Comparison

Nail Tech Manager vs Schedule Anyone

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

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About

Nail Tech Manager

Manage clients, bookings, services, and stock for home-based nail technicians. Features include a built-in calendar, automated reminders, loyalty points, and detailed reporting. Export data easily for backup or analysis.

Highlights
  • Client management
  • Booking scheduling
  • Service and stock tracking
  • Automated reminders
  • Loyalty points system
  • Data export and reporting
  • iCloud data sync
Features
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Nail Tech Manager (NTM) allows you to manage all of your clients, bookings, services and stock information in one place. It has been designed by Nail Technicians for Nail Technicians and will continue to be improved and shaped based on the feedback from its users. NTM AUTO-RENEWING 1 MONTH SUBSCRIPTION - AU$16.99 (or equivalent) Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account upon purchasing a subscription. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. If you decide to cancel your subscription you can turn off auto-renewal by using the Manage Subscriptions button or from within your Account Settings. Privacy Policy: http://www.nigelgreensapps.com/privacy.php MAIN FEATURES - Designed for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. - Automatically sync your data with all of your iOS devices using iCloud. - Block out time for holidays, doctor appointments. - Find clients, bookings or stock with the new search function. - A built-in calendar that shows upcoming client birthdays, bookings and events. - Create up to 26 bookings in advance based on any existing booking. - 4 colour schemes: Dark, Light, Plain and Flux. - Create Services, Clients, Bookings and Stock Items. - Create Reports which can be emailed as HTML, PDF or printed directly to AirPrint printers. - Mail Centre: iMessage/SMS*/Email booking reminders to your clients. *iPhone version only. - Loyalty Points: Clients can earn and redeem points for using your services. - Export your clients, bookings, services and stock data to .csv files (which can be opened by spreadsheet programs like Numbers, Excel etc.) - iTunes File Sharing allows you to export/backup your entire database if you don't use iCloud. MORE GREAT FEATURES - Touch a day in the built-in calendar to zoom in for more details. - Calendar months are tinted different colours to help define them. - For mobile Nail Techs, client addresses can be added automatically into calendar bookings. When using the Calendar App, touching the client address in the booking opens up the Maps App ready to provide you with directions. - Apply percentage or value discounts to bookings. - See a booking history for a client within their Client Card. - Create new bookings from within the Client Card or the Main Menu. For more detailed information or to read the User Guide please visit the support website: http://www.nigelgreensapps.com/nailtechmanager.php Please Note: Nail Tech Manager has features that require access to your Calendar. It creates and manages its own iCloud enabled calendar so that alarms can be created to remind you of bookings. It does not access or use any other calendars that you may have. When prompted, please allow Nail Tech Manager access to your Calendar to take full advantage of all its features.

About

Schedule Anyone

This app simplifies business management by offering easy-to-use appointment scheduling, marketing, and point-of-sale features. It supports various service industries with customizable templates and automated reminders. Manage your business operations and customer interactions seamlessly from any device.

