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Apploye vs Hostaway
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Apploye and Hostaway — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Apploye vs Hostaway: at a glance
| Feature | Apploye | Hostaway |
|---|---|---|
| Sector | PM | PM |
| Velocity score | 5.0 | 6.3 |
| Sparks · 30d | 0 | 1 |
| Top themes | time-tracking, workforce-monitoring, productivity, forecasting | property-management, direct-booking, payments, e-invoicing |
| Last editorial update | 4d ago | 19h ago |
| Website | Visit → | — |
What is Apploye?
Time-tracking and monitoring SEO fills the feed; no product changelog present
Apploye's feed is a time-tracking and workforce-monitoring blog — how-tos on work-hour limits, bossware ethics, tracking methods, and capacity forecasting. No product release notes appear.
What is Hostaway?
Hostaway is pushing past bookings into the paperwork hosts actually dread.
July's output clusters around three areas. The AI CoHost assistant got a month of accuracy work — it now reads per-booking fees, commissions and taxes, and infers guest origin from the reservation or phone number while flagging the guess. The direct-booking website gained a two-step checkout with alternative payment methods, 3D Secure on Pay Now charges and an instant calendar block. And a new per-reservation billing-details page collects guests' legal name, address and Tax ID to drive invoicing, including e-invoices in Spain and Italy.
Apploye vs Hostaway: editorial side-by-side
Apploye
5.0PM
Time-tracking and monitoring SEO fills the feed; no product changelog present
◆ Current state
Apploye's feed is a time-tracking and workforce-monitoring blog — how-tos on work-hour limits, bossware ethics, tracking methods, and capacity forecasting. No product release notes appear.
◆ Where it's heading
Content emphasizes ethical monitoring and time-data ROI for managers; it is positioning rather than shipped features. Product direction isn't observable from these entries.
◆ Prediction
Continued SEO around time-tracking, monitoring ethics, and workforce planning; no product releases to forecast.
Hostaway
6.3PM
Hostaway is pushing past bookings into the paperwork hosts actually dread.
◆ Current state
July's output clusters around three areas. The AI CoHost assistant got a month of accuracy work — it now reads per-booking fees, commissions and taxes, and infers guest origin from the reservation or phone number while flagging the guess. The direct-booking website gained a two-step checkout with alternative payment methods, 3D Secure on Pay Now charges and an instant calendar block. And a new per-reservation billing-details page collects guests' legal name, address and Tax ID to drive invoicing, including e-invoices in Spain and Italy.
◆ Where it's heading
The through-line is Hostaway taking on the parts of property management that sit either side of the stay: money in, documents out. Checkout is being rebuilt to convert like an OTA while collecting like a merchant, and invoicing is being rebuilt to satisfy tax authorities rather than just produce a PDF. Around that core, the work is capacity and reach — multi-unit listings raised from 150 to 254, notifications localized across six languages, Airbnb-specific discounts with bulk editing, and richer cancellation and no-show data on the Public API. The AI assistant is being deepened against existing reservation data, not extended into new autonomy.
◆ Prediction
France is already named as the next e-invoicing market, so expect the billing-details page to expand country by country with field sets adapting per jurisdiction, and CoHost to keep absorbing financial questions now that it can read fees and commissions.
Alternatives to Apploye and Hostaway
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Apploye or Hostaway.
NocoBase
NocoBase is making AI employees a composable block, and opening a v3.0 branch to do it.
Hive
AI Proofing gets its manual controls back while Hive builds out creative review and resourcing.
Notesnook
Notesnook ships fortnightly on two platforms and tells the changelog nothing.
Aha!
Aha! is teaching its AI builder to test its own output before anyone ships it.
Planify
A GNOME task app that has turned CalDAV interoperability into the product.
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Recent activity from Apploye and Hostaway
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoHostawayAI CoHost: More Reliable, Deeper Intelligence, Better Answers
- 5d agoApployeHow to Limit Employees’ Daily Working Hours
- 8d agoApployeWhat is Bossware? How It Works, Laws, Risks & Examples
- 11d agoApployeWhich Time Tracking Method Is Right for You? Methods and How to Decide
- 12d agoHostawayBooking Website: Faster Checkout with More Payment Methods & Stronger Fraud Protection
- 14d agoHostawayLower Deductible for Hostaway Insurance powered by Safely
- 14d agoHostawayAdd up to 254 Units to your Multi-Unit Listings
- 15d agoHostawayLocalized & Translated Notifications
- 16d agoHostawayGuest Billing Details: Collect Compliant Invoice Info Directly from Guests ⚡
- 1mo agoApployeTime Tracking and Work-Life Balance: 5 Ways to Find and Stop Over Work
- 1mo agoApployeWhat Data is Collected in Time Tracking Apps: Hours, Activity, and More
- 1mo agoApployeWorkforce Forecasting: Importance, Methods, and Steps
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Apploye and Hostaway?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Hostaway is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Apploye better than Hostaway?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Hostaway is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Apploye?
Top Apploye alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Apploye alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/apploye for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Hostaway?
Top Hostaway alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Hostaway alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/hostaway for the full list with editorial commentary on each.