SalonIQ vs PhorestGo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SalonIQ
Manage your salon team, appointments, and client marketing from your mobile device. Access dashboards, reports, and personalize client journeys on the go. Print schedules and receipts directly from the app.
- Team management
- Appointment book access
- Dashboards and reports
- Client journey personalization
- Marketing performance monitoring
- Direct printing of receipts and schedules
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SalonIQ app is your mobile version of SaloniQ system that helps in authorising and authenticating the different users easily. This provides a quick and easy way of managing your team, accessing your appointment book, dashboards, reports, personalise your client's journey and monitor the performance of your client's marketing from any location on your iphone/ipad. Print receipts, schedules and reports directly from the app on to your receipt printer.
PhorestGo
This app empowers salon and spa owners and staff to manage appointments, client records, and performance from their mobile devices. It offers a streamlined interface for accessing essential business tools on the go, supporting both single and multi-location establishments.
- Appointment scheduling
- Client record management
- Performance tracking (KPIs)
- Multi-location support
- Mobile salon management
- Staff access to appointment books
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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 review sentiment: SalonIQ at 100% against PhorestGo's 35%. PhorestGo's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
SalonIQ ships an update every 10 days, PhorestGo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SalonIQ | PhorestGo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 34.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intelligent Salon Software Ltd. | Phorest |
Customer experience
SalonIQ
PhorestGo
Bugs and requests
SalonIQ
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
SalonIQ
No in-app purchases
PhorestGo
No in-app purchases
