# theCut review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Barber booking app with a free plan and a $25 Pro plan Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. theCut is a mobile app where clients find and book barbers, and where barbers and shop owners run their schedule, take payments and keep client records. Barbers get a personal booking link on the free plan. The Pro plan adds SMS notifications, recurring appointments, client blasts and revenue reports. - **Category:** Calendar & Scheduling - **Made by:** theCut - **Website:** https://thecut.co - **Runs on:** iOS, Android, Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you are not in barbering, as it is built around barbers and shops. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, theCut has a free plan, and paid plans start at $25 per month for Pro. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Personal booking link, cancellation and no-show policies, and mobile payments with 2.75% processing. - **Free trial:** 30-day Pro trial, no credit card required. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Booking link, no-show policies and mobile payments at 2.75%. Client discovery costs $10 per new client. | | Pro | $25 per month | Adds included client discovery, client blasts, SMS notifications, recurring appointments, revenue reporting and promotions. | Read from https://thecut.co/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with theCut before buying. ## Key features - **Personal booking link:** Barbers share a link where clients book their services, with availability preferences and blocked time. - **No-show and cancellation policies:** Set cancellation and no-show rules for all clients. Pro lets the policy be customized by client. - **Mobile payments:** Accept Apple Pay, Google Pay, Cash App Pay, cards and tap-to-pay, with deposits in 1 to 2 business days. - **Client discovery:** New clients find barbers in the app. The free plan pays $10 per new client; Pro includes it. - **Shop owner tools:** Owner accounts are free and include a shop profile, staff onboarding, booth rent tracking and centralized scheduling. - **Reporting:** Pro adds appointment analysis, revenue reporting, chair utilization and monthly recaps. ## Good for - Barbers who work from a phone and want a free booking link - Shop owners tracking booth rent and staff schedules - Clients looking for a barber nearby ## Worth knowing - Payments carry a 2.75% processing fee on both Free and Pro, per the plan comparison. - The free plan charges $10 for each new client found through the app; Pro includes client discovery. - SMS reminders, recurring appointments and revenue reporting are Pro features. - It is built around barbers and shops, not general appointment businesses. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. theCut is a booking and payments app for barbers, with a free plan and a Pro plan at $25 a month. It is built around barbers and shops, payments carry a 2.75% fee on both plans, and the free plan charges $10 per new client found through the app. - **Value for money: C.** Pro is $25 a month, above the $16 where the dearer quarter of calendar tools starts. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The free plan gives a booking link, no-show policies and mobile payments, though new clients found in the app cost $10 each. - **Features: C.** Booking link, policies, payments, client discovery and reporting. It does that job for barbers and is narrower than a general booking app. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up your services and payments. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** iPhone, Android and web. No integrations are listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from theCut's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among calendar and scheduling apps - theCut's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 46 of the 114 other calendar and scheduling apps we grade, and level with 15. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 67 of 114) and worst on ease of use (C, above 3). - Its paid plans start at $25 a month, against a middle price of $8.13 for the category: 72 of the 85 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 40 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/calendar ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of theCut you could make: appointment booking and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $300 a year. - You could make: Appointment booking and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Booking pages that read and write other people's calendars and send the emails. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Appointment booking, Booking links, Reports ## Alternatives - [Setmore](https://toolgpa.com/tools/setmore): Appointment booking app with a free plan for up to four staff. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/setmore-vs-the-cut) - [Picktime](https://toolgpa.com/tools/picktime): Appointment and class booking software with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/picktime-vs-the-cut) - [Reservio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/reservio): Online booking system with client management and mobile apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/reservio-vs-the-cut) - [Noona](https://toolgpa.com/tools/noona): Appointment scheduling and booking marketplace for salons and clinics. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/noona-vs-the-cut) - [Planity](https://toolgpa.com/tools/planity): French beauty booking marketplace with salon software, Planity Pro. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/planity-vs-the-cut) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://thecut.co/pricing - https://thecut.co Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/the-cut Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).