Comparison

The Lash Look vs BackBar Pro

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

Head to head
About

The Lash Look

This tool assists lash technicians in planning, visualizing, and documenting lash services. It replaces verbal explanations with clear, visual consultations, creating personalized lash maps based on facial features and saving them to client records for consistency. Designed for professionals to enhance client understanding and streamline the consultation process.

Highlights
  • Visual lash consultations
  • Personalized lash maps
  • Facial feature analysis
  • Preview intended look
  • Client record saving
  • Consistency in appointments
Features
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The Lash Look is a professional consultation tool for lash technicians. It helps you plan, explain, and document lash sets clearly before the service begins. Most lash consultations rely on verbal explanations or assumptions. This often leads to confusion, mismatched expectations, and inconsistent results. The Lash Look replaces guesswork with a clear, visual consultation process. Create personalized lash maps based on facial features, preview the intended look, and save everything to client records for future visits. Clients can see the plan before you begin, and you can return to it with confidence at their next appointment. This is not just about faster lash mapping. It is about offering a proper consultation. What The Lash Look helps you do • Create clear, visual lash consultations • Build personalized lash maps using eye measurements • Preview the look before starting the service • Save lash maps and notes to client records • Maintain consistency across repeat appointments When clients understand the plan, consultations feel smoother and more professional. Designed for professional use The Lash Look is built for trained lash technicians working with real clients. It is not designed for DIY lashes or casual experimentation. Every feature supports a professional consultation workflow. A consultation-first approach Use The Lash Look during consultations to plan the set, preview the look, and document details you can rely on later. No extra steps. No unnecessary complexity. If you want a more organized, visual, and professional consultation process, The Lash Look was built for you. SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED TO ACCESS FEATURES Unlimited facial scans, multiple lash map results, unlimited client records, and lash customization. Privacy Policy: https://app.thelashlook.ca/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

BackBar Pro

Manage client information, hair formulas, and appointments for your salon business. Streamline booking, payments, and track expenses and income to understand your business's financial health.

Highlights
  • Unlimited client profiles with history
  • Digital intake forms and waivers
  • Formula vault for color mixing
  • Online booking page
  • Integrated payment processing
  • Expense and income tracking
  • Appointment reminders
Features
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Your clients, your services, your money. One app that remembers all of it. BackBar Pro is for the beauty pro who is also the front desk, the bookkeeper, and the one who remembers every client's last visit. Hairstylists, estheticians, and lash and brow artists each get the records their craft needs, plus booking, payments, and money tools that work the same for everyone. CLIENTS YOU ACTUALLY REMEMBER Every client gets one profile: visit history, allergies and sensitivities, before and after photos, and notes from every appointment. Send intake forms, waivers, and consent forms by text or email, and clients sign on their phone. Switching from another app? Send us your export and we will load your client list for you. FOR HAIRSTYLISTS: A FORMULA VAULT Build a formula the way you mix it: color, lightener, developer, timing, and weights, with the finish photo attached. Every visit keeps its exact formula, so you can pull up exactly what you used last time. Extension sets and maintenance dates are saved on the client's hair profile. FOR ESTHETICIANS: YOUR PROTOCOL BOOK Save the exact steps of each facial, peel, or treatment once, with contraindications, peel details, and aftercare. Run a treatment step by step with timers, keep a skin profile for every client, and send a home care routine after the visit. FOR LASH AND BROW ARTISTS: MAPS THAT REMEMBER THE SET Map lashes zone by zone, and save brow shapes with your lamination and tint details and a live timer. Every client keeps their saved maps, and you file them under categories you make yourself. BOOKING THAT PROTECTS YOUR TIME Your own booking page with your services, hours, and rules. Take deposits at booking, approve requests, and let clients reschedule or cancel from a link inside the window you set. Keep a waitlist and fill a cancellation in one tap. Charge no-show and late-cancel fees when you need to. GET PAID, HOWEVER THEY PAY With Tap to Pay on iPhone, there's no need for additional card readers or terminals. Take card on file, payment QR codes for Venmo, Zelle, and Cash App, cash, and gift cards. Sell memberships and packages, send invoices, and text or email the receipt the moment you close out. REMINDERS THAT CUT NO-SHOWS Automatic appointment reminders by text and email, booking confirmations, and change notices. When a client is due, a rebook nudge puts a ready-to-send text on your to-do list, and a follow-up email goes out if they have not booked. Your phone alerts you to new bookings and cancellations. INVENTORY THAT KNOWS WHAT IT COSTS Track your retail shelf with stock counts and your markup. Premium adds back bar shelves for color, lash and brow, skincare, and supplies, scanning a bottle or an invoice to add products, and for color, the live cost of every bowl added to the ticket. MONEY AND TAXES, HANDLED Track expenses by deduction category, see income and profit by month, and set money aside for taxes. Premium adds receipt scanning from a photo, a full federal and state estimate, reminders before quarterly deadlines, and a year-end package your accountant can use. REPORTS WORTH READING Revenue, average ticket, and rebook rate, plus a monthly goal with your pace against it. Premium adds where to improve, chair time, color cost per service, and top clients. BUILT FOR HOW YOU WORK iPhone, iPad, and the web, all on one account. See your appointments in Google Calendar or Apple Calendar. WHO IT IS FOR Independent hairstylists, estheticians, lash and brow artists, booth renters, and solo studio owners who want one calm system instead of five apps, a group text, and a notes file. New accounts start with a 14 day free trial, no card needed. When the trial ends, everything you saved stays yours. Tap to Pay on iPhone requires a supported payment app and the latest version of iOS. Privacy policy: https://backbarhq.com/privacy Terms of service: https://backbarhq.com/terms Questions: support@backbarhq.com BackBar Pro is made by Backbar HQ LLC.

Screenshots

The Lash Look4 screens
BackBar Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BackBar Pro at 100% against The Lash Look's 33%. BackBar Pro also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 9). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. The Lash Look sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. BackBar Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BackBar Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of The Lash Look's written reviews are positive against 100% of BackBar Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Lash Look ships an update every 3 weeks, BackBar Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
The Lash Look versus BackBar Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Lash LookBackBar Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (9 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings911 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB118 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe Lash Look App IncBackbar HQ LLC

Customer experience

The Lash Look

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

BackBar Pro

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

The Lash Look

Subscriptions8
  • Premium Client - Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Premium Lash Tech - Monthly7 Days trial$27.991 Month
  • Premium Salon Owner - Monthly3 Days trial$27.991 Month
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  • Lash Tech Yearly Sale7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Premium Client - Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Lash Tech Premium Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Premium Lash Tech - Yearly$167.991 Year
  • Premium Salon Owner - Yearly7 Days trial$279.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$399.99
None

BackBar Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Lash Look free?
The Lash Look is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BackBar Pro free?
BackBar Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Lash Look or BackBar Pro?
BackBar Pro is rated higher. The Lash Look averages 3.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while BackBar Pro averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do The Lash Look or BackBar Pro have ads?
Neither The Lash Look nor BackBar Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Lash Look or BackBar Pro?
The Lash Look ships an update every 3 weeks, and BackBar Pro fortnightly. Most recently, The Lash Look was updated on November 8, 2026 and BackBar Pro on November 10, 2026.

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