Free online booking for nail technicians
What you see. A sample dashboard, shown with a cleaning business's bookings.
What your clients see. The nail technician starter page, before you change anything.
General booking apps sell a time slot. 1MinuteBooking prices the whole visit: the set, the soak-off and every nail of art.
Clients say if they're wearing gel, dip or acrylic, so a removal adds its own time and price, and nail art is priced per nail. Every pricing control
Up to 3 people in one booking, each with their own mani, pedi and extras, back to back. How it works
Connect your own Stripe account and clients pay a deposit or the full price by card as they book. No monthly fee: 2% per card payment, plus Stripe's fee. How deposits work
No add-ons to buy and no per-feature upgrades. Pro, at $10 a month, only adds your branding, Excel export and analytics.
Bookings are confirmed the moment they come in, with a confirmation email. Bookings that look risky still wait for you. How it works
Clients get the date, time and address by email 24 hours before, or when you choose. How it works
A Manage booking button lets clients move or cancel up to a cutoff you set. You get an email for every change. How it works
When you mark a booking Completed, the client gets a Book again button with their last booking filled in. How it works
Every booking shows up in Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar, and moves and cancellations update by themselves. How it works
A captcha, connection checks and your own filters send fake requests to a Spam folder, where they never hold a time. How it works
Paste one line of code, and clients book and pay right on your site.
Square, Calendly and BookingKoala, side by side, for one person running their own business.
| 1MinuteBooking | Square Appointments | Calendly | BookingKoala | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost for one person | $0, with no time limit. Pro is an optional $10 a month | Free for one location. Plus is $49 a month per location (Oct 2026) | Free for one event type. $10 to $12 a month for more (Oct 2026) | From $27 a month, after a 14-day trial (Oct 2026) |
| Prices built from the job | Hours, quantities, sizes, add-ons and travel fees | Service variations | One event, one length | Pricing parameters for cleaning-style forms |
| Card deposits as they book | On the free plan, into your own Stripe account. 2% plus Stripe's fee | Through Square payments | On paid plans | Through its payment gateway |
| Quote requests with photos | Yes, with your own questions and up to 5 photos | Estimates in Square Invoices, not on the booking page | No | A lead form |
| Travel fees and drive time | A fee and drive time for each distance | Not a built-in setting | No | Pricing by location |
| Setup | Minutes. Your trade's services, prices and questions start filled in | Build your services in the Square dashboard | Build your event types | Pick an industry, then set up forms and providers |
Last updated . From each company's pricing page and help center. Plans change, so check theirs before you decide. Full comparisons: Square Appointments · Calendly · BookingKoala
Nail techs comparing booking apps usually look at Booksy, Vagaro, Square and Mangomint. They add payments, marketing and marketplaces, and suit salons with several techs.
If you run a salon with several techs, a salon platform fits better. If it's your table, 1MinuteBooking lets clients book it with the price and time up front. It's free, with no time limit.
Your booking page with stock photos, bookings and quote requests.
Your logo, your own photos and colors, Excel export and analytics, and no "Powered by" badge.
Salons with several techs often use Booksy, Vagaro or Mangomint. A solo nail tech who needs services, per-nail art, removals and fills can use 1MinuteBooking for free.
Yes. 1MinuteBooking's free plan has no time limit and includes services, per-nail add-ons, group bookings and buffer time. Pro ($10 USD a month) adds your logo and colors.
Yes. With Stripe Payments on, a deposit or the full price is charged before the booking goes through, into your own Stripe account - useful for long services like a Full Set Acrylics or Gel-X Extensions.
Yes - up to 3 people in one booking. After picking the first person's services, the client taps "+ Add another person" and picks the next person's services and add-ons (a manicure for one, a mani and pedi for the other). The appointments run one after another, so the booking is as long as all of them together and the price is the sum; the date, time and contact details are asked once. Your bookings, receipts and emails list each person separately.
Yes - Nail Art (Per Nail) is +$5 and 3 minutes each, so the price and the time grow with the count.
Use Duplicate booking. Once a full set is marked Completed, open it and click Duplicate booking, switch the service to Acrylic Fill and pick the next date and time.
Clients can also rebook themselves: when you mark a booking Completed, they're emailed a thank-you with a Book again link that fills in their last booking at your current prices - they just pick the next date.
Yes - most services ask whether they're wearing gel, dip or acrylic now. Removal adds $10 and 15 minutes for hands or feet, or $20 and 30 minutes for both.
Sign up free with Nail Technician already selected. You can change anything later.