Best salon booking apps (2026).

Three ways clients book a salon

Salon software lets clients book in one of three places: a page or overlay on your website, the vendor's own marketplace app next to other salons, or an app with your salon's name and icon. Website booking needs no download; a marketplace brings new clients; your own app keeps regulars one tap away. This guide says which each option uses.

How we compared these tools

We read each vendor's own pricing, salon and feature pages on October 31, 2026 and checked four things:

• The published price, its currency and whether it is per location, per user or by quote
• Whether clients get an app with the salon's own name, on which plan and at what price
• Salon booking tools: color processing time, deposits, waitlists and memberships
• Which kinds of business the vendor builds for

Prices are from the vendors' US pages, in US dollars. We did not install or test the rival apps, used no third-party prices, and left out card processing and marketplace commissions. MeetScarlet's facts come from our own pricing and product pages. Where a page did not say something, we say we did not find it. We left out Salon Iris, whose website showed only an under-construction page. We also left out Timely, whose pricing and feature pages showed no readable text when we checked on November 1, 2026, and Schedulicity, whose site now says it is part of Vagaro. Salonist was added on November 1, 2026, from its own pages read that day. MeetScarlet is listed first as our pick (we make it); the others follow alphabetically.

The salon booking platforms compared

MeetScarlet: our pick for salons with regulars who want them booking in an app with the salon's name, at a published price

MeetScarlet is a white-label booking app from the team writing this guide, and our pick for a salon whose clients come back to the same stylist. Your clients install an app with your salon's name and icon, book a service with their stylist, answer your intake questions, pay a deposit where you ask for one, and are offered their next visit with the same stylist. The app comes in every plan at a published price, and our team sets it up and publishes it to your own Apple and Google store accounts, so your salon is the publisher. See MeetScarlet for salons.

Price: $349 a month, or $499 on MeetScarlet Pro (20 staff logins, text reminders for appointments, coming soon); $999 setup fee on monthly billing, waived on yearly. App with your salon's name: Included in every plan, under your own Apple and Google developer accounts ($99 a year to Apple, $25 once to Google). Salon tools: Book by stylist; deposits per service; intake questions; rebook prompts; request-only services. MeetScarlet's pricing

• No color processing time: a stylist can't take another client during development, though each service can have buffer minutes before and after.
• No marketplace: your app shows only your salon, and new clients come through your own marketing.

Boulevard: best for growing salons and spas that want processing time built into the schedule

Boulevard is booking and payments software for salons, spas, medspas and barbers. Its Precision Scheduling builds in processing, finishing and cleaning time, and it pays stylists and booth renters automatically. Clients book in an overlay that stays on your website and links to your Google, Facebook and Instagram profiles, and they can buy memberships and packages while booking. Its barbershop page lists deposits and cards on file.

Price: $143 a month billed yearly, or $159 billed monthly, for one location (Essentials, up to 5 providers); Premier $234 and Prestige $328 a month per location at a fall price for new customers. App with your salon's name: None found for clients; clients book in an overlay on your website, and the app is for your team. Salon tools: Scheduling that builds in processing, finishing and cleaning time; memberships and packages; deposits (per its barbershop page). Boulevard's page; see also MeetScarlet vs Boulevard

• We found no client app with your salon's name; booking is a website overlay.
• Essentials caps you at 5 providers, and forms are priced on top, from $65 a month per location.

Fresha: best for salons that want a low monthly price and a large marketplace

Fresha is beauty and wellness booking software with a hair salon page and a marketplace of customers looking to book. Its salon page covers group bookings, deposits and bridal trials for weddings and events, and it sells memberships and packages at checkout. Plans are priced per bookable team member.

Price: $19.95 a month (Independent), or $14.95 per team member a month (Team). App with your salon's name: None found; clients book in Fresha's own app. Salon tools: Deposits and no-show protection; group bookings and bridal trials; memberships; a waitlist. Fresha's page; see also MeetScarlet vs Fresha

• We found no app with your salon's own name on its pages.
• The Team plan is priced per team member, so the cost grows with your team.

GlossGenius: best for salons whose clients would rather book on a website than download an app

GlossGenius is booking and payments software for beauty and wellness, with a salon page. Clients book on a booking website with no login or app download, and deposits and cancellation policies are built into booking. Client profiles keep color recipes and before-and-after photos, booth renters can be paid out, and memberships and packages come on the cheapest plan, with flat prices per business rather than per stylist.

Price: $28, $56 or $168 a month (Standard, Gold, Platinum), or $24, $48 or $148 billed yearly. App with your salon's name: No client app: clients book on a GlossGenius booking website, with no login or download. Salon tools: Deposits, cancellation and card-on-file policies; memberships and packages; an automated waitlist on Gold. GlossGenius's page; see also MeetScarlet vs GlossGenius

• Clients book on a website, not in an app, so there is no app with your salon's name.
• The automated waitlist comes on Gold, not Standard.

Mangomint: best for salons that want every feature at one published price, with no client app needed

Mangomint is salon and spa software with one plan and every feature on it, including Express Booking by text link, a Virtual Waiting Room, memberships and web chat. Mangomint says there is no gatekeeping: every user gets every feature. Processing and buffer time can be set per service and show in the calendar, prices can be tiered by stylist experience, deposits can be a flat amount, a percentage or full payment, and an automatic waitlist matches clients to openings.

