Comparison

Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder vs EmberCRM

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

Head to head
About

Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder

Manage your nail technician business with a client-focused scheduler, appointment reminders, and financial tracking. This app helps organize client history, services, products, and sales data, all stored locally on your device.

Highlights
  • Client-focused appointment scheduling
  • Automated appointment reminders
  • Client history and contact management
  • Inventory and financial tracking
  • Customizable invoices and receipts
  • Offline data storage
Features
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Nail Tech Pro Scheduler is a fantastic tool used to manage your time by maintaining a client focused schedule of your appointments that is utilized to track clients and their visits. A client focused schedule of your appointments is the centerpiece. Scheduler provides daily, weekly and monthly view of your appointments. Integrated with your client contact info you can quickly send reminders, check out client and track your all financial results. NO Monthly or Subscription Fees - One time purchase price. Easy Setup and Leaning Since the app uses your existing Contacts and Calendar you are up a running in no time! How to movies and guides show you how to use your new app. This comprehensive business app provides complete financial information including inventory control and Profit & Loss Info. All information is maintained on your device and there is no need for connectivity or outside servers as is common with many of the more sophisticated business apps. Highlights: Scheduler - Your calendar on steroids. Select client names from your contacts and add the service information to the appointment. Create reminders, complete and invoice the transaction, view contact management info and send appointment confirmations. All right from the scheduled appointment. View multiple calendars, set alerts, repeating appointments and search history. Repeating Appointments - Full support for Weekly, Monthly & Daily repeating appointments. can specify ending date or never. Completing appointments does not alter future appointment. Entry is simplified compared to the devices Calendar app. Contact Management - Store notes, images and track other communications with your clients and have the in app ability to call, text, email or map without leaving your app. Client History - Maintain all service and sales history for each client including notes, images and more. Services, Products & Supplies are maintained in the app with detailed multi-line descriptions, costs, price, units & on hand quantities. These can be added on-the-fly or maintained from your stored items. Images from both the Camera and Album apps may be used for logo's and saved with your client information. Financial Information - Is instantly available for sales, payments, taxes and inventory for any timeframe with just a few taps. Information may be viewed on screen or downloaded for further analysis with any spreadsheet. Help and Support - Context sensitive help shows by topic as well as how to movies. Email, text and phone support provides to help with any questions or issues. International Currency Dates & Dynamic Type (the ability of the app to change font sizes) are all included in the app. Document Manager Document Design & Delivery- Change document field names of sales receipts, change formats easily with unique design for invoices and estimates. Use your local language and terms. Batch deliver Printed & Email docs. Spreadsheet Download Download your financial info and backup your info in a Spreadsheet format. Backup all of your key data bases to a spreadsheet. In App Purchases: Cloud Sync Automatically synchronize your information utilizing iCloud technology. For up to five devices this In App will keep your business info inSync and available on all your devices! Profits and Reports Profits provides a complete financial system that tracks all sales, purchases and expenses. Includes ALL formatted PDF Reports that can be directly printed or attached to emails.

About

EmberCRM

Manage client information, appointments, and communication efficiently. Track client history, send targeted messages, and generate insightful reports. Streamline your business operations with a comprehensive client relationship management tool.

Highlights
  • Client contact management
  • Appointment scheduling and history tracking
  • Customizable client notes and tags
  • Detailed business reports
  • Targeted mass communication (email/SMS)
  • Customizable services and pricing
  • Multi-device synchronization
Features
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Ember helps users keep track of their clients, appointments, and histories. Ember is helping users to communicate with their clients more easily by enabling users to search and query their client’s history and send mass communications to those clients have not visited in a selected duration. FEATURES: --Client Features-- -Separate Address Book from device’s Contacts -View and Save Appointments, History, Photo, Notes, Birthdays, Anniversary, Gender, Custom Notes. -Search-able comments on each Client -Use Notes for tagging -Quick View of next & last Appointments -Easily Keep track of referrals -Quickly scroll through contacts using alphabet on right --Reports-- - The Reports show the following numbers based on the selected duration ---Percent Booked ---Income made (services & tips) ---Percent of clients that use chemical services ---Percent of clients that purchase retail products ---Export Report Screen to email. -Reports are available for Today, Yesterday, This Week, Last Week, This Month, Last Month, Last 3 Months, This Year, Last Year, Or Custom Range --Scheduling Features-- -The most customizable double booking available -Schedule more than one service in one appointment -Completed appointments create history -View Daily Schedule in 15 min increments -Add Appointments from Schedule area -The most flexible recurring/standing appointments -15 mins Calendar Views for Day and Week --Histories Features-- -Record Services, Formula, Tip Amount, Retail Amount, Date Time & Note -History formula automatically updates contact formula field --Query/Search Features-- -Search for clients that have not serviced in X number of weeks -Search for clients that use chemical services -Search for clients based on gender -Search for clients that visited x number of weeks ago --Broadcast Features-- -Send thank you email messages to the clients who visited this week. -Send a Message to everyone who has a birthday or anniversary this month. -Send a Message to clients that use chemical services, to promo specials. -Send Mass Emails or SMS(Text Msg) to a search result. -Ember breaks down large broadcast into smaller groups to help make sure they are delivered. Number of messages to send can be set in options. --Customizable services-- You can add custom services and set the Name, Price, Duration and Double Booking options -Ability to customized service calendar with color codes --Options-- -Customize your work hours per day - required for reporting % booked -Calendar day view, set start time -Import Contacts from devices Address Book -Default for Area Code, State when adding new clients -Sales Tax %, Booth Commission %, Retail Commission % -Export All data to files so it can be used in Excel or numbers --Device Sync-- -Ember Auto Syncs to the Ember CRM cloud system. -Sync Multiple Devices together via Ember CRM cloud. -Copy Appointments to devices Calendar (Semi-Sync) -Auto Sync upon open

Screenshots

Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder4 screens
EmberCRM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: EmberCRM at Free against Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder's $7.99. EmberCRM also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (15 vs 2). On 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

EmberCRM is free to download; Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder costs $7.99 up front. Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and EmberCRM sells 3 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

EmberCRM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder ships an update every 3 months, EmberCRM every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder versus EmberCRM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNail Tech Schedule & ReminderEmberCRM
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating3.1 (15 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJZ Mobile LLCJ3 Software, LLC

Customer experience

Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder

All ratings15 ratings
Positive46.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative46.7%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative37.5%

EmberCRM

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder

One-time10
  • Spreadsheet Export$1.99
  • Document Manager$2.99
  • Messages & Reminders$3.99
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  • Estimates, Bids & Quotes$3.99
  • Scheduler$4.99
  • Cloud Sync Secure Data Sharing$6.99
  • Profits & Reports$6.99
  • All Productivity In- Apps$7.99
  • Monthly Statements$11.99
  • Mac Full User License$19.99
3 purchases

EmberCRM

Subscriptions3
  • Unlimited Data | Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited Data | Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Unlimited Yearly 7 Day Trial7 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder free?
Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is EmberCRM free?
EmberCRM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder or EmberCRM?
EmberCRM is rated higher. Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder averages 3.1 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while EmberCRM averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder or EmberCRM have ads?
EmberCRM shows ads; Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder does not.
Which is updated more often, Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder or EmberCRM?
Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder ships an update every 3 months, and EmberCRM every 2 weeks. Most recently, Nail Tech Schedule & Reminder was updated on October 24, 2026 and EmberCRM on October 24, 2026.

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