Mandarin Oriental Hotels vs The BoTree
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mandarin Oriental Hotels
This luxury travel companion app allows discerning travelers to seamlessly book stays at world-renowned hotels. Personalize your experience and manage in-stay services with an elegant and intuitive interface.
- Book hotel stays
- Personalize guest experience
- Manage in-stay services
- Intuitive interface
- Luxury travel companion
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Mandarin Oriental App – The intuitive luxury Travel Companion The Mandarin Oriental app is designed to bring the Group’s legendary service and intuitive technology to discerning travellers. Seamlessly crafted to enhance every journey, the app offers effortless access to Mandarin Oriental’s world-renowned hotels, allowing guests to book stays, personalise their experience and manage in-stay services with ease. With an elegantly designed and intuitive interface, the Mandarin Oriental app ensures that every interaction is effortless, enhancing the luxury experience at every touchpoint. Whether planning a future escape or enhancing a current stay, it is the perfect companion for those who expect the exceptional.
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 Mandarin Oriental Hotels's 3.8. The BoTree also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Mandarin Oriental Hotels's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mandarin Oriental Hotels has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mandarin Oriental Hotels ships an update every 2 weeks, The BoTree every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mandarin Oriental Hotels | The BoTree |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (11 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mandarin Oriental | Shiva Marylebone Lane Ltd |
Customer experience
Mandarin Oriental Hotels
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In-app purchases
Mandarin Oriental Hotels
No in-app purchases
The BoTree
No in-app purchases
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