Price: $120 a month per location plus $10 per user; free onboarding and data transfer; no contracts. App with your salon's name: None found for clients; clients book in an overlay on your website, and the app is for your team. Salon tools: Processing and buffer time per service; memberships and packages; an automatic waitlist; a virtual waiting room for walk-ins. Mangomint's page; see also MeetScarlet vs Mangomint

• We found no client app with your salon's name; booking is a website overlay or a text link.
• The price grows by $10 a month for each user.

Meevo: best for salon groups with several locations, and franchises, that want waitlist, membership and walk-in tools

Meevo is salon and spa software for single locations, multi-location groups and franchises. Its waitlist texts the client the moment a slot opens, deposit and cancellation policies are enforced in online booking, and memberships charge dues automatically. A walk-in management add-on lets guests join the queue before they arrive.

Price: Not published; every plan is by quote on an annual contract. App with your salon's name: None found for salon clients: online booking is a web page you can embed with your colors, logos and messaging; its MyMeevo app is for employees (a med spa plan lists a client app we could not identify). Salon tools: Waitlist Autopilot; deposits and cancellation policies; memberships with automatic dues; a walk-in queue add-on. Meevo's page; see also MeetScarlet vs Meevo

• No published price, and subscriptions are on an annual contract.
• We found no client app with your salon's name on its salon pages.

Phorest: best for salons with three or more staff that want a branded app built for them

Phorest is software for hair salons, spas, barbershops, nail salons and clinics. Its booking app page says “We build it, you brand it!”: the app is custom designed with your salon branding and listed in the App Store and Google Play. Deposits can be flat, a percentage or set per service, and its scheduling adjusts service time and price to the individual client.

Price: Not published; every plan is by quote. App with your salon's name: A branded iOS and Android app in the App Store and Google Play, offered as an add-on or on its top plan, depending on the page view; price by quote. Salon tools: Deposits set per service; optional cancellation fees; service time adjusted to the client. Phorest's page; see also MeetScarlet vs Phorest

• No published price for the plans or the branded app, and no free trial.
• Its plans are pitched at salons with 3+ staff.

Salonist: best for salons that want a branded app at a published price, with a point of sale and retail management listed on its pricing page

Salonist is salon and spa software for hair, beauty, barbershops, spas and clinics, priced per plan with unlimited staff. Its branded-app page says the app carries your logo and colours, is published to the App Store and Google Play under your salon's own name, and that clients don't see the word Salonist anywhere in it; most salons are ready within a few days of sending their brand details. Its pricing page also lists a point of sale and a Salonist marketplace for new and returning clients.

Price: $59, $109 or $179 a month, billed monthly; the branded app is on Expert ($179), with unlimited staff and no setup fee. App with your salon's name: A custom-branded app included on Expert ($179 a month) and sold as an add-on on other plans (add-on price not shown), in the App Store and Google Play under your salon's name. Salon tools: Colour formulas on client profiles; memberships and an e-wallet; a waitlist (plan not stated); deposits and processing time not named on the pages we read. Salonist's page; see also MeetScarlet vs Salonist

• The branded app is included only on Expert, the top of its three paid plans; on the others it is an add-on with no price shown.
• We did not find deposits or processing time on its app, pricing, hair-salon or appointment pages, or whose developer account the app is published under.

Vagaro: best for salons that want a branded app and a marketplace listing from one vendor

Vagaro is booking software for beauty, wellness and fitness, built for solo stylists and full teams, with a free Vagaro Marketplace listing on every plan. Its branded-app page says your app can be published to the App Store and Google Play with your own icon and colors, and that developer account fees are not included in the subscription. Deposits, a waitlist and memberships come on the same plan.

Price: $30 a month for one staff calendar (the page also shows an introductory rate), plus $10 for each extra calendar up to seven. App with your salon's name: A branded app subscription published to the App Store and Google Play; price not shown on the pricing or branded-app page we read. Salon tools: No-show fees or required deposits; a waitlist; memberships, packages and gift certificates. Vagaro's page

• The branded app's price is not on its pricing or branded-app page.
• Apple and Google developer account fees are on top of the app subscription.

Zenoti: best for larger salons and brands that want detailed color booking and a branded app

Zenoti is software for salons, spas, medspas, fitness centers and barbershops, from single locations to franchises. It has detailed color booking, on the pages we read: clients choose their stylist, color development time is built in and can be double-booked, and cut, color and treatment link into one appointment. It includes a branded salon app for clients to book, reschedule and pay.

Price: Not published; every plan is by quote. App with your salon's name: A branded salon app for clients, per its salon software page; plan, price and store listing not stated. Salon tools: Clients pick their stylist; color development windows that allow double-booking; linked cut, color and treatment bookings; a waitlist. Zenoti's page; see also MeetScarlet vs Zenoti

• No published price for any plan or for the branded app.
• Its pricing page puts multi-location brands first, though it also lists single locations.

Side by side

From each vendor's own pages, read October 31, 2026. Prices and plans change; check the vendor's page before you decide.

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