Six subscriptions. Or one plan at $15.
A well-run rental usually ends up with six separate guest-experience subscriptions: Touch Stay for the digital guidebook, StayFi for WiFi guest marketing, WelcomeScreen for the TV, YourWelcome for the in-room tablet, Minut for noise monitoring and The Host Co for guest upsells. That stack runs over $100 a month per property. BetterSTR Simple does all six jobs for $15 a property a month, about the price of Touch Stay alone, with 15% off when you pay annually.
Quick answer: what is BetterSTR Simple?
One plan, one price per property, everything switched on. $15 a month covers the premium digital guidebook with Ask AI, WiFi captive-portal marketing for up to 3 access points, a locked in-room companion tablet with noise monitoring, up to 3 TVs on the hotel-style BetterSTR TV welcome screen, a guest upsell shop at a flat 3% fee, and your own custom domain connected with a free SSL certificate. It is the work of Touch Stay, StayFi, WelcomeScreen, YourWelcome, Minut and The Host Co on one bill, from one dashboard.
The six subscriptions hosts end up paying for
None of these tools is bad at its job. The problem is that each one solves a slice of the guest experience and charges like it is the whole thing, so a host who wants the guidebook, the WiFi capture, the TV, the tablet, noise monitoring and upsells is running six dashboards and six bills.
Touch Stay
About $15/monthDigital guidebook, and only the guidebook.
For a single property paid monthly, or $99 a year.
StayFi
From $19/monthWiFi guest marketing and email capture.
Plus its own access-point hardware from $99.
WelcomeScreen
$9.99 per property/monthTV greeting screen with a phone guidebook.
Welcome card on the TV, guidebook stays on the phone.
YourWelcome
Around $450 per property/yearIn-room tablet on an annual contract.
Roughly $37/month, 1-year commitment.
Minut
$10 per home/month (Standard)Noise monitoring through a dedicated sensor.
The sensor itself is a separate one-time cost. See the noise monitoring comparison.
The Host Co
7% of every sale, or from $18/monthGuest upsell store, paid for by commission.
Free tier takes 7% of sales; paid plans start at $18/month. See the upsell comparison.
The maths, side by side
| What the property needs | Bought separately | On BetterSTR Simple One plan |
|---|---|---|
| Touch Stayabout $15/month | Premium guide with Ask AI, custom fonts, maps, no BetterSTR branding | |
| StayFifrom $19/month + hardware from $99 | Captive portal for up to 3 access points, on the UniFi or TP-Link Omada access points you already own | |
| WelcomeScreen$9.99/month | Up to 3 TVs, full Android TV home-screen takeover with streaming tiles and live TV | |
| YourWelcomearound $37/month, on contract | 1 companion tablet, bring any Android tablet, no contract | |
| Minut$10/month + sensor hardware | The companion tablet doubles as the noise monitor: quiet hours, custom thresholds and instant alerts, no extra sensor to buy | |
| The Host Co7% of every sale, or from $18/month | Upsell shop in the guide, tablet and TV at a flat 3% fee, paid straight to your Stripe account | |
| SSL certificateabout $15/year | Bring your own domain or use a subdomain, SSL certificate issued and renewed free | |
| Total per property | about $109/monthsix providers, six bills | $15/month Save about $94one provider, one bill |
Everything talks to everything
The saving is the headline, but the real win is that it is one platform. The WiFi login drops guests onto the same guidebook the TV and tablet show. The booking sync that fills the guidebook also personalises the TV greeting and expires guest access at checkout. Six separate providers can never do that, because each one only sees its own quarter of the stay.
It syncs with Airbnb and the major property managers: Hospitable, OwnerRez, Guesty, Hostaway, Lodgify, Smoobu, Cloudbeds and many more.
Watch: how BetterSTR Simple fits with the rest of our pricing
A four minute walk through every option, from the free guidebook and a la carte add-ons to the $15 bundle, so you can see which way works out cheaper for your properties.
