Small Luxury Hotels vs GHA DISCOVERY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Small Luxury Hotels
Discover and book over 580 unique, independently owned luxury hotels worldwide. Find secluded, high-standard accommodations with personalized service. Access loyalty benefits and book your next stay with ease.
- Search over 580 luxury hotels
- Interactive map search
- Detailed hotel information
- Access SLH Club loyalty
- Download member card
- View rates and book
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The Small Luxury Hotels of the World™ (SLH) app is designed for independently minded travellers to book over 580 independently spirited hotels around the world. We’ve personally visited, verified and vetted every single one of our 580 hotels in more than 90 countries – each one is anti-chain and anti-same. With just 50 rooms on average, SLH properties are able to offer secluded, discrete options with the highest standards of luxury and guest wellbeing. - Easily find your perfect luxury hotel – search over 580 hotels by hotel name or destination using the interactive map - Find all the information you need about each hotel including rooms, restaurants, facilities, services and location - Log in to SLH Club to access loyalty information and bookings - Download your exclusive member card to your wallet - View rates and book in just a few clicks We look forward to welcoming you at one of our characterful hotels in the very near future.
GHA DISCOVERY
Discover exclusive hotel deals, earn rewards currency, and access local offers for dining, spa, and more. Explore flexible paths to elite status with multiple membership tiers and upgrade options.
- Browse and book member rates
- Earn DISCOVERY Dollars (D$)
- Access local dining and spa offers
- Explore curated experiences
- Four membership tiers
- Flexible paths to elite status
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NEW PROGRAMME FEATURES This updated, more user-friendly app reflects the all-new GHA DISCOVERY programme and refreshed branding. EXPANDED BENEFITS AND REWARDS Now, browse and book Member Rates of 10% or more off rooms at participating hotels worldwide. Explore Stay Offers, Experiences, Local Offers and Promotions available exclusively for members at 1000+ hotels across 100 countries. Eligible purchases now earn you DISCOVERY Dollars (D$), our generous rewards currency. You can spend your D$ towards your total bill on your next visit. LIVE LOCAL OFFERINGS FOR EVERY MEMBER Access the best our hotels have to offer, with or without a stay. Find incredible offers on dining, spa, pool, golf and more at hotels nearby. Or take advantage of our curated Experiences, now available for purchase by all members. MORE FLEXIBLE PATHS TO ELITE STATUS There are now four membership tiers, so it’s easier to reach elite status. You also have a choice of three flexible paths to upgrade your status: nights/stays, eligible purchases or number of brands stayed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GHA DISCOVERY at 4.8 against Small Luxury Hotels's 2.3. GHA DISCOVERY also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 6) and review sentiment (40% vs 23%). 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.
GHA DISCOVERY holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GHA DISCOVERY has 1.6K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Small Luxury Hotels's written reviews are positive against 40% of GHA DISCOVERY's.
Small Luxury Hotels ships an update every 2 months, GHA DISCOVERY every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Small Luxury Hotels | GHA DISCOVERY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (1.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.4% of reviews | 39.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 1.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Small Luxury Hotels of the World | Global Hotel Alliance |
Customer experience
Small Luxury Hotels
GHA DISCOVERY
User reviews
Small Luxury Hotels
From 6 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Aesthetically pleasing design
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 💡 Lots of useful information
- 🌟 Beautiful new app version
- 🔄 Vast improvement on previous version
Room to improve
- 🐛 Kept getting kicked off
- ❌ No longer working
- ⚠️ Service temporarily unavailable
- 📉 Poor functionality
- 😵 Complexity
GHA DISCOVERY
From 1.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💻 Easy to use booking engine
- 🏆 Excellent benefits for Titanium members
- 👍 Good overall functionality
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app with frequent crashes
- 🤔 Inconsistent user experience
- 🔍 Difficult to find/book desired properties
- 💳 Issues with redeeming points/rewards
- 🔒 Security concerns with account/data management
Bugs and requests
Small Luxury Hotels
Reported bugs
113 issues- Kept getting kicked off when making reservations
- App is down for days
- No longer working
- Service is temporarily unavailable
- No option to log in or retrieve a booking
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- Does not allow you to login
- Very difficult to book rooms
- Would be a great app if you could log in, see your bookings etc.
