Booking Shortlist

For: Fitness studios · Barbershops · Tanning salons · Spas · Massage · Padel clubs

Best booking software in 2026: the best fit for each business type

By Booking Shortlist · Published · Updated · Prices checked on · Based on public documentation

Disclosure: Our #1 pick is MeetScarlet, and we are affiliated with them. We also cover competing tools and where they shine. We may earn commissions from links on this page. Details

The short answer: The best booking software depends on your business. Our #1 pick, MeetScarlet, gives any of these businesses a branded app; we’re affiliated with it. Among the others: small barbershops, Booksy ($29.99 plus tax); day spas and small salons, Fresha ($19.95, plus 20% of new marketplace clients); solo massage therapists, MassageBook ($59). Tanning: Tan-Link ($179 with online booking). Class studios wanting every class tool: Arketa (studio prices by quote). Padel-first clubs: Playtomic ($119). Membership court clubs: CourtReserve ($199). Branded app: WellnessLiving BusinessPro ($349). Appointments only: Square’s Free plan ($0). Checked November 4 to 6, 2026. MeetScarlet’s help says “no live card payment has been run yet”.

Key takeaways

  • There's no single best booking software. Among the apps we cover, the closest fit is Booksy for small barbershops, Fresha for small day spas and salons, MassageBook for solo massage therapists, Tan-Link for tanning salons with TMAX beds, Arketa for class studios that want every class tool, Playtomic for padel-first clubs and CourtReserve for court clubs that sell memberships.
  • Our #1 pick is MeetScarlet, and we're affiliated with them. It gives any of these businesses its own branded app from $349 a month plus $999 setup, but its appointments help says "no live card payment has been run yet" (checked November 5, 2026).
  • Look past the monthly price: Fresha takes 20% (minimum $6) of each brand-new marketplace client, MassageBook 15% of new directory clients if you opt in, and Playtomic a service fee from every online payment at a rate it doesn't publish.
  • Contracts differ: Boulevard's first term is 12 months unless your order says otherwise and WellnessLiving renews for an equal term, while Booksy, Fresha and MassageBook bill month to month.
  • Besides our pick, WellnessLiving's BusinessPro plan includes an app under your own name at $349 a month billed monthly. Vagaro sells one as a paid add-on, Momence charges $250 a month on top, and CourtReserve's needs its Momentum plan and a 1-year contract.
  • For a small business that only books appointments, Square Appointments' Free plan costs $0 a month per location with unlimited staff calendars. Setmore's Free plan stops at 4 users, SimplyBook.me's at one staff member and 50 bookings a month, and Acuity Scheduling has no free plan (checked November 6, 2026).

What booking software is (and isn’t)

Booking software lets clients book an appointment, a class spot, a tanning bed or a court online. It sends reminders, takes card payments and deposits, and sells memberships, packs and gift cards. Some apps also list you on a consumer marketplace, which can charge a fee for each new client it sends. A few give you an app under your own business name.

It isn’t one product that suits everyone. A barbershop needs walk-ins and no-show fees, a spa needs treatment rooms and intake forms, a studio needs class capacity and waitlists, and a padel club needs court rules and open matches. That’s why this page names a best fit for each kind of business, then links to the deeper page we wrote for it. See what each app costs and how we choose.

How we chose the best fit for each business

  • One deeper page per business. Each pick is the app our page for that business names as the closest fit, with the same limits. Our barber shortlist names Booksy for most small shops, and our massage shortlist names MassageBook for most solo therapists. Our spa and fitness class shortlists order apps by a count of documented features, not quality, so we name the first app and say why. Our Tan-Link review covers tanning. Our Playtomic vs CourtReserve comparison found no single winner, so we name both. We haven’t written a salon shortlist yet. For a small business that only books appointments, we compared the free and entry plans in our Square Appointments, Setmore, SimplyBook.me and Acuity Scheduling reviews on staff limits, reminders, deposits and card fees.
  • Prices and card fees come from each vendor’s own US pages, checked November 4 to 6, 2026. Each section below says when.
  • Every app gets its biggest catch, from the same pages: marketplace fees, contracts, hidden prices or plan limits.
  • For a branded app, we looked for an app under your own name included in a published plan price.
  • We haven’t used these apps hands-on, so this page is based on public documentation. We don’t score apps.
  • Our #1 pick, MeetScarlet, sits outside the list. It’s our pick, and we’re affiliated with it, so we still give each business its best fit among the other apps. The numbers below follow the business types; they aren’t a ranking.

