The lash artist
alternative to Goldie.
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Goldie keeps a diary. Lash Create does lashes.
Goldie, the scheduling app that used to be called Appointfix, is a tidy diary for beauty pros in general: hairstylists, nail techs, barbers, makeup artists, tattoo artists and lash artists all share the same calendar, text reminders, deposits and booking site. It is a well liked app and a lot of solo lash techs started on it. The catch is that lashes are not just another appointment. The design, the curl map, the lash health and the fill cycle are the actual work, and a general scheduling app has nowhere to put any of it beyond a photo gallery and a notes box. So lash artists end up bolting a diary onto a notes app onto a camera roll, and the set the client agreed on never sits in the same place as the booking.
Lash Create closes that gap. Lashes are the only thing it does, which is why the design, the client record and the rebook sit in the same loop instead of three separate apps. That is why, for a lash artist, it is the Goldie alternative that actually fits the craft.
Lash Create vs Goldie for lash techs
Goldie schedules appointments, sends text reminders and takes deposits well, and its free Starter plan is a fair way to test the water. Everything a lash tech needs around the appointment is where the two part ways. Here is how Goldie, and the other general beauty apps lash techs usually weigh up, compare with Lash Create on the things that actually decide a lash set.
Clients book when it suits them, which is usually late at night from the sofa, and they want to see the set before they say yes.
| For lash work | Lash Create | Goldie | GlossGenius | Fresha | Booksy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built only for lash techs | Yes | No, all beauty | No, all beauty | No | No |
| On photo lash design & try on | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Lash mapping built in | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Client record holds designs, curls & fill cycle | Lash aware | Photo gallery & notes, paid plans | Generic | Generic | Generic |
| Rebook reminders on the fill cycle | Yes | Rebooking reminders on Pro, date based | Generic timer | Generic | Generic |
| Patch tests & lash health on the record | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Automatic aftercare after each set | Lash aftercare | Generic texts | Generic | No | No |
| Online booking page on your link | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Deposits, gift cards & prepaid bundles | Yes, lash tuned | Deposits; gift cards on Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lash artist directory listing | Members' listing | No | No | Marketplace | Marketplace |
| Native iPad lash design tool | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Free plan to start | Yes, no booking cap | Yes, 20 appointments a month, one user | No, paid from day one | No, 7 day trial | Subscription |
| Ongoing cost | From $9.99/mo or $69.99/yr | Pro $19.99/mo, Pro Plus $39.99/mo | $28 to $168/mo plus card fee | From $19.95/mo plus fees | $29.99/mo, $20 per extra user |
| Best for | Lash techs & salons | Solo beauty pros | All beauty pros | All beauty | All beauty |
| Salon website builder | Three lash templates plus embed | Booking website | Basic website | No | No |
| In app client chat, private number | Yes, tied to booking | Text reminders | In app inbox | No | In app |
| Referrals & ready made promotions | Birthday, win back, last minute | Marketing campaigns on Pro | Generic marketing | Basic | Basic |
| Digital consent forms signed on iPad | Signed, saved to record, PDF emailed | Online forms on paid plans | Generic forms | No | No |
| Embed booking on your existing site | Widget for Squarespace or Wix | Booking site link | Booking page only | Rarely | No |
Goldie is the easiest diary on this list to live in, and that is a real compliment. Its free Starter plan holds unlimited clients on desktop, tablet and phone, and the paid tiers are honest about what they add: Pro at $19.99 a month or $199.99 a year brings automated reminders, rebooking reminders, marketing and client photos, and Pro Plus at $39.99 a month or $399.99 a year opens it up to a team. Lots of lash techs start here and stay a long time.
Two things bite. The free plan stops at 20 appointments a month, which is about a week and a half of lash work, and client photos only arrive once you are paying. Then there is the set itself. Goldie gives each client a photo gallery, which does help you recreate a favourite style, but a gallery is not a map: nowhere to draw the zones, no curl and length per zone, no try on to settle a consultation, and no patch test logged against the record. Its rebooking reminders fire on a date you choose rather than on the cycle this client's own lashes keep.
So the comparison is less about price than about what you get for it. Lash Create is free to start with no monthly booking cap, Premium is $9.99 a month or $69.99 a year, Business is $129.99 a year with the full booking, CRM and payments kit, and Salon covers up to nine artists for $259.99 a year, both with a 14 day free trial. Every pound of that goes on lash work. Export your Goldie clients as a CSV, map Name, Phone and Email, and you can run the two side by side until the loop here feels like yours.
Fair is fair: if you are a barber, a nail tech or a makeup artist who needs a simple diary with text reminders, Goldie earns its keep. This page is for the artist who does lashes and only lashes.
More bookings. Better retention. Less admin.
A diary is one of four jobs. This app does all four: it books her, keeps the design, takes the payment and follows up afterwards without being asked.
Client records (CRM)
Every client with photos, past designs, health notes and rebook date.
Booking & calendar
A calendar made for lashes, with pricing per style and reminders on the fill cycle.
Online booking page
Your own booking link, deposits and confirmations handled.
Salon website builder
Pick a designer template, live on your own link with booking built in.
Payments & insights
See what every visit earned and what your busiest styles are.
Reviews & aftercare
Aftercare emailed after every set, reviews you own on your own site.
Every setup in the app, walked through on video, on your own schedule.
Coming from Goldie? Your client list moves across on a CSV.
What a lash artist needs that a general scheduling app skips.
Four things run a lash week, and a diary only knows about one of them. The consultation where she wants to see the set before she commits. The map and curls that have to match whatever you did last time. The patch test you cannot skip. The fill cycle that quietly decides your income. Goldie handles the appointments; everything else in that list you keep somewhere else.
