Mews Operations vs Guesty For Hosts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mews Operations
Manage hotel operations and tasks remotely from your mobile device. Track housekeeping status, manage guest messages, and stay organized with task management features. Improve property efficiency and guest service on the go.
- Manage housekeeping status
- Clean and inspect rooms
- Task management and tracking
- Message guests and staff
- Add pictures to tasks
- Lost and found item tracking
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Manage your property on the go with the Mews Operations app. With Mews Operations on your phone or tablet, you and your team will be able to seamlessly manage tasks without being chained to the front desk or back office. MANAGE HOUSEKEEPING - Check the housekeeping status of all your spaces. - Clean and inspect rooms from within the app. - Make rooms available for guests without having to visit the front desk. CHECK YOUR TASKS - See your day at a glance and manage your time better - Make sure you’re on track with tasks that are most relevant to you - Keep track of lost and found guest items and maintenance repairs by adding pictures to your task MESSAGE GUESTS AND STAFF - Reply to guests as easily as you send a text message. - Provide a personalized customer service experience. - Keep in touch with your team with internal messaging. - Increase your property’s efficiency—download the app today!
Guesty For Hosts
Manage short-term rentals efficiently from your mobile device. This platform consolidates reservations, guest communication, team tasks, and financial reporting from multiple booking channels into one easy-to-use application.
- Universal reservation calendar
- Unified guest inbox
- Team task management
- Automated guest communication
- Direct booking website
- Financial reporting
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Guesty For Hosts, previously Your Porter App, is an intuitive & affordable app to manage short-term rentals on-the-go. The only mobile-first rental management platform of its kind, Guesty For Hosts was built to enable hosts & small-scale property owners to access our full suite of tools in the easiest way possible. With the Guesty For Hosts app, you can: - Manage reservations from Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com and more — all on one universal calendar - Communicate with guests from all booking channels via one Unified Inbox - Seamlessly manage your team and assign their tasks - Automate your guest communication & save 40+ hours a week - Manage your own booking website to drive more direct bookings - Keep track of your revenue & payments with detailed financial reports
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Guesty For Hosts at 3.1 against Mews Operations's 2.1. Guesty For Hosts also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 25%) and ratings volume (154 vs 13). Mews Operations's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). 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.
Guesty For Hosts holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guesty For Hosts has 154 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Mews Operations's written reviews are positive against 53% of Guesty For Hosts's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Mews Operations | Guesty For Hosts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (13 ratings) | 3.1 (154 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 52.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 154 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mews Systems, s.r.o. | LOCASOFT BV |
Customer experience
Mews Operations
Guesty For Hosts
Bugs and requests
Mews Operations
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Guesty For Hosts
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes and won't open
- Login credentials not recognized
- Calendar fails to load properly
- Double bookings despite blocked dates
- Smart lock codes not generated for reservations
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- Cleaner notifications failing to send
- Auto-messages failing to send
- Push notifications not working
- Message text deleted when sending photos
- Typing interface covers content on screen
- Navigation back arrow disappears on certain pages
- iCal sync not working reliably
- Pricing changes not syncing to listings
- Guest phone numbers and emails not syncing to calendar
- Instant book toggle turning off unexpectedly
- App signing out randomly
- Messaging feature takes excessive time to load
- Notifications don't navigate to relevant features
- iPad multi-calendar won't load
- Password reset links not being sent
Requested features
12 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to customize amenities accurately
- Emoji support in listing descriptions
- Multi-user account access for team members
- Cleaner feedback and photo upload functionality
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- Improved analytics and reporting dashboard
- Integration with additional OTA platforms beyond Airbnb/VRBO/Booking.com
- French language translation
- Better iPad/tablet optimization
- Faster message thread loading
- Customizable calendar view options
- Monthly revenue view without custom date selection
In-app purchases
Mews Operations
No in-app purchases
Guesty For Hosts
No in-app purchases