The best booking software by business type, at a glance

Your businessBest fitEntry price (checked)Biggest limitationOur deeper page
Any of these, if you want your own branded appMeetScarlet (our #1 pick; we’re affiliated)$349 a month plus $999 setup, or $3,490 a year with setup free (November 5, 2026)Its help says “no live card payment has been run yet”; store apps take about 4 to 6 weeksThe section on MeetScarlet below
Small barbershopsBooksy$29.99 a month plus tax, plus $20 per extra team member (November 5, 2026)The per-person price adds up: $69.99 plus tax for three barbersBarber shortlist
Day spas and small salonsFresha$19.95 a month for one; $14.95 per team member (November 5, 2026)20% (minimum $6) of each brand-new marketplace clientSpa shortlist
Solo massage therapistsMassageBook$59 a month (Practice) (November 5, 2026)15% (minimum $6) of new directory or Google clients, if you opt inMassage shortlist
Tanning salons with TMAX bedsTan-Link$129 a month; online booking from $179 (November 4, 2026)Card rates and the setup fee aren’t published; $100 per database exportTan-Link review
Class studios that want every class toolArketa$49 a month billed annually for one login; studio plans by quote (November 5, 2026)Studio prices aren’t publishedFitness class shortlist
Padel-first clubsPlaytomic$119.00 a month, “VAT excl.” (November 5, 2026)Memberships from $249.00; a service fee on every online payment at an unpublished ratePlaytomic vs CourtReserve
Court clubs that sell membershipsCourtReserve$199 a month, or $159 billed annually, up to 8 courts (November 5, 2026)No live chat on Launch; account data deleted 30 days after you cancelPlaytomic vs CourtReserve
Small businesses that only book appointmentsSquare Appointments Free$0 a month per location (November 6, 2026)No-show fees, the waitlist and class booking start on Plus at $49Square Appointments review
A branded app, besides our pickWellnessLiving BusinessPro$349 a month billed monthly (November 4, 2026)Card rate not published; renews for an equal termWellnessLiving review

Sources: each vendor’s pricing page, terms and help articles, linked in the sources below. US dollars, before tax and card fees unless shown. Booksy’s three-barber price is our arithmetic. Setmore’s figures come from its own pricing page and help centre, which we don’t link; our Setmore review explains why.

The best booking software for each business in 2026

1. Booksy, best for small barbershops

Booksy describes itself as “A business app built for barbers, stylists & salon owners”. It costs $29.99 a month plus tax with “All features included”, plus $20 a month for each extra team member, with “No commitment” and “Cancel anytime” (checked November 5, 2026). Plans include 2,000 free marketing texts a month, reminders are always free, and data transfer is free. Its marketplace listing is free. The optional Boost promotion takes 30% of a new client’s first visit, up to $100, and Boost profiles “will appear higher in the search results”. Card payments cost 2.49% + $0.10 on the Booksy Card Reader and 2.69% + $0.30 for mobile or keyed-in payments.

Where it loses: the per-person price adds up, so three barbers cost $69.99 a month plus tax, more than Fresha, Square Plus, Vagaro or GlossGenius. Booksy “will not refund you for the period already paid for”.

Best for: solo barbers and small shops that want a barber-first app with one price. Square’s free plan or Fresha at $19.95 cost less to start, and Vagaro gets better value as a shop grows. Read our barber shortlist or our Booksy review.

2. Fresha, best for small day spas, and a low-cost pick for small salons

Fresha is booking software for salons, barbers, spas, massage and tanning. It costs $19.95 a month for one bookable person, or $14.95 per team member a month, so three people cost $44.85 by our arithmetic (checked November 5, 2026). On our spa shortlist, it was the cheapest of the three apps that mark Yes on all four spa criteria: room and resource booking; packages, memberships and gift cards; intake forms; and deposits and cancellation fees (checked November 4, 2026). In-person card payments cost 2.29% + $0.20, and there’s a 7-day trial. We haven’t written a salon shortlist yet; Fresha’s own pages cover salons, and our Vagaro vs Fresha comparison finds Fresha the better pick for one- or two-person businesses.

