Porter vs Keep The Fees
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Porter
Streamline your tattoo business with an all-in-one platform. Manage client information, schedule appointments, collect deposits, and send automated reminders to improve efficiency and profitability.
- Custom client intake forms
- Integrated appointment scheduling
- Automated deposit collection
- Appointment reminders and confirmations
- Business efficiency tools
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Porter is the first all-in-one software platform designed exclusively for tattoo artists and studios. It combines booking, payments and POS, CRM and marketing, scheduling, and analytics in a single tool — so you can ditch the DMs, spreadsheets, and endless email chains. Clients can book from your Instagram, website, or any digital channel, with customizable intake forms that collect all the details upfront. Collect deposits, accept payments through Porter POS, and auto-split commissions to your artists. Waivers, consent forms, and aftercare messages are built for tattoos — not salons and spas. Built-in email and SMS marketing keeps your clients coming back, automated reminders cut down on no-shows, and reports track revenue, tips, and marketing ROI. Trusted at 1,500+ studios.
Keep The Fees
Manage your tattoo studio operations with this comprehensive software. Handle bookings, process payments, and streamline your business from a single platform. Designed for tattoo artists and studio owners.
- Tattoo studio management
- Booking handling
- Payment processing
- Client management
- Studio operations streamlining
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Looking for the Best Tattoo Studio Software? Keep The Fees offers the complete Tattoo Studio Management Software where you can handle bookings, payments, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Keep The Fees at 100% against Porter's 71%. Keep The Fees also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Porter's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 10). 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.
Keep The Fees holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Porter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Keep The Fees's.
Porter ships an update every 2 weeks, Keep The Fees every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Porter | Keep The Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (46 ratings) | 4.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Porter Apps, Inc. | Keep The Fees LLC |
Customer experience
Porter
Keep The Fees
In-app purchases
Porter
No in-app purchases
Keep The Fees
No in-app purchases
