Comparison

Forum vs Hotely

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

Head to head
About

Forum

Features
Read full description

A membership of ‘principals and experts’ - across the world - inter-connecting, hosting one another, exchanging ideas, sharing connections, writing business. Forum is a global network, started in London in 2010. All members are personally invited to join by the club’s Advisory Board. There are five chapters: London; New York; Singapore; Vienna and Dubai, with additional members residing in further cities worldwide. The membership is deliberately eclectic in its mix - a peer group [male & female] drawn from the senior échelons of the business community and family offices with journalists, economists, politicians, public speakers, academics, designers, writers and those working in the arts are also included within the group.

About

Hotely

Features
Read full description

Hotely is the mobile app of the Hotely.ai platform: the complete management system for hotels, B&Bs, vacation rentals, agritourisms and hospitality businesses, with integrated AI agents. With Hotely you can: PMS Rate and availability calendar, room planner, reservations and guest records. Open or close a night, adjust the price, assign a room: everything from your phone. CHANNEL MANAGER Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia and other connected portals linked to a single inventory. Two-way synchronization, no overbooking, no duplicate data entry. BOOKING ENGINE AND WEBSITE The direct booking engine and the property’s website, multilingual, with payments, deposits and offers. Direct bookings arrive in the same calendar as OTA reservations. AI AGENTS Chat, WhatsApp and phone: your agents respond to guests in their language, take bookings, orders and requests. You read the conversations and step in only when needed. HOTELY ADVANCE The workspace AI that reads your property’s data. Ask how the month went, who is arriving tomorrow, how much you collected: it answers with your numbers, not generic statements. RECEPTION AND COMPLIANCE Arrivals, departures, guests in-house and room status. Alloggiati Web and ISTAT with the legal deadline always visible, automatic submission and tourist tax calculated. TEAM Handover notes, internal notes on reservations and a record of what each staff member has done. STATISTICS Occupancy, revenue, agent performance and requests, so you can understand what is really working. Note: an active Hotely.ai account is required to use the app.

Screenshots

Forum3 screens
Hotely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hotely at weekly against Forum's monthly. Forum's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). 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

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

Forum ships an update monthly, Hotely weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Forum versus Hotely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForumHotely
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUgenie LtdAurora Technologies Srl

In-app purchases

None

Forum

No in-app purchases

None

Hotely

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Forum free?
Forum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hotely free?
Hotely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Forum or Hotely have ads?
Neither Forum nor Hotely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forum or Hotely?
Forum ships an update monthly, and Hotely weekly. Most recently, Forum was updated on October 27, 2026 and Hotely on October 30, 2026.

Other comparisons