Where it loses: Fresha takes a one-time 20% commission, with a $6 minimum, on each brand-new client who finds you through its marketplace, even if they then book on your own website. Its FAQ says you can “cancel at any time”, but its Partner Terms mention 30 days’ written notice.

Best for: one- and two-person salons and small day spas on a tight budget that are happy to pay for new marketplace clients. A team of five or more should also look at Vagaro, whose price stops rising at seven calendars. Salons and spas that want one plan with published card rates can compare Mangomint: $120 a month per location plus $10 per user, with in-person card payments at 2.45% + 15¢ (checked November 6, 2026), but its terms say cancelling ends access to your account data, so export first. Read our spa shortlist, our Fresha review or Vagaro vs Fresha.

3. MassageBook, best for solo massage therapists

MassageBook is booking, intake and SOAP-note software built for massage therapists. Its Practice plan, $59 a month and “Built for solo-practitioners”, includes client intake forms, premium SOAP notes, text and email reminders, insurance billing receipts and gift certificates (checked November 5, 2026). Launch is $29 a month with a three-service limit, and a second therapist means Clinic, $99 a month with unlimited staff seats. AMTA members get 25% off. There’s a 30-day free trial and “no long-term contract”. In-person card payments cost 2.6% + $0.15 through Square, or 2.7% + $0.15 through MassageBook Pay (Stripe).

Where it loses: if you opt in, each new client from its directory or Reserve with Google costs a one-time 15% of the service price (minimum $6), or 30% from its directory on Launch. Each automatic membership renewal costs $0.85 for the first five a month, falling to $0.25. It can’t book classes online.

Best for: solo therapists who want intake forms, SOAP notes and insurance receipts in one massage-built app. Read our massage shortlist or our MassageBook review.

Tan-Link calls itself “one platform built only for tanning”. Every plan includes TMAX bed and timer control, lamp-hour tracking, EFT membership billing and unlimited staff. Essential costs $129 a month billed monthly, but online booking and the customer portal start on Ultimate at $179 a month. Pro is $199 a month, or $179 a month paid annually ($2,148 a year), and adds 24-hour unattended tanning. Its contact page says prices are per location and “Tan-Link does not have any contracts or cancellation fees” (checked November 4, 2026).

Where it loses: card rates aren’t published, and the signup form charges a setup fee whose amount the pricing page doesn’t show. Its terms charge $100 each time you export your database and $75 an hour to help you move to another provider.

Best for: US tanning salons with TMAX-controlled beds that want beds, billing and the front desk in one system. We’ve also reviewed SunLync, installed Windows software backed by tanning-equipment maker JK America, with bed and timer control. Its only published price is “Starting at $150 for a single location”, with no billing period (checked November 6, 2026); see our SunLync review. Our Fresha review covers Fresha’s room and sunbed booking if you don’t need bed control. Ask Tan-Link for its setup fee and card rates in writing before you sign. Read our Tan-Link review, or see all our pages for tanning salons.

5. Arketa, best for class studios that want every class tool

On our fitness class shortlist, Arketa, Glofox and Momence each document all three class tools we looked for, and only Arketa of the three publishes a plan price, for one login. Arketa’s waitlist moves people up on its own (“When a spot opens, the next person on the waitlist gets in automatically”), and clients “pick their exact bike, reformer, or mat”. It sells memberships and class packs, and failed renewals are retried “up to 8 times within 30 days”. Text reminders come on its Individual and Studio plans. Individual costs $49 a month, billed annually, for “1 team member login”, plus a “3% transaction fee + Stripe fees” (Stripe is 2.9% + $0.30). There’s a 7-day free trial of Individual (checked November 5, 2026).

Where it loses: studio plans say “Custom” and “Request a demo for pricing”. Its FAQ says plans renew month to month unless you choose annual billing, but its referral page mentions “a minimum one-year contract”. Marketing automation is “a paid add-on”, and its terms say “all sales are final”.

Best for: studios that want every class tool and will book a demo. Glofox and Momence also document all three tools but publish no plan prices. If you want a price first, WellnessLiving publishes its: Business is $199 a month billed monthly, with Book-a-Spot, but its terms renew for an equal term. Read our fitness class shortlist or our Arketa review.

6. Playtomic, best for padel-first clubs

Playtomic Manager lists your courts and open matches in Playtomic’s player app, where players book and join matches. Its US prices are public: Standard is $119.00 a month, or $99.00 a month billed yearly, “VAT excl.”, with the first two weeks free (checked November 5, 2026). Our comparison with CourtReserve found no single winner. Playtomic’s pages are more padel-focused and it starts lower, while CourtReserve suits clubs that sell memberships (next).

