Booking app
for massage therapists.

What is the best booking app for a massage therapist?

The best booking app for a UK massage therapist gives every massage its real length, leaves time to reset the room between clients, gets the health form signed before they arrive and takes a deposit so the hour you hold is paid for. Covered Beauty, which we make, does all of that from £9 a month if you work alone, or £19.99 for a team of up to five, with no commission. If you want a marketplace to bring you new clients, Fresha and Booksy are built for that, and Setmore and Square Appointments have free plans for a quiet diary.

We make Covered Beauty, so we’ve also set out the alternatives and who they suit. Every figure about another provider links to its own page, with the day we checked it.

What do massage therapists need from a booking app?

• The right length for every massage. A short back and shoulders and a long full body massage aren’t the same booking. Give each treatment its own length and price, and clients only see times that fit.
• A gap to reset the room. Time to change the linen and be ready for the next client, without it showing as bookable.
• The health form before they arrive. Massage forms ask about pregnancy, recent surgery, blood clots or heart conditions, cancer treatment, infections, wounds or a fever, and injuries or areas to avoid. The answers tell you whether to adapt, or wait.
• Deposits that stop no-shows. An hour held for a massage is an hour you can’t sell again. A deposit taken at booking means the people who book turn up, or you’re not out of pocket.
• Regulars back on time, and gift vouchers. Regular clients can be booked in on a repeat, and a massage voucher is an easy gift to sell.

How does Covered Beauty work for massage therapists?

Bookings and deposits

Set up your treatments with the lengths and prices you really use. Put your booking link in your Instagram bio and on your website, and let clients book while you’re with someone else. Clients choose a treatment and can add up to three more to the same visit. They pick one time and pay one deposit. You set the deposit for each treatment: a fixed amount, a percentage of the price, or none. It goes straight into your own Stripe account, and Covered Beauty takes no commission on any booking.

Add a gap after each treatment, up to two hours, to reset the room. Working from home or a rented room? Add each place as a venue with its own address and days, and clients only see the times you’re at each one. Set a cancellation window too. Clients who pay a deposit online save their card, so if someone doesn’t turn up you can charge your no-show fee, in line with your terms.

The health form before they arrive

Start from the ready-made massage and body treatments form and make it your own. Link a form to your treatments and it goes out with the confirmation, with a reminder 48 hours before if it isn’t done. Clients sign on their phone, and the signed form stays on their record, ready to print or save as a PDF. You can also email a private link without a booking. It works for 14 days and only for that client.

A returning client whose form comes with a booking, and who filled in the same form in the last six months, sees their previous answers, confirms nothing has changed and signs again.

Reminders, regulars and vouchers

Clients get a confirmation, then reminder emails three days before, the day before and two hours before. Text reminders come from the texts included each month (50 texts a month on Solo, 150 on Pro and 300 on the Team plan), with more available if you need them. For regulars, make an appointment recurring, every 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 or 12 weeks, and each visit is created 14 days before it’s due. Smart rebooking spots who’s due back, and on Pro and the Team plan it emails them a nudge for you every morning. You can also sell gift vouchers, and let clients join a waitlist when a day is full.

What to ask before a massage, and when to adapt or wait, is in What to put in a massage consultation form.

What does it cost?

Solo is £9 a month, Pro £14 and the Team plan £19.99 for up to five people. Pro adds 150 texts a month instead of 50, rebooking emails sent for you every morning, win-back campaigns, your own web address and your logo at the top of your booking page instead of ours. There is no booking commission on any plan, deposits go into your own Stripe account and Stripe’s card fees apply, and consent forms are on every plan. You get 7 days free to try it, with no card needed to start. See the plans.

When isn’t Covered Beauty the right fit for massage therapists?

