QLess vs Crisp Cuts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QLess
Manage your waiting experience by joining virtual lines at various businesses. See your real-time position and estimated wait time, and receive notifications when it's your turn. Reclaim your time and avoid physical queues.
- Find QLess businesses
- Join virtual lines
- Manage line position
- Real-time wait time forecast
- Notifications when near front
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QLess Mobile Queuing lets you take control of your waiting experience at hundreds of different businesses around the world. We have given back over 5,700 years of otherwise-wasted time to over 100 million users so far. You can use this app to: • Find QLess businesses near you • Join their virtual lines • Manage your spot in line while you wait, including seeing your forecast wait time and position in line in real-time, and moving back in line if you need more time • Get notified when you've reached the front of the line QLess businesses include: • Stores • DMVs • State, city, and federal government offices • Urgent care, doctors' offices, and hospitals • Colleges • Restaurants • Auto dealers • Animal shelters • Car rentals • Insurance agencies • Shooting ranges • Tax services • Salons • Family entertainment centers Wait forecasts are estimates, and may change at any time due to changes in staff availability, emergencies and other unpredictable factors.
Crisp Cuts
Easily book barber appointments, connect with your stylist, and manage payments. Discover new haircut styles from updated galleries and find the nearest location. Purchase haircare products directly through the app.
- Schedule appointments
- Connect with barber
- Reschedule appointments
- Online payments
- Purchase haircare products
- Haircut style galleries
- Barbershop location finder
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Welcome to the official Crisp Cuts & Styles Barbershop app! We are continually delivering 5-star experiences and know through our app! Here you can easily schedule appointments, connect with your barber, reschedule, pay online, purchase haircare products and more. Haircut galleries are updated continually so you can seek out new styles and trends that you can send to your barber/stylist. We also have a barbershop location finder so you can find the nearest Crisp Cuts & Styles near you as we expand! We will always update our app with new features to better serve you, enjoy, book with ease, and stay crisp!
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Verdict
QLess and Crisp Cuts both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Crisp Cuts's written reviews are positive against 50% of QLess's. QLess's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (12K vs 3). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for QLess against 5.0 for Crisp Cuts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QLess has 12K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of QLess's written reviews are positive against 100% of Crisp Cuts's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QLess | Crisp Cuts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (12K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QLess Inc. | Crisp Cuts & Styles Etc.LLC |
Customer experience
QLess
Crisp Cuts
Bugs and requests
QLess
Reported bugs
4 issues- Confirmation button not working
- App crashes and freezes
- Inconsistent line placement
- Inability to track current line position
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to cancel/reschedule appointments
- Improve search functionality
- Provide more detailed line status updates
- Integrate with more businesses and government offices
- Add user profiles and favorites
Crisp Cuts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
QLess
No in-app purchases
Crisp Cuts
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is QLess free?
Is Crisp Cuts free?
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