Acuity Scheduling or MeetScarlet: a scheduling page, or your own app?
For a business that wants clients booking in an app with its own name, MeetScarlet is the better pick: we publish an iPhone and Android app for your clients under your business's name, while Acuity Scheduling's clients book on a scheduling page and its store app is for you and your staff. Acuity costs far less, from $16 a month billed yearly, against MeetScarlet's $349 a month plus $999 setup on monthly billing (free on yearly). We make MeetScarlet; every Acuity fact here comes from Acuity's own pages.
Which should you pick?
Who wrote this: the team that makes MeetScarlet. We compare from each vendor's own public pages, read on November 1, 2026, not from a hands-on test of the rival. Where a vendor does not publish something, we say so rather than guess.
Pick MeetScarlet if you want your clients to download your own app from the App Store and Google Play, with your name on it, and book, buy memberships and packs, and check in with a pass there. On the pages we read, Acuity has no app for clients; its store app is for you and your staff, under Acuity's name. Our team sets MeetScarlet up and submits your app under your own Apple and Google accounts.
Acuity Scheduling may suit you if a polished scheduling page is enough and you want a low monthly price, email reminders that send now, and payments through Stripe, Square, PayPal or Venmo.
Why businesses pick MeetScarlet over Acuity Scheduling
- An iPhone and Android app for your clients, under your name; on the pages we read, Acuity has no app for clients, and its store app is an admin app under Acuity's name
- Your name, icon and colors on the app itself, not only on a scheduling page, published under your own Apple and Google developer accounts
- Clients book, buy memberships and packs, and check in with a pass in one app
- Our team imports your client list and sets up your services, staff, prices and memberships as part of setup
Side by side
| Acuity Scheduling | MeetScarlet | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Starter $16, Standard $27, Premium $55 a month billed yearly; $20, $34 and $69 billed monthly; taxes extra; a 7-day free trial | $349 a month for one location and 5 staff logins, or $499 a month on MeetScarlet Pro with 20; $999 setup on monthly billing, free on yearly |
| Setup fee | None, it says | $999 on monthly billing, free on yearly; our team sets you up |
| App for your clients | None found on the pages we read: clients book on your scheduling page, shared by link, text or social media | Your own iPhone and Android app, which we publish to the App Store and Google Play under your name and your own Apple and Google accounts, plus a web app |
| App for you and your staff | The Acuity mobile admin app, in the App Store and Google Play under Acuity's name | The MeetScarlet admin on the web |
| Branding | Your logo, colors and copy on the scheduling page | Your name, icon and colors on your own app, in light or dark mode |
| Selling | Packages (with payment plans), subscriptions, memberships and gift certificates, from the Standard plan | Memberships, packs and gift cards |
| Payments | Stripe, Square, PayPal or Venmo, with deposits | Card payments into your own Stripe account (built; no live charge run yet) |
From acuityscheduling.com: its home, pricing, mobile app, class scheduling and booking website pages, read November 1, 2026; in US dollars.
Where Acuity Scheduling may fit better
- A much lower price, from $16 a month billed yearly, with no setup fee
- Payments through Square, PayPal or Venmo as well as Stripe
- Confirmation, reminder and follow-up emails that send now, on every plan
- Checks your outside calendars so clients can't book when you're busy
Questions to ask on an Acuity Scheduling demo
Acuity Scheduling's public pages leave these open, so ask before you sign:
- Are text reminders and my payment provider available in my country?
- Can my clients get an app in the App Store under my business's name?
- If you leave, can you export your client list, and what comes with it?
Ask us the same questions about MeetScarlet; our prices are on the homepage.
Moving to MeetScarlet
We import your client list from a spreadsheet or CSV export, then set up your services, staff, prices and memberships as part of setup. About 4 to 6 weeks for the store apps, most of it Apple's enrollment. Your web app's link is ready during setup, and members can book there as soon as you choose your MeetScarlet plan. They keep the same account when the store apps launch.
Questions
Straight answers. Anything else, ask us on a demo.
Does Acuity Scheduling have an app for my clients? #
Not on the pages we read. Acuity's mobile app is an admin app for you and your staff, listed under Acuity's name; clients book on your scheduling page, which carries your logo and colors (read November 1, 2026). MeetScarlet publishes an app for your clients under your own name to the App Store and Google Play.
How much does Acuity Scheduling cost? #
Acuity's pricing page lists Starter at $16, Standard at $27 and Premium at $55 a month when paid yearly, or $20, $34 and $69 when paid monthly, before taxes, with no setup fee.
Is MeetScarlet cheaper than Acuity Scheduling? #
No. Acuity starts at $16 a month billed yearly; MeetScarlet is $349 a month plus $999 setup on monthly billing, or $3,490 a year with no setup fee. MeetScarlet's price includes what we did not find at Acuity: an app for your clients, published under your own name in the App Store and Google Play.
Is this comparison independent? #
No. We make MeetScarlet, and we recommend it to businesses that want their clients booking in an app with their own name. Every Acuity fact comes from Acuity's own pages, dated, and we say where Acuity may fit better.
Keep reading
- Best branded booking apps (2026)Seven booking platforms that give clients an app with your name, compared on price, plan and store account, with MeetScarlet as our pick at a published price.
- White-label booking appA white-label booking app puts your own name on the App Store and Google Play. MeetScarlet builds and brands yours, with booking and memberships, from $349 a month.
- MeetScarlet vs SetmoreMeetScarlet puts your app in the App Store and Google Play under your name; Setmore's "branded mobile app" is your booking page saved to the home screen.