• You want a marketplace to bring you new clients. Fresha is built for that and charges a one-off fee on some new marketplace clients.
• You travel to clients most days. Covered Beauty doesn’t ask for the client’s address when they book, work out travel time or charge travel fees.
• You teach group classes. Covered Beauty books one client into one appointment, so classes with several people in one slot aren’t what it’s made for.
• You have more than five people, or several branches each with their own staff. The Team plan stops at five people.
• You need drawn signatures or photos inside a form. Forms are signed with a typed name, and the ready-made forms are starting points to check with your insurer.

For every option side by side, read the best salon booking software in the UK.

What are the other options for massage therapists?

These are the systems most often weighed up for this work, with what each one publishes.

Fresha

• What it costs: Independent: £14.95/month, excluding VAT. Team: £9.95 per team member a month, excluding VAT.
• Commission: 20% once on a brand-new client from its marketplace, minimum £4, excluding VAT. None on returning clients or your own booking links.
• Deposits: Upfront payments and no-show fees through its optional payments. Online card payments 1.40% + 25p.
• Consent forms: Consultation forms and patch tests are listed among its features.
• Best for: Salons of any size that want a consumer marketplace to help new clients find them.
• Look elsewhere if: Most of your clients already book with you and you’re paying for every team member.

Covered Beauty vs Fresha.

Source: Fresha UK pricing, checked 12 October 2026.

Booksy

• What it costs: £40/month plus VAT. Extra users £5/month each.
• Commission: None on standard bookings. Optional Boost: 30% once on a Boost client’s first visit, minimum £5, plus VAT.
• Deposits: No-show protection is included. Its card processing fees apply.
• Consent forms: Custom forms and liability waivers are included.
• Best for: Salons and barbers who want a consumer booking app as well as a diary.
• Look elsewhere if: You work alone and want the smallest monthly bill.

Covered Beauty vs Booksy.

Source: Booksy UK pricing, checked 12 October 2026.

Square Appointments

• What it costs: Free: £0 for one location. Plus: £29/month per location.
• Commission: None listed.
• Deposits: Prepayments on every plan. No-show and cancellation fees need Plus.
• Consent forms: Contracts sent to clients when they book, on every plan. Custom contract fields on Premium.
• Best for: Businesses already taking card payments with Square’s readers or till.
• Look elsewhere if: You want no-show fees without paying for Plus.

Covered Beauty vs Square Appointments.

Source: Square Appointments UK pricing and Square UK waitlist page, checked 12 October 2026.

Setmore

• What it costs: Free plan for up to four users. Pro is priced per user in US dollars.
• Commission: No transaction fees or commission of its own.
• Deposits: Through Square, Stripe or PayPal, at their own rates.
• Consent forms: We couldn’t confirm this from its pricing page. Ask Setmore.
• Best for: A simple diary if you don’t need tools made for salons.
• Look elsewhere if: You want UK prices in pounds, or you need consent forms and can’t confirm Setmore covers them.

Covered Beauty vs Setmore.

Source: Setmore pricing, Setmore payments and Setmore FAQs, checked 10 October 2026.

Mindbody

• What it costs: From £89/month per location. Plans priced through a call.
• Commission: 20% of a new client’s first purchase when its app brings them to you, capped at $30 or 30 in local currency.
• Deposits: Card-on-file payments and cancellation policies through Mindbody Payments.
• Consent forms: We couldn’t confirm this from its pricing page. Ask Mindbody.
• Best for: Spa, wellness and fitness businesses with several staff or locations, classes and memberships.
• Look elsewhere if: You run a small salon and want to see the price before a sales call.

Covered Beauty vs Mindbody.

Source: Mindbody UK pricing, checked 12 October 2026.

Which should you choose?

• Your clients find you by recommendation and book you every few weeks? A direct booking system with deposits, forms and no commission, such as Covered Beauty.
• You need a stream of new clients? Fresha or Booksy, if what a new client is worth to you is more than the fee.
• You run a wellness business with classes or several locations? Mindbody, which prices through a call.
• Only a handful of bookings a month? A free plan from Setmore or Square Appointments may be all you need for now.