PhorestGo vs Airlight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhorestGo
Manage your salon or spa appointments and client information from anywhere. This app provides salon owners and staff with essential tools to run their business on the go, including appointment scheduling and client record access.
- Salon and spa scheduling
- Client record management
- Appointment book access for staff
- Track KPIs and set performance goals
- Supports single and multi-location businesses
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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.
Airlight
This app enhances a professional hair dryer with connected features. Customize temperature and wind settings for your hair type, discover new modes, and create personalized hair looks.
- Customize temperature and wind settings
- Personalize for hair type
- Discover new drying modes
- Create custom hair looks
- Infrared light technology integration
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Unlock the power of Pro modes to customize your temperature and wind settings for an elevated hair drying experience. The first professional hair dryer powered by infrared light with a connected app experience catered specifically to your hair type. Discover new modes, create your customized settings and personalize your AirLight Pro for new hair looks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PhorestGo at 4.8 against Airlight's 3.1. PhorestGo also leads on ratings volume (3K vs 12) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Airlight's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhorestGo has 3K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of PhorestGo's written reviews are positive against 40% of Airlight's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
PhorestGo ships an update fortnightly, Airlight every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhorestGo | Airlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3K ratings) — better | 3.1 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 34.8% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Phorest | L'Oreal |
Customer experience
PhorestGo
Airlight
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
Airlight
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PhorestGo
No in-app purchases
Airlight
No in-app purchases
