Change how your app looks, and see it before your clients do.
In MeetScarlet's admin, the Your app tab lets you choose light or dark mode for your branded app, change its color, heading font and tabs, check them on a live phone preview, and follow your app through the App Store and Google Play. Light or dark, color, font and tab changes reach clients without a store update; a new name or icon goes out with the next store build.
What you can change, and when clients see it
| Setting | What you choose | Reaches clients |
|---|---|---|
| Light or dark | Match phone, Always light, Always dark, or Members choose, where each client picks in the app | Without a store update |
| Color | One of eight ready-made colors or your exact brand color by its hex code; if it is too light for white text, the admin offers the closest shade that works | Without a store update |
| Heading font | One of five fonts | Without a store update |
| Tabs | Up to five; Home and Me are always there | Without a store update |
| Name and icon | An app name up to 30 characters, a short name and your icon | With the next store build |
Light, dark, or your clients' choice
Your app comes in light and dark. New apps start on Match phone, so each client sees it light or dark to match their phone. Pick Always light or Always dark to give everyone the same look, or pick Members choose so each client picks Light, Dark or Match phone in the app's Me tab.
Your color, heading font and tabs carry into both. Before you save, the admin previews your app light, dark and with larger text. Clients see the change the next time they open the app, with no store update.
Tabs for how your clients book
Each kind of business starts with the tabs it needs: a salon with Book and Shop, a pilates studio with Schedule and Pass, a padel club with Matches and Pass. You can switch tabs on and off later. The Me tab is always there, because Apple and Google require clients to be able to delete their account inside the app.
Following your app into the stores
- Connect your App Store and Google Play accounts from the admin
- See each store's steps on the way to live, and which one is next
- If a store sends a build back, record its message and the guideline it names, then request a new build
- Keep a history of every build
For what the app includes and whose accounts it is published under, see our white-label booking app page and the guide to publishing under your own Apple account.
Your app on the web
Your app also runs in the browser at a go.meetscarlet.com address you pick, which you can change once a day. You can connect a subdomain you own, such as book.yourstudio.com, by adding the records the admin shows at your domain provider. If you disconnect it later, clients keep using the go.meetscarlet.com address and their accounts are not affected.
When it is not the right fit
- You want a fully custom design, with your own screens and layouts. MeetScarlet apps share one design, in light and dark, that you brand with your color, font, icon and tabs.
- You want to change your app's name every week. A new name goes through a store review each time.
See how it's set up
The step-by-step guide your team would follow, on MeetScarlet Help: Make the app look like yours.
Questions
Straight answers. Anything else, ask us on a demo.
Can I change my app's colors after it is live? #
Yes. Change the color, or switch between light and dark, in the admin and clients see it without a store update. A new app name or icon goes out with the next store build.
Does my app have a dark mode? #
Yes. Your app can follow each client's phone, stay light or dark for everyone, or let each client pick Light, Dark or Match phone in the Me tab. You choose in the admin, and clients see it the next time they open the app, with no store update.
Can I see my app before I publish changes? #
Yes. The admin shows a live phone preview of your app as you change the color, font and tabs, and can show it light, dark or with larger text.
Can my app use my own domain? #
Yes, a subdomain you own, such as book.yourstudio.com. Add the records the admin shows at your domain provider. Your go.meetscarlet.com address keeps working too.
Why is there always a Me tab? #
Apple and Google require apps with accounts to let people delete their account inside the app, and the Me tab is where clients do that.
What happens if Apple or Google rejects a build? #
You record the store's message and the guideline it names in the admin, and request a new build once it is fixed. Every build is kept in the build history.
Keep reading
- 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.
- Publish under your own Apple accountWhy Apple asks businesses to publish template-built apps themselves, and the steps: a free D-U-N-S number, Apple ($99 a year) and Google Play ($25 once).
- Push announcements (MeetScarlet Pro)On MeetScarlet Pro, send a short push message, like a new class or a closure, to members who opted in. Preview who gets it first; never at night.