Booq, a Fresha alternative for mobile barbers
Booq is a booking and scheduling app built for mobile barbers. Run your mobile day around your clients’ addresses. Booq brings service-area checks, travel-aware times and travel pricing into one direct booking flow.
When clients already find you through referrals or social media, the next step is making their home visit fit your day. They need to book a place you cover, at a time you can reach them.
Fresha combines marketplace discovery with a broad beauty and wellness business platform. Booq focuses on the day-to-day work of travelling from one client to the next.
7 days free, then £29/month.
Fresha’s beauty and wellness platform or Booq’s focused mobile workflow?
Choose Booq if you travel to different client addresses throughout your working day. Choose Fresha if marketplace discovery, retail and a wider beauty-business toolkit are your priority.
| For your working day | Booq | Fresha |
|---|---|---|
| Client booking | Your own booking link. Clients book in their browser. | Marketplace profile and direct booking links. |
| Mobile services | Address, service area and travel price checked during booking. | Test address collection and home-visit booking before switching. |
| Time between appointments | Travel between client addresses shapes available times. | Scheduling tools available; confirm address-to-address travel calculations. |
| Travel pricing | Travel-pricing rules applied to the client’s address. | Confirm whether travel charges can follow the client’s address. |
| Discovery | Direct bookings through the link you share. No marketplace. | Beauty and wellness marketplace with client reviews. |
| Business tools | Mobile diary, booking flow, client details and travel controls. | Payments, inventory, marketing, memberships and reporting. |
For home visits, test two consecutive bookings at different addresses. Confirm how Fresha handles the journey and travel charges before relying on the available times.
One booking link. Different addresses. Different options.
Imagine two clients opening your Booq link for the same haircut. One lives near your previous appointment; the other lives across town. The service is identical, but the journeys are different.
Booq checks each address against your service area, uses travel to shape available times, and applies your travel-pricing rules. Each client can choose from options that account for their location.
Illustrative Booq booking scenario. The exact times and charges depend on your settings and surrounding appointments. This example does not establish how Fresha handles the same bookings.
Fresha vs Booq pricing
Pricing
Booq costs £29/month, with a seven-day free trial. It includes a mobile diary, direct booking link, client details and travel controls.
Subscription details are shown before checkout.
Fresha offers Independent and Team subscriptions, with a seven-day trial. Team pricing is per bookable team member.
Confirm the UK price and currency during signup. The public pricing page returned regional euro prices during this review.
Payment processing, additional messages and optional add-ons can increase the total. Check the marketplace terms shown for your region.
Make the move at your own pace
Explore Booq’s mobile barber booking software, then use the trial to check how it fits your working day before sharing a new booking link.
- Set up your mobile business. Create your business in the Booq app. Add services, working hours, service area and travel pricing.
- Check a real working day. Add upcoming appointments manually. Test two client addresses and check the times and travel prices.
- Share your booking link. Once your diary is up to date, share your Booq link. Clients book in their browser.
Frequently asked questions
Is Fresha suitable for mobile barbers?
Fresha offers broad beauty-business tools. Before choosing it for home visits, test how client addresses affect available times and travel charges.
Can I bring my existing bookings and clients across?
Moving from Fresha? Get in touch—we’re happy to help you bring your clients and upcoming appointments across to Booq.
Will Booq help new clients discover my business?
Booq provides a direct booking link rather than a consumer marketplace. Share it through your own channels. If marketplace discovery is an important source of your bookings, weigh that benefit of Fresha alongside your mobile scheduling needs.
Sources and review notes
Published by Booq. Reviewed 17 September 2026. Source: https://www.fresha.com/en-GB/pricing