Salon Accounting
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Salon Accounting, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Salon Accounting's own pricing page, checked 21 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Essential Accounting | $7.99 a month | services, tips and product sales · categorized expenses · bank auto-import · P&L statements · receipt storage · client contacts and visit history · web/iOS/Android · online scheduling · reminders · quarterly tax calculations · monthly |
| Accounting + Scheduling | $14.99 a month | Everything in Essential · online scheduling portal · email/text reminders · bring-your-own payment processor · Stripe payments · service menu and duration management · quarterly tax calculations · tax reminders and rules · monthly |
| All Features | $21.99 a month | Everything in Scheduling · federal tax rules engine · yearly tax profiles · estimated quarterly taxes · payment reminders · IRS payment links · priority email support · future features · monthly |
The facts
Each one read from Salon Accounting's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- The maker describes the product as intended for U.S. independent stylists, booth renters, suite owners, nail technicians, barbers, and salon owners.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Bank auto-import
- The product connects bank and credit-card accounts and imports transactions for categorization.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Banking
- The app can import bank and credit card transactions, and connecting a bank is optional.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Banking integration
- Plaid is used to connect financial institutions and retrieve transaction and balance data.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Changelog
- The latest App Store version 8.6, dated January 30, 2025, lists bug fixes and performance improvements.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Client records
- Client contacts, visit history and notes are included as a lightweight built-in CRM.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Data import limit
- The FAQ says direct import from other software is not currently available; only bank connections are supported for automatic importing.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The maker provides FAQs, quick-start guides, tax guides, terminology articles, P&L guidance and video tutorials.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Expense categories
- Preset salon categories include supplies, rent, education, insurance, advertising and equipment.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Founding history
- Julie Manske supplied salon experience and David Manske built the software; the product says it has served salons since 2012.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Funding and size
- GetLatka lists no confirmed revenue, funding, employee count or customer count for Salon Accounting.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Income tracking
- Users enter daily totals for services, tips and product sales.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The privacy policy identifies Plaid for bank connections, Stripe for payments, Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics for usage analytics, and Zoho SalesIQ for support chat.checked 8 Oct 2026
- IRS links
- The All Features plan provides links to IRS Direct Pay after calculating an estimated payment.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The terms describe a proprietary service owned by Creative Reputation and grant users a limited, non-exclusive licence for business use.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: lost data and support
- Another App Store reviewer reported losing hours of entered data after an error and receiving no response to support messages.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: subscription transparency
- A Google Play reviewer complained that pricing after the trial was difficult to find, while another reported trouble subscribing and regaining access.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Multiple workspaces
- One account can contain multiple workspaces for separate salons or locations.checked 21 Oct 2026
The company
- Company identity
- Salon Accounting is a product of Creative Reputation, LLC, a Wisconsin limited-liability company.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2012checked 23 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Google Play lists Creative Reputation, LLC at 2111 Penhurst Way, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States.checked 21 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- iOS requirements
- The App Store listing requires iOS/iPadOS 13 or later; Mac use requires macOS 11 or later with an Apple M1-or-later chip.checked 21 Oct 2026
- Limit: app stability
- An App Store reviewer reported freezing, failure to save entries and repeated restarts during bookkeeping.checked 21 Oct 2026
Money
- Limit: scheduling cost
- GlossGenius's comparison says scheduling costs extra and describes the interface as less modern than competitors.checked 21 Oct 2026
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