ShiftBOOKD vs Fade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShiftBOOKD
This platform empowers beauty and hair professionals to manage bookings, payments, and client relationships. It helps entrepreneurs scale their businesses, collaborate with others, and build wealth through their professional network.
- Direct booking from Instagram
- Seamless payments with instant deposits
- Smart calendar and time control
- Non-refundable deposits
- Client screening and blocking
- Referral commissions
- Automated reminders
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ShiftBOOKD is a premium booking and business platform for elite beauty and hair professionals. It connects clients with top talent instantly while giving entrepreneurs the tools to scale, collaborate, and build real wealth through their network. For Professionals - Direct booking from Instagram - Seamless payments with instant deposits - Smart calendar + time control - Non-refundable deposits for protection - Premier after-hours and emergency appointments - Client screening and blocking - Referral commissions - Reviews and reputation building - Private client messaging and email campaigns - Automated reminders For Clients - Discover verified professionals - Book instantly - Message directly - Earn from referrals - Track payments and history - Request or purchase priority appointment slots
Fade
This app streamlines appointment booking and payment processing for barbers and clients. Barbers can manage clients and sales projections, while clients can discover barbers and book appointments based on real-time availability.
- Streamlined appointment booking
- Client management tools
- Faster payment processing
- Real-time sales projections
- Appointment notifications
- Discover local barbers
- Real-time availability scheduling
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FADE allows you to deliver services to you clients faster by streamlining booking appointments and receiving payments Barbers: - Powerful booking tools to manage appointments - Client management - Get paid faster with a streamlined checkout process - Real time sale projections - Instantly receive appointment notifications Clients: - Discover great barbers - Friendly user interface - Schedule appointments based on barber's real time availability - Instantly receive appointment notifications Privacy policy: www.gofade.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: www.gofade.com/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ShiftBOOKD at 4.9 against Fade's 3.8. ShiftBOOKD also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (37 vs 8). On price, review sentiment, 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. Fade sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ShiftBOOKD asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShiftBOOKD holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of ShiftBOOKD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fade's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ShiftBOOKD ships an update every 2 weeks, Fade fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShiftBOOKD | Fade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (37 ratings) — better | 3.8 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShiftBOOKD INC | OMNIA SOLUTIONS LLC |
Customer experience
ShiftBOOKD
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In-app purchases
ShiftBOOKD
No in-app purchases
Fade
- Professional$4.991 Month
- Professional$7.991 Month
- Professional$9.991 Year
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- Professional$64.991 Year
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