Comparison

KNOW HK vs Akia

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • AI-powered guest journey platform
  • Automated operations
  • Guest satisfaction enhancement
  • Mobile check-in
  • Digital surveys and menus
  • Personalized mobile experiences
Features
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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.

Screenshots

KNOW HK4 screens
Akia4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
KNOW HK versus Akia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKNOW HKAkia
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.8 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings320 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKnowcross LtdThe Akia Syndicate

Customer experience

KNOW HK

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Akia

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

KNOW HK

No in-app purchases

None

Akia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KNOW HK free?
KNOW HK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Akia free?
Akia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KNOW HK or Akia?
KNOW HK is rated higher. KNOW HK averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Akia averages 4.8 from 20 ratings.
Do KNOW HK or Akia have ads?
Neither KNOW HK nor Akia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KNOW HK or Akia?
KNOW HK ships an update every 2 months, and Akia every 2 months. Most recently, KNOW HK was updated on September 7, 2026 and Akia on September 16, 2026.

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