Highlights
  • Appointment scheduling with recurring options
  • Customizable service times and pricing
  • Automated appointment reminders (text/email)
  • Point-of-sale and credit card processing
  • Website creation for businesses
  • Inventory management and automated ordering
  • Data backup and migration support
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SUMMARY Manage your business anytime, anywhere using any device plus marketing with your own website. The easiest to use appointment scheduling software. Templates available for hair salon, nail spa, barber shop, pet shop, personal trainer, fitness class, doctor, tutoring, auto detailing, maid service, nail techs, carpet cleaning, pool cleaning, plumbing, landscaping, tattoo, tour groups, realtors, and other personal service businesses and independent contractors. YOUR APPOINTMENT BOOK / PLANNER • Setup recurring appointments • Set custom times (service time, processing time, finish out time, etc) and pricing for services • Services already have the business rules you need, for example: * Have a haircut and color appointment? The finish out is automatically removed * Have a manicure and pedicure appointment with two different staff members? The services are automatically scheduled at the same time (not back to back) • Want to override any business rule or move an appointment? No problem, it's as easy as drag and drop. • Our iPad app and website allow easy drag and drop to move and create new appointments • View your booking calendar in day, week, or month calendar views • Plus many other features including: wait-list management, walk-in management, the ability to create overlapping appointments, group parties / private parties, automatically block out off days and holidays, and much more... POINT-OF-SALE / CREDIT CARD PROCESSING • Save money with our low credit card processing rates • Save time doing paperwork with our easy to use interactive reports • Need a merchant account for each independent staff member? No problem, our software supports multiple merchant accounts • Our cash drawer feature allows you to keep track of your cash • Customers can sign with their finger or you can print a receipt to have the customer sign • Text & email customers beautifully designed receipts BOOKING REMINDER • Automatically send appointment reminders and confirmations via text,e-mail or both, specify the time before the appointment you want the reminder to be sent • Email/Text receipts to clients • Customize the emails sent to your clients YOUR DATA • All your data is backed up (to multiple locations in our safe and secure data center) the moment it is saved. Even if you lose your phone, iPad, and computer your information is still safe and secure. • Contact us and we'll help you migrate data from another system WEBSITE • Customers get a headache-free website under your own domain name (www.your-domain.com). • You start offering a new service, add a new staff, a staff member leaves? It immediately shows up on your website. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT • Automate ordering using our automatic order generator by ordering what you sold over a specific date range, since your last order, or based on a specific desired stock amount which you specify • Seamlessly email orders to your distributors and product reps • Easily print orders and product lists SECURITY • Role-based security allows you to set what each staff member's access • Location-based security allows you to set which staff members can login from home to view their schedule STAFF MANAGEMENT / PAYROLL • Manage your employees times by creating a schedule they can see on their phone (or any other device) and allows them to clock-in clock-out only from company computers. • Our easy to use timesheet allow you to track time and manage costs SUBSCRIBING IN-APP • Use the starter version for free, upgrade to the independent package for $9.99/mo or silver business subscription for $39.99/mo; payment is charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase • Monthly subscriptions automatically renew. You can manage auto-renew of your subscription from your iTunes account settings at http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 • For more information visit our privacy policy: www.ScheduleAnyone.com/info/PrivacyPolicy and our terms of service: www.ScheduleAnyone.com/info/ProviderAgreement

Screenshots

Nail Tech Manager4 screens
Schedule Anyone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Schedule Anyone at 81% against Nail Tech Manager's 20%. Schedule Anyone also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.0) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). Nail Tech Manager's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Nail Tech Manager sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $10.99 per month and Schedule Anyone sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Schedule Anyone holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Schedule Anyone has 397 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Nail Tech Manager's written reviews are positive against 81% of Schedule Anyone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nail Tech Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, Schedule Anyone every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Nail Tech Manager versus Schedule Anyone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNail Tech ManagerSchedule Anyone
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (4 ratings)4.6 (397 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews81.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4397 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB35 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperNigel GreenScheduleAnyone

Customer experience

Nail Tech Manager

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

Schedule Anyone

All ratings397 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral3.0%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative15.6%

Bugs and requests

Nail Tech Manager

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Schedule Anyone

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Locked out of book
  • Requires internet connection
  • App not loading
  • Sync contacts repeatedly
  • Backoffice changes fail
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  • Text alerts unreliable
  • App freezes often
  • Cannot create user account

Requested features

9 requests
  • Allow confirmation status indication
  • Ability to change message colors
  • Improve inventory management options
  • Allow logo changes
  • Provide customer service contact number
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  • Enable cancellation of upgrades
  • Simplify website creation
  • Improve app stability
  • Allow user account creation

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nail Tech Manager

Subscriptions1
  • Nail Tech Manager Monthly Subscription$10.991 Month
4 purchases

Schedule Anyone

Subscriptions4
  • Independent Package1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Individual Package$9.991 Month
  • Independent to Business Upgrade$29.991 Month
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  • Silver Package$39.991 Month

Questions

Is Nail Tech Manager free?
Nail Tech Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Schedule Anyone free?
Schedule Anyone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nail Tech Manager or Schedule Anyone?
Schedule Anyone is rated higher. Nail Tech Manager averages 2.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Schedule Anyone averages 4.6 from 397 ratings.
Do Nail Tech Manager or Schedule Anyone have ads?
Neither Nail Tech Manager nor Schedule Anyone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nail Tech Manager or Schedule Anyone?
Nail Tech Manager ships an update every 3 weeks, and Schedule Anyone every 2 months. Most recently, Nail Tech Manager was updated on September 19, 2026 and Schedule Anyone on October 9, 2026.

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