Prosper U vs PhorestGuest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prosper U
This app helps users achieve financial freedom by tracking expenses, setting goals, and monitoring progress. It offers calculators for income and life expenses, a financial tracker, and a blog with business tips.
- Income Calculator
- Life Expense Calculator
- Financial Tracker
- Goal Setting
- Progress Tracking
- Business Blog
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The Prosper U app will lead you to financial freedom by helping you know your expenses, set goals and track your progress. It’ll help you grow your business and make more money. The app includes an Income Calculator, Life Expense Calculator, Financial Tracker and Prosper U PRO Blog. The Income Calculator will show you what it takes to reach your income goal. All you have to do is enter your income goal, the number of days you work and the number of clients you see per day. The calculator will show you your service, retail and tip goals for the year, month, week, day and per client. No calculator needed! With the Life Expense Calculator, all you have to do is enter your monthly expenses and the calculator will do the math for you. It’ll tell you what your monthly and weekly service goals should be based on your expenses. Enter the number of days per week you work and how many clients you see per day and it’ll even calculate your daily and per client service goal. The Financial Tracker will lead you to financial freedom by helping you set your goals, plan your day, maximize your book and reach success. The Financial Tracker allows you to track your daily, weekly, monthly and yearly numbers while seeing your progress in an easy to read dashboard.The inspiring Prosper U PRO Blog covers the latest trends, insider tips, how-tos and master techniques from Eric Fisher. It’s the perfect place to kill time and learn more!
PhorestGuest
This app allows salon and spa clients to check themselves in easily upon arrival. It sends notifications to staff via Phorest Go, ensuring they know who is waiting. A subscription to Phorest Salon Software is required for use.
- Client self check-in
- Arrival notifications
- iPad kiosk mode
- Salon and spa integration
- Staff alerts
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PhorestGuest is an in-salon client-facing app, used to welcome clients as they arrive into the salon or spa. Load the app on an iPad near the entrance and let your clients check themselves in with ease. Every time a client checks themselves in, your team will get a notification through Phorest Go so you will always know who is waiting. IMPORTANT: Although the app is free to download, it requires a paid subscription to Phorest Salon Software to log in. If you are not yet a Phorest customer and would like more information on Phorest Salon Software and the PhorestGuest App please visit our website.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Prosper U at 9 against PhorestGuest's 1. PhorestGuest's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Prosper U against 4.0 for PhorestGuest. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prosper U has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Prosper U ships an update monthly, PhorestGuest every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prosper U | PhorestGuest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (9 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Prosper U | Phorest |
Customer experience
Prosper U
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In-app purchases
Prosper U
No in-app purchases
PhorestGuest
No in-app purchases
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