An app for your business

Being on the home screen of your clients mobile devices is one of the most powerful things you can do to promote your business. On average, most people look at their phones nearly 100 times a day, which means your business is always front of mind when it comes to booking an appointment or referring your business to friends and family.

Secure user registration & profile

With people being more concerned about their data and how its used, we ensure that every client of yours goes through a secure registration process and our privacy policies are GDPR compliant.

Fully managed service

You've got enough to do running your business. Let us provide a fully managed app service, and you can relax knowing you're in safe hands. The team behind Smartichoke have been managing digital solutions for clients for over 10 years.

Access via URL & QR code

Share your app with the world via a Smartichoke URL on your website, social media or email newsletter. Plus your app comes with its own bespoke QR code, making it easy for clients to scan and download. Display in your shop window, around the salon, on mirrors, or add to your own marketing materials.

Admin app

Managing your app is a breeze. No need to pay a developer to make the smallest of changes. If you can use Instagram, you can manage your app with ease. Update staff profiles, manage reviews, upload new images, add more products to sell.... it's as easy as 1,2,3!

Multiple staff admin accounts

If you need to let other members of your team manage the app, we've got you covered. You're in control over which members of your team can manage which feature. You can restrict billing info to just yourself, or select members of your team.

Single & multiple branches

Our apps are capable of supporting single and multiple branches. So whether you're a solo business or you're a large company spread across multiple locations, our app has you covered. Each feature within the app is related to a specific branch, giving you complete control over the content your clients see.

Branch finder

Our apps are integrated with Google maps, so with a click of a button, your clients will see your branch address and automatically see directions from their current location.

Click to call

From talking to businesses like yours, we understand that many of your clients prefer to call and experience your great customer service over the phone. We've made this easy with a simple "Click to call" button within the app, that relates to a specific branch.

Staff profiles

Your staff are the lifeblood of your business, and we have made it easy for you to showcase their personality, experience and skills. Each app has a team profile section that allows you to add an image and bio description of each member of staff. Plus... with the admin app, it's easy to add, update or remove a profile in less time than it takes to boil a kettle!

Smart scheduling appointment system

Don’t spend your day on the phone or endlessly messaging clients back and forth. Our online booking integration allows customers to make and change appointments from within the app on their phone. Spend more time on the things that matter, knowing that your customers are able to make a booking 24/7.

Manage staff & services

You're in complete control over the services you provide, how much you charge, who can deliver thos services. This makes for an incredibly easy booking process for your clients, knowing they can get an appointment with the right person, on a date and time that suits them.

Configure service details

Not all businesses are the same, and not all services you provide are the same. We make it easy for you to set the duration of each specific service you provide, along with the amount of padding time required before and after a service. You have complete flexibility over how you and your teams time is spent each day.

Lead booking times

Need your clients to give a bit of notice before an appointment? Configure the booking lead time from between 0-4 days, and change it whenever you want.

Set scheduling availability

If you like to forward plan, you can set staff availability up to 120 days in advance, and then let customers choose an appointment that suits them.

Booking notification emails for your business

Our smart scheduling integration can generate an automatic email every time a client makes an appointment. You can control where this email gets sent to: The business owner, the staff member, both or neither.

Choice of language

Our apps come built in English by default, but if you want to display content within your app in a language that is not English, then just let us know and we will make that happen (£POA)

Client confirmation email

Your clients get peace of mind when they book an appointment, by receiving an appointment confirmation email immediately, that includes the date, time, service and staff member they have booked with.

Client reminder email

Reduce no shows with an automatic reminder email. You can control the content of this email, by including important information, directing clients to social media pages or promoting seasonal offers.

Client SMS reminders

SMS messages are powered through our smart scheduling integration and operate on a "Pay as you go" model and is charged in USD: $15 for 170 SMS / $60 for 680 SMS / $120 for 1360 SMS / $240 for 2720 SMS.

Automatic back ups

Need to export your appointment data somewhere elses? Automatic daily backups of appointment history which you can download within a spreadsheet and use accordingly.

Client database

A powerful client database, which contains vital information such as client contact details, booking history, future appointments and client notes. This allows your team to develop and maintain incredible relationships with your clients, leading to an increase in customer lifetime value.

Appointment calendar

Drag & drop scheduling is all yours. Managing your appointments has never been easier. Use the simple drag & drop calendar to add appointments easily, change times or assignments, and see the full schedule at a glance.

3rd party appointment systems

Already using your own appointment system? There's no need to disrupt your current processes, just let us know which system you're using and we'll scope a way to integrate it into your app.

Price list

Making changes to your price list should be as easy as updating your social media profiles. So that's how we built it! Create, edit or delete your price list within the app in seconds, and spend more time on running your business.

Customer support

We've made managing your app as simple as possible, but when you have a question, we're here to help! Just drop us an email or a message and we'll get you unstuck in a jiffy.

Style swiper

Swipe left, swipe right! Post images that matter to your business and let your customers vote on what they like. Whether that's hairstyles, nail inspiration, tattoos, or products, you can view the data in your admin app to help you make decisions for your business.

Review system

Let your current clients be ambassadors for your business by submitting reviews within the app. This builds trust in your business, and gives confidence to potential new clients that have recently downloaded the app. Plus, you're in complete contol, able to unpublish, edit or even delete reviews.

eCommerce shop

We've made it a simple process to cross sell products to your clients. Simply upload the product details, add a price and you'll get an email notification when a purchase has been made. The eCommerce shop feature requires you to create a Stripe account, which is one of the most popular and well trusted payment systems in the world. But don't worry, we'll guide you through the process.

Custom domain

If you don't want a smartichoke URL to share your app, then we can connect your app to your exisiting domain name, so it looks like app.yourbusiness.com You will need to share some details with the person that manages your website, or we can do it for you if you prefer.

Apple App store

You can share your app via a URL link or via a QR code, but if you want the prestige of having your app available to download from within the Apple app store, then we can make that happen for you for £199 for your first year, and then £99 per year thereafter.

Google Play App store

If your clients have an Android phone, then they can still access your app via the URL or QR code. But if you'd like your app to be made available to download from the Google Play App store, then we can take care of that for you for £199 for your first year, and then £99 per year thereafter.

Concierge content

We love technology, but understand that not everybody feels the same way. If you want all the benefits of an incredibly designed app, but don't want to be involved in loading all your content, then we can take care of everything.

Loyalty reward system

Loyalty programmes are a powerful way to increase repeat business and develop long term client relationships. We're currently working on a loyalty reward system that is flexible enough to support the most popular reward programmes in use today. If this is something you're interested in, let us know and help us shape the way the system is built!

Branded website

Do you need a website for your new business, or is your current website looking a bit dated? Let us know and we can become the entire digital department for your business. Everything app and website related under one roof, with a friendly account manager to deal with whenever you need to.

Digital marketing services

New customers are the lifeblood or your business, to increase sales and grow the business for the future. Talk to us about our digital marketing services that we can offer you in relation to apps, websites and social.