Salon X vs PhorestGo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Salon X
Manage appointments, payments, and customer information for your business. Automate confirmations, send receipts, and generate detailed reports on income and sales. Includes staff access control and gift certificate options.
- Appointment booking and management
- Online payments and POS checkout
- Automated confirmations via email/SMS
- Customer check-in and express checkout
- Receipts and service tickets (SMS/Email/Print)
- Income and sales reporting
- Gift certificate system
- Staff access control
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-Book the appointments / Repeat booking. -Automatically confirm new/change or no show/cancel the appointment by email or Text(SMS). -Online payments. -Check-In customer. -Checkout Express. -Checkout using Point-Of-Sale (POS). -SMS/Email/print receipt for customer. -SMS/Email/print service ticket for staff. -SMS/Email/print sale or income/salary report. -Show duration by service. -Integrated Customer Information for quick booking and rebooking. -Report the income for the owner and the salary for each staff on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. -Report the sales on the daily, weekly and monthly basis. -Report the number of turns for each staff. -Gift certificate system. -Owner/manager/employees access control. -Point-Of-Sale Hardware: customer receipt can be printed on receipt printer (thermal), regular paper printer or can be emailed/SMSed. -Backup available on cloud (your device should by default set iCloud Backup is On) and can be restored on new device with the same apple ID (that initially used to get the app). Vietnamese---------------------------------------------------- -Không cần đăng ký. -Thanh toán trực tuyến. -Book khách hẹn / Book khách dài hạn. -Tự động xác nhận cuộc hẹn moi, thay đổi hoặc hủy bỏ qua email hoặc SMS. -Check-In Khách (Tạo phiếu dịch vụ và SMS / Email / in cho thợ nail.) -Thanh toán tiền nhanh (Checkout Express) -Tính tiền (Checkout) -SMS / Email / in biên lai cho khách hàng. -SMS / Email / in phiếu dịch vụ cho thợ. -SMS / Email / in doanh thu hoặc thu nhập. -Hiển thị thời gian theo dịch vụ -Dữ liệu khách để đặt hẹn và lập lại ngày hẹn một cách nhanh chóng. -Chia tiền tip -Báo cáo thu nhập cho chủ và lương cho thợ hàng ngày, hàng tuần và hàng tháng. -Báo cáo doanh thu hàng ngày, hàng tuần và hàng tháng. -Hệ thống thẻ quà tặng. -Kiểm soát truy cập cho chủ/quản lý/nhân viên. -Hóa đơn của khách hàng có thể được in trên máy in hóa đơn, máy in giấy thông thường hoặc có thể được gửi qua email/SMS. -Bản sao lưu có sẵn trên đám mây (theo mặc định, thiết bị của bạn phải được đặt Sao lưu iCloud là Bật) và có thể được khôi phục trên thiết bị mới có cùng ID Apple (ban đầu được sử dụng để tải ứng dụng). -Và các tính năng khác.
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 rating: PhorestGo at 4.8 against Salon X's 3.5. PhorestGo also leads on review sentiment (35% vs 0%) and ratings volume (3K vs 2). Salon X's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). 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.
PhorestGo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhorestGo has 3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Salon X's written reviews are positive against 35% of PhorestGo's.
Salon X ships an update every 2 weeks, PhorestGo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Salon X | PhorestGo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 34.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Acacen Inc. | Phorest |
Customer experience
Salon X
PhorestGo
Bugs and requests
Salon X
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
Salon X
No in-app purchases
PhorestGo
No in-app purchases