- Can’t log in
- No way to log in once app is downloaded
- Need to be able to simply log in with your loyalty number
- Doesn’t allow you to login as an ‘invited’ member
- Still no members login
- Ongoing issue! If your already a member you can’t log in.
- User unfriendly
- Can’t log into my account
- Layout and design needs work
- Sluggish and overcrowded
- No Slh Invited ‘login’
- Poor functionality
- Not able to log in to account
- Only create a new account
- Cannot use email to create account as it already exists
- Does not load
- Spins
- Server down
- Can’t login
- Only ability to re-register, not access account details
- No where to log in
- Don’t want to register AGAIN
- No option to log in
- Only possibility to sign up
- Cannot log-in if you already have an account
- Mobile web site is far better
- Where do I log in?
- Crashes when joining club
- Service unavailable at the end
- Have to search each hotel for availability rather than entering dates
- Frustrating
- Still haven’t find where I can log into my account
- Only find option for sign up
- No log in for club members
- Full of errors
- Completely useless
- Cannot login
- Track membership details
- Only sign in, no log in
- Beta version?
- Can sign up to be a member, but no way to login
- Can find no way to log in as a member
- Set a new record, under 30 seconds from downloading to deleting
- Embarrassing app
- Dreadful
- Every time I open this app it crashes
- Bugs abound
- Crashes all the time
- Login system doesn't work
- Awful app
- Pictures obscuring text rendering it nonfunctional
- Time for an update
- Why can't I sign in?
- Why can't I look at upcoming bookings?
- Pictures load over the top of the writing
- Search by hotel type is useless
- Serious issues with this app
- Crashes
- Cannot see where the place is
- Picture loads over the writing
- Far from a luxury app
- Very slow
- Screens missing information
- Crashes
- Keeps crashing otherwise would be a good app
- Since iOS7 it keeps crashing
- Constantly crashes
- Major engineering fix it desperately needed
- Keeps crashing after navigating through app
- Burns!
- Crashed 5 times in the same # of minutes
- Crashing EVERYTIME I search
- Constantly crashes
- Impossible to book
- Booking function does not work
- Efforts to enter data get popups
- Booking doesn't work
- Booking option is there but doesn't work
- Pitiful excuse for an App
- Pictures incredibly slow to load
- Won't work and crashes by closing down
- App advertised as iPad app but it's not
- iPhone app expandable
- Screen resolution is poor
- Steps to find hotel info are not logical
- Quality control is lacking
- Pictures take a long time to load
- App keeps crashing
- Not working at all
- Horrible Navigation
- Design is poor
- Navigation unthinkable
- Serious functionality problems
- So slow in working
- Stalls, pauses
- Internet connection is the reason it can't get information
- Random bugs that cause the app to crash
- Kicks you out when you look at photos
- Very annoying
- Application hangs all the time
- Crashed every time I used it
- Crashes far too often
- Update to iron out the glitches is needed
- Keeps crashing on me
- Limited
Requested features
10 requests- Add loyalty card to wallet
- Digital membership card to Apple Wallet
- Fix login issues
- Make app user friendly
- Update the app
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- Improve app design and layout
- Allow login for existing members
- Add more UK hotels
- Improve search functionality
- iPad version
GHA DISCOVERY
Reported bugs
4 issues- Forced app updates causing issues
- Login and registration problems
- Booking and reservation tracking not working as expected
- Compatibility problems with older devices and operating systems
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for multiple currencies
- Improve integration with hotel systems to show bookings
- Provide better customer service and support
- Add ability to add membership card to digital wallets
- Implement dark mode and other accessibility features
In-app purchases
Small Luxury Hotels
No in-app purchases
GHA DISCOVERY
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Small Luxury Hotels free?
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