What BetterSTR Simple includes
- Premium digital guidebook with custom fonts, maps, your branding only, and Ask AI answering guests at 2am so you don't have to
- WiFi Marketing for up to 3 access points: captive-portal email capture, party prevention and direct-booking lists on hardware you already own
- 1 Companion tablet in the property: locked kiosk showing your guidebook, photo frame when idle
- Noise monitoring on the tablet: quiet hours, custom thresholds and instant alerts, the job of Minut's $10/month Standard plan with no sensor to buy. Compare noise monitors
- Up to 3 TVs on BetterSTR TV: branded hotel-style welcome screen, WiFi QR, streaming app tiles and live TV
- Guest upsell shop at a flat 3% fee: sell early check-in, welcome baskets or EV charging from the guide, tablet and TV, paid straight to your Stripe. Compare with The Host Co
- 1 custom domain or subdomain, connected with a free SSL certificate, renewed automatically
- One bill, chosen property by property. Mix Simple and a-la-carte properties on the same account however you like
$15 a property a month, or $153.00 a year per property (15% off). Volume discounts kick in from 51 properties. Full details on the pricing page.
Already paying one of the six?
Switching is designed to be painless. Our one-click Touch Stay importer brings your existing guide content across in minutes, and if you bought StayFi's UniFi hardware there is a step-by-step guide to repurposing it for BetterSTR, so nothing you paid for goes in the bin. The TV app runs on any Android TV or Google TV device, and the tablet app runs on any Android 11+ tablet you already have.
One plan. One bill. The whole stay.
Start with the free guidebook, then switch on BetterSTR Simple when you are ready. Free forever. No card needed.
Create your free guidebook Get BetterSTR SimpleFrequently asked questions
Is there one tool that replaces both Touch Stay and StayFi?
Yes. BetterSTR Simple covers both jobs in one plan: a premium digital guidebook (the Touch Stay job) and WiFi captive-portal guest marketing (the StayFi job), plus an in-room tablet and a TV welcome screen that neither of them offers, for $15 a property a month.
How much do Touch Stay, StayFi, WelcomeScreen, YourWelcome, Minut and The Host Co cost separately?
Roughly $109 a month per property: Touch Stay about $15/month paid monthly, StayFi from $19/month plus hardware from $99, WelcomeScreen $9.99/month, YourWelcome around $450 a year, Minut $10/month plus its sensor, and The Host Co from $18/month (or 7% of every sale on its free tier). BetterSTR Simple does all six jobs for $15/month, so the whole bundle costs about the same as Touch Stay on its own.
What does BetterSTR Simple include?
Per property: the premium guidebook with Ask AI, WiFi Marketing for up to 3 access points, 1 companion tablet with noise monitoring, up to 3 TVs on BetterSTR TV, guest upsells at a flat 3% fee, and a custom domain or subdomain with a free SSL certificate. $15 a month, or 15% off paid annually.
Does BetterSTR Simple include noise monitoring like Minut?
Yes. The companion tablet included in Simple doubles as the noise monitor: real-time decibel monitoring, quiet hours, custom thresholds and instant alerts, the same job as Minut's $10/month Standard plan. And because it runs on the tablet already in the property, there is no separate sensor to buy. See the noise monitoring comparison.
Can I sell upsells to guests, and what does it cost?
Yes. The upsell shop shows your products in the guidebook, on the tablet and on the TV, with payments going straight to your Stripe account. On Simple the platform fee is a flat 3% per sale with no monthly charge, where The Host Co takes 7% of every sale on its free tier or from $18/month on paid plans. See the upsell comparison.
Do I need to buy special hardware?
No. WiFi Marketing runs on the UniFi or TP-Link Omada access points you already own. The tablet app runs on any Android 11+ tablet and the TV app on any Android TV or Google TV device, including a plug-in HDMI stick.
Can I bring my existing Touch Stay guide across?
Yes. The one-click Touch Stay importer copies your existing guide content into BetterSTR in minutes, so you keep everything you have already written.
Do I have to put every property on Simple?
No. You choose per property, and monthly or annual per property too. Properties that only need the free guidebook can stay on a-la-carte pricing on the same account.
The verdict
If you are paying two or more of Touch Stay, StayFi, WelcomeScreen, YourWelcome, Minut and The Host Co, Simple already saves you money, and it adds the pieces you skipped. One provider, one bill, one dashboard, and every part of the stay working off the same booking data. See the full breakdown on the pricing page, or dig into the side-by-side pages for noise monitoring and guest upsells.