MUA Studio vs Gostelo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MUA Studio
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MUA Studio is the business app built for professional makeup artists. Replace scattered DMs, notes, spreadsheets, generic booking tools, and invoice templates with one polished workspace designed around real MUA workflows. Use MUA Studio to manage your public booking page, client records, services, schedule, quotes, contracts, invoices, payments, and portfolio work from your phone. PUBLIC BOOKING PAGE Create a branded booking page clients can open from Instagram, TikTok, your website, email, or messages. Publish your service menu, set prices or quote-only options, choose booking windows, add business policies, and collect deposits or full payment where supported. CLIENTS & SESSION HISTORY Keep client profiles organized with contact details, preferences, skin profile notes, appointment history, photos, products used, invoices, quotes, and private preparation notes. Search across your business when you need the right record fast. BOOKINGS & SCHEDULE Plan appointments with service duration, buffer time, booking status, location details, and conflict detection. Manage bridal parties, production days, repeat clients, and one-off appointments without losing context. INVOICES, QUOTES & PAYMENTS Create professional quotes and invoices with line items, deposits, discounts, taxes, due dates, and payment status. Connect Stripe where supported to accept online card payments and see earnings activity from the Payments screen. PORTFOLIO & WORKFLOW Build a public-safe portfolio with high-resolution looks and before-and-after pairs. Capture session photos during check-in and check-out, then save finished work to the client history or portfolio. LEGAL & INTAKE Prepare reusable contract templates, send contracts for signing, and collect appointment details with intake forms. Keep the admin around each job tied to the client and booking it belongs to. MUA Studio is made for bridal artists, freelance MUAs, mobile artists, editorial artists, SFX artists, and beauty professionals who want a calmer way to run the business side of their craft. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://muastudio.co/privacy.html
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.
- Online booking page
- Real-time dashboard
- Automatic SMS reminders
- Customer list management
- Schedule control
- Custom intake forms
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gostelo at none against MUA Studio's 5. Gostelo also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. MUA Studio sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Gostelo asks for nothing beyond the download.
MUA Studio ships an update every 6 days, Gostelo every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MUA Studio | Gostelo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MUASTUDIO INC | NIBIYAA LLC |
In-app purchases
MUA Studio
- Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Team (5 seats)$19.951 Month
- Team (10 seats)$39.901 Month
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- Pro Annual3 Months trial$39.991 Year
- Team (25 seats)$99.991 Month
Gostelo
No in-app purchases





