Fresha

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Overview

About Fresha

Fresha is a booking solution for beauty and wellness businesses, salons, barbershops, spas, and more. Managers can handle all appointments, staff members, and locations from an online calendar. Teams can attract more new clients and fill your calendar by taking bookings on your Instagram and Facebook pages, through Google Search and Maps, and on the website. Operators can reach clients anywhere, anytime and grow the business with various marketing tools, including email campaigns, text messages, and alerts within the Fresha app.

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Fresha Features

Features of Fresha
Appointment Management
Automated Scheduling
Calendar Management
Client Database
Group Scheduling
Mobile Access
Online Payments
Recurring Appointments
Reporting & Statistics
Access Controls/Permissions

Fresha Integrations

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Customer Reviews

See why people love Fresha

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4 Star
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2 Star
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1 Star
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Lucy K.

Lucy K.

Verified User

Cosmetics · 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years
Dec 22, 2025

Easy to use

The staff are all really helpful, the system is reliable and it’s really easy to use.

What they liked
  • ease of use, online booking features and accessibility
Room for improvement

Most of the time the response on email for urgent issues is quick but it is annoying not having a support line to ring

Switched From

Reliability, having a system cloud based and easy to access remotely and cost

Anna M.

Verified User

Design · Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 2 years
Dec 22, 2025

Great booking system that grows with you

Overall I think Fresha is great, at the beginning especially. Great prices when you’re paying, a lot of extra functions, and best thing is that it is giving you customers (unlike some booking systems).

What they liked
  • Best thing was that it was basic and free when I was starting
  • Not many options but for not experienced person that was a good thing and I think it’s still free for one person business (at least it was)
Room for improvement
  • When my business was growing I needed more options but they were either paid or not really as good as separate systems
  • But saying that it wasn’t expensive and it was working quite well
Switched From

Treatwell is not compatible with other booking systems and it was causing a lot of time consuming problems like double booking and calling customers

Why they chose it

"They don’t give me customers (maybe they are not popular enough)"

Jorge M.

Verified User

Alternative Medicine · 2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years
Dec 22, 2025

Appointments, scheduling and notes | An all-in-one no-brainer app

Verified reviewer

What they liked
  • First of all: FREE
  • Second: Complete
  • Third: take notes, upload pictures which is great for before/after pictures or medical exams, prescriptions, etc
  • Fourth: Patient notifications by e-mail and SMS
  • is that enough
Room for improvement
  • I'd love to be able to edit the SMS reminder
  • I love the fact it has Portuguese as a language, since I'm based in Portugal
  • HOWEVER, the fact that it uses Portuguese from Brazil (as if that's even legit) is annoying
  • Words like "gerenciamento" and "oi" on a reminder for a health appointment in Portugal shouldn't exist if you want to look professional :(

Kirsty L.

Verified User

Consumer Services · Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years
Dec 22, 2025

Dissapointed long term foundational member

Dissapointing. Unfair and unsolicited charges. Missleading and deceptive conduct. Not to be trusted. Have contacted my clients in Australia asking for tips, random charges processed that did not exist, promised free forever accounts for initial features such as calander bookings and unlimited reminder texts, to foundational early members 8 to 10 years ago that they are not honouring.

What they liked

Easy to use format for basic use, but no longer available so now nothing to like, and currently moving over to square appointments much fairer plans etc

Room for improvement
  • The companies deceptive and missleading business practices, and agressively rude communication style
  • no longer includes any basic plan available for sole traders just wanting basic features

Bianca P.

Verified User

Consumer Services · 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months
Dec 22, 2025

Fresha review

Good software and easy to use. The value of the software doesn’t match the price point. Good reporting system as well.

What they liked
  • Easy to set up with a simple interface
  • Scheduling notifications options are customizable, and good customer service
Room for improvement

Coat of service is a lot higher than other salon softwares, would like more options for customizing services

Why they chose it

"Good reviews and promotional options when I signed up"

Kathryn L.

Kathryn L.

Verified User

Health, Wellness and Fitness · 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years
May 28, 2026

Terrible customer service, lots of hidden fees.

Horrible, do not use them. They over charge for everything. I was given a processing rate but then they ended up charging me 0.5% more than what was supposed to be. I ended up paying double if not triple what I was paying with my old processing machine. They also like to charge for 20% on new clients that they didn't refer. When asked to be removed off of their "marketing" site, your clients cannot book appointment online anymore so you are stuck with occasionally paying for 20% of "new client" fees even if that client cancell their appointment. They are so greedy they like to charge for services that they didn't provide. Also had a staff no longer working and I was charged for her because she used to be a bookable staff. Overall, shady and greedy business.

What they liked
  • User friendly, lots of features for booking services
Room for improvement
  • Lots of hidden fees
  • Over charges, shady sale reps
  • Terrible customer service
Switched From

Does not have booking features I wanted.

Erik K.

Verified User

Medical Practice · Self-Employed

Used monthly for less than 12 months
May 28, 2026

Fresha's 'new client fee' policy feels unfair.

While the fee is supposed to apply to first-time clients who find my services via the Fresha website, I'm being charged for customers who scan my in-store QR code to book. I've repeatedly inquired, as these are my existing clients or ones I've attracted independently, yet Fresha treats them as new clients sourced by them. Essentially, I feel I'm helping Fresha acquire new users rather than benefiting from their platform as intended.

What they liked
  • They try to cooperate with their clients, and remain positive
  • Their application is easy to navigate
Room for improvement
  • I feel their policy regarding 'new client fees' is unfair
  • Fresha outline that a charge will be incurred for first time clients, who found my services via their website
  • I have inquried about this to Fresha several times, as I use their QR code at my store to allow my clients to book an appointment, however, I still get charged for those customers, as if they intially found my services through Fresha, though this is not the case
  • It seems I am aiding Fresha with gaining new customers, rather than myself receiving this benefit

Jess H.

Verified User

Hospital & Health Care · Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years
May 28, 2026

Good but pricy if you want everything

I used Fresha for a lot of years and it was really good and grew fast but after a while more and more things became an extra charge and not with the monthly charge I’ve decided to leave

What they liked
  • Initially I liked the test reminders and the simple use of the calendar
  • Keeping track of stock, bills and discounts given
Room for improvement
  • The charges and continually lowering of the amount of text available
  • More things I previously had became chargeable

Melissa c.

Verified User

Cosmetics · Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 2 years
May 28, 2026

Fresha review

It was really good, really easy to book clients in and navigate. The app was really easy to use aswell

What they liked

How easy it is to book my clients in and how easy it was to create your own products/menu of services

Room for improvement

I didn’t like how they said they wouldn’t charge but are now charging for Fresha but I understand why

Juliet U.

Verified User

Civic & Social Organization · Self-Employed

Used monthly for more than 2 years
May 28, 2026

Effortless appointment booking

Verified reviewer

What they liked
  • Fresha is very user friendly even for beginners
  • It is easy to schedule appointment
  • You can also be rest assured that you will not miss your appointments because it would notify you should your appointment be coming
  • The customer service is also very responsive
Room for improvement
  • One can find it difficult to navigate when you want to try to book an appointment
  • Also, the reporting aspect of the fresha is very hard to navigate

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