KNOW HK vs Akia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KNOW HK
This software streamlines hotel housekeeping operations by automating tasks, providing guest preferences, and tracking room status. It helps hotels reduce costs, go green, and improve efficiency for both supervisors and attendants.
- Automates daily housekeeping tasks
- Provides guest preference information
- Tracks room attendants and status
- Manages environmentally friendly cleaning programs
- Reduces paper consumption and phone calls
- Offers 360-degree view for supervisors
- Enables direct room status updates in PMS
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KNOW HOUSEKEEPING helps automate daily housekeeping activities, resulting in dramatic increase in productivity and large savings in housekeeping costs. This easy-to-use software automates and simplifies a number of time consuming housekeeping tasks like setting the room cleaning sequence, providing attendants with guest preference information, tracking room attendants, updating rooms status in the PMS and so on. The system enables hotels to go green by helping them set up and manage environmentally friendly cleaning programs as standard or based on guest preferences. The software reduces paper consumption and eliminates hundreds of phone calls between the housekeeping desk, floor staff and front office. KNOW HOUSEKEEPING allows the following for housekeeping supervisors: * 360 degree view of the section * Turn around rush rooms faster * Re-assign rooms with a press of a button * Receive inspection alerts * Report a discrepancy * Cater to guest’s special requests * Easy access to check lists & SOPs KNOW HOUSEKEEPING allows the following for housekeeping attendants: * Information on room to clean next * Complete guest info: preferences, specials, pax, etc * SOPs for quick reference * Send alerts to supervisors * Direct room status update in PMS
Akia
This AI-powered platform streamlines hospitality operations and enhances guest satisfaction. It offers automated messaging, mobile check-in, digital menus, and personalized mobile experiences without requiring app downloads.
- AI-powered guest journey platform
- Automated operations
- Guest satisfaction enhancement
- Mobile check-in
- Digital surveys and menus
- Personalized mobile experiences
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Akia is the leading AI-powered guest journey platform designed to streamline operations and elevate guest satisfaction – through advanced automation, messaging, mobile check-in, digital surveys, F&B menus, arrival guides, marketing, VoIP, and much more. All this is accomplished through Mini Apps: a personalized mobile experience that doesn’t require developers or downloads. Akia helps hospitality businesses deliver exceptional guest experiences.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: KNOW HK at 5.0 against Akia's 4.8. KNOW HK also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). Akia's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 3). 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.
KNOW HK holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Akia has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KNOW HK | Akia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.8 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Knowcross Ltd | The Akia Syndicate |
Customer experience
KNOW HK
Akia
In-app purchases
KNOW HK
No in-app purchases
Akia
No in-app purchases









