Nobu vs The BoTree
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nobu
Book hotel stays and restaurant reservations, manage your itinerary, and communicate with hotel staff. Enjoy convenient mobile check-in/out, in-room dining, and local recommendations. Access your mobile key for seamless entry.
- Book hotel stays
- Reserve dinner
- View itinerary
- Chat with hotel teams
- Mobile check-in/out
- 24-hour in-room dining
- Local recommendations
- Mobile key access
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This is the official Nobu app connecting you to the world of Nobu Hotels and Restaurants. Our app delivers a streamlined approach to your guest journey and places you in the middle of all the action. WHY DO I NEED THIS APP? - Reserve your stay, confirm your dinner, and view your itinerary - Chat whenever and however you want with our hotel teams on multiple platforms in a variety of languages - Check-in and check-out is as simple as Click-in and Click-out - Take Nobu to bed with 24-hour in-room dining - Let’s get personal with local recommendations from the property team on the surrounding neighborhood - Retrieve your mobile key and stop mistaking the plastic one for your credit card - Ultimate access to the amazing world of Nobu
The BoTree
This app serves as your digital concierge for a luxury hotel experience. It allows for seamless check-in/check-out, digital room key access, and provides curated recommendations for the local neighborhood and in-room dining.
- Digital room key
- Mobile check-in/check-out
- In-room dining ordering
- Neighborhood recommendations
- Concierge services
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Your personal guide to The BoTree, the home of conscious luxury in London. The BoTree connects three vibrant London communities. Our app connects you to us and plugs you into our world. Get excited by the soul and life of The BoTree before you arrive. Check-in, check-out, even open you room with your digital room key, all from your phone. Recommendations, secrets and inside knowledge on our neighbourhood as well as touch of a button in-room dining. Everything you need to know and nothing you don’t. Your stay, on your terms, on your phone. The BoTree app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The BoTree at 4.5 against Nobu's 4.2. The BoTree also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and device support (3 vs 1). Nobu's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
The BoTree holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nobu has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Nobu ships an update every 4 months, The BoTree every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nobu | The BoTree |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (19 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nobu | Shiva Marylebone Lane Ltd |
Customer experience
Nobu
The BoTree
In-app purchases
Nobu
No in-app purchases
The BoTree
No in-app purchases