Design & try on, on a real photo
Agree the look before you pick up a tweezer. Lash Create tries the set on the client's own eyes, with 8 styles, 6 curls and full colour, which is usually what turns a maybe into a yes. Goldie has no design tool at all, so that conversation happens somewhere else entirely.
A lash aware client record
A name, a number and a photo gallery will not get you through a fill. One screen here carries the design, curls, map, lash health, patch tests and spend, so the set you did in March is still legible in June. Goldie keeps a profile that knows nothing about lashes.
Rebook on the fill cycle
Retention is the whole business. Goldie can remind a client on a date you pick, which helps. Lash Create times it to her own fill cycle and reopens the exact set when she arrives, so the next visit starts where the last one finished.
Native on iPad and iPhone
A lash tech app for iPad and iPhone, quick at the bed and easy to hand to a client. The design tool, the booking page and the client record sit in one native app rather than a general diary stretched across every trade in beauty.
One lash loop Goldie cannot copy.
A diary tells you who is coming. It can't tell you what you did to her last time. Lash Create holds both: the set tried on her own photo, the design saved to her record, the request taken on your own page, and a fill reminder that brings the whole thing back up at the next visit. The calendar is one part of it, not the whole app.
- Design and try on the set on the client's own eyes
- The design saves to a lash aware client record
- Online booking on your own link, embed it or use the mini site
- Reminders that follow the fill cycle and reopen the last set
Switch to the app built for lash techs
Download free on the App StoreA better fit than a general beauty scheduling app.
What lash techs are really searching for when they look for a Goldie alternative.
A Goldie alternative for lash techs
As a Goldie alternative for lash techs, Lash Create gives you the booking, deposits and reminders Goldie does, plus the lash work it cannot. Try the set on her own eyes, save that design to her record, and let the rebook follow her fill cycle. Nothing in the app is thinking about anyone else's trade.
A lash tech app, not a diary for every trade
If you searched for a Goldie app alternative because you want a lash tech app rather than a diary you adapt, this is it. Keep the online booking, lose the generic beauty profile, and gain a client record that holds the design, the curl map and the lash health on one screen.
Lash design Goldie does not have
The daily difference is the craft. Lash Create carries on photo lash design and try on, lash mapping and a lash aware record, so a lash artist plans, agrees and repeats a set with confidence. Goldie stores past photos so you can copy a look. Lash Create lets you design it.
Lash booking software for iPad
Perfect for working off an iPad at the bed. As lash booking software for iPad and iPhone, Lash Create is native and quick, with the calendar, the online booking page and the client record in one app. Goldie runs on desktop, tablet and phone too, but none of them gives you a lash design tool.
Online booking, deposits and gift cards
Looking for a Goldie booking app for lash artists that goes further? You get a public booking page on your own link, with deposits, gift cards and prepaid bundles, plus your own exclusive listing in the Lash Create Directory so new clients can find a lash artist near them.
Retention that speaks lashes
Goldie can send text reminders and run a marketing campaign. Everything here is tuned to lash work: aftercare and reviews fire automatically after each set, referrals and promotions win back quiet clients, and consent forms and patch tests sign on the iPad and save to the lash record, not a generic profile.
Your site, chat, gift cards and bundles
You also get the growth kit: a lash website builder, client chat that keeps messages off your personal number, and gift cards and prepaid bundles that lock in a run of infills with deposits up front, all built around lash work rather than every beauty service at once.
Free to start, simple to grow
Start free with the design and try on and no cap on appointments, then move up to booking, CRM and payments on a simple plan with a 14 day trial. See the pricing, then bring your lash clients across from Goldie at your own pace.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Goldie alternative for lash techs?
An app whose whole job is lashes. Goldie schedules every trade in the beauty world, hair, nails, barbers, tattoo artists, so a lash artist adapts a general diary to fit. Lash Create goes the other way: the try on, the map, a lash aware record, bookings and deposits on your own page, and the payments tracked behind them.
Is Lash Create better than Goldie for lash artists?
For lash artists, yes. Goldie is a well liked scheduling app for beauty pros in general, with a calendar, text reminders, deposits and a booking site shared by every trade. Lash Create is built around lash work, so it understands styles, curls, mapping and the fill cycle, and it keeps the design, the client record and the rebook in one place, which a general scheduling app was never made to do.
Does Lash Create do online booking, deposits and payments like Goldie?
It does. You get a public booking page on your own link where clients request appointments any time, with your hours, lead time and deposits under your control, plus card payments through Stripe, gift cards and prepaid bundles. If you already have a website you can embed the booking link, and if you do not you get a customisable mini booking site built in.
What can Lash Create do that Goldie cannot?
The set itself. Goldie keeps a photo gallery; it has no map, no try on and no patch test on the record.
Is Lash Create cheaper than Goldie for a lash tech?
It depends how busy you are. Goldie's free Starter plan caps you at 20 appointments a month and one user, so a working lash tech moves to Pro at $19.99 a month or $199.99 a year, and Pro Plus for a team is $39.99 a month or $399.99 a year. Lash Create is free to start with no booking cap, Premium is $9.99 a month or $69.99 a year, and Business with the full booking, CRM and payments kit is $129.99 a year with a 14 day free trial. The design tool comes with it, and that is not something Goldie sells at any price.
Can I move my clients from Goldie to Lash Create?
Export your clients from Goldie as a CSV, then import the file here and map Name, Phone and Email. Free, and no cap on how many rows. Run both apps side by side while you set up the design and rebook loop.