Groupon Merchant vs SalonScale Classic
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 Classic
This app helps salon owners and stylists accurately calculate colour costs, eliminating guesswork. It allows for collaboration across devices, easy access to client history, and comprehensive product catalogue management.
- Accurate color cost calculation
- Client session history
- Product catalog management
- Multi-device collaboration
- Add, edit, and delete sessions
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Important for existing SalonScale users: If you are an active SalonScale user before November 2, 2026, please continue using SalonScale Classic until your account has been moved over to the new app. We'll reach out when it's time to make the switch. 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 Classic's 2.9. Groupon Merchant also leads on ratings volume (460 vs 24). SalonScale Classic'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 460 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 Classic'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 Classic every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Groupon Merchant | SalonScale Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (460 ratings) — better | 2.9 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 26.3% of reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 460 — 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 | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Groupon, Inc. | SalonScale |
Customer experience
Groupon Merchant
SalonScale Classic
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 Classic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Groupon Merchant
No in-app purchases
SalonScale Classic
No in-app purchases
Questions
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