PhorestGo vs Vish 2.0
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.
Vish 2.0
This salon management system streamlines hair color services, reducing waste and increasing profit. It accurately tracks color usage, inventory, and application, while integrating with front desk operations for efficient billing. A web app provides insights for informed business decisions.
- Reduce color waste
- Capture all color services
- Eliminate manual inventory counting
- Increase color application accuracy
- Automated front desk communication
- Web app for business insights
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Vish is a hair color management system that allows hair salon owners to understand all aspects of their color business. Vish uses intuitive technology to help increase a salon’s profits by reducing color waste, capturing all color services, eliminating manual inventory counting, and increasing the accuracy of color application. To use Vish, log in as an employee and create an appointment by selecting a customer. Once in the appointment, connect to our Bluetooth scale, choose the service you are performing, and follow the on-screen instructions to complete your mix. All the information from your appointment will be automatically communicated with the front desk to capture extra product charges accurately and efficiently. Track your data through our web app to help you make informed decisions on all aspects of your salon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vish 2.0 at 75% against PhorestGo's 35%. PhorestGo's advantage is ratings volume (3K vs 8) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). 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
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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhorestGo has 3K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of PhorestGo's written reviews are positive against 75% of Vish 2.0's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PhorestGo ships an update fortnightly, Vish 2.0 every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | PhorestGo | Vish 2.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3K ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phorest | Vish Color Inc. |
Customer experience
PhorestGo
Vish 2.0
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
Vish 2.0
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PhorestGo
No in-app purchases
Vish 2.0
No in-app purchases
