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Best Salon and Spa Scheduling Software in 2026

For a salon or spa, scheduling software can help organize client bookings alongside staff time and resources. Compared on appointment reminders, digital intake forms, online booking, resource booking, staff availability, and waitlist management, these entries let you consider how booking and day-to-day coordination might work. Setmore, Salonist, and SimplyBook.me are among the software options shown. Consider whether clients need online booking, how your team tracks availability, and whether intake details or a waitlist are part of your process. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing provide additional context as you assess the listed capabilities for your business.

36 apps
Research read 23 Sept 2026
How the order is worked out

1

Salonist

Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Salonist combines booking and checkout with tools for clients, staff and inventory. Its free listing has a monthly appointment cap, while paid plans start at $79 a month.

7.3 Free plan · paid from $79/mo · 7-day trial Visit site
2

Setmore
by Setmore
Free plan AndroidiPhoneMac+1

Setmore combines self-booking, payment collection, calendar sync, and team management across mobile and desktop apps.

7.2 Free plan · paid from $5/user/mo (annual) Visit site
3

Plandok

Free plan AndroidWeb

Plandok combines online booking, calendar management, client records, and appointment messaging.

7.1 Free plan · paid from €9.99/mo (annual) Visit site
4

SimplyBook.me
by SimplyBook.me
Free plan WebiPhoneAndroid

SimplyBook.me covers client bookings, payments, reminders, and team calendars across web and mobile. The free tier is ongoing but limited, and HIPAA-enabling features need specific settings.

7.0 Free plan · paid from $11.90/mo (annual) · 14-day trial Visit site
5

Acuity Scheduling
by Acuity Scheduling
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Acuity combines self-service booking with payment collection, calendar sync, and client-management features.

6.6 From $16/mo (annual) · 7-day trial Visit site
6

Square Online
by Square Online
Free plan Web

6.6 Free plan · 30-day trial Visit site
7

Zoho Bookings
by Zoho Bookings
Free plan AndroidiPhone

Zoho Bookings covers individual and team scheduling, with paid tiers adding more workspaces and calendars. Check the free-plan limits and per-user plan prices against your needs.

6.6 Free plan · paid from $6/user/mo (annual) · 15-day trial Visit site
8

TreatsMe

Free plan Web

TreatsMe brings booking, staff accounts, client management, and payments together in a free web service. Barbershops should note that SMS and WhatsApp staff alerts are not yet listed as available.

6.5 Free plan Visit site
9

Fresha
by Fresha
Free trial AndroidiPhoneWeb

6.4 Free plan · 7-day trial Visit site
10

GlossGenius
by GlossGenius
Free trial AndroidiPhoneWeb

GlossGenius brings booking, operations, marketing, and payment features together for several service-business types.

6.3 From $24/mo (annual) · 14-day trial Visit site
11

Orbis Salon

Free trial AndroidiPhoneMac+2

Orbis Salon combines appointment booking with business tools for customer records, payments and reporting.

6.3 From £4.99/mo Visit site
12

Ovatu

Free trial AndroidiPhoneMac+1

Choose Ovatu if your beauty or wellness business needs customer self-booking, staff scheduling and appointment payment tools together.

6.3 From $25/mo · 30-day trial Visit site
13

Squire

Free plan Web

Squire provides a compact editor core for applications that need arbitrary HTML and email-oriented behavior. Teams must build the surrounding interface and handle HTML safety themselves.

6.3 Open source Visit site
14

Salonized

Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+4

Salonized combines booking and client tools with sales, reporting and marketing features across its plans.

6.2 From €21/mo Visit site
15

Rosy
by Rosy
Free trial AndroidiPhoneWeb

Choose Rosy if your salon or spa needs scheduling, payments, inventory, reporting, and multi-location support in a hosted system.

6.1 14-day trial Visit site
16

Setora

Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Setora combines booking, calendar, payment, reminder, and customer-record tools for independent salons and barbershops.

6.1 From £39/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
17

Simple Salon

Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Simple Salon combines client booking with day-to-day salon management, and offers tools for multiple venues through Dome.

6.1 From $20/user/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
18

Boulevard
by Boulevard
Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Boulevard combines booking, scheduling, marketing, and business-management functions for self-care businesses.

6.0 From $143/mo Visit site
19

Kevonia

Free trial Web

Kevonia brings booking, scheduling, client records, reminders, and payments together for appointment-based businesses.

6.0 From $49.99/mo · 14-day trial Visit site
20

SimpleSpa

Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+1

SimpleSpa combines appointment operations, booking, reminders, and payment options for service businesses.

6.0 14-day trial Visit site
21

Booker

Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb

Choose Booker if your spa, salon, barbershop, or similar business wants scheduling and operations tools alongside payments and client marketing.

5.9 From $139 Visit site
22

Kitomba
by Kitomba
Paid AndroidiPhoneMac+2

Kitomba covers appointment booking alongside payments, stock and marketing, with plan features ranging from online booking to staff management.

5.9 Pricing on request Visit site
23

Meevo
by Meevo
Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+3

5.9 Visit site
24

Shortcuts

Free trial MacWebWindows

Shortcuts Fusion brings salon scheduling, client management, stock, and point-of-sale tools into one product, with multi-site features in Summit.

5.9 Pricing on request Visit site
25

Timely
by Timely
Free trial AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Timely brings booking pages, payments, calendar syncing, and reminders together across web and mobile platforms.

5.9 From $26/user/mo · 14-day trial Visit site

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