Booq, a Square Appointments alternative for mobile barbers
Booq is a booking and scheduling app built for mobile barbers. Your booking diary needs to account for the drive, too. Booq uses client addresses, travel time and your travel-pricing rules when offering appointments.
A free slot on the calendar is only useful if you can reach the next client. For a mobile barber, the journey matters alongside taking the booking and payment.
Square Appointments connects scheduling with Square payments and point of sale. Booq focuses on fitting bookings around the journey between clients.
7 days free, then £29/month.
Square’s payments ecosystem or Booq’s travel-aware diary?
Choose Booq if client addresses need to shape your available times and travel prices. Choose Square Appointments if integrated payments, point of sale and general scheduling are your priority.
| For your working day | Booq | Square Appointments |
|---|---|---|
| Client booking | Your own booking link. Clients book in their browser. | Online booking website, widget or booking button. |
| Mobile services | Address, service area and travel price checked during booking. | General appointment booking; test the full home-visit workflow. |
| Time between appointments | Travel between client addresses shapes available times. | Calendar blocking available; confirm address-to-address travel calculations. |
| Travel pricing | Travel-pricing rules applied to the client’s address. | Check how you would add travel charges for each client address. |
| Discovery | Direct bookings through the link you share. No marketplace. | Booking website and integrations with Google and social channels. |
| Business tools | Mobile diary, booking flow, client details and travel controls. | Payments, point of sale, reminders and staff tools; features vary by plan. |
If you already use Square for payments, test a full day of home visits before switching. Check address collection, the gap between appointments and how any travel charge reaches the client.
A 10:00 finish does not always mean a 10:15 booking.
Imagine finishing a home visit at 10:00. The next client wants 10:15, but their address is a 30-minute drive away. The calendar gap alone cannot tell you whether that booking fits.
Booq uses travel between client addresses to shape the times offered. In this example, 10:15 would not fit; 10:30 could, provided the service and the rest of your day also fit.
Illustrative example, not a live route calculation or a test of Square. Actual Booq availability depends on services, working hours, service area and surrounding appointments.
Square Appointments 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.
Square Appointments lists Free at £0 for one location, Plus at £29/month per location and Premium at £69/month per location.
Payment-processing fees apply separately. Paid plans add scheduling and staff features.
Compare the specific features you need, rather than the headline subscription alone. Hardware and other Square products may add to the total.
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 Square Appointments free?
Square offers a £0 Free plan for one location. Payment processing still has fees, and some scheduling features require a paid plan.
Can I bring my existing bookings and clients across?
Moving from Square Appointments? Get in touch—we’re happy to help you bring your clients and upcoming appointments across to Booq.
What if I already use Square for payments?
Include your existing payment workflow in the decision. Compare how each booking system handles a full day of home visits, and check how bookings and payments would be reconciled before changing systems. This comparison does not assume a Booq–Square integration.
Sources and review notes
Published by Booq. Reviewed 17 September 2026. Source: https://squareup.com/gb/en/appointments/pricing