Comparison

Rainbow Booking vs Gostelo

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

Head to head
About

Rainbow Booking

Manage appointments, services, and customer information on the go. This app allows for comprehensive booking management, including payments, staff, and location setup. Customize services, create coupons, and manage workflows for your business.

Highlights
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Customer management
  • Service creation and access
  • Staff management
  • Location setup
  • Coupon and workflow setup
  • Payment processing
Features
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Rainbow Booking app is used to manage Bookings and services within the subscribed tenant account dashboard. The following can be accomplished using Rainbow Booking app from any mobile device. 1) Overall Appointment view 2) Booking Calendar view 3) Payments 4) Customers and customer management 5) Service access and new creation 6) Staff Managements 7) Location setup 8) Coupon setup based on application plans 9) Workflow setups and reviews 10) Appearance customization and many more. 11) Account management and deletion

About

Gostelo

Streamline your service business with an easy-to-use booking and scheduling platform. Create a personalized booking page, manage your calendar in real-time, and reduce no-shows with automatic SMS reminders. Build your customer list and maintain full control over your schedule.

Highlights
  • Online booking page
  • Real-time dashboard
  • Automatic SMS reminders
  • Customer list management
  • Schedule control
  • Custom intake forms
Features
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Gostelo is booking and scheduling for solo operators and small service businesses — barbers, salons, beauty studios, mobile mechanics, tutors, cleaners, and anyone whose calendar is their business. WHAT YOU GET • Your own booking page in 60 seconds. Pick a subdomain (yourname.gostelo.com) — customers book online without downloading anything. • Real-time dashboard. Today's bookings at a glance, swipe through the week, push notifications the moment a new booking lands. • Automatic SMS reminders. Cut no-shows. Customers confirm or cancel by text 24 hours before their appointment. • Customer list that builds itself. Every booking creates a record. Add notes, mark VIPs, block problem clients. • Full schedule control. Weekly hours, vacation blocks, buffer time. Customers only book slots you've opened. • Custom intake forms. Ask the questions that matter — allergies, preferences, vehicle make — right at booking. NO COMMISSIONS No per-booking fees. No upsells. The free tier covers everything most one-person businesses need. PRIVACY FIRST We don't sell your data. SMS goes out from your business name, not ours. No Gostelo ads on your booking page. Sign up takes a minute. Share your booking link, fill your calendar.

Screenshots

Rainbow Booking4 screens
Gostelo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Rainbow Booking at 4 against Gostelo's 1. Rainbow Booking also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rainbow Booking against 5.0 for Gostelo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Rainbow Booking versus Gostelo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainbow BookingGostelo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRainbow Optimum Technologies LLCNIBIYAA LLC

In-app purchases

None

Rainbow Booking

No in-app purchases

None

Gostelo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rainbow Booking free?
Rainbow Booking is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gostelo free?
Gostelo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rainbow Booking or Gostelo?
Rainbow Booking and Gostelo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Rainbow Booking or Gostelo have ads?
Neither Rainbow Booking nor Gostelo shows ads.

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