Four Seasons vs Tablet Hotels
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Four Seasons
Plan your next luxury escape with ease. Connect with hotels and resorts worldwide, manage your trips, and discover destinations. Personalize your stay by setting room preferences, booking activities, and communicating directly with hotel staff.
- Personalized trip planning
- Global destination discovery
- Activity booking and itinerary management
- Room preference settings
- In-app hotel messaging
- Restaurant menu browsing
- In-room dining and spa booking
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Your next personalized getaway is just a tap away. Download the Four Seasons App to connect with our hotels and resorts around the world. It’s service as mobile as you are. You can use the Four Seasons App to: • Easily manage and plan your trips with Four Seasons • Discover our many destinations across the globe • Book and track your activities with our new Itinerary feature • Set your room preferences on your profile for the sleep of your dreams • Chat with the hotel team through in-app messaging • Browse the menus of our on-property restaurants and meet the Executive Chef • Perfect your stay by ordering in-room dining, making spa appointments and more
Tablet Hotels
Discover and book unique boutique and luxury hotels worldwide. This app offers a curated selection of stylish accommodations with exceptional service and personality. Enjoy exclusive discounts and personalized assistance from travel experts.
- Curated hotel selection
- Book best rates
- Insider Sale discounts
- Verified guest reviews
- Concierge-grade customer service
- Tablet Plus VIP upgrades
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Tablet Hotels — The original curated hotel selection. Tablet is your source for booking the world’s most exciting hotels — places where you’ll find a memorable experience, not just a room for the night. Along with a hand-picked selection of unforgettable hotels. It’s all the places you want to go, all in one place. For over twenty years the travel experts at Tablet have scoured the earth to find hotels that stand out for their extraordinary style, service, and personality. We don’t have every hotel — we have every hotel that matters. From hip indie boutiques to grand old palaces, the Tablet app allows you to seamlessly book their best rates, including Tablet’s private Insider Sale discounts. To help ensure that our selection stays fresh and vital, reviews from verified Tablet guests are used to create the Tablet Score, a running tabulation of what you think about a hotel. And what you think matters — if a hotel's scores are less-than-stellar, we’ll remove them. App users receive concierge-grade customer service from Tablet’s Travel Specialists, who are available to assist with every step of your journey. There’s no cost to use the app and no membership is required. Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Tablet Plus and you’ll receive VIP upgrades and amenities at hundreds of participating hotels. See new places. Eat amazing meals. Take the Tablet Hotels app wherever you go. Download today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tablet Hotels at 4.9 against Four Seasons's 3.3. Tablet Hotels also leads on review sentiment (55% vs 19%) and ads (none vs shown). Four Seasons's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Tablet Hotels holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tablet Hotels has 4.3K ratings behind it against 214, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Four Seasons's written reviews are positive against 55% of Tablet Hotels's.
Four Seasons ships an update every 3 weeks, Tablet Hotels monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Four Seasons | Tablet Hotels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (214 ratings) | 4.9 (4.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.4% of reviews | 54.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 214 | 4.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 138 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Four Seasons Hotels Ltd. | Tablet Inc |
Customer experience
Four Seasons
Tablet Hotels
User reviews
Four Seasons
From 214 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💬 Direct chat with concierge staff
- 🎯 Easy access to reservation details
- 📱 Convenient mobile check-in
- 🏨 Beautiful and attractive interface design
- ⚡ Quick staff response times
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
- 🔐 Reservation recognition failures
- 📱 Persistent Bluetooth permission requests
- 🔒 False jailbreak detection on valid devices
- ⏱️ Slow app performance and loading
Tablet Hotels
From 4.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Streamlined booking process
- 🌟 Curated hotel selection
- 💎 Unique and high-quality hotels
- 🤩 Excellent customer service
- 🎁 Tablet Plus benefits
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and app crashes
- 🔍 Limited hotel availability
- 🔒 Security and password issues
- 💰 Pricing concerns and lack of transparency
- 🤖 Poor functionality and user experience
Bugs and requests
Four Seasons
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes immediately upon launch
- Confirmation codes not received via email or SMS
- Chat feature disconnects or stops responding
- Bluetooth permission pop-ups appear even when app is closed
- False 'jailbroken phone' detection on Apple Silicon Macs and standard iPhones
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- Room service orders fail with instruction to use chat instead
- Profile information reverts to old data after updates
- Preferences and settings don't save
- In-room dining menu not loading
- Reservation not recognized despite confirmation
- Chat history disappears mid-conversation
- Date/time fields reset to current values in booking forms
- Invalid credentials error after app updates
- Valet and housekeeping requests fail intermittently
- Multiple duplicate confirmation emails sent
Requested features
13 requests- iPad-optimized version with landscape support
- Ability to edit and cancel reservations in-app
- Display full reservation details (room type, bed configuration)
- Integration of restaurant reservations in itinerary
- Manual itinerary customization options
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- Face ID/biometric authentication
- Wallet/Passbook support for hotel cards
- Ability to change account phone number without support ticket
- Multiple account support per booking
- Real-time notification delivery without app being open
- Spa and transportation booking functionality
- Dining menu integration across all restaurants
- Calendar UI improvements with visual feedback
Tablet Hotels
Reported bugs
4 issues- Search functionality not working properly
- Frequent app crashes and errors
- Tablet Plus benefits not applying correctly
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
5 requests- More hotel variety and locations
- Improved search and filtering options
- Ability to check availability without booking
- Notification system for bookings
- iPad-specific app version
In-app purchases
Four Seasons
No in-app purchases
Tablet Hotels
No in-app purchases
Questions
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