Comparison

JingleCRM 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

JingleCRM

Features
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JingleCRM is the CRM built for Christmas light installers and seasonal service pros. The iOS app puts your operation in your pocket — see the day's schedule, run jobs with your crew, capture photos, send invoices, and keep every customer's history one tap away. BUILT FOR THE FIELD • Today at a glance: your week ahead, todos, and job counts on one dashboard • Jobs and checklists — installs, maintenance, takedowns, and service tickets with statuses your crew actually uses • Customer records with contacts, properties, photos, quotes, and full job history • Snap and attach photos right from the job site SCHEDULING AND ROUTES • Drag-and-drop scheduler on iPad with views by crew and date • Route generation and optimization on iPad; clean view-only routes on iPhone for the crew INVOICES AND QUOTES • Create and send invoices and quotes from the field • Line items, payment links, and mark-as-paid • Payroll and analytics on iPad REACH YOUR CUSTOMERS • Per-customer outreach status with one-tap handoff to Messages or Mail • Push notifications for the things that need your attention WORKS WITH JINGLECRM ON THE WEB The iOS app is the field companion to the JingleCRM web app. Account setup, team invitations, and bulk imports live on the web — the app keeps owners and crews moving in the field, and everything stays in sync. Made for Christmas lighting companies, holiday decorators, and seasonal service businesses. A JingleCRM account is required to sign in.

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
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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

JingleCRM3 screens
BackBar Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: BackBar Pro at #209 against JingleCRM's unranked. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 10 level
JingleCRM versus BackBar Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJingleCRMBackBar Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
Best chart rank—#209 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB117 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKnox Brennecke WatsonBackbar HQ LLC

In-app purchases

None

JingleCRM

No in-app purchases

None

BackBar Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JingleCRM free?
JingleCRM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BackBar Pro free?
BackBar Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do JingleCRM or BackBar Pro have ads?
Neither JingleCRM nor BackBar Pro shows ads.

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