Best digital guidebook apps in 2026: WonderGuest, Touch Stay and alternatives compared
For property managers and multi-property hosts, WonderGuest is the digital guidebook with bracket pricing, a 0% commission extras shop, native online check-in and a free guidebook that includes hosted video. We compared it with four other apps, Touch Stay, Hostfully, Enso Connect and Duve, using prices read on October 7, 2026.
Prices checked on October 7, 2026
Touch Stay and Hostfully are guidebooks first. Enso Connect and Duve are guest platforms with a guidebook inside, sold to larger operations. WonderGuest wrote this comparison, so the verdict names the cases where another app is the right pick. If you're new to the category, start with what an Airbnb guidebook should hold. StayFi isn't on this list because it runs guest WiFi and marketing rather than a guidebook. Our StayFi page explains how it works alongside one.
The market at a glance
| Tool | Pricing model | Free version | Commission | AI | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touch Stay | Plans priced by number of properties, monthly or yearly | 14-day free trial, no credit card | 3% per store order on Starter, 2% above | AI chatbot on Growth and above | Hosts and property managers |
| Hostfully | Price per guidebook, lower at higher volume | Free plan for 1 guidebook, with sponsored recommendations | 1% on Marketplace sales | AI itinerary planner | Managers, especially on Hostfully's PMS |
| Enso Connect | Quote form, no published price | Free trial after a demo | Separate from the subscription, percentage not published | AI replies in the unified inbox | Property management companies of 20 to 200 listings, boutique hotels |
| Duve | Monthly minimum packages, then a quote after a demo | No trial mentioned | Described two ways in its FAQs | AI answers to guest messages | Hotels, hostels and property portfolios |
| WonderGuest | Pro plan by property bracket | First guidebook free, no time limit | 0% on the shop | No | Host with 1 to 50 properties, property manager |
Prices checked on October 7, 2026 · Touch Stay, Hostfully, Enso Connect, Duve (official pricing page)
The pricing models differ a lot. Touch Stay prices plans by number of properties, so the price per property falls as you add more. Hostfully charges per guidebook, with a lower price at higher volume and a Free plan for one. WonderGuest sells one plan per bracket of properties at a fixed price. Duve publishes minimum packages that apply whatever the number of properties, and Enso Connect quotes on request.
The other columns show what the price leaves out. Commission on extras ranges from 0% at WonderGuest to 3% on Touch Stay Starter. Neither Enso Connect nor Duve publishes a clear figure. If you want to know what those extras could be worth, the upsell revenue calculator runs the numbers. Free options come in three forms: a trial, a Free plan with sponsored recommendations, or a free guidebook with no time limit. Our free welcome book template is another way to start at no cost.
The target column often settles it. Touch Stay and Hostfully are built around hosts and co-hosts. Enso Connect aims at property management companies with 20 to 200 listings. Duve targets hotels, hostels and portfolios.
Features: the match
| Feature | Touch Stay | Hostfully | Enso Connect | Duve | WonderGuest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video and photos in the guidebookhosted videos and galleries, no YouTube link required | Partial photos; video linked from YouTube, Vimeo or Loom | Partial photos; YouTube, Vimeo or Matterport embeds | Yes guidebooks take photos, videos and text | Partial images and slideshows; video embedded from a link | Yes |
| Check-in instructions on videolockbox, parking and door code, filmed | Partial through a linked video | Partial video card with an embedded video | Partial check-in steps use images and text; guidebooks take video | Partial video posts in the arrival email; Motion videos are a paid add-on | Yes |
| External linksmenus, tickets, booking pages, Google Maps | Yes links and maps; PDFs through a Drive or Dropbox link | Yes link cards, embedded PDFs, Google or Apple Maps | Yes links in guidebooks and in the guest app | Yes buttons and banners that link out | Yes |
| Online check-inself check-in details, guest form | Partial embeds Google Forms or Jotform; guest contact details from Growth | Partial lock PIN codes through Hostfully Devices; check-in forms in the PMS | Yes step-by-step check-in with e-signatures | Yes up to 16 steps: ID, e-signature, payment | Yes Native, Pro plan |
| Extras shop with 0% commissionguests order and pay inside the guidebook | Partial store on every plan; 3% on Starter, 2% above | Partial Marketplace on Pro through Stripe; 1% fee per sale | Partial upsells paid by card or Apple Pay; commission not published | Partial upsells on Premium; commission terms differ across its FAQs | Yes 0% commission, Pro plan |
| Free-form design and structuresections, order and blocks you choose | Yes categories, subcategories and topics you arrange | Partial card-based tabs you reorder; custom categories on Pro | Partial drag-and-drop editor inside the Boarding Pass layout | Partial logo, colors, fonts and covers; preset section formats | Yes unlimited blocks |
| Brand colorsa color theme matched to your brand | Yes logo, colors and fonts | Partial themes and category colors on Pro; fonts not stated | Yes your own color palette | Yes logo, colors, fonts, cover photos | Yes color theme on Pro |
| QR code and link, no appguests open the guidebook in their browser | Yes link or QR code; installable web app | Yes link or QR code download | Partial one shareable link; QR code not stated | Yes link by email, SMS or WhatsApp, plus on-site QR codes | Yes |
| Guidebook translationlanguages guests can read | Yes Google Translate, or your own text in 16 languages | Partial 16+ languages on Pro, instant translation | Yes guidebooks in over 200 languages | Yes auto-translation in 30 languages | Yes 20 languages on Pro |
| Free optionfree plan or free trial | Yes 14 days, no credit card | Partial Free plan for 1 guidebook; no Pro trial stated | Yes free trial after a demo | Not stated on the official page | Yes first guidebook free, no time limit |
The first seven rows are the ones guests notice. A cell that reads not stated means the official page doesn't say, not that the feature is missing.
