Comparison

Salon Lane vs Peekside

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

Head to head
About

Salon Lane

Features
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Salon Lane shared workspace Member Portal for hair, beauty and wellness professionals.

About

Peekside

Features
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Peekside puts one screen on another screen, over your own Wi-Fi. An iPhone, iPad, or Mac can send. An iPhone, iPad, or Mac can watch. Every pairing works, so a phone can mirror to another phone just as easily as to a Mac. Nothing is uploaded. There is no server in the middle, no account to create, and no sign-in. The picture goes straight from one device to the other and stops there. Pair once, then tap a device and pick what you want: send your screen, watch theirs, or send captions. Nothing starts until the other person allows it on their device. FREE CORE * No watermark * No session time limit imposed by Peekside * One receiver at a time * App audio with the live picture * Adaptive quality for changing Wi-Fi conditions * A connection HUD with latency and bitrate * Automatic reconnection after brief network changes PEEKSIDE PRO, ONE-TIME PURCHASE * Live Text, copy text straight out of the moving picture * Instant Replay, rewind the last 60 seconds without recording * Follow-zoom, keep the busy part of the screen framed * Annotation, draw on the feed with pen, highlighter, and arrows * Recording, save the feed and your annotations as a movie * Higher resolution when the link can carry it * Guidance, point and draw on the other screen to walk someone through something * Companion Cue, type a line that appears along the bottom of their screen * Presentation mode, a clean full-screen feed with the controls hidden HONEST LIMITS Peekside is view-only. The watching device cannot tap, type, or drive the device it is watching. A phone sends its screen or its captions, one or the other, not both in the same session. A Mac can send both at once. This is because screen capture on iPhone and iPad runs in a separate system process that cannot be handed a caption. Protected video appears black. That is the operating system blocking capture, and Peekside does not work around it. Sharing stops when the sending phone locks, and on iPhone and iPad it always starts through Apple's own broadcast picker. Peekside needs two devices on the same Wi-Fi network. It does not work over the internet, by design. Some features need Peekside Pro.

Screenshots

Salon Lane4 screens
Peekside4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Salon Lane at none against Peekside's 1. Peekside's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Peekside sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Salon Lane asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Salon Lane ships an update every 3 months, Peekside every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Salon Lane versus Peekside: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSalon LanePeekside
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size32 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSalon Lane Surry Hills Pty LtdRoxyKovu LLC

In-app purchases

None

Salon Lane

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Peekside

One-time1
  • Peekside Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Salon Lane free?
Salon Lane is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Peekside free?
Peekside is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Salon Lane or Peekside have ads?
Neither Salon Lane nor Peekside shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Salon Lane or Peekside?
Salon Lane ships an update every 3 months, and Peekside every 2 days. Most recently, Salon Lane was updated on October 25, 2026 and Peekside on October 25, 2026.

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