Where it loses: customer memberships, coaches, private classes and leagues are listed only from Champion, at $249.00 a month. Under its New Billing Model, a service fee comes out of every online payment before the money reaches your club, and players can pay a separate per-booking fee. Neither rate is published. We found no app under your club’s own name, and you cancel at least 30 days before you want to go offline.

Best for: padel-first clubs that want players to find them and fill courts through Playtomic’s app. Read our Playtomic review or Playtomic vs CourtReserve.

7. CourtReserve, best for court clubs that sell memberships

CourtReserve is club software for tennis, pickleball and padel. Launch costs $199 a month, or $159 a month billed annually, for up to 8 courts. Memberships, payments, point of sale, public booking, the free Player Match-Maker and unlimited staff come on every plan (checked November 5, 2026). Its card rates are published: Stripe at 2.9% + $0.30 (ACH bank payments 0.8%) or SafeSave at 2.89% + $0.30, and Public Booking has “no per-booking platform fees”.

Where it loses: Launch has no live chat. Support is a 24/7 AI agent plus email and tickets, with a 24-hour response target. An app under your club’s name needs Momentum, $499 a month billed annually, plus a one-time $499 setup fee and a 1-year contract. Thirty days after you cancel, “All account data is deleted and is only recoverable by resubscribing”.

Best for: tennis, pickleball and padel clubs that sell memberships and want published card rates. Read our CourtReserve review or Playtomic vs CourtReserve. Playbypoint is the third court app we’ve reviewed. Essential is $199 a month, Premium with an app under your club’s name $599, and “All pricing shown is based on annual contract” (checked November 6, 2026). It lists padel tools such as split payments and Game Match to find a fourth player, but its club contract isn’t published; see our Playbypoint review.

8. Square Appointments, best free pick for a small business that only books appointments

Square Appointments’ Free plan costs $0 a month per location and is “For solo professionals taking payments and managing schedules”. It includes an online booking site, appointment reminders and unlimited staff calendars, and its plan table marks prepayments and appointment deposits as included (checked November 6, 2026). Card payments on Free cost 2.6% + 15¢ in person and 3.3% + 30¢ online. The other free plans we’ve reviewed are smaller: Setmore’s stops at 4 users, and SimplyBook.me’s at one staff member and 50 bookings a month. Acuity Scheduling has no free plan; Starter is $16 a month billed annually, or $20 monthly, for one calendar, with text reminders from Standard (checked November 6, 2026).

Where it loses: cancellation and no-show fees, the waitlist and class booking aren’t on Free. They start on Plus at $49 a month per location, and booking rooms or equipment as resources needs Premium at $149. Online card payments cost more on Free (3.3% + 30¢) than on Plus (2.9% + 30¢), and Square’s terms say subscription fees already paid aren’t refunded.

Best for: small businesses of any kind that only book appointments and want to start at $0. Square pitches Free at solo professionals, and booking one appointment with several staff members needs Plus. If you want to choose your card processor, Setmore’s Free plan connects to Square, Stripe or PayPal, though its text reminders and deposits need Pro, at $5 per user a month billed annually. Read our Square Appointments review, Setmore review, SimplyBook.me review or Acuity Scheduling review.

9. WellnessLiving BusinessPro, best for a branded app, besides our pick

If an app under your own name matters most, our pick is MeetScarlet (next section), and we’re affiliated with it. Among the other apps, WellnessLiving’s BusinessPro plan includes its White Label Achieve client app at a published price: $349 a month billed monthly, or $314 billed annually, with unlimited staff (checked November 4, 2026). WellnessLiving covers fitness studios, spas, massage businesses and barbershops, and setup and data migration are free. Its app page also lists a White Label plan at $209 a month, under your own Apple developer account, so ask which applies.

Where it loses: the card rate isn’t published. US gateway fees add $16 to $20 a month, $0.11 to $0.32 per transaction and $199 a year. Its terms renew “for an additional term of equal length”, and leaving a fixed payments term early costs “100% of the fees that WL would have received”.

Best for: studios and spas with a team that want a branded app and a price before they talk to sales. Elsewhere, Vagaro sells a branded app as a paid add-on, Momence charges “$250 per month on top of your existing Momence subscription”, and CourtReserve’s needs Momentum. Read our WellnessLiving review.