Read column by column, the matrix splits the apps into two groups. Touch Stay and Hostfully are guidebooks first. They're strong on links and sharing. Video and check-in instructions get handed off to YouTube, embedded forms or a PMS. Enso Connect and Duve are guest platforms. Online check-in is a full row for both, with e-signatures. Duve adds ID and payment steps. Their guidebook design, though, sits inside a fixed layout or preset formats.
Translation is broad almost everywhere. Touch Stay runs guides through Google Translate, while Enso Connect covers more than 200 languages and Duve 30. Hostfully offers 16 languages on Pro, translated card by card, and WonderGuest offers 20 on Pro. Free trials range from Touch Stay's 14 days with no credit card to Duve, which mentions none.
If check-in with ID verification matters more to you than the guidebook itself, the platform columns are the ones to read. If the guidebook comes first, look at the top seven rows, and use our Airbnb essentials checklist to decide what it should cover.
What sets WonderGuest apart
WonderGuest's free guidebook includes hosted video, with no time limit
Of the five apps compared, WonderGuest is the only one with a free guidebook, no time limit, that includes hosted video. Hostfully's Free plan embeds video from YouTube and shows sponsored recommendations; Touch Stay, Enso Connect and Duve offer trials at most. A host films the lockbox on a phone and drops the clip next to the written check-in steps. There's no outside platform to manage and no demo to book first. The free guidebook is published in the language you write it in. Translation into 20 languages, online check-in and the extras shop come with the Pro plan.
WonderGuest's extras shop takes a published 0% commission
All five apps let you sell extras, on very different terms. Touch Stay keeps 3% of each store order on Starter and 2% on higher plans. Hostfully's Marketplace, on Pro, keeps 1% of each sale, with Stripe's fees on top. Enso Connect says upsell commissions are separate from the subscription and doesn't publish a percentage. Duve puts upsells on Premium and describes the commission two ways in its FAQs. WonderGuest's extras shop comes with the Pro plan at 0% commission, stated on its pricing page. Guests pay by card through Stripe, and what they pay is what the host receives, minus Stripe's fees.
WonderGuest publishes one price per bracket of properties
Two of the apps here don't show a price you can act on by yourself. Enso Connect puts a quote form on its pricing page and offers a free trial after a demo. Duve publishes monthly minimum packages, and every plan goes through a demo. Touch Stay publishes its prices by number of properties, and Hostfully lists Pro prices on its checkout page rather than its pricing page. WonderGuest publishes one price per bracket of properties, up to 50. The first guidebook is free, with no demo. A manager who grows from three to five properties pays nothing more.
What each guidebook app costs
For one property, Hostfully and WonderGuest both have a free plan. Touch Stay Starter charges a yearly fee with its store included, while Duve requires a monthly minimum and Enso Connect publishes no price.
For three properties, Touch Stay Starter and WonderGuest Pro land close together on yearly billing. Hostfully Pro costs more, and Duve's minimum package sits well above the rest.
WonderGuest takes 0% commission on its extras shop. Touch Stay keeps 3% per store order on Starter and Hostfully 1% per Marketplace sale, plus Stripe's fees.
Prices checked on October 7, 2026
Every app is compared on yearly billing wherever it publishes one, with prices read on its official pricing page on October 7, 2026. Duve publishes only monthly minimums, Enso Connect shows prices only after a quote form, and WonderGuest's US prices exclude sales tax. Our methodology sets out the one- and three-property scenarios.
Other apps you will see named
Four more apps come up when hosts search for a guidebook app. They aren't in the table above.
- StayTap is a digital guidebook for Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com hosts, with an AI guest assistant on paid plans. It's free for one property, and Pro lists $7.45 a month for up to five, a price the page calls indicative.
