Fresha for business (Shedul‪)‬ 4+

When we opened our business we came from a salon that had a scheduling system that was really pricey, with having just started our business we couldn’t take on that kind of expense but were used to booking online and on our phones. We downloaded Shedul and decided to give it a try! Two and a half years later we have grown exponentially and are still using and loving it! It is missing a few features we were used to having and a few things we wished it had but overall Fresha is doing wonders for us, and we would recommend giving it a try before you spend thousands with someone else.

I used Booksy for 2 months and had a bunch of issues, and Booksy costs $30/month! I have been using Fresha for about a week and I like it overall. I especially love that I can do everything I need to for free, but honestly the interface has been so much better to use than Booksy, which feels bloated and buggy. The only thing I’m missing in Fresha is choosing “individual days” instead of just repeating things daily, every 2 days, every 3 days, etc. which doesn’t work for me at all. Due to the nature of my business (personal training), I schedule multiple visits a week on various days and times. Unfortunately, of all the scheduling apps I have tried, many of them don’t account for frequent scheduling at different times/days like this (and that’s one thing I liked about Booksy; I could see a month view of a calendar and just choose whatever days I wanted). My workaround has been to schedule Mondays at x time, then Thursday at x time, and then Friday at x time and repeat each one of those for as many weeks as necessary. It’s not ideal at all, but it works for now. Overall, using Fresha has been a MUCH better experience than Booksy Biz.

I’ve been using these guys for 4 years. Up until this last year it’s been amazing. They change the app every other month it seems like. And with every update, a feature that used to be free, now you have to pay for. And they don’t notify you! Having appointments booked with card on file, they now charge .20 cents. Even if you don’t charge the card on file for a no show. Text message reminders used to be free. Now you have a monthly limit and can pay for more.. the calendar is all weird now, (so starts their week on a Tuesday?) they are just doing too much and it’s annoying. I’m sure a year from now all the prices with just keep going up and they won’t notify you. Overall, if you disable all the paid for features. You can still get by fine and it’s probably better than 75% of the other scheduling apps available. And .20 cents per appointment and a penny per text isn’t bad. It’s just poor business not to notify us of the changes. And has me concerned for the future if this app.