Groupon Merchant vs SalonScale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Groupon Merchant
Manage your Groupon campaigns directly from your smartphone. Scan and redeem Groupons, track campaign performance, view payment details, and respond to customer feedback.
- Scan and redeem Groupons
- Track campaign performance
- View payment details
- Respond to customer feedback
- Manage campaigns on-the-go
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The new Groupon Merchant app lets you manage your Groupon campaigns directly from your smartphone. Use the Groupon Merchant app to: Easily scan and redeem Groupons using your phone’s camera or keypad Get detailed insights into your campaign performance View your payment details\nSee and respond to customer feedback To get started, download the app and sign in to your Groupon merchant account.
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.
- Accurate color cost calculation
- Multi-device collaboration
- Client session history
- Product catalogue search
- Session management
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Groupon Merchant at 3.4 against SalonScale's 2.9. Groupon Merchant also leads on ratings volume (457 vs 24). SalonScale's advantage is review sentiment (44% vs 26%). On price, update cadence, 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.
Groupon Merchant holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Groupon Merchant has 457 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of Groupon Merchant'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.
Groupon Merchant ships an update weekly, SalonScale every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Groupon Merchant | SalonScale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (457 ratings) — better | 2.9 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.3% of reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 457 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Groupon, Inc. | Industry Salon Tools inc |
Customer experience
Groupon Merchant
SalonScale
Bugs and requests
Groupon Merchant
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and connectivity problems
- Camera functionality not working properly
- Delayed or missing payments to merchants
Requested features
3 requests- Search option to find redeemed vouchers by customer name
- Ability to pause or end campaigns easily
- More transparency on payouts and fees
SalonScale
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Groupon Merchant
No in-app purchases
SalonScale
No in-app purchases
Questions
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