L'Oréal Access vs PhorestGo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
L'Oréal Access
This app centralizes educational and inspirational content from 12 L'Oréal Professional brands. It offers salon professionals resources for product launches, digital upskilling, trend discovery, and business management.
- 12 L'Oréal Professional brand content
- Educational and inspirational resources
- Product launch information
- Digital upskilling modules
- Trend discovery
- Technique mastery
- Business management tools
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L'Oréal ACCESS brings together all 12 L’Oréal Professional brands’ educational and inspirational content. Localized to your country, salon professionals now access one single hub for all needs. Content on the platform ranges from product launches and digital upskilling, to trend discovery, techniques mastery, business management and much more. In a couple of clicks you’ll have access to everything you need from all your favorite brands. CONNECT, DISCOVER, LEARN, EXCHANGE & GROW today with ACCESS all powered by L’Oréal.
PhorestGo
Manage your salon or spa appointments and client information from anywhere. This app provides salon owners and staff with essential tools to run their business on the go, including appointment scheduling and client record access.
- Salon and spa scheduling
- Client record management
- Appointment book access for staff
- Track KPIs and set performance goals
- Supports single and multi-location businesses
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PhorestGo is a powerful scheduling app for spa or salon owners and staff. Whether you have a hair salon, nail salon, beauty salon or spa; PhorestGo can help you manage and run your salon from anywhere, any time. PhorestGo is so easy to use. It takes the most powerful tools from Phorest Salon Software and puts them in your pocket. Single and multi-location businesses supported. Salon staff members can easily access their appointment books and see all of the details of their upcoming appointments on their phones. Access all your client records on the app - notes, allergies, formulas, service history, and more. Empower staff with My Performance - allowing staff to track their KPIs and set performance goals.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PhorestGo at 4.8 against L'Oréal Access's 2.7. PhorestGo also leads on ratings volume (2.9K vs 20) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, ads 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.
PhorestGo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhorestGo has 2.9K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of L'Oréal Access's written reviews are positive against 35% of PhorestGo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
L'Oréal Access ships an update every 2 months, PhorestGo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | L'Oréal Access | PhorestGo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (20 ratings) | 4.8 (2.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.9% of reviews — better | 35.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 2.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | L'Oreal | Phorest |
Customer experience
L'Oréal Access
PhorestGo
Bugs and requests
L'Oréal Access
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PhorestGo
Reported bugs
6 issues- Appointments not showing up correctly
- Issues with deleting or moving appointments
- Inability to see full names or services in columns
- Inconsistent display on iPhone
- Frequent sign-outs and login issues
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- Crashes when viewing client history
Requested features
6 requests- Allow booking color and haircut together
- Set individual client appointment times
- Add ability to edit breaks and move appointments
- Improve notification system
- Automatically update preferred stylist
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- Add a notification center for recent activity
In-app purchases
L'Oréal Access
No in-app purchases
PhorestGo
No in-app purchases
