Salon and barber app development: booking, client notes and reminders, built by ODEL

Use one of those platforms if you run one or a few shops and need online booking, deposits and card payments: they already work and cost far less than a build. Build when you are creating a product for beauty professionals, when a multi-location brand wants its own client app, or when your workflow does not fit their model. ODEL will tell you which side of that line you are on in the first call.

It depends on whether clients book online or only the stylist uses the app, whether bookings sync across staff (which needs a backend), payments, reminders by push or SMS, and iPhone only or both stores. ODEL quotes each project after a short discovery call, as a written scope with a fixed quote or a phased plan, and publishes no price list. For market context only: Clutch's 2026 pricing guide puts the most common app project budget at 10,000 to 49,999 USD (Clutch does not state its sample size), and a 2022 GoodFirms survey of 267 development firms put simple apps at 12,960 to 30,240 USD. Store costs come on top: Apple charges 99 USD a year and Google Play 25 USD once.

It depends on scope, how fast decisions get made and whether your store accounts are ready. The 2022 GoodFirms survey put simple apps at 3 to 7 weeks and complex ones at 8 to 14 weeks of development. Then add store time: Apple says it reviews 90% of submissions in under 48 hours, and new personal Google Play accounts must run a 14-day closed test with at least 12 testers before production. A single-user appointment book with no backend is far smaller than a multi-staff booking system with online payments.

No. Apple's guideline 3.1.3(e) says goods and services used outside the app, like a haircut, must be paid with methods other than In-App Purchase, such as Apple Pay or a card processor. In-App Purchase is for digital features, like a pro plan inside a stylist's app.

A solo stylist wants a fast appointment book, not a full POS suite. ChairBook keeps day and week views, a service menu, client notes and history, and reminders shared through the stylist's own messaging apps, so there is no SMS backend to run. Its 1.1.0 update added Home Screen shortcuts and paywalls that show store-loaded prices with a close button available right away.

You do. The app is published under your Apple and Google developer accounts, and you receive the source code. Where client data is stored (on the device or on your server) is decided in the written scope.