Charm vs Comb Works
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Charm
Manage client information, hair color formulas, and appointment details for beauty professionals. Save client visit history, photos, and pricing to streamline salon operations and enhance client satisfaction. Access your data securely from any mobile device.
- Client profile management
- Hair color formula saving and editing
- Photo albums for client work
- Service pricing and product tracking
- Client birthday reminders
- Public hairstyle inspiration gallery
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Staying organized for a busy stylist is hard, but not anymore! With Charm, you can manage your client information, hair color formulas, hairstyle photos, and more - all in one place. This App saves you time behind the chair and ensures all your beauty salon customers are happy. Stop wasting time with paper index cards or unfit appointment booking Apps. Try out Charm App today for free! App features: 1. Select hair color palettes that you work with 2. Set up your beauty client profiles and contact details 3. Create new hair color formulas during or after the client visit. Easily copy and edit formulas from previous visits. Everything is saved under the client profile 4. Take photos of your work. Create photo albums for each client 5. Save pricing and discounts, beauty services provided, styling products used and other important info for each client visit 6. Set reminders for client birthdays and surprise your clients during the appointment 7. Look for inspiration in public gallery of hairstyles with detailed color formulas and techniques Never worry about forgetting the hair color formula during your client visit! Your data is securely stored in the cloud and available on all of your mobile devices. You will find a variety of hair color palettes available for you to use, including well know brands such as Wella, Loreal, Schwarzkopf, Matrix Hair, Redken, Paul Mitchell, Joico, Pulp Riot, Pravana, Kenra Professional, Keune, Alfaparf, Goldwel, Davines, salon centric, gloss, handsome, cosmoprof and others. Our mission is to inspire confidence in every hairstylist, hairdresser, barber, or hair colorist.
Comb Works
This app helps beauty professionals manage their business with easy scheduling, personalized marketing tools, and inventory tracking. It automates reminders and client communication, offering insights to foster business growth. Access your business information securely from any device.
- Easy appointment scheduling
- Personalized client marketing
- Real-time inventory tracking
- Automatic text reminders
- Secure client information storage
- AI-powered business tools
- Business analytics and reports
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Hive Built. Pro Run. Comb brings the business of beauty into one place, so you can spend more of your day doing the work you love. Made for all independent beauty pros: hairstylists, barbers, estheticians, nail artists, lash and brow specialists, makeup artists, and the multi-talented people who do a little of everything. YOUR DAY, YOUR WAY Keep appointments, working hours, breaks and booking rules together. Let clients book through a website that feels like your business, with your services, portfolio and personality out front. EVERY CLIENT, REMEMBERED Pick up where you left off with preferences, visit history, photos and notes in one client profile. Keep forms, waivers and signatures close to the appointment. CARE THAT CARRIES FORWARD Build client treatment-note templates around your work. Record observations, treatment areas, aftercare and next-visit plans. Use voice drafts for review and face or body maps to keep the details clear. YOUR CRAFT, DOWN TO THE DETAIL Save lash, brow, extension, head and face maps. Keep color bowls, shades, amounts and adjustments in Formula Management, currently in beta, ready to revisit and refine. A REASON TO COME BACK Create loyalty rewards with your personality. Offer prepaid packages and gift certificates, keep in touch with messaging and campaigns, and make your regulars feel like regulars. A LITTLE BACKUP FROM YOUR HIVE Choose from 14 Worker Bees to help with follow-up, rebooking, waitlist openings and more. Set the preferences that fit your business. Ask Sage for help with client context, first drafts, service descriptions and creative ideas, with the final decisions yours. THE BUSINESS BITS, TOGETHER Manage services, products, supplies, expenses and reports alongside your calendar. Bee Paid brings payment processing into Comb so you can move from the appointment to checkout. Thousands of beauty pros. Over one million appointments in Comb. A whole lot of independent businesses doing things their own way. Independent. Never on your own.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Comb Works at 87% against Charm's 33%. Comb Works also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8). Charm's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Charm sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Comb Works asks for nothing beyond the download.
Charm holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 71 and 50 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Charm's written reviews are positive against 87% of Comb Works's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Charm ships an update weekly, Comb Works monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Charm | Comb Works |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (71 ratings) — better | 4.4 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 86.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 71 — better | 50 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UAB COLOURIST GUIDE | Comb Works, LLC |
Customer experience
Charm
Comb Works
Bugs and requests
Charm
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Comb Works
Reported bugs
5 issues- Cannot input receipts
- App glitches when closing or creating appointments
- Free trial cancellation not working
- Live chat link expired
- Huge glitch preventing account setup
In-app purchases
Charm
- Premium monthly subscription$3.991 Month
- Premium monthly subscription$5.991 Month
- Premium monthly subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Month
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- Premium yearly subscription$34.991 Year
- Premium yearly subscription$45.991 Year
- Premium yearly subscription1 Month trial$79.991 Year
- Premium yearly subscription1 Year trial$79.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime Access$149.99
Comb Works
No in-app purchases








