sms|Host Anywhere vs GuestConnect247
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
sms|Host Anywhere
This mobile platform streamlines hotel and resort check-in and check-out processes for staff. It empowers employees to enhance the guest experience by simplifying registration and departure procedures.
- Guest check-in/out
- Front office staff mobile platform
- Simplified registration
- Enhanced guest experience
- Data Connect powered
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SMS|Host Anywhere powered by Data Connect, is Springer-Miller’s new staff-facing mobile services platform. SMS|Host Anywhere delivers mobile features to your Front Office Staff by providing a seamless check-in / checkout process for the resort or hotel guest. This solution empowers your employees to provide an enhanced guest experience through simplifying the registration and checkout processes.
GuestConnect247
Facilitates seamless two-way communication between property managers and guests. Automate messages for check-ins and reminders, or engage in real-time one-to-one conversations.
- Two-way guest messaging
- Automated message delivery
- Scheduled automations
- Customized workflows
- Real-time one-to-one communication
- Push notifications
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With BeHome247 guest messaging technology, two-way communication with guests has never been easier. Through our unified platform, property managers can not only push automated messaging—like unit-level check-in instructions or property-wide maintenance reminders—through scheduled automations or customized workflows, but also send and receive one-to-one communication in real-time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: sms|Host Anywhere at 5.0 against GuestConnect247's 1.0. sms|Host Anywhere also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). 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.
sms|Host Anywhere holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
sms|Host Anywhere ships an update every 5 weeks, GuestConnect247 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on July 20, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | sms|Host Anywhere | GuestConnect247 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Springer-Miller Systems | BeHome247, Inc. |
Customer experience
sms|Host Anywhere
GuestConnect247
In-app purchases
sms|Host Anywhere
No in-app purchases
GuestConnect247
No in-app purchases
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