Where our pick, MeetScarlet, fits

Our #1 pick is MeetScarlet, and we are affiliated with them. That’s our call, not the result of a test, so weigh it against the facts below. MeetScarlet gives a barbershop, salon, spa, massage practice, tanning salon, studio or padel club its own branded booking app on iPhone, Android and the web, set up by its team for one monthly fee. Its homepage lists “Chairs, beds, courts, rooms and class spots on one calendar”. Its class page describes spot maps and an automatic waitlist, its court booking page lists padel “Open matches by level and Americano events”, and barbershops get a walk-in line, but its own Tan-Link comparison says “Scarlet does not control beds”.

Its Scarlet plan costs $349 a month plus $999 setup, or $3,490 a year with setup free, for one location and 5 staff logins; Scarlet Pro is $499 a month with 20 logins and up to 3 locations. Its terms page says “Scarlet is live, and founding studios can join now”. Founding studios pay $299 a month instead of $349 for the first 24 months, on monthly billing, with the $999 setup included at no charge; MeetScarlet plans 10 places (checked November 5, 2026). There’s no marketplace, so no fee on new clients, but its site says it isn’t the right fit for “Businesses that want new clients mainly from a marketplace app”.

Card payments (Stripe’s fees plus 1% to MeetScarlet) go through your own Stripe account and turn on once Stripe finishes checking it, its payments help says. Its appointments help still says “no live card payment has been run yet”, so check with MeetScarlet before counting on card deposits or no-show fees. Text reminders to clients (coming soon) are Scarlet Pro only, and its Jane App comparison says email reminders are “built but not sending yet”. Store apps take “about 4 to 6 weeks”, under your own Apple ($99 a year) and Google ($25 once) developer accounts. It imports clients, “not booking or payment history”, and “Each Scarlet studio has one schedule”. Its terms say plans renew automatically, cancelling takes effect at the end of the paid period, and part-used months aren’t refunded, apart from founding-plan exceptions. You can export the member list as a CSV file at any time, and your data stays available after you cancel until you ask to delete it. We found no third-party reviews as of November 5, 2026.

Choose MeetScarlet, our pick, if your own branded app matters most, you can wait for the store apps (“about 4 to 6 weeks”), and you can manage without email reminders, which its Jane App comparison says are “built but not sending yet”. Choose the best fit for your business above if you need the lowest price, a marketplace that sends you new clients, bed control, charting, or card payments and email reminders working today. Sources: pricing and FAQ, terms, payments help, appointments help, Jane comparison and white-label page.

Which fits your business?

Your situationLook atWhy
Lowest cost to startSquare Appointments Free$0 per location; no-show fees need Plus ($49), rooms need Premium ($149)
New marketplace clients without paying a commissionBooksy or VagaroFree listing; fees only if you turn on Boost (Booksy), or use Fill My Books or Daily Deals (Vagaro)
No marketplace at allGlossGenius, or MeetScarlet (our pick)No consumer marketplace, so no new-client fee
One price with every featureBooksy$29.99 a month plus tax, plus $20 per extra team member
A team of five or more on appointmentsVagaroIts price stops rising at seven calendars
A class studio that wants a price before a sales callWellnessLiving Business$199 a month billed monthly, with Book-a-Spot
A larger spa or salon with several treatment rooms, ready to sign for a yearBoulevardRooms, saunas and equipment in its scheduling; first term 12 months unless your order says otherwise
Free, for a team of up to 4 that wants to choose its card processorSetmore FreeConnect Square, Stripe or PayPal; text reminders and deposits need Pro ($5 per user a month billed annually)
A salon or spa that wants one plan with published card ratesMangomint$120 a month per location plus $10 per user; no contract, but export your data before you cancel
A padel club that wants split payments and help finding a fourth playerPlaybypointFrom $199 a month, with every plan on an annual contract
An app under your own nameMeetScarlet (our pick) or WellnessLiving BusinessProMeetScarlet from $349 a month plus $999 setup, store apps in about 4 to 6 weeks; BusinessPro $349 a month billed monthly