- StayScan is a digital guidebook with a built-in AI assistant for guests. Plans start at $57 a year for one property, after a 30-day free trial.
- GoGuidebook builds guidebooks for vacation rentals, hotels and campgrounds. The first guide costs $90 a year on annual billing, and there's a 14-day free trial.
- Breezeway is an operations platform for cleaning and maintenance teams, with a guidebook sold as an add-on. That add-on's price is not published.
Prices read on each vendor's pricing page on October 7, 2026.
Our verdict
For a single property, start with the free WonderGuest guidebook. It hosts your check-in video, with no subscription and no time limit. For a property manager, WonderGuest Pro adds native online check-in and a 0% commission extras shop, at a published bracket price.
When another tool is the right choice
- Your reservations run in Hostfully's PMS: its guidebook syncs with it.
- You manage 20 listings or more and want ID verification, deposits and AI replies to guest messages in one system: look at Enso Connect or Duve.
More comparisons
Hostfully pricing and reviews in 2026
Hostfully, founded in 2015, sells property management software and Digital Guidebooks, a guidebook app that also works on its own. It bills each guidebook, with a Free plan for one and a lower price per guidebook at higher volume. WonderGuest is the alternative to Hostfully built for property managers and multi-property hosts, with bracket pricing, a 0% commission extras shop, native online check-in and a free guidebook that includes hosted video.
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Touch Stay guidebook pricing and reviews in 2026
Touch Stay has made digital guidebooks since 2014, with plans priced by number of properties. It serves international guests well, with guides translated through Google Translate. WonderGuest is the alternative to Touch Stay built for property managers and multi-property hosts, with bracket pricing, a 0% commission extras shop, native online check-in and a free guidebook that includes hosted video.
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StayFi pricing and reviews in 2026
StayFi, founded in 2018, sells guest WiFi marketing to hosts and property managers, billed per WiFi access point. Guests log in to a branded network, which hands you their contact details for email and text campaigns. WonderGuest is the guidebook alternative to StayFi's HomePage, built for property managers and multi-property hosts, with bracket pricing, a 0% commission extras shop, native online check-in and a free guidebook that includes hosted video.
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Enso Connect pricing and reviews in 2026
Enso Connect is a guest experience platform for property managers and boutique hotels, priced through a quote form rather than a published rate. Its web guest app, Boarding Pass, holds check-in and the guidebook behind one link. WonderGuest is the alternative to Enso Connect built for property managers and multi-property hosts, with bracket pricing, a 0% commission extras shop, native online check-in and a free guidebook that includes hosted video.
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Duve pricing and reviews in 2026
Duve is a guest experience platform for hotels, from independent properties to multi-brand groups, also sold to hostels and vacation rental portfolios. Its pricing starts from monthly minimum packages, while its strength is online check-in with ID, e-signature and payment steps. WonderGuest is the alternative to Duve built for property managers and multi-property hosts, with bracket pricing, a 0% commission extras shop, native online check-in and a free guidebook that includes hosted video.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best digital guidebook app for property managers?
For property managers, WonderGuest. Its Pro plan brings bracket pricing, native online check-in and a 0% commission extras shop. The first guidebook is free, with hosted video. Managers already on Hostfully's PMS can use its guidebook. Operations with 20+ listings that need ID verification can look at Enso Connect or Duve. WonderGuest publishes this comparison, so every source is on the page for you to check.
Which guidebook app is cheapest for three properties?
On yearly billing, Touch Stay Starter costs $195 a year for three properties. WonderGuest Pro costs $203.88 a year for 2 to 5 properties, before sales tax, with a 0% commission shop. Hostfully Pro costs $324 a year for three guidebooks. Duve starts at a $200 monthly minimum for its plan with upsells, and Enso Connect gives prices only through a quote form. Prices read on October 7, 2026.
Which guidebook apps have a free plan?
Two. The first WonderGuest guidebook is free with no time limit and includes hosted video. Hostfully has a Free plan for one guidebook, with sponsored recommendations and video embedded from YouTube. Touch Stay has a 14-day free trial, Enso Connect offers a free trial after a demo, and Duve mentions no trial.
Which guidebook apps take no commission on extras?
WonderGuest, at 0% on its extras shop, with Stripe's card fees on top. Touch Stay keeps 3% per store order on Starter, and Hostfully 1% per Marketplace sale. Enso Connect bills upsell commissions separately without publishing a percentage, and Duve describes its commission two ways in its FAQs.
Do guests need to download an app?
No, for all five. Guests open the guidebook in their browser from a link or a QR code. Touch Stay can also be saved to the home screen and works offline once loaded. Duve's guest app runs in the browser as well. WonderGuest asks guests for no download and no account.
Updated on October 7, 2026
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