPass for Hotels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevinnovate, LLC | ResortPass, Inc. |
Customer experience
PoolPass
ResortPass for Hotels
In-app purchases
PoolPass
- 100 Members$19.99
- 500 Members$79.99
- Increase By 1200$79.99
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- 1000 Members$129.99
- 2000 Members$199.99
- Unlimited Members$249.99
ResortPass for Hotels
No in-app purchases
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