Comparison

Blismo vs Barberly

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

Head to head
About

Blismo

This AI-powered platform streamlines operations for barbershops and salons. It manages bookings, rebooks existing clients, and attracts new customers, allowing professionals to concentrate on their services.

Highlights
  • AI-powered call handling
  • Automatic client rebooking
  • New customer acquisition
  • Day-to-day operations management
  • Focus on professional craft
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Blismo is an AI-powered booking platform built for barbershops and salons. Our AI handles phone calls, rebooks past clients, attracts new customers, and manages day-to-day operations—so you can focus on your craft.

About

Barberly

This business application streamlines barbershop operations for owners, front desk staff, and barbers. It manages appointments, client information, payments, and marketing, while also enabling the creation of branded client apps and booking websites.

Highlights
  • Appointment calendar and walk-in queue
  • Client database with history and notes
  • Automated client reminders
  • Point-of-sale and payment processing
  • Team management and commission tracking
  • Branded client app and booking website
  • Self check-in kiosk functionality
Features
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The app that runs your barbershop – for the owner, the front desk and every barber in the chair. Barberly is a business app for barbershops, salons, mobile and individual barbers. Everything the shop needs to run day to day is here: calendar and bookings, walk-in queue, clients, team, payments, reports and marketing. Your own branded client app, booking website and self check-in kiosk are set up and launched from this app too. This is the app for the business – not for clients. Your clients book through your own branded app or website. WHAT YOU CAN DO Bookings & calendar - Appointment calendar for the whole team or a single barber - Walk-in queue, waitlist and cancellation monitor - Google booking, scan-to-book QR codes, embeddable booking widgets Clients - Client base with history, notes and photos - Automated reminders and follow-ups by push, SMS and email - Loyalty program, gift cards, packages Payments & POS - Checkout at the counter, online payments and deposits - Product sales and online store - Daily reports, tips, commissions Team - Separate logins for owner, front desk and barbers - Each barber sees their own book and their own clients - Schedules, time off, commission tracking Your brand - Publish your own client app to the App Store and Google Play - Booking website on your own domain - Self check-in kiosk and appointment board for TV, styled to your brand One app for the whole shop. The owner sees the numbers, the front desk sees the day, every barber sees their own book. However you run your shop, it runs here.

Screenshots

Blismo4 screens
Barberly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Blismo at 4.8 against Barberly's 3.0. Blismo also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 2). Barberly's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Blismo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blismo has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blismo ships an update monthly, Barberly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Blismo versus Barberly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlismoBarberly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (20 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlismo IncTecwi Engineering GmbH

Customer experience

Blismo

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Barberly

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Blismo

No in-app purchases

None

Barberly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blismo free?
Blismo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Barberly free?
Barberly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Blismo or Barberly?
Blismo is rated higher. Blismo averages 4.8 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Barberly averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Blismo or Barberly have ads?
Neither Blismo nor Barberly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blismo or Barberly?
Blismo ships an update monthly, and Barberly weekly. Most recently, Blismo was updated on November 2, 2026 and Barberly on November 5, 2026.

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