Haircut vs Squire and The Cut on features

Every app has a long feature page. The question is what you can use on day one without upgrading. On Squire, Booksy, and The Cut, owners often hit walls on payouts, multi-location, or reporting until they move up a tier or talk to sales. Haircut puts the core ops stack on Shop and Empire.

Client booking: Haircut vs Booksy

Booksy helps new clients find you through its marketplace. Useful for empty chairs. Less useful when you want every booking to stay on your brand and your URL. Haircut uses your link (including hcut.app/yourname) with no marketplace in the middle and no booking fee at checkout.

• Online booking from your link, Google, Instagram, or shop page
• SMS, push, and email reminders
• Promo codes, loyalty, and gift cards
• Waitlist when the day is full
• Branded booking on Empire (your logo and colors)
• No booking fee for clients

For barbers: Haircut vs The Cut

The Cut does a good job for the barber on their phone: calendar, clients, booking link. Haircut matches that workflow and adds shop tooling when you grow (splits, rent, Commander) so you are not switching apps when you hire chair two and three.

• Personal booking links (hcut.app/yourname) for bio, DMs, and cards
• Calendar blocks and walk-ins alongside online bookings
• Client history and notes
• Card on file and cancellation fees for no-shows
• Stripe Connect payouts with splits calculated for you

For owners: Commander vs Squire

Squire's shop dashboard is proven. Lots of shops run on it. Haircut's Commander handles staff, splits, inventory, and reports on Shop and Empire without the per-booking fee stack that comes with Squire's pricing.

• Multiple locations from one account
• Staff management without arbitrary barber caps
• Commission splits, rent, and scheduled payouts
• POS, retail, and inventory
• Reports and CSV exports on Empire
• Google Reviews and re-engagement tools
• QuickBooks Online sync and API on Empire

We are not trying to win a feature checklist against Squire or Booksy. One app for booking, money, and daily ops beats five tabs and a group chat. And your clients should not pay extra to book you.