Square vs SalonScale Classic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Square
Monitor your business performance, finances, team, and customer interactions in real time from anywhere. Track sales, manage cash flow, and streamline operations with integrated tools for scheduling and payroll.
- Real-time business monitoring
- Financial tracking and budgeting
- Team management and payroll
- Sales and performance reports
- Customer management
- In-app notifications
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Have peace of mind with the new Square Dashboard app. Get a unified look at your business and manage essential tasks from anywhere in real time. Track business performance, monitor your finances, manage your team, and connect with your customers, all while you’re on the go. Stay on top of your business. Get alerts with in-app notifications. Track your business with multilocation reporting and sales reports. Plus, get data on your top sellers and performers. Understand and control your cash flow. Integrate your sales and spend reports, automate your budgeting, pay your bills, and manage your linked credit cards. Maintain smooth operations with team management tools. Make updates to schedules, view and edit timecards, and run payroll all in real time.
SalonScale Classic
This app helps salon owners and stylists accurately calculate colour costs, eliminating guesswork. It allows for collaboration across devices, easy access to client history, and comprehensive product catalogue management.
- Accurate color cost calculation
- Client session history
- Product catalog management
- Multi-device collaboration
- Add, edit, and delete sessions
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Important for existing SalonScale users: If you are an active SalonScale user before November 2, 2026, please continue using SalonScale Classic until your account has been moved over to the new app. We'll reach out when it's time to make the switch. Stop losing money on colour costs! SalonScale Technologies introduces a simple way for salon owners and stylists to take the guesswork out of colour charging. What's new: - Collaborating with your styling assistant on multiple devices - Easily view previous sessions for a client while creating a new one - Search your entire product catalogue - Add, edit and delete sessions as you mix
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Square at 4.8 against SalonScale Classic's 2.9. Square also leads on ratings volume (3.6K vs 24). SalonScale Classic's advantage is review sentiment (44% vs 26%) and device support (3 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Square holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square has 3.6K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of Square's written reviews are positive against 44% of SalonScale Classic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Square ships an update weekly, SalonScale Classic every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Square | SalonScale Classic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.6K ratings) — better | 2.9 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.7% of reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.6K — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 315 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Block, Inc. | SalonScale |
Customer experience
Square
SalonScale Classic
Bugs and requests
Square
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes after updates
- Login issues after updates
- Widget stopped working after updates
- Freezing and not loading data
Requested features
8 requests- Make 52 weeks the default comparison
- Add iPad version
- Projections and estimated future income
- Ability to control what clients see
- Sound notifications for orders
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- More detailed reporting and breakdowns
- iPhone X support
- Ability to track net sales instead of just gross
SalonScale Classic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Square
No in-app purchases
SalonScale Classic
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Square free?
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