Start your business today.
You came here looking for this.
We are giving it to you free.
It costs nothing to open.
A typical booking app
Then wait for it to arrive
BookerAI
And start the same afternoon
Same day one, both sides: a reader, the first month of software, and one more chair. Nothing here is a trial rate.
The person in your chair is your client.
Not a lead somebody rents back to you.
Tap to Pay on iPhone
The card reader is the phone in your pocket.
A terminal costs $59–400 before you have taken a dollar, and then rents you the right to keep using it. This costs nothing, ever.
Below: a $45 charge being authorised on the phone you already own. No reader anywhere in it.
The waiting is
what costs you.
A card terminal has to be chosen, ordered, shipped and set up before it takes a cent. Every one of those days is a day you are open and not getting paid.
Drag all three to your own numbers — the figure below moves with them.
$1,890
of work you could have been paid for, sat waiting to get started. That is 42 appointments you could have taken already.
There is nothing to ship. Set up your services, connect where the money goes, and take the first card today on the phone in your pocket.
Start today insteadYour figures, and your own estimate of how long it takes you to get going — we are not quoting anyone's delivery times. Card payments carry the usual processing fee whenever you take one. Full pricing.
This is the whole thing.
Four screens — tap the row above to change which one you are looking at.
Your week on one screen. Every appointment, every gap, everything still to chase. Sample data.
$45.00
Skin fadeAndre W. · 45 min
Take payment$45.00
In your bank FridayCharge a card without buying anything. The phone you already own takes the payment. No reader, no hardware, no monthly fee to get paid. Sample data.
Fade RoomMarcus Bell · Dallas TX
A page that books people at 11pm. Clients pick a time themselves instead of texting you mid-haircut. Sample data.
What you earned, and who has gone quiet. The month in one number, plus the regulars who are overdue and have not been called. Sample data.
What you get.
- FreeCard payments on your iPhone
- FreeYour business page, services and prices
- FreeA planner calendar that is actually yours
- FreeImport the client list you already have
- FreeFound in local search, with no finder's fee
- $20Booking link that takes bookings
- $20Listed in Find-a-Pro
- $20Full calendar, deposits, reminders
- $20Finances, payouts and paid-time-off savings
- $20Analytics
- $20Clients, deals, broadcasts
- $20Staff and locations, every chair included
- $20Gallery and page themes
- $20Rewards
Free stays free with no expiry. The $20 covers the whole business — every staff member, not per chair.
So what's the catch?
$20 a month
The front desk, the back office and the shop's growth — your booking link, deposits and reminders, your money and your numbers, your listing in Find-a-Pro. Flat for the whole business however many of you there are. We only ask the first time you touch it — share your link, open analytics — never before that.
A fee on card payments
The card networks charge to move money and we keep a small margin on top. It comes out of the payment, so there is never a bill to pay us and nothing to cancel.
What we promise
- We will never take a commission on a booking. Not on a new client, not ever.
- Your client list is yours. We will not show it to anyone, and you can export it and walk.
- One price for the whole business. We will not start charging you per chair.
- If the price ever changes, you hear it from us first — not from your statement.
— The BookerAI team
Three ways to run this.
| Capability | BookerAI | Marketplace apps | Card readers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open | $0 | Monthly, from day one | Buy the hardware |
| Ready to take payment | Today | Once set up | When the reader arrives |
| Books appointments | Yes | Yes | No |
| Takes card, no hardware | Yes | Reader required | Reader required |
| Deposits & no-shows | Yes | Yes | No |
| Price per extra chair | $0 | Per staff member | Varies |
| Who owns the client | You | Shown to others | You |
Card-reader apps take payments but never book the appointment. Marketplace apps book but charge you per chair. This does both, for one flat price, on the phone you already own.
Category figures reflect published pricing at time of writing. Compared with Square · Compared with Booksy
Straight answers.
Is the free plan a trial?
No. There is no countdown and no card on file. Set up your business and take card payments free for as long as you like. Premium is a separate decision you make later, or never.
Do I really not need a card reader?
Correct. Tap to Pay uses the iPhone itself. There is no terminal to buy, rent, charge or lose.
What does it cost to take a payment?
Card payments carry the standard processing fee, and BookerAI keeps a small margin on top. It is taken out of the payment, so there is no separate bill. The exact numbers are on the pricing page.
What exactly does $20 a month unlock?
The front desk: a booking link that takes bookings, your listing in Find-a-Pro, the full calendar with deposits and reminders, your finances and PTO savings, analytics, client tools and broadcasts, staff and locations, and your page's gallery and themes. Flat for the whole business — every staff member included, no per-chair fee.
Is switching painful?
No. Import your existing client list on the free plan, keep your current tool running while you test, and move over when you are ready. See how switching works.
What if I stop paying for Premium?
You drop back to the free plan. Nothing is deleted — your business, your services and your clients stay in your account. It is month to month, so there is nothing to cancel out of.
Is it on Android?
Not yet. The iPhone app is live now and Android is on the way — leave your email and we will send it the day it lands.
You can be set up
before your next client.
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