Comparison

Schedule Anyone vs Appointment Booking System

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 Booking System

Quickly create a customer booking website in minutes. Customers can view available slots and book appointments online. Receive instant notifications for new bookings.

Highlights
  • Quick setup
  • Customer booking website
  • Real-time notifications
  • Unlimited bookings (subscription)
  • Free tier available
Features
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Using this app you can quickly set up a booking system to accept bookings from your customers by answering a few questions. It takes only a few minutes. Afterward, you will have a link to a website that you can send to your customers. On that website they can see where you have free appointment slots and can book them. When one of your customers books an appointment, you will immediately receive a notification, and you can optionally also receive an email. You can use this app for free for booking up to 20 hours per month. If you would like to have an unlimited number of bookings each month, you can subscribe: Monthly subscription: With this subscription you can use the app for an unlimited number of bookings each month. $1.99 for each of the first 2 months, then $9.99/month. The subscription will automatically renew until you cancel it. You can manage your subscriptions in the App Store app. You can find the Terms of Use here: https://www.calengoo.com/bookingsystem/impressum.html

Screenshots

Schedule Anyone4 screens
Appointment Booking System4 screens

Verdict

The call

Schedule Anyone and Appointment Booking System both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Appointment Booking System's written reviews are positive against 81% of Schedule Anyone's. Schedule Anyone's advantage is ratings volume (403 vs 22). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 and Appointment Booking System sells 2 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Schedule Anyone against 4.5 for Appointment Booking System. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Schedule Anyone has 403 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Schedule Anyone's written reviews are positive against 100% of Appointment Booking System's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Schedule Anyone ships an update every 2 months, Appointment Booking System monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Schedule Anyone versus Appointment Booking System: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchedule AnyoneAppointment Booking System
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (403 ratings) — better4.5 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings403 — better22
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB71 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperScheduleAnyoneDominique Andr Gunia

Customer experience

Schedule Anyone

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

Appointment Booking System

All ratings22 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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 Booking System

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
2 purchases

Appointment Booking System

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription2 Months trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Schedule Anyone free?
Schedule Anyone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Appointment Booking System free?
Appointment Booking System is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Schedule Anyone or Appointment Booking System?
Schedule Anyone is rated higher. Schedule Anyone averages 4.6 out of 5 from 403 ratings, while Appointment Booking System averages 4.5 from 22 ratings.
Do Schedule Anyone or Appointment Booking System have ads?
Neither Schedule Anyone nor Appointment Booking System shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Schedule Anyone or Appointment Booking System?
Schedule Anyone ships an update every 2 months, and Appointment Booking System monthly. Most recently, Schedule Anyone was updated on October 26, 2026 and Appointment Booking System on October 27, 2026.

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