Comparison

OnSolve vs Hostly

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

Head to head
About

OnSolve

This app delivers critical communications directly to your mobile device. It's designed for organizations to send urgent updates and routine business information to employees, partners, and customers. Stay informed about important events that could impact operations, assets, and safety.

Highlights
  • Critical communication delivery
  • Push notifications for updates
  • Supports employees, partners, customers
  • Urgent and routine message delivery
  • Real-time event alerts
Features
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Experience the upgraded OnSolve Mobile App! With over two billion notifications sent annually, OnSolve helps deliver critical communications to employees, partners, customers and other stakeholders directly on their mobile device. When an event occurs, communicating immediately is critical. Whether for urgent situations that can jeopardize operations, assets and safety, or for routine business operations. Download our mobile app to connect and start receiving push notifications regarding critical updates from your organization.

About

Hostly

Features
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Hostly is a simple front-desk app for small guest houses, inns and B&Bs. Run check-ins, see who is in which room, track your money and your supplies — from your phone or tablet. CHECK-IN & CHECK-OUT • Register a guest in seconds: name, phone, party size, dates and payment • Snap a photo of the receipt at check-in • See the refund due when a guest leaves early • Add your own check-in questions (text or dropdown) ROOMS & OCCUPANCY • A live key rack shows every room at a glance — occupied or free • Occupancy grid across any date range, one colour per guest • Set a price per room, per night • Overlapping bookings are blocked automatically MONEY • Every payment and refund recorded automatically • Log other income and expenses — utilities, repairs, supplies • Cash-flow report with an opening balance carried forward • Export any report to PDF and share it STOCK & HOUSEKEEPING • Count inventory and see what is running low • Log work with times and photos • Per-person time report GUESTS • A directory of everyone who has stayed • Returning guest? Fill check-in from their last visit BUILT FOR A TEAM • Roles for admin, staff, reporting and view-only • Manage several guest houses from one account • Full English and Chinese (Simplified & Traditional) Your data is stored securely and synced across every device on your account.

Screenshots

OnSolve4 screens
Hostly4 screens

Verdict

The call

OnSolve and Hostly are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
OnSolve versus Hostly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOnSolveHostly
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (32 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings32 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnSolvek5Software

In-app purchases

None

OnSolve

No in-app purchases

None

Hostly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OnSolve free?
OnSolve is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hostly free?
Hostly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OnSolve or Hostly have ads?
Neither OnSolve nor Hostly shows ads.

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