Is Appointy or Squire better?

Neither clearly leads. Appointy starts at Free and Squire at $30/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Appointy or Squire?

Appointy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Appointy and $30/month for Squire.

Does Appointy or Squire run on more platforms?

Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.

Can I use Appointy for free?

Yes. Appointy has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Squire starts at $30/month.

What is Appointy best used for?

Appointy is most often used for appointment scheduling, resource management, staff coordination, client booking. Of those, appointment scheduling and resource management are not what Squire is typically brought in for.

What can Appointy do that Squire cannot?

Appointy covers Staff scheduling, Resource management, Email & SMS reminders, Payment collection. Squire covers Walk-in queue, Point of sale, Team management, Instant payouts. Both handle Online booking, SSL encryption, Cloud deployment, Web support.

Scheduling & Booking · head to head

Appointy vs Squire

Appointy

Scheduling & Booking

Smart scheduling for modern businesses

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Squire

Beauty & Salon

The operating system for barbershops

From: $30/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Appointy has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Appointy free tier caps at 1 staff, 5 services and 100 appointments per month (Internet Archive capture, 3 March 2024); Squire booking fees of $1-3 per appointment add significant cost beyond subscription, increasing total cost of ownership
They diverge on capability: Appointy covers Staff scheduling, Squire covers Walk-in queue.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Appointy and Squire actually diverge.

Attributes where Appointy and Squire differ
Attribute	Appointy	Squire
Starting price	Free	$30/month
Pricing model	freemium	Unknown
Free tier	Yes	No
Category	Scheduling & Booking	Beauty & Salon
Founded	2006	2015

Identical on both: platforms (Web, Ios, Android), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Appointy

Staff scheduling
Resource management
Email & SMS reminders
Payment collection
Gift cards
Social booking
Analytics
Google Calendar

Only in Squire

Walk-in queue
Point of sale
Team management
Instant payouts
Client app
Marketing tools
Business analytics
Instagram

Both cover

Online booking
SSL encryption
Cloud deployment
Web support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Appointy

Appointment schedulingnot Squire
Resource managementnot Squire
Staff coordinationnot Squire
Client booking

Squire

Barbershop managementnot Appointy
Walk-in handlingnot Appointy
Team payrollnot Appointy
Client booking

Both are used for client booking, on those jobs the choice comes down to price and fit rather than capability.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Appointy

Free tier caps at 1 staff, 5 services and 100 appointments per month (Internet Archive capture, 3 March 2024)
Paid tiers ranged from $19.99 to $79.99 per month billed annually ($29.99 to $99.99 billed monthly), with extra staff seats billed separately at $5 to $7.50 per month (Internet Archive capture, 3 March 2024)

Squire

Booking fees of $1-3 per appointment add significant cost beyond subscription, increasing total cost of ownership
Limited to barbershops and beauty salons; not suitable for other service industries
Walk-in and waitlist features only available on higher-tier plans, limiting functionality for drop-in appointments
POS system tightly integrated; cannot use with alternative payment processors or systems
Customer data locked into Squire platform with limited export options

Pricing, plan by plan

Appointy

Free

FreeFree
- 1 staff member
- 100 appointments/month
- Online booking
Growth$19.99/month
- 5 staff members
- Unlimited appointments
- SMS reminders
Professional$49.99/month
- Unlimited staff
- All Growth features
- Resource scheduling

Squire

$30/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Squire review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Appointy if

You need staff scheduling.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Web, Ios, Android.
You also want resource management.

Appointy review

Choose Squire if

You need walk-in queue.
You work on Web, Ios, Android.
You also want point of sale.

Squire review

Questions people ask

Is Appointy or Squire better?: Neither clearly leads. Appointy starts at Free and Squire at $30/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Appointy or Squire?: Appointy has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Appointy and $30/month for Squire.
Does Appointy or Squire run on more platforms?: Both run on Web, Ios, Android, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Appointy for free?: Yes. Appointy has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Squire starts at $30/month.
What is Appointy best used for?: Appointy is most often used for appointment scheduling, resource management, staff coordination, client booking. Of those, appointment scheduling and resource management are not what Squire is typically brought in for.
What can Appointy do that Squire cannot?: Appointy covers Staff scheduling, Resource management, Email & SMS reminders, Payment collection. Squire covers Walk-in queue, Point of sale, Team management, Instant payouts. Both handle Online booking, SSL encryption, Cloud deployment, Web support.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Squire: What are Squire's pricing tiers?

Squire offers Pro plans starting at $30/month for independent barbers, Pro-Complete at $100/month for full shops, Executive tiers at $100-150/month, and Titan at $250/month. All include scheduling, POS, and customer management features.

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Squire: Does Squire charge booking fees?

Yes, Squire charges customers $1-3 per booking for online scheduling, in addition to the monthly subscription cost. This is a key cost factor beyond the base subscription.

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Squire: What integrations does Squire support?

Squire integrates with Square, QuickBooks, Google Calendar, and Stripe. It also offers an API for custom integrations and works with Zapier to connect to hundreds of other applications.

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Squire: What core features does Squire provide?

Squire includes online appointment scheduling, integrated POS system, customer relationship management, loyalty reward programs, promo codes, and automated text reminders.

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Squire: Does Squire support walk-in customers?

Yes, Squire supports walk-in booking through its waitlist feature, which is available on all plans except the basic Pro tier.

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Squire: Who founded Squire and how is it backed?

Squire was founded by Songe LaRon and Dave Salvant in 2016. The company raised $162M in funding as of February 2026 and achieved a $750M valuation in 2021.

Source

Appointy vs Squire

Appointy

Squire

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Appointy

Only in Squire

Both cover

What people use each for

Appointy

Squire

Where each one falls short

Appointy

Squire

Pricing, plan by plan

Appointy

Squire

Which should you pick?

Choose Appointy if

Choose Squire if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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