Sonesta vs Crew Scan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sonesta
Discover a collection of hotels and resorts across the U.S. and globally, offering spacious rooms for business, family vacations, or extended stays. Enjoy health and safety verified accommodations, award-winning properties, and a rewards program for exclusive member benefits and discounts.
- Book hotel rooms and suites
- Extended-stay options
- Health and safety verified
- Tripadvisor award-winning hotels
- Guest rewards program
- Meetings and events planning
- Direct booking discounts
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Welcome to Tailored-to-You Travel Distinct hotels and resorts. Spacious rooms ideal for extended-stay travel. Across the U.S. and in exciting destinations around the world, Sonesta has hotel rooms and suites for all the ways you travel. Book hotel rooms and suites for business trips, family vacations and extended stay travel at Sonesta, the go-to family of hotel brands that welcomes the world. Whether you’re looking for family vacation hotels, the best resorts for girlfriend getaways, hotels with meeting rooms—or simply a friendly face to welcome you after a long day—you’ll find what you need at Sonesta, one of the fastest growing hotel companies in the U.S. Stay Safe with Sonesta Guest health and safety is our number one priority. That’s why Sonesta’s new health and cleanliness program is Sharecare Health Security VERIFIED with Forbes Travel Guide. Tripadvisor Awards We win—you win. The 2021 Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards recognizes hotels with the best reviews—and 58 of those awards went to Sonesta hotels. Earn Free Nights & Member Perks Savings and special benefits—they’re all yours. Join Sonesta Travel Pass, our guest rewards program, for free today. You’ll travel with the best rates and all the little extras that make a stay amazing. Sonesta Travel Pass members enjoy a 5% discount when booking direct. Always. No strings attached. Not a member? Join today and start saving. Meetings & Events Work meetings. Custom events. Weddings, reunions, and friends getaways. At Sonesta, we’re all about bringing your vision to life—and taking care of all those little details that make an event unforgettable. Let’s start planning. Earn More with the Sonesta World Mastercard The Sonesta World Mastercard gives you the chance to earn up to 95,000 bonus points—that’s 6 free nights—along with upgrades, dining discounts and more. Apply now and start earning points towards your travel. (Conditions apply)
Crew Scan
This secure mobile application streamlines crew travel, transportation, and onboarding processes. It modernizes and simplifies the entire journey for maritime personnel.
- Secure crew travel management
- Streamlined transportation logistics
- Modernized joining process
- Simplified onboarding
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The Crew Scan App (CSA) is a secure, mobile application designed to simplify and modernize the crew travel, transportation and joining process.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sonesta at 4.8 against Crew Scan's 3.0. Sonesta also leads on ratings volume (3.2K vs 2). Crew Scan's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.6). 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.
Sonesta holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sonesta has 3.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Sonesta ships an update every 2 months, Crew Scan every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Sonesta | Crew Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.2K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.2K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sonesta International Hotels Corporation | Carnival Cruise Lines |
Customer experience
Sonesta
Crew Scan
Bugs and requests
Sonesta
Reported bugs
4 issues- App Freezes and Crashes
- Blank Screens When Booking
- Issues Accessing Past Reservations
- Problems Redeeming Points
Requested features
3 requests- Option to Book Adjoining Rooms
- Better Room Photos
- Improved Synchronization Across Devices
Crew Scan
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sonesta
No in-app purchases
Crew Scan
No in-app purchases
