PhorestGo vs Salon Formulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Salon Formulator
Manage client records, bookings, and product inventory for hair stylists. Track costs, profits, and reorder levels with customizable themes. Offers a free version with an optional pro subscription for data backup and syncing.
- Client record management
- Booking and scheduling
- Product inventory tracking
- Cost and profit breakdown
- Customizable themes
- Data backup and sync (Pro)
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Tired of keeping manual records of your clients? Wish you could see your stock levels at a glance? Salon Formulator is the app for you! Salon Formulator has been designed and purpose built for hair stylists. Whether you just want to keep track of your bookings and snap a quick photo of the results, or log your products, formulas, orders and more, Salon Formulator is for you. - Create comprehensive bookings, entering as much (or as little) information as you like. - See a breakdown of your costs and profits for each and every booking, and keep track of when bookings are invoiced, due for payment or overdue. - Easily import clients from your device contacts. - Keep a record of your clients and easily see their latest bookings at a glance. - Organise your products, including stock levels, instructions, and reorder levels. - Customise the app with various themes. Virtually all features of the app are free, without an account required. If you would like to backup and sync your data between an unlimited number of devices, a pro subscription is available for purchase. Privacy Policy: https://salonformulator.com.au/privacy_policy.html Terms of Use: https://salonformulator.com.au/terms.html
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Verdict
PhorestGo and Salon Formulator both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Salon Formulator's written reviews are positive against 35% of PhorestGo's. PhorestGo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Salon Formulator sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. PhorestGo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Salon Formulator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhorestGo has 3.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of PhorestGo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Salon Formulator's.
PhorestGo ships an update fortnightly, Salon Formulator every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhorestGo | Salon Formulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.1K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phorest | Jackson Tempra |
Customer experience
PhorestGo
Salon Formulator
Bugs and 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
Salon Formulator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PhorestGo
No in-app purchases
Salon Formulator
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
