Comparison

Personal Salon Assistant Plus vs Schedule Anyone

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

Head to head
About

Personal Salon Assistant Plus

This salon management app helps individual stylists organize clients, appointments, and services. It offers features like double booking, automated reminders, and hair color formulation calculations. Manage your business efficiently from your iPhone or iPad without needing internet access.

Highlights
  • Client management
  • Appointment scheduling
  • Double and multiple booking
  • Automated appointment reminders
  • Hair color formulation calculator
  • Point-of-sale system
  • Financial reporting
Features
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#1 salon app (and highest user rating) since December 2009 #PSA+ is available on the monthly basis auto-renew subscription for US$9.99. Title :  PSA+ Subscription Length : One month Price. : US$9.99 #Terms & Conditions for auto-renew subscription 1. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase 2. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period 3. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal 4. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase Salon4one is the most complete salon management app for the individual stylist available. You can switch from your iPhone to your iPad for your convenience. Once you buy Salon4one you own it with no monthly fees. We, at Salontechnologies, are hair stylists too and we just want to make life better for you. If you need a salon app for multiple operators, then see our new Salon Manager app for the iPad. Salon4one is a salon management app designed for salon owners, chair renters, estheticians, or other hair and nail professionals. It features the tools needed to manage your clients, appointments, color formulations, products, services, cash register, financial reports, and will text and email your appointment reminders. Salon4one requires no Internet access or desktop software. You control everything from your iPhone or iPad! If you like our app, please support us by writing a review. FEATURES: * Clients - Create new contacts. - View and save appointments, formulas, photo, and notes for each client. * Scheduling - Double booking lets you specify an appointment with a gap to work multiple clients and make your day as efficient as possible. The most customizable double booking available. - Multiple booking allows you to schedule multiple appointments in the same time slot. - Standing appointments allow for easy creation of recurring appointments. - Day (15 or 30 minute increments), week, month, and list formats let you choose your viewing style. - Automatically Text and Email your appointment reminders. * Hair Color Formulations - Automatically calculate formula using our patented system. Includes step-by-step instructions, amount of color and developer to use, and processing time. *** For experienced stylists, you can enter and store your own formulas but selecting 'Custom' and store each formula by date in you clients info for quick and easy viewing. - Save the formulations for a client and view or edit them easily. - 16 permanent colorlines supported including: Alfaparf, Aloxxi, Aveda, CHI, Clairol, Goldwell, Koleston, Logics, Majirel, Matrix, Paul Mitchell, Pravana,Redken Schwarzkopf, and Vero. More to come. * Point-of-Sale - Checkout clients directly from your device. Accept cash, credit, checks, coupons, gift certificates, or a partial payment from each. - Add additional products and services to each transaction. - Manage the purchasing and use of gift certificates. - Manages product inventory from purchases and restocking. - Daily closeouts keep track of how your business is running. - Email receipts after accepting payment. * Products and Services - Create your own inventory of products and services. - Organize them into groups for easy reference. - Services are color coded and customizable for viewing on the calendar. * Reporting - Formatted for view on your device. - Formatted and emailable for larger print viewing. - Reports include closeout history list, closeout totals (consolidated), product history, product inventory,Credit Payment History, and transaction history. * Supports iPhone4 high resolution retina images! * Now universal app with iPad interfaces! Terms of Use :- http://www.salontechnologies.com/personal-salon/ Patent 7,877,294 (Posted February 9, 2011)

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

Personal Salon Assistant Plus4 screens
Schedule Anyone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Schedule Anyone at 81% against Personal Salon Assistant Plus's 4%. Schedule Anyone also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.5) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, update cadence, 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. Personal Salon Assistant Plus sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $34.99 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 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Schedule Anyone has 403 ratings behind it against 59, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 4% of Personal Salon Assistant Plus's written reviews are positive against 81% of Schedule Anyone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Personal Salon Assistant Plus versus Schedule Anyone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPersonal Salon Assistant PlusSchedule Anyone
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.5 (59 ratings)4.6 (403 ratings) — better
Positive reviews4.2% of reviews81.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings59403 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB35 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSalonTechnologies, Inc.ScheduleAnyone

Customer experience

Personal Salon Assistant Plus

All ratings58 ratings
Positive10.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative89.7%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive4.2%
Neutral1.4%
Negative94.4%

Schedule Anyone

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

User reviews

Personal Salon Assistant Plus

From 59 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great when it works
  • 👍 Used to be decent/amazing
  • 👍 Love it (when functional)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Constant crashing
  • ❌ No customer support
  • 💸 Repeated purchase/subscription demands
  • 🔒 Locked out of data
  • 📉 Unreliable

Schedule Anyone

From 403 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for salon scheduling
  • 👍 Helpful reminders for clients
  • 👍 Integrates with POS
  • 👍 Many discounting options
  • 👍 Automated marketing features

Room to improve

  • 😞 Locked out of book
  • 😞 Charged for access
  • 😞 Accused of not paying
  • 😞 Horrible app functionality
  • 😞 Requires internet connection

Bugs and requests

Personal Salon Assistant Plus

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes frequently, often within seconds of opening
  • App closes unexpectedly, preventing access to schedule, client info, and formulas
  • Data loss (clients, formulas, appointments) due to crashes or app malfunctions
  • Inability to book, edit, or confirm appointments
  • App not working after OS updates
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  • Text reminder function not working
  • Cannot add services at checkout
  • Information not saving when editing or entering new data
  • App no longer fits phone screen
  • Parts of the app not working after updates (e.g., iPhone X update issues)
  • App not working after recent iOS updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Fix crashing issues ASAP
  • Provide reliable customer support
  • Stop changing payment structures
  • Allow access to existing data without new fees
  • Ensure app compatibility with OS updates
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  • Improve update frequency and quality

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

Personal Salon Assistant Plus

Subscriptions1
  • PSA+ Subscription3 Days trial$34.991 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 Personal Salon Assistant Plus free?
Personal Salon Assistant Plus 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, Personal Salon Assistant Plus or Schedule Anyone?
Schedule Anyone is rated higher. Personal Salon Assistant Plus averages 1.5 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while Schedule Anyone averages 4.6 from 403 ratings.
Do Personal Salon Assistant Plus or Schedule Anyone have ads?
Neither Personal Salon Assistant Plus nor Schedule Anyone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Personal Salon Assistant Plus or Schedule Anyone?
Personal Salon Assistant Plus ships an update every 2 months, and Schedule Anyone every 2 months. Most recently, Personal Salon Assistant Plus was updated on October 20, 2026 and Schedule Anyone on October 26, 2026.

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