Comparison

Charm vs SalonInteractive

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

SalonInteractive

Easily recommend beauty products to clients via text and email. Curate personalized suggestions from your online store to help clients maintain their look and increase your commission earnings.

Highlights
  • Client product recommendations
  • Personalized suggestions via text/email
  • Online store integration
  • Product bundling
  • Recommendation activity tracking
  • Commission earnings
Features
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The SalonInteractive app makes sending Product Recommendations to your clients a breeze. Share your beauty expertise via text and email, and ensure clients look amazing well beyond their time in the chair. There’s nothing more effective than a little 1:1 attention from your clients’ ultimate beauty influencer, you! Simply select a client, curate a few products you know they’ll love, and send. They’ll get to shop your personalized suggestions right from your Online Store. You’ll earn more commissions. Recommend products to your clients, bundle products for easier sharing, track your recommendation activity, and earn more with your Online Store. Connect with your clients • Access your SI client list • Send directly to your phone contacts • Add new clients • Sync device contacts into your SI client list • View clients who recently had services • Turn on notifications for reminders to send Easily create Product Recs • Select a client • Choose products • Share via text or email • Save drafts and send later Create bundles • Save groups of products • View and edit your saved bundles • Use bundles to share recs faster Track your impact • View the status of your sent recs • Monitor Product Rec performance and sales • Know when clients purchase • Understand if clients visit your Online Store • Earn commissions from sales About SalonInteractive SalonInteractive provides beauty businesses with access to a customizable Online Store, automated client communication, and industry-specific marketing tools. Our platform is equipped with marketing and email tools that help beauty professionals reach new clients and keep existing ones coming back. Start sending Product Recommendations the easy way and earn more from your Online Store.

Screenshots

Charm4 screens
SalonInteractive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SalonInteractive at none against Charm's 8. SalonInteractive also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Charm's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (69 vs 6). 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. Charm sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. SalonInteractive asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SalonInteractive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Charm has 69 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Charm ships an update weekly, SalonInteractive monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Charm versus SalonInteractive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCharmSalonInteractive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (69 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings69 — better6
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUAB COLOURIST GUIDESalon Interactive LLC

Customer experience

Charm

All ratings69 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral2.9%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

SalonInteractive

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Charm

Subscriptions7
  • 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
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime Access$149.99
None

SalonInteractive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Charm free?
Charm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SalonInteractive free?
SalonInteractive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Charm or SalonInteractive?
SalonInteractive is rated higher. Charm averages 4.7 out of 5 from 69 ratings, while SalonInteractive averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Charm or SalonInteractive have ads?
Neither Charm nor SalonInteractive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Charm or SalonInteractive?
Charm ships an update weekly, and SalonInteractive monthly. Most recently, Charm was updated on September 22, 2026 and SalonInteractive on June 7, 2026.

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