Comparison

FUTURE | Be your own boss vs Beauty Studio Pro

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

Head to head
About

FUTURE | Be your own boss

This app provides tools, services, and support for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and gig workers. It simplifies taxes, handles invoicing and early payments, and offers access to healthcare benefits. Let the app manage your business operations so you can focus on your work.

Highlights
  • Tax simplification
  • Client invoicing
  • Early payment options
  • Healthcare access (doctors, prescriptions, therapy)
  • Human support team
  • Business operations management
Features
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The American dream is changing. We aspire to work wherever we want, whenever we want, and with whoever we want. And now we can. Welcome to FUTURE. Whether you'd call yourself a freelancer, entrepreneur, solopreneur, gig worker, business of one, or a name we've never heard of that describes being your own boss, FUTURE is definitely for you. We provide tools, services, and human support bundled together into a reasonably priced membership (check the numbers), that does EVERYTHING for your business. Name a thing. Yeah, we do that. We make taxes insanely easy, we invoice your clients and then pay you way early, we give you access to doctors, prescriptions and therapy, and give you a human team that will answer any and all questions you have. There's a bunch more that we do but the app store has a word limit. Become a member and let us do everything for your business, except your actual job. FUTURE is a trade name referring to an ecosystem of services made available to members by FGH Inc. FGH Inc. is not a bank. All banking services are provided by Blue Ridge Bank N.A., member FDIC.

About

Beauty Studio Pro

This app connects freelance beauty professionals with clients in their service areas. Pros can manage appointments, set availability, and connect with a booking agent. It also offers a community channel for networking with other artists nationwide.

Highlights
  • Client connection
  • Service area selection
  • Appointment management
  • Availability setting
  • Booking agent integration
  • Freelance artist community
Features
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Freelance Artist Professionals can join the Beauty Studio agency to be connected with clients in their available service areas. Pros will set up an account, choose their service areas, receive notices for available appointments that they can choose to accept based on their availability. If appointments are accepted by the pro, they will then connect to a booking agent to manage the upcoming appointment. Pros can also choose to join the freelance artist community channel (to connect with other pros nationwide).

Screenshots

FUTURE | Be your own boss4 screens
Beauty Studio Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Beauty Studio Pro at 5.0 against FUTURE | Be your own boss's 4.7. FUTURE | Be your own boss's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and ratings volume (12 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Beauty Studio Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FUTURE | Be your own boss ships an update weekly, Beauty Studio Pro monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and July 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FUTURE | Be your own boss versus Beauty Studio Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFUTURE | Be your own bossBeauty Studio Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (12 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size238 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFuture Group Holding CorporationBeauty Studio Inc

Customer experience

FUTURE | Be your own boss

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%

Beauty Studio Pro

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FUTURE | Be your own boss

No in-app purchases

None

Beauty Studio Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FUTURE | Be your own boss free?
FUTURE | Be your own boss is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beauty Studio Pro free?
Beauty Studio Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FUTURE | Be your own boss or Beauty Studio Pro?
Beauty Studio Pro is rated higher. FUTURE | Be your own boss averages 4.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Beauty Studio Pro averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do FUTURE | Be your own boss or Beauty Studio Pro have ads?
Both FUTURE | Be your own boss and Beauty Studio Pro show ads.
Which is updated more often, FUTURE | Be your own boss or Beauty Studio Pro?
FUTURE | Be your own boss ships an update weekly, and Beauty Studio Pro monthly. Most recently, FUTURE | Be your own boss was updated on June 11, 2026 and Beauty Studio Pro on July 21, 2026.

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