Comparison

Fresha for customers vs TimeDots

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fresha for customers

Easily discover and book appointments for hair, beauty, spa, and wellness services. View real-time availability, secure instant confirmations, and manage your bookings with flexibility. Find exclusive discounts and navigate to your appointments with ease.

Highlights
  • Discover local beauty and wellness businesses
  • View real-time appointment availability
  • Instant booking confirmation
  • Schedule directly in venue calendars
  • Pay after appointment completion
  • Cancel, reschedule, and rebook easily
  • Find exclusive online discounts
Features
Currently charting
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With 700 million+ appointments booked to date, 100,000 businesses registered and over 450,000 stylists and professionals to choose from, Fresha is the simplest, most reliable way to book salon, beauty, hair, health and wellness appointments near you. FIND & BOOK APPOINTMENTS Book a haircut, massage or wax, discover beauty and spa treatments or even book an appointment for a new tattoo. WHY FRESHA? Discover the best hairdressers, salons, spas and more near you View appointment availability in real-time Book and receive confirmation in an instant Schedule appointments directly in the venue's live calendar via the app Pay after your appointment has completed via the app Cancel, reschedule and rebook with ease Find the best price with exclusive online discounts for off-peak bookings or last-minute reservations Find your way to appointments via built-in map directions So whether you’re looking for a stylish new haircut, a salon for last-minute nails or to treat yourself to a relaxing massage, you can find the right appointment anywhere, anytime. Available across the USA in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Houston, Miami, Jacksonville, San Antonio, Dallas and Denver and elsewhere across Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

About

TimeDots

Visualize your time with a unique dot-based calendar. Track days, months, years, or your entire life to gain perspective on progress and urgency. Customizable widgets and themes keep your important moments visible.

Highlights
  • Visual time representation with dots
  • Countdown tracking for events
  • Home screen widgets
  • Customizable themes and styles
  • Privacy-focused, on-device data
Features
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Time is the one thing you can't get back. TimeDots makes it impossible to ignore — turning your year, your months, and every countdown into a simple, beautiful grid of dots you'll actually want to look at. Watch the dots fill in, one day at a time. It's a quiet, daily nudge to make every day count. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • See your whole year as dots — and watch it fill up as the days pass • Count down to trips, birthdays, deadlines and launches with live progress • A calm, glanceable dashboard that feels premium every time you open it COUNTDOWNS THAT LIVE EVERYWHERE • Home Screen widgets in every size • Lock Screen widgets and complications • Live Activities + Dynamic Island — your countdown, right at the top of your screen • Apple Watch app with wrist complications MAKE IT YOURS • 24 gorgeous atmospheres, from Midnight to Aurora • Alternate app icons • Clean, distraction‑free design built for iOS MORE THAN A COUNTDOWN • "Life in Weeks" — a powerful view of your life, one week at a time • Recurring events that roll forward automatically • Beautiful share cards for your story • iCloud sync across your devices • Full Dynamic Type and accessibility support Free to download. Upgrade to Pro to unlock every theme, widget and feature. Stop letting the days blur together. Start making every dot count.

Screenshots

Fresha for customers4 screens
TimeDots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fresha for customers at none against TimeDots's 1. Fresha for customers also leads on chart position (#143 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). TimeDots's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TimeDots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Fresha for customers asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fresha for customers ships an update every 5 days, TimeDots every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Fresha for customers versus TimeDots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFresha for customersTimeDots
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (62K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings62K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#143 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.3
Further details — not scored
Size219 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFresha.com Holding Inc.Ademola Mayowa Olatunji

Customer experience

Fresha for customers

All ratings62,177 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.8%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews1,107 reviews
Positive75.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative21.9%

TimeDots

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Fresha for customers

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Appointments not showing up
  • Inability to log in or access account
  • Payment issues and unexpected charges
  • App crashing or not functioning properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to search by specific service
  • Calendar view for appointments
  • Integration with Apple Wallet/Calendar
  • Separate app or features for businesses
  • Ability to edit client details and block clients

TimeDots

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fresha for customers

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TimeDots

One-time1
  • TimeDots Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Fresha for customers free?
Fresha for customers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeDots free?
TimeDots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Fresha for customers or TimeDots have ads?
Neither Fresha for customers nor TimeDots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fresha for customers or TimeDots?
Fresha for customers ships an update every 5 days, and TimeDots every 10 days. Most recently, Fresha for customers was updated on October 22, 2026 and TimeDots on October 8, 2026.

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