Booksy review (2026): is it worth $29.99 a month?
Booking app and marketplace for barbers, salons and beauty pros
Booksy report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 24, 2026
Best for barbers and beauty pros booking from a phone
Booksy gives barbers and beauty pros a marketplace profile, online booking, a calendar, text and email marketing and card payments, mostly run from a phone, for $29.99 a month with every feature. The flat price stops at one person: each team member adds $20 a month, card readers are bought separately, and Boost takes 30% of a new client's first visit, up to $100.
Who Booksy is for
- Fits if you're a barber or independent beauty pro who runs your book from your phone
- Works for small salons that want every feature at one price instead of picking a tier
Who Booksy is not for
- Pricey if you have a team, as each member beyond the first adds $20 a month to the $29.99 base, plus tax
- Watch out: card fees run from 2.49% + $0.10 on the reader to 2.69% + $0.30 keyed in, and 30-minute payouts cost 1.5%
- Watch out: card readers aren't included, at $53.10 for the M2 and $299 for the S710, plus shipping
- Pricey if you lean on Boost for new clients: it takes 30% of each one's first visit, up to $100
- Not for you if you need accounting software links or an API, as neither is on record
Why Booksy gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money$29.99 a month plus tax for one person with every feature, which is right at this category's cheaper quarter. Each extra team member adds $20, so five people pay $109.99.
- CFree plan and trialNo free plan, but a 14-day free trial with no credit card, and you can take bookings during it.
- BFeaturesA marketplace profile, booking from Instagram, Facebook, Google and your site, a calendar with waitlists, 2,000 marketing texts a month, email campaigns, forms and waivers, deposits, gift cards and memberships. That's the whole booking job for a chair or a small salon.
- CEase of useNo rating for the business app is on record, since the App Store listing found is the client-facing app. You set up services, staff and payments before taking bookings.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone and Android, with Instagram, Facebook, Reserve with Google and Stripe. No API or accounting links on record, and no desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Booksy's own pages on 24 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/booksy#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/booksy.svg" alt="Booksy: 2.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Booksy stands among salon, spa and studio booking apps
Booksy's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 12 of the 15 other salon, spa and studio booking apps we grade, and level with 1.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 12 of 15) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $29.99 a month, against a middle price of $49.45 for the category: 4 of the 13 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 16 salon, spa and studio booking apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Booksy’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 12 of 15, level with 3
- CFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 15, level with 9
- BFeaturesAbove 3 of 15, level with 12
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 15, level with 11
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 15, level with 15
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 14 salon, spa and studio booking apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Booksy, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Booksy you would be making texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 12 of the 15 other salon, spa and studio booking apps we grade. It costs $359.88 a year.
What you could make
- Appointment booking and forms: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Texts to thousands of numbers, registered with the carriers.
- Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- Hooks into the device itself: widgets.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Booksy’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Booksy?
Booksy is booking software for barbers, hair and nail salons, lash and brow artists, massage therapists and other beauty professionals. A business gets a Booksy profile on its consumer marketplace, online booking, a calendar, client records, text and email marketing and card payments, run mostly from a phone app. One monthly price includes every feature, with a charge for each extra team member.
Worth knowing
- Each team member beyond the first adds $20 a month to the $29.99 base, plus tax.
- Card fees: 2.69% + $0.30 for mobile and keyed-in payments, 2.49% + $0.10 on the card reader, and 2.49% + $0.20 with Tap to Pay. Payouts in 30 minutes cost 1.5%.
- Card readers are bought separately: the Stripe Reader M2 for $53.10 and the S710 for $299, plus shipping.
- Boost charges 30% of a new client's first visit, up to $100; clients from your own link or marketing carry no commission.
Key features
- Booksy profile and marketplace
- Each business gets a profile on the Booksy marketplace and the free Booksy app for customers, plus booking from Instagram, Facebook, Reserve with Google and a website widget.
- Calendar and client records
- Manage the calendar, waitlists and client profiles from the Booksy Biz phone app, a tablet or the web.
- Text and email marketing
- Message blasts and automated campaigns by text and email, with 2,000 marketing texts a month included; confirmations and reminders are always free.
- Payments and no-show protection
- Take deposits and cancellation fees, sell gift cards, memberships and packages, and check out on a Booksy card reader or with Tap to Pay.
- Boost
- Turn on Boost for more visibility on the marketplace. It has no monthly fee but takes a one-time 30% of a new Boost client's first visit, capped at $100.
- AI Receptionist
- A beta AI receptionist answers calls and books appointments. Booksy says early sign-ups get it free for at least 12 months.
Booksy pricing
As of Oct 24, 2026, Booksy is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $29.99 per month, plus $20 per extra team member.
- Starts at
- $29.99 per month, plus $20 per extra team member
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Booksy Biz | $29.99per month, plus $20 per extra team member | Every feature: unlimited bookings, reminders, 2,000 marketing texts a month, email marketing, forms and waivers, waitlists, gift cards and memberships. |
Read from biz.booksy.com on Oct 24, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Booksy before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Booksy have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Booksy is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Booksy have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 24, 2026. Booksy is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Booksy open source?
Booksy is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 24, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 24, 2026.