Comparison

Sonesta vs ThatOneTime

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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)

About

ThatOneTime

This app streamlines group trip planning by creating a shared, real-time itinerary accessible to everyone. It consolidates plans, locations, and memories into a single, easy-to-navigate guide, even offline. Users can collaboratively build schedules, explore and add places, and share photos and videos in a unified album.

Highlights
  • Shared, real-time itinerary
  • Collaborative planning
  • Explore and add places
  • Unified photo and video album
  • Offline access
  • Passwordless sign-in
  • Trip recap story
Features
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That One Time replaces the messy group chat with one shared, living guide — for road trips, weddings, reunions, and every "remember that one time…" in between. "Wait — which restaurant did we book for tonight?" "Did anyone actually reserve the tour, or…?" If your group trips live in a 400-message thread, this is for you. ONE PLAN, EVERY PHONE Build the itinerary together — days, activities, travel legs, and where you're staying. Any edit from any phone updates for everyone, instantly. No refresh, no "check the latest version." TODAY, AT A GLANCE The app opens to today: where you're staying, what's planned, and one tap to Maps for whatever is next. PLACES WORTH KEEPING Save restaurants, beaches, wineries, museums, and day trips. Paste a Google Maps link and the details fill themselves in. Tap a place to drop it into any day. THE ALBUM EVERYONE KEEPS Photos from every phone land in one shared album, grouped by the day they were taken. Like them, comment on them, and download the whole set when you're home. No more "can you send me those pics?" EVENTS, TOO Weddings, parties, reunions — give every guest one page for the schedule, the venue, and a shared album that fills up as the night happens. When it's over, the album settles into a recap. INVITE IN SECONDS Send a link or show a QR code. They tap it, they're in. You choose what each person can do: help plan, add photos only, or just follow along. Hand someone a co-host role and they can run the trip alongside you. STAY IN THE LOOP Get notified when someone adds photos, changes the plan, or replies to a comment — grouped rather than one buzz per tap, and switchable per trip. THE RECAP When it's over, That One Time turns the whole thing into a highlights story you can share — the plan, the places, and everyone's photos, day by day. Send it to the people who weren't even there. BUILT FOR THE GROUP Now in English and Spanish, following your device's language. Works on iPhone and iPad. The plan is cached on your phone, so you can check tonight's booking with no signal. Signing in is passwordless — enter your email, tap the code, you're in. Your trips are private to the people you invite, and your photos stay yours. Anything that shouldn't be there can be reported in a couple of taps. That one time you all got away? Keep it.

Screenshots

Sonesta4 screens
ThatOneTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sonesta and ThatOneTime both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of ThatOneTime's written reviews are positive against 38% of Sonesta's. ThatOneTime also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). Sonesta's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ratings volume (3.2K vs 6). On price, rating, ads 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. ThatOneTime sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Sonesta asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ThatOneTime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sonesta has 3.2K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Sonesta's written reviews are positive against 100% of ThatOneTime's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sonesta ships an update every 2 months, ThatOneTime every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sonesta versus ThatOneTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSonestaThatOneTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.2K ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.2K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSonesta International Hotels CorporationGosugi LLC

Customer experience

Sonesta

All ratings3,182 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative56.3%

ThatOneTime

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

ThatOneTime

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sonesta

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

ThatOneTime

One-time10
  • Unlimited photos (you)$3.99
  • Unlimited photos (all)$5.99
  • Unlimited photos (all)$8.99
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  • Unlimited photos (all)$9.99
  • Unlimited photos (all)$12.99
  • Unlimited photos (all)2 variants$19.99
  • Trip plan: Tour Group$29.99
  • Unlimited photos (all)2 variants$29.99
  • Unlimited photos (all)$39.99
  • Unlimited photos (all)$49.99

Questions

Is Sonesta free?
Sonesta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ThatOneTime free?
ThatOneTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sonesta or ThatOneTime?
ThatOneTime is rated higher. Sonesta averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while ThatOneTime averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Sonesta or ThatOneTime have ads?
Neither Sonesta nor ThatOneTime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sonesta or ThatOneTime?
Sonesta ships an update every 2 months, and ThatOneTime every 3 days. Most recently, Sonesta was updated on October 25, 2026 and ThatOneTime on October 25, 2026.

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