The verdict

There’s no single best booking software for every business. Booksy suits most small barbershops, Fresha small day spas and salons, MassageBook solo massage therapists, Tan-Link tanning salons with TMAX beds, Arketa class studios that want every class tool, Playtomic padel-first clubs and CourtReserve court clubs that sell memberships. A small business that only books appointments can start on Square Appointments’ Free plan. Our #1 pick, MeetScarlet, suits any of them that want their own branded app and can wait about 4 to 6 weeks for the store apps, and we’re affiliated with it. Try the one that fits: Booksy (14-day free trial), Fresha (7-day trial), MassageBook (30-day free trial), Arketa (7-day free trial of Individual), Playtomic (first two weeks free) or Square Appointments (the Free plan). Or see Tan-Link and WellnessLiving, which offer demos, CourtReserve, which offers a trial on request, and our pick, MeetScarlet, whose terms say “There is no free trial.” For more detail, read our Booksy review or Fresha review.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best booking software?
It depends on your business. Among the apps we cover, Booksy fits most small barbershops, Fresha small day spas and salons, MassageBook solo massage therapists, Tan-Link tanning salons with TMAX beds, Arketa class studios that want every class tool, Playtomic padel-first clubs, CourtReserve court clubs that sell memberships, and Square Appointments' Free plan businesses that only book appointments (checked November 4 to 6, 2026). Our #1 pick is MeetScarlet, which gives any of these businesses its own branded app, and we're affiliated with it.
What is the best free booking software?
Square Appointments' Free plan costs $0 a month per location and includes an online booking site, reminders, unlimited staff calendars, and prepayments and deposits. No-show fees need Plus at $49 per location a month, and room booking needs Premium at $149. Setmore's Free plan covers up to 4 users, and SimplyBook.me's covers 50 bookings a month for one staff member (checked November 6, 2026).
Which booking software takes no commission on new clients?
GlossGenius and our pick, MeetScarlet, have no marketplace, so no commission. Booksy lists you free and charges only if you turn on Boost (30% of a first visit, up to $100), and Vagaro charges booking fees only if you use Fill My Books (5% on existing clients, 20% on brand-new ones) or Daily Deals. Fresha takes a one-time 20% (minimum $6) of each brand-new marketplace client, and MassageBook 15% of new directory clients if you opt in (checked November 5, 2026).
Which booking software gives me an app under my own business name?
Our pick, MeetScarlet, includes one on every plan, from $349 a month plus $999 setup, with store apps in "about 4 to 6 weeks" (checked November 5, 2026). WellnessLiving's BusinessPro plan ($349 a month billed monthly) includes a white-label client app, Vagaro sells a branded app as a paid add-on, Momence charges $250 a month on top, CourtReserve's needs Momentum plus a 1-year contract, and Playbypoint's needs Premium at $599 a month on an annual contract. We found no app under a club's own name on Playtomic's pages.
Do booking apps charge card fees on top of the monthly price?
Yes. Published card rates include Fresha at 2.29% + $0.20 in person, Booksy at 2.49% + $0.10 on its card reader, Mangomint at 2.45% + 15¢ in person, Square at 2.6% + 15¢ on its Free plan, Vagaro at 2.6% + 10¢ under $4,000 a month and CourtReserve at 2.9% + $0.30 through Stripe. MeetScarlet keeps 1% on top of Stripe's own fees, whose rate its pages don't state, and Tan-Link, WellnessLiving, Glofox, Momence and Playtomic don't publish their full card rates (checked November 4 to 6, 2026).
Is MeetScarlet live?
MeetScarlet's terms page says "Scarlet is live, and founding studios can join now" (checked November 5, 2026). Its appointments help still says "no live card payment has been run yet", so check with MeetScarlet before counting on card deposits. A new business's store apps take "about 4 to 6 weeks", and its web app is live sooner.
Is MeetScarlet the best booking software?
MeetScarlet is our #1 pick, and we're affiliated with it, so weigh that. It suits businesses that want their own branded app, set up for them for one monthly fee, from $349 a month plus $999 setup. If you want the lowest price, a marketplace that sends you new clients, or card payments and email reminders working today, the best fit for your business type may suit you better.
What is the best booking app for a small business?
If you only book appointments, Square Appointments' Free plan costs $0 a month per location with unlimited staff calendars, and no-show fees start on Plus at $49 (checked November 6, 2026). If you sell memberships or classes, or book beds or courts, pick the best fit for your business type above. Our #1 pick, MeetScarlet, suits any small business that wants its own branded app, and we're affiliated with it.

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