Booq, a Nearcut alternative for mobile barbers
Booq is a booking and scheduling app built for mobile barbers. When you go to the client, the address is part of the appointment. Booq checks where you work, how long the journey takes and what travel costs before clients book.
In a shop, the next client comes to the same chair. On the road, the next haircut could be around the corner or across town. Your booking times need to reflect that difference.
Nearcut’s public product offering focuses heavily on barbershop booking websites and shop-management tools. Booq is designed around a barber travelling between client addresses throughout the day.
7 days free, then £29/month.
A barbershop booking website or a diary built around home visits?
Choose Booq if your working day takes you from one client’s home to the next. Choose Nearcut if you want a personalised barbershop website and tools for filling cancellations.
| For your working day | Booq | Nearcut |
|---|---|---|
| Client booking | Your own booking link. Clients book in their browser. | Personalised booking website with social booking integrations. |
| Mobile services | Address, service area and travel price checked during booking. | Shop-focused booking; ask for a home-visit demonstration. |
| Time between appointments | Travel between client addresses shapes available times. | Confirm how journeys between client addresses affect online availability. |
| Travel pricing | Travel-pricing rules applied to the client’s address. | Ask how address-based travel charges would be configured. |
| Discovery | Direct bookings through the link you share. No marketplace. | Your own booking website, with no marketplace commission. |
| Business tools | Mobile diary, booking flow, client details and travel controls. | Reminders, waitlist tools and optional marketing, loyalty and retail add-ons. |
A shop calendar and a home-visit diary face different constraints. Ask Nearcut to demonstrate two consecutive bookings at different addresses, including travel time and any travel charge.
A cancellation leaves a gap. Who can you reach in it?
Imagine a cancellation opens 11:00–12:00 between two home visits. A new client wants a 30-minute haircut. The haircut fits the gap, but you also need time to reach them and get to your next appointment.
Booq accounts for travel between client addresses when offering times. A nearby booking may fit that opening while a longer journey may need a different slot, even for the same service.
Illustrative Booq scheduling scenario, not a tested Nearcut result. Available times depend on the addresses, service duration, working hours and surrounding appointments.
Nearcut 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.
Nearcut’s Free for You plan is £0/month for the business. Clients pay a separate booking charge when booking online.
Its Subscription plan uses a monthly quote based on your shop’s needs, without the client booking charge. A one-month trial is advertised.
Compare the quoted subscription, VAT and any optional Business Boosters with the charges your clients would pay on Free for You.
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
Does Nearcut have a free plan?
Yes. Free for You has no monthly bill for the business, but clients pay a booking charge. Nearcut also offers a quoted monthly subscription without that client charge.
Can I bring my existing bookings and clients across?
Moving from Nearcut? Get in touch—we’re happy to help you bring your clients and upcoming appointments across to Booq.
Which should I choose if all my clients come to one shop?
Nearcut’s personalised booking website and shop-focused tools may be the closer fit. Booq’s main distinction matters when you travel between client addresses and those journeys need to shape the diary.
Sources and review notes
Published by Booq. Reviewed 17 September 2026. Source: https://nearcut.com/en-GB/pricing