Banto vs CheckFlow

Banto is the operations app for short-stay hospitality - vacation rentals, guesthouses and small inns - and for the teams that keep them running. From the moment a booking lands to the moment the next guest walks in, Banto holds the whole turnover on one thread: who is arriving today, what they asked for, what the team has to prepare, and what still needs a person. GUESTS • Today's arrivals, in-house guests and departures on a single board • See who still needs you: an unanswered message, an incomplete check-in, an unconfirmed payment • Follow each stay from welcome message to details submitted, door code sent, arrival and checkout • Requests picked up from the conversation - pickup, baby cot, extra futon, BBQ - so the team prepares the right things TASKS • "My Day" gives each person their work for the day • Step-by-step checklists for checkout cleans, pre-flight checks and deep cleans • Before and after photos on every task • Live status, so managers see what is done and what is next • Keeps working where the signal does not - updates sync when you are back online BOOKINGS • Reservations sync from Hostfully, Beds24, Guesty, Cloudbeds, Hostaway, Smoobu, Lodgify and Hospitable • A calendar of check-ins and check-outs across every property • Cleaning is scheduled from the reservation, so no turnover is missed GUEST COMMUNICATION • Online check-in collects guest details, arrival time and requests before the stay • Guest replies come back into Banto whichever channel they arrived on, including bookings that carry no messaging at all • AI drafts an answer from your own house knowledge, grounded in facts you approved TEAM • Assign work to people or teams, per property • Shifts, and attendance clocked from the phone • Chat rooms per property or topic, with Japanese and English translation built in • Roles that fit an inn: owner, manager, leader, staff FIELD REPORTS • Damage reports with photo evidence, filed from the property • Maintenance requests with priority and category • Lost and found with return tracking • Daily logs, supply requests and linen orders FOR MANAGERS • A web admin for properties, rules, staffing and reporting • Guest portal, in-property guides and payroll-ready attendance exports Banto fits properties listed on Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com through a supported PMS, and direct bookings just the same.

Paper checklists work fine until someone skips a line. Then nobody can say who checked what, or when. CheckFlow moves the checklists your store already runs on into an app, so the walkthrough happens the same way every shift and leaves a record behind. It was built around one rule: a new hire should be able to use it in five minutes. No training session, no manual. EVERYTHING A DAILY WALKTHROUGH NEEDS • Digitize the lists you already have — opening, closing, weekly deep clean, monthly equipment checks, saved as reusable templates • Require a photo or a comment on any item, so a check has evidence behind it instead of a signature • Tap OK, NG or N/A and move on — one-handed entry, built for someone standing in a walk-in cooler • Watch progress live — see which lists are done, which are half finished, and who is on them • Every completed run saves itself with photos, notes and a timestamp, ready for an audit • Export to PDF or CSV in one tap and send it to the owner, the client or the health inspector • Admin and staff roles — admins build the lists and manage the team, staff simply run the checks • Invite staff with a QR code or a link. No passwords to create, forget or reset • Reminders fire when a required list is still open, so the manager hears about it before closing • Register your store by email, build a list, invite the crew — you are running in five minutes BUILT FOR WORK LIKE THIS • Restaurants and cafes: opening and closing lines, food safety and HACCP temperature logs • Retail and convenience stores: shift routines, planogram and stock checks, restroom rounds • Cleaning and facility management: proof-of-service reports with photos for every property • Hotels: housekeeping, amenity rounds and public area inspections • Senior care and clinics: room rounds, equipment checks and hygiene logs • Factories and warehouses: line startup, forklift and safety inspections • Construction: site safety walks and handover sign-off Anywhere a checklist decides whether the day went right, CheckFlow fits. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/