I hate my barber software, what else is there?
Short answerSwitching barber software means moving three things: your client list, your service and barber setup, and future appointments. Export clients first, recreate services and chairs by hand, and tell booked clients about any new booking link before the old one closes.
The explanation
A barbershop runs on a calendar that clients read constantly. The biggest risk when switching is the booking link: if clients tap an old link that now leads nowhere, they stop booking. Plan the link change as carefully as the data move.
Export the client list with names, phones and last visit dates. Services, prices, barber schedules and chair assignments usually do not export, so write them down from the old settings and rebuild them. Future appointments can often be exported or printed to enter by hand.
Overlap the two systems for a short time. Keep the old booking page open with a note pointing to the new one, and move future appointments in batches. Confirm the walk-in handling works before closing the old account.
What to watch for
- Closing the old booking link on the same day you switch.
- Losing client preferences held in notes.
In barbershop
Barber shops mix appointments and walk-ins. Test how the new tool handles a walk-in arriving when the next chair is booked, since that happens daily. All barbershop scheduling questions.
How Apex does it
In progress
Part of this is built. The rest is not. Status as of 2026-10-07; the badge shows the least-built feature involved.
Apex includes a hosted online booking page and works toward customer import from CSV and a walk-in queue. The booking page is built, while import and the walk-in queue are partly built.
- LD15Customer import from CSV/other software(In progress)
- BK19Walk-in queue(In progress)
- BK01Online booking page (hosted)(Built, rolling out)
Apex Flow Scheduler is in early access. See how we label status.
Where this question comes from: we wrote it from research on common owner problems. It is not measured search demand.
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