Comparison

Schedule Anyone vs Appointment Scheduler

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

Head to head
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

About

Appointment Scheduler

This business tool helps organize daily tasks and customer appointments. It offers a planner for daily, weekly, and monthly scheduling, with Google Calendar synchronization capabilities. Manage your time effectively and streamline your business operations.

Highlights
  • Organize routine work
  • Plan customer time
  • Create daily, weekly, monthly, yearly plans
  • Printable planner templates
  • Google Calendar sync
  • iCal sync
  • Outlook sync
Features
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The online appointment scheduling software App helps businesses to organize their routine work and effectively plan their time with customers. The online schedule maker feature allows you to create daily planner tasks, weekly planner tasks, monthly planner tasks, and yearly planner using printable daily planner template, printable weekly planner template and at a glance monthly planner template. It allows to Google calendar sync, sync Google calendar with iCal, Google calendar widget, sync Google calendar with outlook, and share Google calendar features.

Screenshots

Schedule Anyone4 screens
Appointment Scheduler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Schedule Anyone at 81% against Appointment Scheduler's 17%. Schedule Anyone also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). Appointment Scheduler's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, update cadence, monetization model 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. Schedule Anyone sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Appointment Scheduler asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Schedule Anyone holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 397 and 97 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Schedule Anyone's written reviews are positive against 17% of Appointment Scheduler's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Schedule Anyone versus Appointment Scheduler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchedule AnyoneAppointment Scheduler
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (397 ratings) — better4.0 (97 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings397 — better97
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB37 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperScheduleAnyoneSentientIT Software Solution

Customer experience

Schedule Anyone

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

Appointment Scheduler

All ratings97 ratings
Positive72.2%
Neutral5.2%
Negative22.7%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative83.3%

Bugs and requests

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

Appointment Scheduler

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

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
None

Appointment Scheduler

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Schedule Anyone free?
Schedule Anyone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Appointment Scheduler free?
Appointment Scheduler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Schedule Anyone or Appointment Scheduler?
Schedule Anyone is rated higher. Schedule Anyone averages 4.6 out of 5 from 397 ratings, while Appointment Scheduler averages 4.0 from 97 ratings.
Do Schedule Anyone or Appointment Scheduler have ads?
Appointment Scheduler shows ads; Schedule Anyone does not.
Which is updated more often, Schedule Anyone or Appointment Scheduler?
Schedule Anyone ships an update every 2 months, and Appointment Scheduler every 2 months. Most recently, Schedule Anyone was updated on September 12, 2026 and Appointment Scheduler on September 3, 2026.

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