Turno and BowReady solve the same visible problem: a checkout happens, somebody has to clean, and nobody should have to remember to send a text. They disagree about one thing underneath, and every other difference falls out of it.
Turno is built on the assumption that the platform should find your cleaner and move the money. BowReady is built on the assumption that you and your cleaner sort that out between you, and that software should only make sure the job is never missed.
Neither assumption is wrong. They just suit different hosts.
The comparison
| Turno | BowReady | |
|---|---|---|
| Fee per cleaning | 5% commission on marketplace cleans, near $10 an assignment | None. 0%, always. |
| Monthly cost | Around $8 to $10 USD per property for own-cleaner hosts | Free to 2 properties, then $9.99 CAD flat to 5 |
| Handles the payment | Yes | No, and never will |
| Ratings and reviews | Yes | None, deliberately |
| Calendar sync | iCal, all channels | iCal, all channels |
| Same checkout on two calendars | One job | One job |
| Backup cleaner | Yes | Primary plus one backup, automatic on decline |
| Finding a cleaner | Established marketplace | Pros whose area reaches your property, sealed quotes, nothing ranked |
Pricing on both sides moves. Check the current numbers against your own turnover count rather than trusting a table, including this one.
Where the fee lands, over a year
A monthly price is a number you notice once. A per-cleaning fee is one you pay on every turnover, which is exactly when you are least likely to be counting.
The line that matters is not which is cheaper today. It is which one gets more expensive when your calendar fills up. The arithmetic behind that chart is worked through in full elsewhere.
The two things BowReady will not do
Worth stating plainly, because they are the reasons to choose Turno.
It will not touch your money. No payments, no escrow, no payouts. BowReady records the agreed amount and lets either side mark a job paid, so you have one shared record instead of two memories. Everything else is between you and your cleaner.
It will not rank anybody. No stars, no scores, no reviews, no featured placement, no sorting by price. When a host looks at Cleaning Pros who cover a property, they arrive in the order they arrived and that is all. When Pros quote on a posted turnover, each price goes to the host and to nobody else, so nobody can see a number and go under it.
If you want a marketplace with reputation scores and integrated payment, that is a coherent thing to want, and BowReady is not it.
Where BowReady is genuinely thinner
Coverage. Turno has years of cleaner supply behind it. BowReady's directory is new, and in most areas the list of Pros who cover a given address is short or empty right now. We are not going to pretend otherwise.
If you have a cleaner already, that gap costs you nothing: the tool is for scheduling the person you have. If you do not, check whether anyone covers your address before you decide on that basis.
Who each one is for
Choose Turno if you want the platform to find your cleaner, hold the ratings, and move the money, and the per-clean fee is worth that to you.
Choose BowReady if you already have a cleaner, or intend to pick one yourself, and you would rather the fee not scale with how busy you get. If you are actively weighing a move, what a switch actually costs you is the more useful read.
Ready when your guests are.
Download BowReady and give every turnover a clear owner.
Frequently asked questions
What is the main difference between Turno and BowReady?
Where the money goes. Turno takes a commission on cleans booked through it, listed at 5% and landing near $10 an assignment, and moves the payment between host and cleaner. BowReady charges the host a flat monthly fee for their properties, takes 0% of a clean, and never handles a payment. Everything else follows from that one difference.
Which one is cheaper?
It depends entirely on how busy you are, and on how many properties you have. One rental at about four turnovers a month is roughly 48 cleans a year, near $480 at $10 a clean. On BowReady that same rental is $0, because a host's first two properties are free. At five rentals it is near $2,400 a year against one flat $9.99 CAD a month, about $120, covering all five. A per-clean fee grows with how busy you get; a flat plan does not move.
Does BowReady have cleaner ratings and reviews?
No, and it will not. There are no stars, no scores and no public reviews on BowReady, for hosts or for cleaners. Cleaning Pros are shown in arrival order, never ranked. If you choose cleaners by rating, that is a genuine reason to prefer Turno.
Can both tools find me a cleaner?
Both can introduce you to one. Turno runs a marketplace with ratings and handles the payment. BowReady shows you Cleaning Pros whose declared service area reaches your property, lets you take sealed quotes on a single turnover, and then gets out of the way. BowReady's coverage is thin in most areas today, and Turno's is not.
Do both work with Airbnb and Vrbo?
Yes. Both read iCal links, so anything that publishes an iCal feed works, and the same checkout appearing on two calendars collapses to one cleaning job in either tool.