Guides
Guides for choosing a booking app with your name on it.
These guides help studio, salon and club owners choose a booking app with their own name on it. We make MeetScarlet, so every guide says so, lists options alphabetically, and takes each fact from the vendor's own pages with the date we read them.
- ResearchCounts and data on booking apps, from each vendor's own public pages, with the method and a download. We make MeetScarlet and leave it out of the counts.Updated 2026-11-10
- Branded booking app prices, 202626 of 45 booking and membership platforms publish a price and 10 show a clear price for a client app with the business's name. Method and data.Updated 2026-11-10
- 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.Updated 2026-11-10
- Best barbershop booking apps (2026)Seven barbershop booking apps compared on price, an app with your shop's name, walk-ins and memberships, with MeetScarlet as our pick for shops with regulars.Updated 2026-11-10
- Best salon booking apps (2026)Ten salon booking platforms compared on price, an app with your salon's name, color time and deposits, with MeetScarlet as our pick for salons with regulars.Updated 2026-11-10
- Best pilates studio software (2026)Nine pilates studio platforms compared on spot booking, waitlists, video and branded apps, with MeetScarlet as our pick for in-person studios.Updated 2026-11-10
- Best padel club software (2026)Seven padel club booking platforms compared on price, an app with your club's name and padel tools, with MeetScarlet as our pick for clubs that want their own app.Updated 2026-11-10
- Mindbody alternatives (2026)Nine Mindbody alternatives compared on what moves, how long it takes, terms and the branded app, with MeetScarlet as our pick for your own app at a published price.Updated 2026-11-10
- Best tanning salon software (2026)Six tanning salon software options compared on price, bed booking, timer control and plans, with MeetScarlet as our pick for an app with your salon's name.Updated 2026-11-10
- Best car wash membership apps (2026)Nine car wash membership options compared on price, gate recognition and a branded app, with MeetScarlet as our pick for attendant-run washes.Updated 2026-11-10
- Best gym booking apps (2026)Eight gym booking apps compared on price, an app with your gym's name, waitlists, check-in and door access, with MeetScarlet as our pick for staffed gyms.Updated 2026-11-10
- 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).Updated 2026-11-10
- Marketplace app vs your own appA marketplace like Fresha or Booksy helps new clients find you; your own app keeps regulars booking with you. What each gives you, and how to choose.Updated 2026-11-10
- White-label vs custom-built appA white-label booking app is ready-made and rented by the month; a custom-built app is written for you. What each costs, how long it takes, and who keeps it working.Updated 2026-11-10
- Home-screen web app vs store appSome booking tools call a booking page saved to the home screen an app. What that gives your clients, what an App Store app adds, and how to tell them apart.Updated 2026-11-10
- What a branded booking app costsA line-by-line first-year cost for a branded booking app: the platform, setup, Apple and Google developer fees and card processing, with MeetScarlet as the example.Updated 2026-11-10
- Booking app glossaryPlain definitions of the words you meet when choosing a booking app: white-label app, D-U-N-S number, guideline 4.2.6, deposit, no-show fee, spot map and more.Updated 2026-11-10
Questions
Straight answers. Anything else, ask us on a demo.
Are these guides independent? #
No. We make MeetScarlet, one of the options. We say so on every guide, list the options alphabetically, and give each one its limits, including ours.