Comparison

ALICE Staff vs Glowing.io

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

Head to head
About

ALICE Staff

This utility app is designed exclusively for staff members of properties using the ALICE platform. It facilitates communication and task management for hotel and residential property personnel.

Highlights
  • Staff communication
  • Task management
  • Property staff tool
  • Internal operations
Features
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The ALICE Staff application has been created for the staff of ALICE's customer properties. **This application if not for the guests or residents staying at any of its customer properties.

About

Glowing.io

This platform connects hotels and resorts with guests via their preferred messaging apps and languages. It facilitates real-time communication throughout a guest's stay, improving operational efficiency and guest engagement.

Highlights
  • Multi-channel messaging
  • Multi-lingual guest communication
  • Cloud-based platform
  • Message assignments and escalation
  • Bi-directional language translation
  • Global guest profiles
Features
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Glowing.io is the world’s first multi-channel, multi-lingual mobile messaging platform that enables hotels and resorts around the world to text and mobile message their guests in whatever messaging platform each guest prefers (ex: SMS, WeChat, Messenger and many others), AND in the language each guest prefers. No new apps for guests (easy). 100% cloud-based for properties (easy). Glowing.io enables in-the-moment communication with guests, pre-, during and post-stay through messaging. Further, Glowing.io increases operational efficiency, as well as drives ancillary guest spend. Finally, Glowing.io helps to dramatically increase engagement with "digital" travelers as well as with "silent" guests who are "silent" because they are busy, foreigners or because they simply prefer non-verbal communication. Key Glowing.io features include: - Cloud-based using modern web technologies - Messages assignments and escalation - Groups messaging - Moments (auto) messaging - Global guest profiles - Staff-2-staff messaging - Bi-directional language translation - Benchmarking - Message timeline Used by leading luxury, lifestyle and resort properties around the world to increase guest engagement, increase guest satisfaction, increase operational efficiency, and drive guest spend.

Screenshots

ALICE Staff4 screens
Glowing.io4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Glowing.io at 5.0 against ALICE Staff's 2.6. Glowing.io also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). ALICE Staff's advantage is ratings volume (84 vs 2). 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

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

Glowing.io holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ALICE Staff has 84 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ALICE Staff ships an update every 3 months, Glowing.io monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ALICE Staff versus Glowing.io: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterALICE StaffGlowing.io
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (84 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings84 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFIVEPALS, LLCGlowing, Inc.

Customer experience

ALICE Staff

All ratings64 ratings
Positive42.2%
Neutral12.5%
Negative45.3%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive17.9%
Neutral21.4%
Negative60.7%

Glowing.io

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ALICE Staff

No in-app purchases

None

Glowing.io

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ALICE Staff free?
ALICE Staff is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glowing.io free?
Glowing.io is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ALICE Staff or Glowing.io?
Glowing.io is rated higher. ALICE Staff averages 2.6 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Glowing.io averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ALICE Staff or Glowing.io have ads?
Neither ALICE Staff nor Glowing.io shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ALICE Staff or Glowing.io?
ALICE Staff ships an update every 3 months, and Glowing.io monthly. Most recently, ALICE Staff was updated on October 22, 2026 and Glowing.io on October 24, 2026.

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