What to use instead of Altegio, DIKIDI or Booksy
Why masters in Ukraine are looking for another booking app, what to check before switching, and who Beauty Booking suits and who it does not. Facts with sources only.

Beauty Booking blog
Product updates and practical ideas to help you fill your calendar and grow your beauty business.
Why masters in Ukraine are looking for another booking app, what to check before switching, and who Beauty Booking suits and who it does not. Facts with sources only.

Touch-ups on schedule, notes on curls, lengths and allergies, several services in one visit and a page with photos of your work you can send Instagram followers to. What you really need and what Beauty Booking already does.

What a booking app has to handle when the day is packed, a cut is short and a colour takes hours, and which of it Beauty Booking does.

What an app for a nail technician should do: a calendar with real service durations, a client card with allergies and history, repeat bookings and a page with photos of your work. And which of it Beauty Booking already has.

Free, Lite and Pro in App Store dollars and in hryvnias at the NBU rate. What each plan includes, how the free month works and what happens after 50 appointments.

Beauty Booking, Altegio, Fresha, Booksy, DIKIDI and Bookon - what each costs for one master, whether there is a commission per booking, how the client books and who each one suits. Only checked figures, each with a date.

Where to put your booking link in your Instagram bio, your Telegram channel, your personal profile and your replies to clients, and why one link works better than a screenshot of your schedule.

Your calendar already holds the numbers. Finances turns them into revenue, materials cost and what is left for the month, with no bookkeeping.

No-shows quietly cost you a slice of every month. A calm playbook to keep your calendar full without treating good clients like suspects.

A calm way to set prices that pay for your time, your materials and your skill, and still win the booking.

Which income book to keep in group 2 and 3, how much single tax and social contribution (ESV) to pay, the income limits, and when you need a software cash register (PRRO) - short, with 2026 figures and sources.

A step-by-step plan for one week - clients, services and prices, a message to regulars, a new link in Instagram and two weeks of running both apps. Plus what to do with appointments already booked.

Clients book in Telegram without installing any app, and you confirm each request with one tap. How this differs from booking through private messages, and what you need to start.
