Fair question, and closer to home than most: Creative Freedom is UK-made and genuinely built for bridal hair and makeup artists. The difference is what "your business" means. Theirs is shaped around the wedding. Ours is shaped around you: the bridal work and the shoots, the events, the lessons, all the enquiries landing in your own email, and the money going straight to your bank with no cut taken.
| Creative Freedom | Booked & Busy | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | 100% bridal businesses: brides, trials, wedding mornings | A freelance artist's whole book - bridal, events, shoots, lessons |
| How work arrives | Their hosted enquiry form, shared or embedded on your site | Your existing email - enquiries forward themselves into one inbox - plus your own enquiry form and profile page |
| What clients do | Brides create a login for a client portal (WedQuarters) | One calm branded link. No login, no account, nothing to set up - accept, sign, pay, done |
| Getting paid | Card payments in the app via Stripe; their published UK example works out around 2.1% + 20p per transaction | Your bank details on every quote and invoice - clients pay you directly, no processing fee, we never touch the money |
| Wedding-morning timeline | A drag-and-drop morning scheduler with assistant columns | The same, and it works back from ready-by for you: set how long each person needs and every time recalculates so everyone finishes together |
| Price | Paid plans only; no free tier (30-day money-back guarantee instead) | Free to start (no card) · Pro £15/mo or £11/mo annually |
Start free, no card. We'll even import your current bookings for you, whatever system they're in.