Comparison

MyChair vs SalonScale

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

Head to head
About

MyChair

This app helps beauty industry professionals manage clients, appointments, and service history. It offers features for tracking client details, scheduling services, generating reports on bookings and income, and communicating with clients via mass emails or SMS. Customizable services and flexible scheduling options are also included.

Highlights
  • Client address book and history tracking
  • Customizable appointment scheduling
  • Service and income reporting
  • Mass client communication (email/SMS)
  • Searchable client queries
  • Customizable services with pricing and duration
Features
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#1 Salon Software app - MyChair is both iPhone & iPad app. More people choose MyChair over ANY other Salon App. "MyChair is the #1 iPad App Changing Businesses" - Huffington Post Article. MyChair helps professionals in the beauty industry keep track of their clients, appointments, and histories. MyChair is the ONLY iOS App that defaults to 15 min scheduling. MyChair is helping professionals to communicate with their clients more easily by enabling users to search and query their client’s history and send mass communications to those clients have not visited in a selected duration. FEATURES: --Client Features-- -Separate Address Book from device’s Contacts -View and Save Appointments, History, Previously Used Formulas, Photo, Notes, Birthdays, Anniversary, Gender, Allergies & More -Search-able comments on each Client -Use comments for tagging -Quick View of next & last Appointments -Easily Keep track of referrals -Quickly scroll through contacts using alphabet on right --Reports-- - The Reports show the following numbers based on the selected duration ---Percent Booked ---Income made (services & tips) ---Percent of clients that use chemical services ---Percent of clients that purchase retail products ---Export Report Screen to email. -Reports are available for Today, Yesterday, This Week, Last Week, This Month, Last Month, Last 3 Months, This Year, Last Year, Or Custom Range --Scheduling Features-- -The most customizable double booking available -Schedule more than one service in one appointment -Completed appointments create history -View Daily Schedule in 15 min increments -Add Appointments from Schedule area -The most flexible recurring/standing appointments --Histories Features-- -Record Services, Formula, Tip Amount, Retail Amount, Date Time & Note -History formula automatically updates contact formula field --Query/Search Features-- -Search for clients that have not visited in X number of weeks -Search for clients that use chemical services -Search for clients based on gender -Search for clients that visited x number of weeks ago --Broadcast Features-- -Send thank you email messages to the clients who visited this week. -Send a Message to everyone who has a birthday or anniversary this month. -Send a Message to clients that use chemical services, to promo specials. -Send Mass Emails or SMS(Text Msg) to a search result. -MyChair breaks down large broadcast into smaller groups to help make sure they are delivered. Number of messages to send can be set in options. --Customizable services-- You can add custom services and set the Name, Price, Duration and Double Booking options -Ability to customized service calendar with color codes --Options-- -Customize your work hours per day - required for reporting % booked -Calendar day view, set start time -Import Contacts from devices Address Book -Default for Area Code, State when adding new clients -Sales Tax %, Booth Commission %, Retail Commission % -Export All data to files so it can be used in Excel or numbers --Device Sync-- -MyChair Auto Syncs to the Ember CRM cloud system. -Sync Multiple Devices together via Ember CRM cloud. -Copy Appointments to devices Calendar (Semi-Sync) -Auto Sync upon open

About

SalonScale

This app helps salon owners and stylists accurately calculate colour costs, eliminating guesswork. It allows for multi-device collaboration, easy access to client history, and efficient product catalogue management. Users can add, edit, and delete sessions seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Accurate color cost calculation
  • Multi-device collaboration
  • Client session history
  • Product catalogue search
  • Session management
Features
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Stop losing money on colour costs! SalonScale Technologies introduces a simple way for salon owners and stylists to take the guesswork out of colour charging. What's new: - Collaborating with your styling assistant on multiple devices - Easily view previous sessions for a client while creating a new one - Search your entire product catalogue - Add, edit and delete sessions as you mix

Screenshots

MyChair4 screens
SalonScale4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MyChair at 4.5 against SalonScale's 2.9. MyChair also leads on ratings volume (429 vs 24). SalonScale's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MyChair sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. SalonScale asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MyChair holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyChair has 429 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of MyChair's written reviews are positive against 44% of SalonScale's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyChair ships an update fortnightly, SalonScale every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MyChair versus SalonScale: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyChairSalonScale
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (429 ratings) — better2.9 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews41.6% of reviews43.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings429 — better24
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJ3 Software, LLCSalonScale

Customer experience

MyChair

All ratings424 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews257 reviews
Positive41.6%
Neutral8.9%
Negative49.4%

SalonScale

All ratings24 ratings
Positive41.7%
Neutral12.5%
Negative45.8%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive43.8%
Neutral12.5%
Negative43.8%

Bugs and requests

MyChair

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Appointments disappearing or getting lost
  • Incorrect or duplicated client information
  • Calendar not displaying properly
  • Inability to update or edit bookings
  • App crashing on certain actions

Requested features

6 requests
  • Retail product management
  • Advanced reporting and analytics
  • Automatic client reminders
  • Ability to add new clients during booking
  • Improved calendar and scheduling features
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  • Integration with other business tools

SalonScale

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

MyChair

Subscriptions3
  • Unlimited Data | Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited Yearly 7 Day Trial7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Unlimited Data | Yearly$99.991 Year
None

SalonScale

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyChair free?
MyChair is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SalonScale free?
SalonScale is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MyChair or SalonScale?
MyChair is rated higher. MyChair averages 4.5 out of 5 from 429 ratings, while SalonScale averages 2.9 from 24 ratings.
Do MyChair or SalonScale have ads?
MyChair shows ads; SalonScale does not.
Which is updated more often, MyChair or SalonScale?
MyChair ships an update fortnightly, and SalonScale every 2 weeks. Most recently, MyChair was updated on October 24, 2026 and SalonScale on October 25, 2026.

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