Hostex

Name: Hostex
Rating: 4.4 (102 reviews)
Author: Xiaogechuangxin Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

By: Xiaogechuangxin Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. App

Automate short-term rentals.

Overview

Version:

4.27.1

Last updated: 2026-06-23

Features & Capabilities

Hostex Chrome Extension brings all-in-one automation to short-term rental management. It integrates with Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Google Vacation Rentals, Expedia, Agoda, Trip.com, Houfy, and direct booking sites, syncing calendars, messages, prices, reservations, and reviews across platforms. Auto tools and team accounts help you scale operations for many properties.

Key features include Auto Messaging with Guest AI, automated check-in guides with door codes, and ID collection; Task Automation for cleaning tasks with reminders and team feedback; a Direct Booking site with customizable pages, custom domain, embeddable widget, and Stripe/PayPal; Room Type & Multi-Unit inventory; and broad Integrations (TTlock, smart locks, PriceLabs, Rategenie, API & Webhooks). Team accounts with role-based access and live guest chat on direct bookings complete the workflow.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Xiaogechuangxin Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Rating:

4.40

(102)

Version:

4.27.1 Last updated: 2026-06-23

Version code:

887329897

Creation date:

2020-06-16

Compatible devices:

Size:

72.67MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-17

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 152,985 ▼ 1,403

Other rankings

#54 in automate keyword 56 ▲

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Developed by:

Xiaogechuangxin Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hostex/id1516632984

User Reviews

Hostex is feature-rich for multi‑channel vacation rental management, with standout channel management, real-time sync, unified inbox, and automation. However, recurring problems across reviews include bugs and instability, double-bookings due to syncing, unreliable pricing pushes, notification issues, and slow support. The app offers powerful, integrated capabilities at a competitive price, but reliability and support quality gaps may hinder some users until bugs and workflows are tightened.

Pros

Channel Manager with real-time synchronization across platforms (Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Agoda, etc).
Unified Inbox that consolidates guest communications from multiple platforms in one place.
Automation and AI-assisted messaging, inquiries handling, and automated reviews.
Direct bookings support with a stand-alone price calendar and bulk/percentage pricing adjustments for easy revenue management.
Comprehensive all-in-one platform enabling team collaboration and task management across properties.

Cons

Recurring double-bookings and scheduling glitches due to syncing between platforms.
General reliability issues and bugs (e.g., receipt upload failures, error messages) that affect everyday use.
Difficulties with customer support and limited, slow, or bot-first assistance.
Unreliable pricing synchronization to channels, leading to undercharging on listings.
Notification delivery problems and inconsistent visibility of alerts across platforms.

Recent reviews

Migrated from Guesty for Hosts when it was discontinued. Hostex seems to be a good value if looking for a low cost PMS. It does have many issues that I have also sent to customer service team. Hopefully they are taking a look at it them. - Finance reports are useless. I have to manually review every reservation in the booking platform and manually calculate sales tax due at the end of the month. Need better accuracy on finance data coming in from the different booking platforms (accommodation vs cleaning vs taxes, etc.). - No short codes for number of adults/children/infants/pets to be able to add to a message and confirm with guest prior to arrival - direct booking site is terrible, no capability to customize, add info pages or rental agreements - no capability to auto-charge final payments for direct bookings. - no way to automatically identify & tag repeat guests - no way to add reservation tags to tasks for communication to cleaning team Might switch to a more expensive PMS to avoid all the manual work.