Proximity Clienteling vs Clientbook Retail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Proximity Clienteling
Empower retail associates with a comprehensive tool for customer engagement, sales, and event management. This app provides a unified customer view, enabling personalized interactions and seamless transactions to boost efficiency and customer lifetime value.
- Customer relationship management
- Appointment booking
- In-store event management
- Mobile POS and endless aisle
- Dashboard reporting
- Real-time CRM data capture
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Proximity is the Retail Super-App, designed to transform how you engage with customers. Put the power to deliver seamless customer experiences in the hands of your associates, anytime, anywhere. With a single view of your customers and their interactions with your brand, plus the ability to communicate with them and close the sale where and how they need it, you will increase efficiency, engagement and lifetime value, all from a single app. CLIENTELING Cultivate customer relationships at scale. Make it easy to personalise your engagement, with omni-channel and integrated clienteling tools. APPOINTMENT BOOKING Book appointments with your local and international customers. Integrated with the entire customer journey, seamlessly connecting the digital and physical customer experience. EVENT MANAGEMENT Plan, build, and manage exceptional in-store events. The app helps you engage new audiences, and nurture relationships long after. MOBILE POS & ENDLESS AISLE Make sourcing inventory and payment time completely frictionless. Take Proximity’s mobile POS anywhere, transforming how and where your customers can transact. DASHBOARD REPORTING Report and analyse metrics based on the KPIs that matter to you. DATA CAPTURE Replacing the black book with real-time CRM data transforms good sales associates into great sales associates. Better target clients’ specific interests and needs anywhere the customer shops, be it at home or in store. Proximity is a revenue generator and ROI is easily measured and quickly realised, typically within 3-9 months of going live. +150% data capture 15% conversion rate 50-70% email open rates 30% increase in ATV
Clientbook Retail
This app helps retail sales associates manage customer relationships and communication. It centralizes customer information, tracks follow-ups, and provides a unified messaging system, replacing traditional physical client books. Store management gains insights through a reporting dashboard.
- Centralized client management
- Unified SMS and email messaging
- Customer data tracking (follow-ups, history, preferences)
- Client transfer between associates
- Bulk messaging with individual delivery
- Management reporting dashboard
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Clientbook is a clienteling and crm solution built for retail store sales associates. By using Clientbook instead of a physical book of clientele, client tracking and communication is simple and transparent. Keep track of all customers' follow-ups, message history, special dates, preferences, product likes and notes all in one place. Replace the sales associate's physical client book. The app supports multiple sales associates and store locations. With a Clientbook subscription, store management gains access to a reporting dashboard that shows the sales team's effectiveness and efficiency. Some of the key benefits include: • Centralized client management for the entire sales team. Pick up right where the previous sales associate left off. • Unified SMS text messaging and email system. Sales associates never have to text a customer from their personal phone using their personal number. • Transfer clients from one associate to another. In those unfortunate circumstances where an associate leaves your company, transfer the clients they were working with, including their message history, to the another associate. • Message multiple clients at once. Send the message to a filtered group of your clientele once and have each receive it individually. Get alerted when a customer responds. • A suite of management tools to give the store management team visibility into overdue follow-ups, engagement rates, customer management, sales team training, and messages sent and received. Clientbook's features are based on clienteling best practices from some of the top retailers in the industry.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Proximity Clienteling at free against Clientbook Retail's subscription. Proximity Clienteling also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Clientbook Retail's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 2) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Proximity Clienteling holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clientbook Retail has 1.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Proximity Clienteling's written reviews are positive against 74% of Clientbook Retail's.
Proximity Clienteling ships an update every 5 weeks, Clientbook Retail every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on August 9, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Proximity Clienteling | Clientbook Retail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 74.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Proximity Insight LLC | Clientbook, Inc. |
Customer experience
Proximity Clienteling
Clientbook Retail
Bugs and requests
Proximity Clienteling
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Clientbook Retail
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and freezes
- Compatibility issues with Android devices
- Formatting and text box problems
- Deleted client lists
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved messaging and image sharing features
- Better compatibility with non-Apple devices
In-app purchases
Proximity Clienteling
No in-app purchases
Clientbook Retail
No in-app purchases
Questions
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