The text-first alternative to Booksy
Booksy is a marketplace booking app for barbers & salons. Booxt is a 24/7 AI receptionist that books your clients by text — and runs entirely from your phone.
Comparison reflects publicly available information as of July 2026 and each provider’s general model — check current plans on their site. Booxt isn’t affiliated with Booksy.
Why owners move to Booxt
Keep 100% of your clients
Booksy’s Boost can charge a commission on clients you brought in yourself, and the marketplace shows your competitors next to you. Booxt has no marketplace and never takes a cut.
A conversation, not an app
Your clients just text you like a person. No app to download, no profile to maintain, no menu to tap through.
You run it by text too
Add a service, block a day, or text a client back — all from your phone, no dashboard required.
In fairness: Booksy’s marketplace can surface you to new clients browsing the app — Booxt has no discovery marketplace, so it grows your existing book rather than finding strangers.
See it before you switch
Text the live demo — it’ll book you an appointment like a real customer in about 60 seconds. Then set up your own in 5 minutes, by text.