SalonScale Classic vs PhorestGo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SalonScale Classic
This app helps salon owners and stylists accurately calculate colour costs, eliminating guesswork. It allows for collaboration across devices, easy access to client history, and comprehensive product catalogue management.
- Accurate color cost calculation
- Client session history
- Product catalog management
- Multi-device collaboration
- Add, edit, and delete sessions
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Important for existing SalonScale users: If you are an active SalonScale user before November 2, 2026, please continue using SalonScale Classic until your account has been moved over to the new app. We'll reach out when it's time to make the switch. Stop losing money on colour costs! SalonScale Technologies introduces a simple way for salon owners and stylists to take the guesswork out of colour charging. What's new: - Collaborating with your styling assistant on multiple devices - Easily view previous sessions for a client while creating a new one - Search your entire product catalogue - Add, edit and delete sessions as you mix
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 SalonScale Classic's 2.9. PhorestGo also leads on ratings volume (3.1K vs 24). SalonScale Classic's advantage is review sentiment (44% vs 35%). 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 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhorestGo has 3.1K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of SalonScale Classic's written reviews are positive against 35% of PhorestGo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SalonScale Classic ships an update every 2 weeks, PhorestGo fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | SalonScale Classic | PhorestGo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (24 ratings) | 4.8 (3.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better | 34.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 3.1K — 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 | 15.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SalonScale | Phorest |
Customer experience
SalonScale Classic
PhorestGo
Bugs and requests
SalonScale Classic
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
SalonScale Classic
No in-app purchases
PhorestGo
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do SalonScale Classic or PhorestGo have ads?
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