KNOW HK vs HK Housekeeping
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
HK Housekeeping
This app streamlines housekeeping and maintenance operations for hotels, improving efficiency and guest satisfaction. It offers configurable schedules, a rooms dashboard, and express assignment features to accelerate room turnover and reduce errors. Ideal for executive housekeepers, supervisors, and maintenance teams.
- Configurable cleaning schedules
- Rooms dashboard with status filters
- Express room assignment
- Easy maintenance holds
- Detailed operational reports
- Mobile-optimized workflows
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Streamline housekeeping and maintenance to boost efficiency and guest satisfaction. HotelKey Housekeeping brings schedules, dashboards, reports, and mobile workflows together—so rooms turn faster with fewer errors. Highlights: Configurable schedules: Tailor cleaning schedules by rate plan and guest preferences; personalize per stay. Rooms Dashboard: Filter by status and run bulk actions—clean/dirty, service type changes, and assignments. Express Assignment: Auto-assign housekeepers to dirty rooms to accelerate turnover. Easy maintenance holds: Mark rooms for maintenance in a few taps; auto-removed from inventory to prevent overbooking. Detailed reports: Housekeeping board, head housekeeper, vacant room list, and forecasting for better planning. Mobile-optimized: On-the-go tasks with real-time updates to keep staff aligned and productive. Error reduction: Automated task assignments minimize missed or duplicate cleanings. Ideal for: Executive housekeepers, supervisors, and maintenance teams. Note: Requires an active HotelKey account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: KNOW HK at 5.0 against HK Housekeeping's 1.7. KNOW HK also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). HK Housekeeping's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 11 respectively.
KNOW HK ships an update every 2 months, HK Housekeeping every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KNOW HK | HK Housekeeping |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 1.7 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Knowcross Ltd | HotelKey |
Customer experience
KNOW HK
HK Housekeeping
In-app purchases
KNOW HK
No in-app purchases
HK Housekeeping
No in-app purchases









