Comparison

INCA vs PhorestGo

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

Head to head
About

INCA

This business communication tool provides a dedicated text-enabled phone number for your company. It seamlessly integrates with your existing phone system, sending texts for missed calls and allowing remote voicemail access. Simplify customer interactions without changing providers or hardware.

Highlights
  • Text-enabled business phone number
  • Missed call text notifications
  • Remote voicemail access
  • Easy setup (under 10 minutes)
  • No hardware or provider changes needed
Features
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Inca makes communicating with your customers easier and faster by providing your business its own text enabled phone number. We’ve made it easy for you to link this phone number with your current business phone number so that your customers receive a text when their call is missed and also so that you can check your voicemail anywhere, anytime. Inca simplifies the process of communicating with your customers without requiring you to switch phone providers, port your number, or change any telephone hardware in your business. Our setup takes less than 10 minutes and our app is easy to use and understand. Here at Inca, a Utah based company, we’d like to personally thank you for choosing us as your tool for quicker and easier communication with your customers.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Salon and spa scheduling
  • Client record management
  • Appointment book access for staff
  • Track KPIs and set performance goals
  • Supports single and multi-location businesses
Features
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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.

Screenshots

INCA4 screens
PhorestGo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: INCA at 100% against PhorestGo's 35%. INCA also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.5). PhorestGo's advantage is ratings volume (2.9K vs 9) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). 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

INCA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhorestGo has 2.9K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of INCA's written reviews are positive against 35% of PhorestGo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

INCA ships an update every 2 months, PhorestGo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
INCA versus PhorestGo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterINCAPhorestGo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better4.8 (2.9K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better34.8% of reviews
Number of ratings92.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInca LLCPhorest

Customer experience

INCA

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PhorestGo

All ratings2,905 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.0%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive34.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative56.1%

Bugs and requests

INCA

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

None

INCA

No in-app purchases

None

PhorestGo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is INCA free?
INCA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PhorestGo free?
PhorestGo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, INCA or PhorestGo?
INCA is rated higher. INCA averages 5.0 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while PhorestGo averages 4.8 from 2.9K ratings.
Do INCA or PhorestGo have ads?
Neither INCA nor PhorestGo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, INCA or PhorestGo?
INCA ships an update every 2 months, and PhorestGo fortnightly. Most recently, INCA was updated on October 13, 2026 and PhorestGo on October 18, 2026.

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